The Institute for Holocaust research in Sweden (IHRS) and The Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies (HL-senteret), Norway, cordially invites you to the conference Contextualizing the Holocaust in the Nordic Countries. The conference is a collaboration between IHRS and HL-senteret and will be held at Historiska Museet in Stockholm on August 22, 2023.… READ MORE
On December 9, 2022, Fredrik Stenhjem Hagen defended his dissertation on Holocaust Education in Norway at Høgskulen på Vestlandet. The Director of IHRS, Associate Professor Karin Kvist Geverts was invited to participate in the evaluation committee, and as an opponent, along with historian Associate Professor Anders Granås Kjøstvedt of Oslo Metropolitan University. The committee… READ MORE
On November 8, the IHRS was a co-partner in organizing the Annual Seminar of the Swedish Committee Against Antisemitism (SCAA). The theme for the Annual Seminar 2022 was Holocaust Distortion. Professor Jan Grabowski of University of Ottawa and Dr. Juliane Wetzel from Zentrum für Antisemitismus Forschung at Technische Universität Berlin lectured on Holocaust distortion… READ MORE
On October 1st, the Institutet för studier i Malmös historia, ABF Malmö, Malmös kämpande historia and IHRS arranged a memorial on the rescue of the Danish jews in October of 1943. Karin Kvist Geverts lectured on “The Rescue of the Danish jews in October 1943” and Sara Glaser gave a speech in which she… READ MORE
IHRS participated in a Nordic workshop on antisemitism and conspiracy theories at Institut Judaicum Aboense at Åbo University on September 19. The purpose of the workshop was to gather scholars from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland to discuss a common application on antisemitism and conspiracy theories. The workshop is a collaboration between IHRS, Uppsala… READ MORE
On August 8-11th, the 30th Congress of Nordic Historians takes place at Gothenburg University. The theme of the Conference is “Global and local”. See the full programme here. The IHRS leads two panels under the heading Antisemitism in the Nordic countries: Regional expressions of global patterns of thought. Both panels will take place on… READ MORE
On June 17th, the IHRS and HL-senterets conference Sweden and the Holocaust in a Scandinavian Context. Local and Regional Aspects took place at Statens Historiska Museum in Stockholm, Sweden. The conference gathered 40 participants and new research on local and regional aspects of the Holocaust was presented in four sessions, see the full programme… READ MORE
The government authority The Living History Forum was created in 2003 as part of the former Swedish Prime Minister Göran Persson´s information campaign aiming at increasing the knowledge on the Holocaust among Swedish youth. The information campaign also included the launch of the book “Tell ye your children” by Paul A Levine och Stéphane… READ MORE
On June 16th, the Swedish Holocaust Museum was inaugurated by Minister of Culture, Jeanette Gustafsdotter. The inauguration took place at Statens Historiska museer due to the fact that the Holocaust Museum has not yet opened in its temporary localities. The Museum launched its website, read more on The Swedish Holocaust Museum. The Museums Director… READ MORE
The interest in the conference Sweden and the Holocaust in a Scandinavian Context. Local and Regional Aspects arranged by the IHRS and the HL-senteret has been overwhelming and we are therefore happy to announce the programme. The conference will include four sessions where new research is presented, a panel discussion on meeting the challenges… READ MORE
