Dr. Yvonne Pörzgen
Thursday, 30th October 2014: GW2, B2860
14.00 Welcome and Introduction
14.30 - 17.00 Panel One: History, Art and Problematic Politics
14.30 Kerstin v. Freytag Löringtoff and Rüdiger Ritter
Using emotions in a comprehensive approach: The Museum of the 1950s in Bremerhaven
15.10 Chloe Paver
Where is the History of Emotions in History Exhibitions about National Socialism in Germany
Friday, 31st October 2014: GW2, B2770
10.30 - 12.20 Panel Two: Empathy, Embodiment and the Mobilisation of the Senses
10.30 Gabriel Koureas
Empathy and the Senses in War Museum Displays
11.10 Elke Heckner
Affect, Embodied Memory and the Future of Museum
11.50 Discussion
12.20 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 15.20
Panel Three: Emotion, Education and the Holocaust
13.30 Angelika Schoder
The Depiction of the Unfathomable: Representations of the Holocaust at the Imperial War Museum and the German Historical Museum
14.10 Magdalena Waligorska
Holocaust Education and the Use of Emotions in the Jewish Museum Berlin: A Case Study
14.50 Discussion
15.20-16.00 Coffee
16.00 - 17.50 Panel Four: Emotional Strategies
16.00 Yvonne Pörzgen
The limitations of heroism: A case study on the Leningrad Siege in St Petersburg's museums
16.40 Alys Cundy
Emotional strategies in Imperial War Museums: Past, present and future
17.20 Discussion
17.50 - 18.00 Information for Bunker Valentin visit
Saturday, 1st November 2014
Travel to Bunker Valentin
11.00 Introduction to Bunker and tour
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00 Petra Redert, Kerstin True-Biletski
"Russenlager" and Forced Labour. Soviet Prisoners of War in Bremen - Home as a Reference for Historical Memory
15.20 - 16.15 Discussion and closing remarks