Summer school of Central European and Nordic WWII
experience: national and personal narratives
Time: 19. 6. – 1. 7. 2022
Place: Praha, Department of Germanic and Nordic
studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University,
E–credits: 8 ECTS
Registration deadline: May 1, 2022
20. 6. 2022(Monday):
10.00 Summer school opening
10.30–12.00: Lecture: Czech WWII history – milestones and national
narratives
Lunch
13.30–15.00: Lecture: Scandinavian WWII history – milestones and
national narratives
15.30–16.15 Lecture: War encounters: Czechs in Scandinavia during
WWII
21. 6. (Tuesday)
9.00–10.30: War encounters: Czechs in Scandinavia during WWII
11.00–12.30: War encounters: Scandinavians in Protectorate
Lunch
13.30–16.30: field lecture: Praha and WWII
22.6. (Wednesday)
9.00 – 10.00: Research topic I.: Grey zones of WWII (prof. Hans Otto
Froland)
10.15–11.30: Research topic II.: WWII - individual stories and photography
(dr. V. Hingarová, dr. Zdenko Maršálek)
11.45– 13.00 Research topic III.: War written memory and translation (doc.
H. Březinová)
Lunch
14.30–17.00: field lecture: War monuments and memorial places in Praha
23. 6. (Thursday)
9.00 – 10.30: Translation of memory documents
11.00–12.30: Culture and language in war times
Lunch
13.30–16.30 visit to National Military Archive in Prague
24. 6. (Friday)
9.00 – 10.30: War Memory – case of Czech Jews in Denmark and Norway
11.00 – 12.30: War Memory – case of Danes in Terezín
Lunch
13.30–16.30: visit to Jewish memorial places in Praha
25. 6. (Saturday)
Day trip to Terezín and Litoměřice
(Focusing on Danish Jews in Ghetto)
27.7. (Monday)
10.00–12.30: Family and individual stories
14.00–15.30 Visit to Post Bellum institution (Recollection of War
memories)
28. 6. (Tuesday)
10.00–12.30: Research group seminar
14.00–16.30 Visit to Lidice memorial place
29. 6. (Wednesday)
10.00–12.30: Research group seminar
14.00–16.30 Meetings with war survivors and descendants
30. 6. (Thursday)
10.00–12.30: Individual and group work
1.7. (Friday)
10.00–12.30: Presentation of group works
13.00 Closing of Summer school
Final dinner