Holocaust Studies in Translation: Bringing Cutting-Edge Scholarship from Eastern Europe to the English-Speaking Audience

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Brief Description

Eastern European scholars of the Holocaust undertake their work in close proximity to the sites, traces, and memory of this event and its aftermath. Research published in this region contributes significantly to our understanding of the Holocaust, but the audience for this work is often limited by language barriers. This roundtable will introduce an interdisciplinary publishing project that seeks to address this gap through translation. Holocaust Studies in Translation is a collaboration between the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Cornell University Press that aims to increase the accessibility of significant research from the region. Translating this important work into English will facilitate communication among scholars from different countries and inspire new research projects. This roundtable will showcase several authors being featured in the new series in conversation about their scholarship and the memory of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe. We will consider the forces and institutions shaping public memory of the Holocaust, the challenges of using survivor testimony and other expressions of personal memory, and the key insights that are generated in this region, the epicenter of the Holocaust. Given that these works are currently in various stages of production, our conversation will also reflect on the process and challenges inherent in the translation and preparation of these works for a new audience.

Sub Unit

• Jewish Studies

Chair

• Bethany Wasik, Cornell U Press

Roundtable Speakers

• Stephanie Corazza, US Holocaust Memorial Museum

• Maria Ferenc, U of Wroclaw (Poland)

• Nataliia Ivchyk, Rivne State U of the Humanities (Ukraine)

• Tamas Kisantal, U of Pecs (Hungary)

• Jared McBride, UCLA

Session Manager

• Anastasia Felcher, Central European U Austria