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> > > >>THE HOLOCAUST AS SCREEN MEMORY. >>Proposals/contributions are invited for a collection of original essays >>exploring the claim that the Holocaust has served as a screen memory for >>other histories, anxieties, and concerns. For example, some scholars in the >>United States have suggested that the Holocaust may serve as a screen memory >>for events "closer to home" than the Nazi genocide of the European >>Jews-particularly the genocide of Native Americans and the perpetration of >>American slavery and segregation. Others have identified the Holocaust as a >>symbol for vanishing American Jewish identity and community. Still others >>link interest in the Holocaust to fears concerning the disappearance of >>historical memory, the dominance of visual media over reality, and moral >>desensitization. We welcome contributions that take up such issues by >>analyzing specific representations and collective memories in both American >>and non-American contexts. We aim not to produce another book on the >>"uniqueness" of the Holocaust, but rather to explore the intersection of >>different historical memories with questions of representation and >>collective identity. Send proposals of 500-1000 words by Jan.15, 2004 to >>Michael Rothberg ([log in to unmask]) and Gary Weissman ([log in to unmask]). >\ >-- -- ******************* The German Studies Call for Papers List Editor: Stefani Engelstein Assistant Editor: Karen Eng Sponsored by the University of Missouri Info available at: http://www.missouri.edu/~graswww/resources/gerlistserv.html