Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan Kolkata in collaboration with
Jadavpur University presents
Lessons from Germany’s Past: Fascism as a Historical Experience – a series of lectures, film screenings, an exhibition and a two-day Indo-German Conference to review and draw lessons from one of the most crucial periods in human history.
Saturday, 29 October
Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan
6.00 pm – 7.30 pm
Lecture:
History, Politics and Culture of the Weimar Republic and the Rise of Nazism in Germany
Professor Till von Rahden, The Canada Research Chair in German and European Studies at the Université de Montréal.
Chair:
Professor Sobhanlal Datta Gupta, Former S. N. Banerjee Professor of Political Science, University of Calcutta.
Saturday, 05 November
Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan
6.00 pm – 7.30 pm
Lecture:
Politics, Ideology and Culture of German Fascism
Professor Michael Wildt, Professor for Modern German History at the Humboldt University in Berlin.
Chair:
Professor Bhaskar Chakrabarti, Former Centenary Professor of International Relations, University of Calcutta.
Saturday, 12 November
Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan
6.00 pm – 7.30 pm
Lecture:
Individual and Organized Resistance of Women during the Holocaust
Dr. Zuzanna Hertzberg, artist, activist, researcher, and co-founder of the Jewish Antifascist Block, a member of the board of the Association of the Jewish Historical Institute of Poland.
Chair:
Professor Kavita Panjabi, Former Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University.
Friday, 18 November
Committee Room 1, Arabinda Bhavan
Jadavpur University
1.00 pm – 6.00 pm
Inaugural speech: Professor Suranjan Das, Vice Chancellor, Jadavpur University
Session I
Round Table
Rise of Fascism in Europe and India's Response
Moderator:
Professor Partha Pratim Basu, Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University.
Panelists:
Professor Saurin Bhattacharya (Former Professor, Department of Economics, Jadavpur University;
Professor Anuradha Roy, Department of History, Jadavpur University;
Semanti Ghosh, Associate Editor ABP, and Head, Editorial Dept.
Session II
Round Table
Fascism and German Cinema
Moderator:
Dr Manas Ghosh, Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University.
Panelists: Students, research scholars and faculty members.
Understanding and Interpretations of Fascism in Today's World, a two-day indo-german conference.
Thursday, 24 November
Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan
5.00 pm
The German perception
Speakers:
Professor Nikita Dhawan, Professor of Political Theory and History of Ideas at the Technical University Dresden.
Professor Hans Kundnani, Senior Research Fellow at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London; and an associate fellow at the Institute for German Studies at Birmingham University.
Chair:
Professor Shibasis Chatterjee, Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University.
Friday, 25 November
Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan
5.00 pm
The Indian Perception: Round Table
Moderator:
Professor Sobhanlal Datta Gupta
Panelists:
Professor Samik Bandopadhyay, Literary and film critic;
Professor Kunal Chattopadhyay, Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University;
Anirban Chattopadhyay, Former Editor, Anandabazar Patrika.
Exhibition
29.10. – 25.11.2022
Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan
Anne Frank – A history for Today
with the screening of the documentary
The short life of Anne Frank
In collaboration with
PEACE WORKS
Peer Guide Training
28.10.2022, 10 am to 5 pm
29.102022, 10 am to 1 pm
Goethe-Institut / Max Mueller Bhavan
A selection of 20 to 30 middle-high school/university students will be trained as peer guides for the exhibition, so they educate visitors about the history of Anne Frank and its contemporary relevance. They will also learn how to set up and dismantle the exhibition.
OPEN TO ALL
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