2. Workshop at Yad Vashem - Call for Papers

The 3rd Annual Summer Workshop for Holocaust Scholars

The Persecution and Murder of Jews: Grassroots Perspectives

Monday, 5 July – Monday, 12 July 2010

Call for Papers Submission deadline: 1 January 2010

About Yad Vashem and the International Institute for Holocaust Research Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority, is located on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem, Israel, and was established in 1953 by an act of the Knesset – the Israeli parliament – in order to enshrine and preserve the memory of the six million Jews annihilated by Nazi Germany, and the thousands of flourishing Jewish communities destroyed in the process. Yad Vashem is the monument of a nation’s grief. Apart from its role as a commemorative institution, Yad Vashem is recognized as an academic center that specializes in Holocaust research and education.

The International Institute for Holocaust Research – Yad Vashem was established as part of Yad Vashem in 1993. Since its inception the goal of the Institute has been to encourage and support the scope of worldwide scholarly research on the Holocaust and Holocaust related topics. The Institute is active in developing and coordinating international research; planning and undertaking scholarly projects; organizing symposia, workshops and international conferences; fostering cooperative projects among research institutions; supporting young scholars who research the Holocaust; and publishing analytical studies, conference proceedings, documents and monographs on the Holocaust.