12th Contact Day Jewish Studies on the Low Countries
University of Antwerp
Thursday 9 May 2019
09h15 - 19h00
Followed by an evening lecture by Prof. Dr. Kees Ribbens at 20h00.
Location: City campus University of Antwerp
Contact day: room D.014, Grote Kauwenberg 18, 2000 Antwerp
Evening lecture: room R.213, Rodestraat 14, 2000 Antwerp
The Institute of Jewish Studies organizes for the 12th time an interdisciplinary conference at the University of Antwerp concerning Jewish Studies on the Low Countries. The purpose of the conference is to facilitate contacts between researchers working within this area of study. We especially encourage young researchers to participate in the workshop. We also hope for contributions from more established researchers, in order to establish a positive exchange between different research generations. This year the contact day will be followed by an evening lecture (in Dutch) by Prof. Dr. Kees Ribbens on Holocaust representations in contemporary graphic novels, in cooperation with Kazerne Dossin.
Contact day in English, evening lecture in Dutch - free entrance
Program contact day
| 9.15-9.30 | Registration and coffee |
| 9.30-9.45 | Welcome by Vivian Liska (Institute of Jewish Studies, University of Antwerp), Karin Hofmeester (IISG/University of Antwerp) & Veerle Vanden Daelen (Kazerne Dossin/University of Antwerp) |
| 9.45-10.45 | Panel 1: Amsterdam and Antwerp as Breeding Ground for Sephardic Thinkers Chair: Henk Looijesteijn (IISG) |
| Lawrence Rabone (University of Manchester) Rabbi Menasseh ben Israel’s Transconfessional Messianism: the result of a fusion of Marrano and millenarian influences |
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| José Alberto Rodrigues da Silva Tavim (Universidade de Lisboa/Universidade de Évora) Between Antwerp and Amsterdam: Manuel Levy Duarte (1631-1714), businessman in the Baroque Letters of Manuel de Leao |
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| 10.45-11.00 | Coffee break |
| 11.00-12.15 | Panel 2: The Jews of Rotterdam and Amsterdam: equal but not the same? Chair: Janiv Stamberger (Kazerne Dossin/University of Antwerp) |
| Karin Hofmeester, Huibert Schijf (em. University of Amsterdam) & Daniël Metz (independent scholar) Diamonds: the industry, the trade union and the Amsterdam Jewish community |
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| Marleen van den Berg (NIOD) No House of their Own: Jewish possessions during the Second World War |
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| 12.15-13.15 | Lunch |
| 13.15-15.15 | Panel 3: Antisemitism & Otherness Chair: Karin Hofmeester |
| Aalt Smienk (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) Abraham Kuyper, De Standaard and the Framing of Jews and Antisemitism |
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| Ludo Verbist (independent scholar, volunteer Kazerne Dossin) Border History: Assistance for Persecuted Jews |
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| Laurence Schram (Kazerne Dossin) Holocaust Negationism, Where the Extremes Meet |
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| Lieke Schrijvers (Utrecht University) Gender Giyur: New Jewish Women in the Netherlands |
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| 15.15-15.30 | Coffee break |
| 15.30-16.30 | Panel 4: New Perspectives on Encounters in Liberated Europe Chair: Helen Grevers (Vredescentrum van de Provincie en de Stad Antwerpen) |
| Veerle Vanden Daelen Orthodox Survivors and Allied Troops in Immediate Post-War Antwerp |
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| Richard Menkis (University of British Columbia) Canadian ‘Liberators’ in Belgium and the Netherlands: towards an ‘entangled’ history |
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| 16.30-17.30 | Panel 5: Survivors and Survival: History, Testimony and Ethics Chair: Veerle Vanden Daelen |
| Bieke Van Camp (Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier) Dutch Concentration Camp Survivors and the Kochany Phenomenon: History and Testimony |
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| Nicoletta I. Fotinos (independent scholar) The Ethics of Survival: A Case Study of Prisoner Physician Dr. Lucie Adelsberger (1895- 1971) |
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| 17.30-17.45 | Coffee break |
| 17.45-18.45 | Panel 6: Anne Frank: Literature, Identification and Representation Chair: Kees Ribbens (NIOD) |
| Filipe Amaral Rocha de Menezes (Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil/University of Antwerp) Anne Frank and Michel Laub: diaries and daily violence |
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| Alex Williams (University of Amsterdam) “Who is able to feel like Anne Frank?” Mass Tourism and the Narratival Problem of Identification in the Anne Frank House |
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| 18.45-19.00 | Concluding remarks by Karin Hofmeester & Veerle Vanden Daelen |
Program evening lecture
Thursday 9 May 2019 at 20h
ANNE FRANK ALS INDIVIDUEEL BEELDVERHAAL? EIGENTIJDSE HOLOCAUSTVERBEELDINGEN IN EEN VISUEEL MASSAMEDIUM
Prof. Dr. Kees Ribbens (NIOD Instituut voor Oorlogs-, Holocaust- en Genocidestudies, Amsterdam)
Lecture in Dutch in cooperation with Kazerne Dossin.
Location: city campus University of Antwerp, room R.213, Rodestraat 14, 2000 Antwerp.
Zowel het Anne Frank Fonds in Bazel als de Anne Frank Stichting in Amsterdam hebben in recente jaren stripboeken uitgebracht die lezers een beeld geven van het leven van Anne Frank en haar noodlottige ervaringen tijdens de Holocaust. Deze actuele publicaties, verzorgd door gerenommeerde creatieve talenten uit Israël en de Verenigde Staten, trachten specifieke doelgroepen op eigentijdse wijze vertrouwd te maken met de persoonlijke geschiedenis van Anne Frank zoals oorspronkelijk opgetekend in haar dagboek. Maar anders dan veelal wordt aangenomen waren deze varianten van het hedendaagse graphic novel-genre allesbehalve een nieuw fenomeen. Stripverhalen over Anne Frank, die vooral jongeren een indruk kunnen bieden van het leven tijdens de nationaalsocialistische Jodenvervolging, bestaan al vanaf de jaren zestig van de twintigste eeuw. Uiteenlopende stripversies van haar levensverhaal kennen tot ver buiten de westerse wereld tal van verschijningsvormen en lijken in al hun variatie kenmerkend voor de wijze waarop de historische cultuur in diverse samenlevingen een rol inruimt voor (de verbeelding van) deze genocidale Europese geschiedenis. De vraag daarbij is wel hoe passend of geschikt deze visuele vertolkingen geacht (kunnen) worden voor het overbrengen van zowel het individuele biografische narratief van Anne Frank als het grotere verhaal van de transnationale Holocaust. Aan de hand van diverse voorbeelden zal deze thematiek toegelicht en nader gecontextualiseerd worden.
Abstracts
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Location & directions
Location:
Contact day 9 May: University of Antwerp city campus, building D, room D.014, Grote Kauwenberg 18, 2000 Antwerp.
Evening lecture 9 May: University of Antwerp city campus, building R, room R.213, Rodestraat 14, 2000 Antwerp.
Call for Papers (closed)
12th Contact Day Jewish Studies on the Low Countries
Institute of Jewish Studies - University of Antwerp
Thursday 9 May 2019
The Institute of Jewish Studies organizes for the twelfth time an interdisciplinary conference at the University of Antwerp concerning Jewish Studies on the Low Countries. The purpose of the conference is to facilitate contacts between researchers working within this area of study. We especially encourage young researchers to participate in the workshop. We also hope for contributions from more established researchers, in order to establish a positive exchange between different research generations. We especially invite papers and/or sessions that are explicitly comparative in character, and welcome themes and disciplines within Jewish Studies concerning the Low Countries. Proposals need not be limited to a specific historical period and presentations may include works in progress. Both individual and panel proposals are possible. The conference language is English. Please note that the conference cannot provide financial support to cover travel and accommodation of presenters or participants.
Please submit an abstract of maximally 400 words and a short CV by 15 January 2019.
For further information please contact:
Karin Hofmeester: kho@iisg.nl
Veerle Vanden Daelen: veerle.vandendaelen@kazernedossin.eu