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2018 SSHRC Connection Grant
Book Launches
Toronto Book Launch with Charlotte Schallié – Nov 16, 2022
In addition to November’s Lessons and Legacies Conference, Dr. Charlotte Schallié travelled to southern Ontario for the Toronto book launch of ‘But I Live’, entitled: ‘Graphic Novels and the Holocaust:…
Vancouver Book Launch for But I Live – Gallery – Sept. 14, 2022
A few days after the Canadian book launch in Victoria, Dr. Charlotte Schallié, Miriam Libicki and David Schaffer gathered again in Vancouver for a second book launch. The Jewish Community…
Vancouver Book Launch for But I Live
Join us Sept 14th at 7:30 pm for the book launch of But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust taking place in Vancouver at the Sidney…
Canadian Book Launch for But I Live – Gallery – Sept. 11, 2022 – Victoria, BC
Many thanks to all who attended the Canadian book launch of ‘But I Live’ in Victoria in the fall of 2022. With over 130 people in attendance, it was a…
Canadian Book Launch for But I Live Sept. 11, 2022, 2 – 4 p.m.
>> Register here: https://lib.uvic.ca/live (or scan QR code on right) << “The most powerful collection of non-fiction graphic novellas of the Holocaust since Art Spiegelman’s Maus.” – Professor James E….
German Edition of Book Available on July 14
We are delighted to announce the German edition of But I Live [Aber Ich Lebe] will be published on 14 July by C. H. Beck https://www.chbeck.de/yelin-libicki-seliktar-aber-ich-lebe/product/33743734.
Conferences
Beit Terezin is a museum, educational centre, and a place of remembrance for the victims of persecution by Nazi Germany at the Theresienstadt concentration camp in Israel (1). Every year, Beit… After delays due to COVID, the project director Dr. Charlotte Schallié, with project partners Dr. Tim Cole, Dr. Dienke Hondius, Dr. Alex Korb, and Dr. Andrea Löw were finally able… “Honoured to be presenting along with other global, leading Holocaust education organizations at Liberation75’s Holocaust Education and Antisemitism: Teaching for Today’s Classroom. www.liberation75.org” Dr. Andrea Webb presented with teachers-in-training on their work with with the project at the BCSSTA Annual Conference. “Directly connected with the BC Social Studies and English Language Arts curriculum,… Charlotte Schallié and Dienke Hondius presented “Addressing Secrets: Holocaust Survivors of Hiding Engaged in Research and Memory Work” at the Testimonies and Research on Hiding during the Holocaust Webinar at… Project partner, Dr. Fransiska Louwagie, hosted scholars from around the world for the Tradition and Innovation in Franco-Belgian Bande Dessinée conference. “On 13 March 2020 the University of Leicester hosted… Project partner, Dr. Fransiska Louwagie is co-organzing the “Migration, Memory and the Visual Arts: Second-Generation (Jewish) Artists” conference at the University of Leicester on May 7, 2021. Betsy Inlow, a… Project partners Tim Cole and Alex Korb will be presenting “Visual Storytelling in Holocaust: Graphic Novels as Medium in Holocaust research and Education” during the “The Visual Turn in Holocaust… Project partners Lise Pinkos (Canadian Museum for Human Rights) and Charlotte Schallié will be presenting “Visual Storytelling in Holocaust and Human Rights Education” as part of a seminar on “Challenging… Our partner Dr. Alex Korb will be presenting the paper, “Narrative Art & Visual Storytelling in Holocaust and Human Rights Education. A presentation of an interdisciplinary research project and of the…
Beit Terezin’s Generations Conference with Gilad Seliktar – Dec 2, 2022
Lessons and Legacies of the Holocaust Conference – Nov 11-15, 2022
Andrea Webb and Jasmine Wong Present at Liberation75
Webb presents at BCSSTA’S Annual Professional Development Conference
Testimonies and Research on Hiding during the Holocaust Webinar Presentation
Symposium report: Tradition and Innovation in Franco-Belgian bande dessinée
Migration, Memory and the Visual Arts: Second-Generation (Jewish) Artists Conference May 7, 2021
Cole and Korb presenting at the Lessons and Legacies Conference in November (update: postponed till 2022)
Presentation at the University of Ottawa. COVID Update: Postponed until Nov. 2022
Presentation: Tradition and Innovation in Franco-Belgian Bande Dessinée
Films
Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day (Jan 27), we launch “But I live,” the story of survivor Emmie Arbel by Barbara Yelin & Martin Friedrich, in order to commemorate the… We are pleased to announce the launch of the teaser trailer for the graphic narrative, “If We Had Followed the Rules, I Wouldn’t Be Here,” co-created by artist Miriam Libicki… The project team is pleased to announce the release of an eight-minute film documenting the first meeting between graphic novelist Gilad Seliktar and Holocaust survivors–and brothers–Rolf and Nico Kamp. Filmmaker… We are pleased to announce the debut of the teaser trailer for Thirteen Secrets. This one-minute video gives a brief overview of the inception of the graphic novel–created by Gilad…
Film Launch: But I Live
Teaser Trailer for If We Had Followed the Rules, I Wouldn’t Be Here
Thirteen Secrets Promotional Film Release
Teaser Trailer for Thirteen Secrets Released
Pedagogy
Prof. Arie Kizel, Faculty of Education, University of Haifa (Israel) Masters students studying pedagogical development in educational systems in the Department of Learning and Instructional Sciences at the Faculty of… “Honoured to be presenting along with other global, leading Holocaust education organizations at Liberation75’s Holocaust Education and Antisemitism: Teaching for Today’s Classroom. www.liberation75.org” Transcript (PDF) A conversation with Drs. J. Matthew Huculak, Charlotte Schallié, Andrea Webb, with Becky Turner about how pedagogical resources are being developed for the Narrative Art and Visual Storytelling… Dr. Andrea Webb presented with teachers-in-training on their work with with the project at the BCSSTA Annual Conference. “Directly connected with the BC Social Studies and English Language Arts curriculum,… Under the guidance of Dr. Andrea Webb, Community Field Experience at UBC teacher candidates used our graphic narratives to create teaching materials for a variety of classrooms. Education that addresses… Under the guidance of Dr. Andrea Webb, Community Field Experience at UBC teacher candidates used our graphic narratives to create teaching materials for a variety of classrooms. Education that addresses… Under the guidance of Dr. Andrea Webb, Community Field Experience at UBC teacher candidates used our graphic narratives to create teaching materials for a variety of classrooms. Education that addresses… Under the guidance of Dr. Andrea Webb, Community Field Experience at UBC teacher candidates used our graphic narratives to create teaching materials for a variety of classrooms. Education that addresses… Under the guidance of Dr. Andrea Webb, UBC CFE teacher candidates used graphic narratives from our project to create teaching materials for a variety of classrooms. Education that addresses trauma…
Notes from Haifa: Planning Holocaust Teaching Units
Andrea Webb and Jasmine Wong Present at Liberation75
Podcast Conversation about Pedagogy and Narrative Art in Human Rights Education
Webb presents at BCSSTA’S Annual Professional Development Conference
Blog Reflection #4 for the Community Field Experience at UBC
Blog Reflection #3 for the Community Field Experience at UBC
Blog Reflection #2 for the Community Field Experience at UBC
Blog Reflection #1 for the Community Field Experience at UBC
Project Partners with Community Field Experience Program at UBC
Publications
We are honoured to share the book trailer from But I Live, coming May 2022 from the New Jewish Press at the University of Toronto Press. Charlotte Schallié and Ilona Shulman Spaar were recently invited to answer the question “How can we creatively engage with survivor testimonies and make them accessible to high school students” at… We are honoured to be publishing our three graphic narratives as a single collection by New Jewish Press (University of Toronto Press), and C.H. Beck in 2022. This collection will…
Book Trailer Released
Blog Post: Facing Canada. Facing History
Book Contracts Announced
Presentations & Podcasts
The PG Webinar Series for 2023 focuses on ‘The Ethics of Trauma-informed Research’ and is a mini-series co-hosted between our new SSRHC Partnership Grant and the UBC-V Public Humanities Hub. The first webinar explores Participatory Action Research with the University of Bristol’s Dr. Tim Cole on April 27, 2023: https://publichumanities.ubc.ca/events/event/participatory-action-research-with-tim-cole/ … “Graphic Novels as Testimony in Nazi Germany and North America Lunch and Learn Roundtable: Graphic Narrative and Survivor Testimony—Comics about Nazi Germany, Canadian Residential Schools, and American Japanese Internment Camps” This in-person or virtual discussion is free and open to the public. Registration is required. April 21, 2023 12:00 –… Many thanks to the Sam and Frances Fried Holocaust and Genocide Academy and the Consortium of Higher Education Centers for Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights Studies for their sponsorship of this event. Recording available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWU7DHRAYDs Online event info page: https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/fried-academy/news-events/news-events.php Thank you to the Toronto Public Library’s Irina Bikeeva (Barbara Frum Library), Jutta Brendemühl (Goethe-Institut Toronto), as well as Chris Reed and Anna del Col (University of Toronto Press) for their event planning and support. Charlotte, Lars and Natalie engaged in a rich discussion with an attentive audience; asking poignant… Please join Dr. Charlotte Schallié, editor of the award-winning collection But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust and Natalie Fingerhut, editor at New Jewish Press, in a panel discussion moderated by Lars von Törne that will address the questions of whether literary art, specifically graphic novels,… Concordia’s Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics, and the Azrieli Institute have invited Dr. Charlotte Schallié to discuss her award-winning book, ‘But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust’. She will speak to the role of the visual arts in Holocaust education, the importance of survivor-centred storytelling… Join us in Montreal for a Book Talk with Dr. Charlotte Schallié, editor of ‘But I Live’, and Eva Kuper, MHM Board Member and Holocaust survivor. The discussion will be moderated by Norman Ravvin, professor in the Department of Religions and Cultures at Concordia University. This powerful conversation about loss,… ‘A POWERFUL COLLECTION OF GRAPHIC NOVELLAS’ Join the graphic artists and editor of ‘But I Live’ on February 12th for a special panel at the Jewish Book Festival in Vancouver. The panel will explore the graphic novel and the unique process for each artist. Miriam Libicki and Charlotte Schallie will… The Embassies of Germany, Israel, Romania, and the Netherlands invite you to a special event during the week of International Holocaust Remembrance Day: “Graphic Novels, Holocaust, Survival: A Conversation with Charlotte Schallié.” When: January 24th, 2023 at 6 PM. (Doors open at 6PM) Where: SAW Club, 67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa,… A well-attended event with great discussions at Hillel BC! Author-survivor David Schaffer, artist Miriam Libicki, and project co-director Andrea Webb (UBC Education), were joined by moderator by Richard Menkis (UBC History) for a discussion of the book ‘But I Live’. A reception was co-sponsored by the Embassy of Israel and…
PG Webinar Mini-Series 2023: Ethics of Trauma-informed Research
“Graphic Novels as Testimony in Nazi Germany and North America” – US Holocaust Memorial Museum & UBC – April 21, 2023
“Visual Storytelling in Holocaust Education” – Webinar – University of Nebraska – April 10, 2023
“Fighting Hate with Graphic Novels – A Conversation with the Editors of But I Live” – Gallery – Toronto – March 23, 2023
“Fighting Hate with Graphic Novels – A Conversation with the Editors of But I Live” – Toronto – March 23, 2023
“But I Live – Graphic Novel Speaker Event with Dr. Charlotte Schallié” – Montreal – March 21, 2023
“Book Talk: But I Live with Editor Charlotte Schallié & Holocaust Survivor Eva Kuper” – Montreal – March 20, 2023
Jewish Book Festival – Vancouver – February 12, 2023
“Graphic Novels, Holocaust, Survival: A Conversation with Charlotte Schallié” – Ottawa – Jan 24, 2023
If We Had Followed the Rules, I Wouldn’t Be Here – Gallery – Vancouver – Jan 23, 2023
Workshops
“Graphic Novels as Testimony in Nazi Germany and North America” – US Holocaust Memorial Museum & UBC – April 21, 2023
“Graphic Novels as Testimony in Nazi Germany and North America Lunch and Learn Roundtable: Graphic Narrative and Survivor Testimony—Comics about Nazi Germany, Canadian Residential Schools, and American Japanese Internment Camps”…
Barbara Yelin Workshop (German Language)
Barbara Yelin discussed her collaborative memory work with Holocaust survivor Emmie Arbel for an Online Workshop Comics in Gedenkstätten der europäischen Gewaltgeschichte September 8, 2021 Public History – University of…
History Committee Meets for Leicester Workshop, March 1-4, 2020
Dr. Alex Korb hosted the History Committee, artists, and survivors at the University of Leicester, Stanley Burton Centre of Holocaust and Genocide Studies from March 1-4, 2020. Read the full…
First Planning Meeting. Berlin, Germany
Berlin, Germany Members of the Narrative Art & Visual Storytelling project gathered at the Centre for Research on Antisemitism (Technical University Berlin) to create and ratify the project plan. The…
2018 SSHRC Connections Grant
Our project grew out of a 2018 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Connections Grant. The Visual Storytelling Colloquium & Workshop at Ravensbrück brought together scholars, artists, librarians, and students from around the world and consisted of a series of graphic novel & teaching workshops (schedule below). The full program can be found here: Visual Storytelling Colloquium and Workshop Program 2018 (PDF)
Title: Visual Storytelling Colloquium & Workshop at Ravensbrück Memorial
The Ravensbrück Visual Storytelling Colloquium and Workshop took place from November 12 – November 16, 2018. It brought together an international team of Holocaust scholars, graduate students, Holocaust practitioners and visual artists from Canada, Germany, and Israel.
The goals of the Visual Storytelling Colloquium and Workshop at Ravensbrück Memorial were to foster innovative interdisciplinary and intercultural discussions on Holocaust learning and teaching while encouraging a diversity of perspectives. Our aim was to approach Holocaust education from multiple disciplinary and community-engaged angles and embed it within a comparative human-rights based framework.
Graphic Novel Workshop
November 14th
When: 14:00 – 15: 30
Presentations and follow-up discussions
Facillitators: Tine Fetz, Sophia Hirsh, and Caitlin Burritt
Where: Workshop Room 2, Educational Department
November 14th
When: 17:00 – 20:30 (with dinner break)
Guided by the facilitators, participants create art concerning Holocaust memory and the Ravensbruck Memorial site
Facilitators: Tine Fetz, Sophia Hirsch and Caitlin Burritt
Where: Workshop Room 2, Educational Department
November 15th
When: 17:00 – 18:00
Guided by the facilitators, participants create art concerning Holocaust memory and the Ravensbruck Memorial site
Facilitators: Tine Fetz, Sophia Hirsch and Caitlin Burritt
Where: Workshop Room 2, Educational Department
November 15th
When: 19:10 – 20:30
Participants will finish their art and engage in a student-led debriefing. The focus of this debriefing will be: Visuals of the Day
Facillitators: Tine Fetz, Sophia Hirsh, and Caitlin Burritt
Where: Workshop Room 2, Educational Department
View Full Program
Visual Storytelling Colloquium and Workshop Program 2018 (PDF)
Poster & Front Page illustration: Caitlin Burritt
Graphic Novel Workshop illustration: Sophia Hirsch
Open Workshops
All workshops take place on November 10th, 2018
To register you must contact us by email: schallie@uvic.ca
It is possible to register for the following workshops in Berlin.
All presentations are located at
Zentrum für Antisemitismusforschung/Centre for Research on Antisemitism
Technische Universität Berlin/Technical University of Berlin
Ernst-Reuter-Platz 7
10587 Berlin
Room number: 811
Morning Workshops
9:45 – 10:30 Arie Kizel (Haifa): Philosophical Community of Inquiry as a Methodological Approach for Dialogue in Education
10:30 – 11:15 Maja Sturm, Danny Sturm (Osnabrück): New Approaches to Holocaust learning and Human Rights Education – Building a Bridge between University and School
11:15 – 12:00 Kaitlin Findlay (Victoria): Historical injustice, public knowledge, and trust: Notes from community-engaged research on the Japanese Canadian internment, 1940s
Afternoon Workshops
13:00 – 13:45 Isabel Enzenbach (Berlin): Sticky Messages. Antisemitic and Racist Stickers from 1880 to the Present. Visual Storytelling in an Exhibition
13:45 – 14:15 Adam Scime (Toronto): Visual Art as Mobilized Resource within Social Movements
14:15 – 15:15 Paige Thombs (Victoria): The Art of Healing: Expression of Trauma through Visual Mediums
Evening Workshops
Break: 15:15 – 15:30
15:30 – 16:00 Diana Schümann (Haifa): Holocaust Depictions in Comics and Graphic Novels as Alternative Teaching Tools
16:00 – 16:30 Tessa Coutu (Victoria): Big Ideas: Holocaust Education within a Canadian Context
16:30 – 17:00 Ethan Calof (Victoria): “Stains of Dishonor”: Blood and Soil Rhetoric in the Harry Potter Series