To mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, to promote the studies of the Holocaust and Nanjing Massacre, and to draw parallel lessens between the two atrocities, the Center for Jewish Studies at Nanjing University and the London Jewish Cultural Centre jointly plan to hold an International Seminar on Holocaust and Genocide in WWII: Jewish and Chinese Experiences from August 7-12, 2005, in Nanjing, China.

The project will include participants from Yad Vashem (Israel), the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the Anne Frank House (Amsterdam) and the Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine CDJC (France).
The seminar will share mutual knowledge through a series of lectures, seminars and museum tours. As Chinese scholars learn about the Holocaust and how to teach it, they will also share their expertise on the Nanjing massacre with their visitors. Parallels will be drawn between the two atrocities. Comparative lectures will include:

• Rescue and Resistance during the Holocaust and Rescue Efforts during the Nanjing Massacre
• Massacre and Remembrance and The Holocaust and memory
• Nanjing and Japanese Deniers and Holocaust Denial; and
• Teaching the Holocaust and Teaching the Nanjing Massacre in Schools.

We welcome papers dealing with any aspects of the theme: “Studies of the Holocaust and Nanjing Massacre.”

If you are interested in attending, please return the enclosed form by email, post, or fax. To submit a paper, please send an abstract of not more than 400 words to the seminar secretary at the address below. The deadline is May 20, 2005. The program committee will then send each applicant a conference program and visa invitation no later than June 20.

Optional activities before and after the conference include trips to visit Jewish-related sites in Shanghai, Kaifeng, Beijing, Xi’an and other cities in China.

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We will send you a detailed itinerary for the conference and related activities after we receive this form from you. Please attach the title and abstract of your paper if you intend to present a paper at the seminar. Please send this form to Professor Xu Xin: