Course Details in 2024/25 Session

Module Title	LI Auschwitz in History and Memory
School	Phil, Theology and Religion
Department	Theology and Religion
Module Code	09 28668
Module Lead	Isabel Wollaston
Level	Intermediate Level
Credits	20
Semester	Semester 2
Pre-requisites	LC How do we know what (we think) we know about the Holocaust? - (09 34885)
Co-requisites
Restrictions	None
Contact Hours	Lecture-20 hours Seminar-9 hours Tutorial-1 hours Practical Classes and workshops-1 hours Guided independent study-169 hours Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description	This interdisciplinary Holocaust studies module explores Auschwitz in history and memory. Topics covered relating to KL Auschwitz include the evolution and multi-functionality of the site; the experience of non-Jews; gendered experiences; the nature of survival and resistance in KL Auschwitz; the Auschwitz Sonderkommando; perpetrators and perpetrator texts. Study of Auschwitz in memory will focus on the ‘afterlife’ of the site, both as a physical location/memorial and as a symbol: visual representations of Auschwitz; memorialization of the site; the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum; Auschwitz as a site of mass/dark/Holocaust tourism, and a site of pilgrimage and (contested) sacred space.
Learning Outcomes	By the end of the module students should be able to: Analyse specific examples and/or case studies drawing on relevant theoretical and methodological debates surrounding the history, representation of Auschwitz and/or the politics of memory; Identify and critically engage with a representative spectrum of scholarly views on both KL Auschwitz and the memorial site today; Work with an appropriate degree of learner independence to explain and analyse the material under scrutiny.
Assessment	28668-01 : 3000 word Essay : Coursework (50%) 28668-02 : 24hr Take Home Paper : Exam (Centrally Timetabled) - Written Unseen (50%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions	Assessment: 1 x 3000 word essay (50%) +24-hour take-home exam paper (50%) Reassessment: Resubmit failed component, if this results in failure of the module as a whole.
Other	None
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