"Phantom-pains of Poland" and "Holocaust in Europe"

I got the pleasure to inform you that my papers have been accepted to the 10th Conference of European Sociological Association.

When (conference):  7-10.09.2011
where: Geneva, Switzerland
Deadline (for registration):         15.06.2011 (for paper givers), 
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Two of my (two) submited proposals have been accepted in the following form:
- "Phantom-pains of Poland: A Post-traumatic Reaction To The Lost of Jews Caused by Holocaust" as oral presentation, together with Yechiel Weizman of Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (HUJI). The presentation will take place in the session of Sociology of Emotions.
- "Holocaust in Europe: Memory and Identity Today" - my second paper would be distributed during the session on European Identity and Cosmopolitanism [UPDATE: today (June 6) I've received an email from session coordinator informing that my presentation has been changed from distributed paper into oral presentation]

So I got a great pleasure to already invite you for these two sessions.
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and thanks goes to my research tutor prof Malgorzata Melchior who helped me to receive conference grant from the University of Warsaw: Institute of Applied Social Sciences (where i'm pursuing my PhD studies), which will enable me to attend the conference in Geneva.

International Symposium „Perceptions of the Holocaust and Contemporary Antisemitism"

When (conference):  Saturday, 4.06.2011 (10:00-19:00)
where: Berlin, Germany
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contact (registration): mail@iibsa.org


description:

Many countries have implemented annual Holocaust commemoration events and educational programs on the Holocaust. However, antisemitism is on the rise and in fact often voiced with references to the Holocaust. Jews are accused of exploit-ing 'the Holocaust' while perpetrating a Holocaust-like genocide against the Palestinians and Jews and Israelis are inappropriately compared to Nazis. Previous research suggests that such tropes are common in Europe and that many Europeans believe that Jews try to take advantage of their status as victims during the Nazi era. However, no cross-country research has been done to estimate similarities and differences of this problem.

This international symposium explores the relation between specific perceptions of the Holocaust and antisemitism, and presents and discusses upcoming re-search projects on this topic. Several country specific case studies will be presented and discussed in a cross-country perspective: How are Jews and the Holocaust perceived in different countries? What are the notions of the Holocaust and Jews which allow individuals or groups to voice antisemitic resentments with references to the Holocaust? Who is perceived to have perpetrated the Holocaust? How do the relations  between antisemitism and the perception of the Holocaust in public and private discourses and at Holocaust commemoration events differ in the countries that were studied?