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Module overview

Within this module you will undertake a group field trip to one or morea European capital cities which haveas a notable Jewish history and a link to the Holocaust through extant heritage sites and spaces of commemoration and learning. Examples of possible cities include: Warsaw, Vilnius, Kracow, Amsterdam, Budapest, Prague, Nuremberg. You will work as a team to organise your trip, choosing the destination, booking flights and accommodation, and deciding which sites and spaces to visit while there. During your trip you will explore how heritage sites present the Holocaust to their audience. Each of you will act as a guide for one of the sites you visit, creating a travel guide to that space.

If, for any reason, you are unable to travel, you can participate in this module virtually. You would record your guide of a site or commemorative space for the students taking the tour to listen to or give your presentation virtually. You will take a tour of the relevant sites online. The second assessment will be replaced by a 2000-word essay reflecting on the way the Holocaust is remembered and presented in the city(ies) and country of the walking tour, using digital resources made available by museums and commemorative spaces.

Aims and Objectives

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

understand how museums and heritage sites identify their publics and how this influences the way in which they interpret their space and/or collections
critically assess the ways in which heritage sites or spaces engage with the memory of the Holocaust
create a guide to a heritage site or commemorative space

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

the ways in which the Holocaust is presented to the public through heritage sites and commemorative spaces
how a museum or heritage professional has interpreted the Holocaust for their audience
how a city has chosen to portray its links to the Holocaust through heritage sites and commemorative spaces

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

interpret a site or space in a way that others can understand
reflect on personal learning

Learning and Teaching

Teaching and learning methods

Visits to heritage sites and spaces of commemoration or their online representations

Site specific analysis and discussion of how the spaces are presented

Creation of a guide to chosen space/site

Study time
Type	Hours
Completion of assessment task	65
Wider reading or practice	50
Fieldwork	35
Total study time	150

Resources & Reading list

Textbooks

Martin Winstone (2019). The Holocaust sites of Europe. Bloomsbury.

James E. Young (1994). The texture of memory: Holocaust Memorials and Meaning. Yale.

Ruth Ellen Gruber (2002). Virtually Jewish: reinventing Jewish culture in Europe. Berkeley.

D.H. Magilow and L Silverman (2019). Holocaust Representations in History: an Introduction. Bloomsbury.

Diana I. Popescu (2022). Visitor Experience at Holocaust Memorials and Museums. Routledge (Taylor & Francis).

James E. Young (1994). Holocaust Memorials in History: The Art of Memory. Prestel.

Assessment

Assessment strategy

The first written assignment is a guide for a chosen space/site. It will consist of:

an analysis of the context for the creation of the heritage site or commemorative space;

an overview of its history and of the changes in the way it was used, interpreted and/or featured in the history of Jews and public discourses more widely;

a discussion of any historiographical or public debates related to the site; and

an evaluation of the significance of the site or space in relation to Holocaust memory and heritage

The second written assignment will be a reflection on the field trip aimed for a non-specialist and non-academic audience. It will take the form of a blog that includes relevant detail of the sites visited and main activities undertaken during the trip and includes a personal reflection on what has been learnt and how the impact the field trip has had on an understanding of the Holocaust and of Jewish life and culture.

For students taking the module virtually, the second written assignment will be an analysis of Holocaust memorialisation online, using resources related to the city(ies) and/or country(ies) visited by the cohort. It will include an analysis of the way in which the Holocaust is presented to wider audiences through digital exhibitions or other resources (toolkits, catalogues, educational materials). It will evaluate the changes which have occurred recently in relation to the digital memorialisation of the Holocaust, applied to their specific case study.

The module will include formative assessment by way of feedback (oral or written) given to the group on the trip plan and a wider discussion of how sites and spaces are presented.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Written assignment	50%
Blog/written assignment	50%

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Resubmit assessments	100%

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Written assignment	50%
Blog/written assignment	50%

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External

Field Trip Holocaust Studies