GRM 270 - The Holocaust Remembered

4 credits (Fall or Spring)

Cross-listed as: GLS 270. This course examines works of literature, testimony, film, and memorials to explore how the Holocaust is remembered, both individually and collectively. The course will ask both what has been remembered over time, and how different modes of remembrance may also enable certain kinds of forgetting. We will delve into some of the controversies that have emerged concerning the proper ways to remember an event that some have deemed “beyond representation.” Taught in English.

For spring 2024 only there will be travel during summer break to Vienna, Budapest and Krakow.

Students interested in this course will need to complete an application by October 12, 2023 in addition to doing the normal registration process. The application materials
are available here: https://www.grinnell.edu/academics/global/flag/glp There is a $1,000 course fee for participating in Course-Embedded Travel classes that will be added
to the student’s bill during the first week of the semester. Scholarships are available for students who qualify for need-based financial aid at Grinnell and will be automatically provided. There is a $1,000 scholarship for very high need (net cost added to the bill $0), a $750 scholarship available for high need students (net cost added to the bill $250), a $500 scholarship for moderate need students (net cost added to bill $500), a $250 scholoarship for low need students (net cost added to bill $750) and no scholarship for students with no need. If you have questions about your need level and scholarship eligibility, please contact Meg Jones at jonesmeg@grinnell.edu.

Prerequisite: None.
Note: Plus-2 option available. Not offered every year. Foreign language option available in German for Plus-2 only.
Instructor: Reynolds