ShoahLab: Holocaust studies laboratory is designed as a hub of disciplinary and methodologically different approaches to Holocaust research. The Laboratory brings together historians, philosophers, sociologist, theorists of visual arts, literature and contemporary media as well as practitioners in the field of museology, education, archiving and librarianship – in a joint effort to shed light on an unimaginable
The Holocaust Studies Laboratory is the first institutional unit in the higher education system of Serbia dedicated to the academic study of the Holocaust. It was founded with the idea of bringing together researchers, educators, museologists and other experts from this field to create a framework for an interdisciplinary and modern approach to the study of the Holocaust, its social causes and consequences, and its legacy. Special focus is placed on representation studies, Holocaust education, theoretical and philosophical reflections on the Holocaust, transnational studies of the Holocaust and genocides.
Activities of ShoahLab include creating and publishing scientific papers and books, organizing lectures, round tables and conferences, leading research and educational projects, and developing a physical and digital library as an information center for Holocaust and genocide studies in Serbia. The Laboratory currently includes researchers and practitioners from the fields of history, museology, library science, art history, literary studies, education, media and communication studies, philosophy and social theory, sociology, religious studies and memory and representations studies. The goal of ShoahLab is to become a recognized center for the study of the Holocaust and related fields in Serbia and beyond.
Coordinator:
Secretaries:
Damjanović Milica
Mihajlov Andrija
Members:
External associates:
Albahari Biljana (National Library of Serbia)
Banjanin Đuričić Nada (Railway Technical School, Belgrade, The Centre for Public History)
Damjanović Milica (independent researcher)
Daković Nevena (Faculty of Dramatic Arts, University of Arts in Belgrade)
Mihajlov Andrija (independent researcher)
Radojković Stefan (Institute for Political Studies, Belgrade)
Stojanović Dragana (Faculty of Media and Communications)
Terzić Marko (Museum “21. October”, Kragujevac)
Viličić Sonja (NGO Haver Serbia)
