Jakub Drábik, Institute of History of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava; Katja Grosse-Sommer, Hochschule für Jüdische Studien, Heidelberg; Borbála Klacsmann, Univ. of Szeged; Denisa Neštáková and Eduard Nižnanský, Comenius Univ., Bratislava

Ort: Comenius University Bratislava
Zeit: 21.-23.01.2019

Gender analysis applied to the field of War Studies and Holocaust Studies has led to important discoveries, opened up new areas of research and raised critical questions about established narratives. Thanks to gender analysis, research has started focusing on different topics; in particular the female experience during the Holocaust and World War II, and has also brought up the latest findings on family and survival strategies, children’s experience, or investigation on life of homosexuals under the rule of NS Germany and their allies.

Despite the development of Women’s and Gender Studies in the last decades, the importance of women in history has remained—until recently— a “problematic” subject, and more importantly an under-researched topic. While most war memories belong to men, women’s experiences have played just a trivial role. Moreover, all generalizations and gender-neutral statements about experiences during the Holocaust have neglected a personalized and gender-oriented approach to Holocaust Studies. This conference, therefore, pays particular attention to … read more and source (Web).