International Conference about the Holocaust and Other Genocides: Uses, Abuses and Misuses of the Holocaust Paradigm

Marking the Dutch Chair 2011 of the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance, and Research (ITF) and preceding the Plenary meetings in The Hague, the Dutch members of the ITF Working Groups are organizing a conference entitled, "The Uses, Misuses and Abuses of the Holocaust Paradigm."

Its purpose is to bring together educators and researchers to discuss the Holocaust in relation to other genocides and to reflect upon new approaches that have emerged in the field.  The Holocaust is a common reference in discussions on mass violence and genocide, and it regularly functions as a paradigm for these processes.   A particular aim of the upcoming conference to discern how and to what extent this paradigm is used, misused, and abused.

For more information please see http://www.holocausttaskforce.org/news/363-international-conference-about-the-holocaust-and-other-genocides-uses-abuses-and-misuses-of-the-holocaust-paradigm-.html