Personal Histories in the Public Archive: Archiving the Klaus Zwilsky Story
DATE: Thursday, January 29, 2026 TIME: 10:00am – 11:30am VENUE: Zoom Photo credit: Dr. Charlotte Schallié. What happens when family history becomes part of the public archive? Join us for a presentation and discussion with Head Archivist Aubrey Pomerance (Jewish Museum Berlin), Holocaust survivor Klaus Zwilsky, and Dr. Charlotte Schallié (University of Victoria) as they […]
The Art of Comics-Engaged Research with Raey Costain and Cal Smith
DATE: November 28, 2024 TIME: 9:00am – 10:15am VENUE: Zoom Join PhD students Raey Costain and Cal Smith as they present their research on how visual methods such as comic drawing have a unique capacity to explore and document human stories in the past and present. In conversation with Dr. Mary Chapman, they will challenge […]
The Art of Testimony in the Classroom
DATE: September 26, 2024 TIME: 9:00am – 10:15am VENUE: Zoom Graphic narratives can express the voices of trauma in a way that cannot be fully captured by written testimony alone, and narrative art can be a human rights tool in Holocaust education. But, this can be very challenging for teachers – In these instances of […]