Talks & Events.

January

March

“Contemporary Antisemitism and School Textbooks-A closer look at Germany”, London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, forthcoming.

March

"Der Widerstand gegen die Judenverfolgung als europäisches Thema – Forschung, Erinnerung, Musealisierung (The resistance against the persecution of the Jews as a European theme-research, remembrance, musealization)", Stiftung Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand (German Resistance Memorial Center Foundation), Berlin, Germany , forthcoming.

2024

Research trip, conference attendance https://events.ucalgary.ca/arts/centres/military-security-strategic-studies/event/478875-rcaf-centennial-conference Calgary, Alberta, November 10 - 16, 2024, Calagry Canada.
"Nachhaltigkeit und Bildungsmedien - IGSBi-Tagung 2024", Jahrestagung der Internationalen Gesellschaft für Schulbuch- und Bildungsmedienforschung e.V., September 27 - 29, 2024, Augsburg, Germany.
"Holocaust Education and the Idea of Reflecting on Identity", talk at Western Jewish Studies Conference, Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona on May 5-6, 2024, Arizona, USA.
Research tour, Ontario, Alberta, Canada, February 2024.

“Tel Aviv University Workshop on Israel and the Middle East”, academic support, July 2023, Jerusalem, Israel.
“Keeping Hope Alive While Standing on the Bones of the Past”, Bishop Strachan School, 30th of May 2023, Toronto, Canada – virtual presentation.
“Holocaust Education in Canada and Germany”, in – person, 05th of May 2023, “Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center”, Toronto, Canada.
“Tour of Humanity Program”, in – person, “Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center”, May, Toronto, Canada.

“Learning from the past? Holocaust Education and Antisemitism in Germany and Canada”, in – person, 16th of November 2022, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
“The German Annexation and its Aftermath 1938” HIST 311 A1: History of Vienna, in – person, 15th of November 2022, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
“Learning from the past? Holocaust Education and it´s impact on Antisemitism”, in – person, 14th of November 2022, Jewish Studies Week, University of Alberta, Wirth Institute, Edmonton, Canada.
“Night of the Broken Glass - Legacies and commemoration”, in – person, 9th of November, 2022, Annual Commemoration, Edmonton Jewish Federation, Edmonton, Canada.
“Holocaust Education in Israel in a Diverse Society and the Idea of Reflecting on Identity”, in-person, 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Israel Studies, 27.-29. June 2022, Bar Ilan University, Israel.
“Holocaust Education in Germany – a powerful tool for learning from the past?”, virtual presentation, Annual Conference, Western Jewish Studies Association, Norman, Oklahoma, March 2022, USA.

2021

Mediator, Panel, “Legacy of Sophie Scholz”, German Embassy Ottawa, Canada in cooperation with “Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center”, Toronto, Canada.
“Conveying societal values through Holocaust Education in Germany?”,virtual presentation, Annual Conference, Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research, Braunschweig, Germany.
“Teaching the Holocaust at Jewish Schools – what Israel and Germany might learn from each other. First results of a comparative study”, virtual presentation, Annual Conference, Western Jewish Studies Association, Las Vegas, March 2021, USA.

“Remembrance and Memory after 75 years – the end of the Holocaust”, in – person, Calgary,
Jewish Federation to honour the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, "Holocaust Education in Canada”, University of Calgary, History Department, January 2020.
“Holocaust Education in Canada and Germany or Does Canada do a better job than than country of perpetrators? A comparative pilot study project”, INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST CONFERENCE: Silence, Speech, Memory, Message, Understanding – AFTER 75 YEAR, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany.

“Holocaust Education in Germany”, talk at the colloquium of the Department for History, University of Calgary, Canada.
“Anti – Semitism globally, the case of Europe”, public talk and panel discussion, Temple Har Zion´s President´s Circle Speakers Series, invited by Toronto Jewish Federation, Canada.
“Anti – Semitism in Germany”, public talk, invited by St. Maries University, Calgary, Canada.
“Best Practices in Holocaust Education – Holocaust Education in Germany”, National Policy Conference, Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre, 26/27.01.2019, Toronto, Canada.

“Remarks on Nazi – Germany”, Holocaust Education Week, Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Centre, Toronto, Canada.
“Holocaust Education in Canada and Germany or Does Canada do a better job than the country of perpetrators? A comparative pilot study project”, conference “Treasury, Guardia, Cognitive Process: Memory Studies in Canada and Germany”, September 2018, Winnipeg / Manitoba, Canada.
“Never again? Growing Antisemitism in current Europe”, public talk invited by Mount Royal University, Calgary, Canada.
“The Holocaust – an Introduction”, Holocaust Education Symposium, Mount Royal University, Calgary incl. the Calgary Jewish Federation, Canada.
“Holo…What?! – Teaching the Holocaust in Germany against all obstacles”, Poster and talk at “Nähe und Distanz Konferenz, Holocaust Education revisted”, Ludwig- Maximilian University, Munich, Germany.

“Anti – Semitism in Germany today”, invited by Calgary Jewish Federation, Calgary, Canada
“The Rise of the Right”, Lecture tour Calgary / University of Calgary Canada, Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies, Canada.
“Anti – Semitism in Germany today”, American Hebrew Academy, North Carolina, USA.

“Security Developments in the Middle East and Israel – The End of Sykes -Picot?” Burning Issues Series, YMCA of the Rockies, Estes Park, Colorado, USA, University of Fort Collins, Colorado, USA.
“Security and energy resources: Amity and enmity in the Regional Security Complex Levant” Center for Military, Security and Strategy Studies (CMSS) University of Calgary, Grand Strategy Workshop,Calgary, Canada.

“Jewish Life in Germany 2015”, “50 years of Israeli – German relations” , “Transformations in the Levant”, Lecture tour Calgary / Canada, University of Calgary, Centre for Military and Strategic Studies and the Calgary Jewish Federation.

(lectures before 2015 ask for extended list)

Dr. Melanie Carina Schmoll, PhD