Workshops & Conventions
The research plans and projects of the Vienna Wiesenthal Institute for Holocaust Studies (VWI) require continuous discussion and in-depth academic consideration and fine-tuning.
The VWI workshops provide a forum for the in-depth discussion of the core research areas of the institute. These are determined by the International Academic Advisory Board in its position paper and in its recommendations, while the VWI also independently elaborates, formulates, and executes themes, ideas, and concepts. Externals experts are also frequently involved in the conceptualisation of workshops, with their academic institutions then moreover serving as partner organisations in the concrete event.
The format employed since 2011 – the date of the first VWI workshop – of employing a range of presentations partly solicited through a Call for Papers and partly through invitations extended to renowned experts for individual panels or as keynotes has proven most productive.
Beyond this, the VWI also involves itself financially or in content and organisation with various conferences which correlate with the profile of the institute.
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Documenting Refugees from Eastern Europe | |||
Thursday, 30. March 2023, 09:00 - 17:00 Sobieski Saal, Polnische Akademie der Wissenschaften – Wissenschaftliches Zentrum, Boerhaavegasse 25, 1030 Wien
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The 20th century was a period of evacuation, escape, expulsion, wandering and planned resettlement of the population, all due to wars, economic crises, and political changes, such as the collapse of empires. It was also the period when the legal foundations establishing international war refugee status were laid (Geneva Convention, 1951). Previously, refugee issues were governed by common law, precedent, and ad hoc legal solutions. In recent years, there have been numerous migration crises in Europe (2011, 2015, 2021). The war in Ukraine, which has been going on since February 2022, had yet again brought to the forefront the challenge connected with refugee reception (e.g., securing provisions, providing accommodation and medical assistance, cultural integration, access to the labour market and social services). The aim of the conference is to compare refugee crises that have occurred in the past, especially analyze ways of managing and solving these crises such as organizing institutionalized assistance and integrating of refugees with the societies of the host countries. The organizers have invited experts representing various research centres in Europe to participate in the debate. The conference will be opened by an introductory lecture by Philipp Thera, discussing the exile of yesterday and today, with particular emphasis on the contemporary situation. The lecture will be followed by three thematic panels: 1) discussing migration during both world wars in Europe; 2) presenting the Ukrainian experience of refugeedom, both in the past and present; 3) presenting projects documenting contemporary wars and refugeedom. 09:00–09:30 Opening Session & Keynote 09:30–11:00 Panel I: Flight and Migration in Two World Wars 11:00–11:30 Coffee Break 11:30–13:30 Panel II: Ukraine in Focus: Refugees in Past and Present 13:30–14:30 Lunch Break 14:30–16:30 Panel III: Documenting Displacement and War 16:30–17:00 Closing Remarks Organisers: |
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