Academics

Students can earn six hours of UNC graded credit through the following two courses:

HNRS 353.001S
“The Texture of Memory,” Part I: Jewish Life in Eastern Europe before the Second World War

Professor Karen Auerbach
Approach: HS. History Elective Credit

HNRS 353.002S
“The Texture of Memory,” Part II: The Holocaust in Eastern Europe

Professor Karen Auerbach
Approach: HS. History Elective Credit

Courses will be taught through a combination of lectures, site visits, and discussions, including recitation-like discussions of readings. On some days, lectures and discussions will take place as we visit sites related to the history we will be discussing. On other days, lectures will take place during classroom sessions. Lectures will be given by the instructor as well as by guest lecturers, drawing on the expertise of local scholars. Talks will also occasionally be given by Holocaust survivors and other Jews who live in the cities we will visit.

Students will develop together a website for the course that includes a shared blog about their encounters; and materials from their course presentation about an individual whose life relates to one of the locations we will be visiting, using testimonies, memoirs, diaries, and other written or recorded primary sources.