The international conference “From Memory to the Archive” focuses on the historiography of the Shoah and the problems that arise from the disappearance of the last witness. A distinguished group of scholars will analyze how and in what manner issues, perspectives and methodologies of standard Shoah studies are changing.
With the support of NYU Provost´s Global Research Initiatives

9:30-9:45am Introduction
Ellyn Toscano, New York University Florence
Patrizia Grimaldi Pizzorno, New York University Florence and University of Siena 

9:45-10:30 Keynote Adress: Golden Harvest, Events at the Periphery of the Holocaust
Jan Gross, Princeton University  

10:30-12:30pm Session 1
Gabriella Etmektsoglou, Moderator, New York University Berlin

When the Living Memory is Lost: The Archives of Memory and the Writing of History
Henriette-Rika Benveniste, University of Thessaly

The Politics of Historical Memory in Hungary
Mária M. Kovács, Central European University

Beyond the “Era of the Witness”? On the Birth of the ‘New Witnesses’ and the Crisis of History
Guri Schwarz, University of Pisa

12:30 - 2:00 Lunch