070189 SE Seminar Historical Sources and Critique - Photos of the Crime (2023W)
Photos of the Crime. Coming to Terms with Nazism in the Mirror of Its Guiding Medium
Continuous assessment of course work
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 11.09.2023 09:00 to Mo 25.09.2023 14:00
- Registration is open from We 27.09.2023 09:00 to Fr 29.09.2023 14:00
- Deregistration possible until Tu 14.11.2023 23:59
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max. 25 participants
Language: German
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Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Friday 06.10. 09:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
- Friday 20.10. 09:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
- Friday 10.11. 09:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
- Friday 17.11. 09:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
- Friday 01.12. 09:00 - 13:00 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Type of performance assessment and permitted aids
The seminar is offered as part of a visiting professorship at the Institute of Contemporary History. It will take place in presence, but will be divided into probably five block dates on Fridays from the beginning of lectures until the Christmas break. Included are periods of independent student work on course assignments, which will be announced at the beginning of the semester.
Oral presentation of research results. Written seminar paper (approximately 20 standard pages). This paper is to document research on selected image corpora and initial interpretations are to be made based on existing research literature.
The seminar is offered as part of a visiting professorship at the Institute of Contemporary History. It will take place in presence, but will be divided into probably five block dates on Fridays from the beginning of lectures until the Christmas break. Included are periods of independent student work on course assignments, which will be announced at the beginning of the semester.
Oral presentation of research results. Written seminar paper (approximately 20 standard pages). This paper is to document research on selected image corpora and initial interpretations are to be made based on existing research literature.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Minimum requirements and standard of assessment
Regular participation in the course blocks
Oral presentation
Active, well-read participation in the seminar
Written seminar paper
The grading refers to performances in the following weighting: active participation (20 percent), oral presentation (30 percent), written seminar paper (50 percent).
Regular participation in the course blocks
Oral presentation
Active, well-read participation in the seminar
Written seminar paper
The grading refers to performances in the following weighting: active participation (20 percent), oral presentation (30 percent), written seminar paper (50 percent).
Examination topics
Examination material
Examination immanent course
Examination immanent course
Reading list
Literature
Miriam Y. Arani: "Und an den Fotos entzündete sich die Kritik". Die "Wehrmachtsausstellung", deren Kritiker und die Neukonzeption. Ein Beitrag aus fotohistorisch-quellenkritischer Sicht, in: Fotogeschichte 22 (2002), H. 85-86, S. 97-124
Christoph Hamann: Der Junge aus dem Warschauer Getto. Der Stroop-Bericht und die globalisierte Ikonografie des Holocaust, in: Gerhard Paul Paul (Hg.): Das Jahrhundert der Bilder. 1900 bis 1949, Göttingen 2009, S. 614623
Habbo Knoch: Die Tat als Bild. Fotografien des Holocaust in der deutschen Erinnerungskultur, Hamburg 2001
Daniel Levy/Natan Sznaider: Erinnerung im globalen Zeitalter: Der Holocaust, Frankfurt a. M. 2001
Miriam Y. Arani: "Und an den Fotos entzündete sich die Kritik". Die "Wehrmachtsausstellung", deren Kritiker und die Neukonzeption. Ein Beitrag aus fotohistorisch-quellenkritischer Sicht, in: Fotogeschichte 22 (2002), H. 85-86, S. 97-124
Christoph Hamann: Der Junge aus dem Warschauer Getto. Der Stroop-Bericht und die globalisierte Ikonografie des Holocaust, in: Gerhard Paul Paul (Hg.): Das Jahrhundert der Bilder. 1900 bis 1949, Göttingen 2009, S. 614623
Habbo Knoch: Die Tat als Bild. Fotografien des Holocaust in der deutschen Erinnerungskultur, Hamburg 2001
Daniel Levy/Natan Sznaider: Erinnerung im globalen Zeitalter: Der Holocaust, Frankfurt a. M. 2001
Association in the course directory
MA Geschichte (Version 2019): PM4 Individuelle Schwerpunktsetzung, SE Seminar (8 ECTS).
Interdisziplinäres MA Zeitgeschichte und Medien (Version 2019): M4a Seminar zu Zeitgeschichte und Medien, SE Seminar aus Zeitgeschichte (8 ECTS) / M4b Wahlbereich - Spezialthemen zu Zeitgeschichte und Medien II, Bereich Zeitgeschichte (8 ECTS).
MEd UF GSP: UF MA GSP 01 Fachwissenschaft, Vertiefungsseminar 1: Quellenkunde und Quellenkritik (6 ECTS).
Interdisziplinäres MA Zeitgeschichte und Medien (Version 2019): M4a Seminar zu Zeitgeschichte und Medien, SE Seminar aus Zeitgeschichte (8 ECTS) / M4b Wahlbereich - Spezialthemen zu Zeitgeschichte und Medien II, Bereich Zeitgeschichte (8 ECTS).
MEd UF GSP: UF MA GSP 01 Fachwissenschaft, Vertiefungsseminar 1: Quellenkunde und Quellenkritik (6 ECTS).
Last modified: Su 24.12.2023 11:45
The coming to terms with the history of National Socialism in Germany started from two traumas: that of the lost war and the enormous sacrifices among Germany's own soldiers and civilians, and that of unprecedented mass crimes committed by perpetrators from the midst of German society.
Both traumas were reflected in the reception of photographs showing victims of Nazi crimes. The former "Volksgenossen" reacted to images of corpses and half-dead bodies from the concentration camps liberated by the Americans and the British, which had been used briefly by the Allies for the purpose of pedagogical catharsis, with guilt defense and overwriting, through which the image of a German victim nation was established. The accompanying "visual amnesia" was followed by the return of the images of the crimes to an increasingly plural public since the mid-1950s. The following fifteen years were marked by the formation of a canon of images of National Socialist crimes that remained largely unchanged until well into the 1990s and was then modified again, not least under the influence of the Internet and the internationalization of Holocaust remembrance.
In this seminar, photographic history serves as the focus of a history of coming to terms with National Socialism, in which photography established itself quite early as a leading medium and important source genre. The main focus will be on German cultures of remembrance. Austria will be included comparatively.