Catalyst Workshop

Different approaches to Remembrance Culture in Austrian and Italian formal and non-formal education.

The “Catalyst Workshop” event is part of the “CU Remember” project, which aims to develop innovative, transnational educational approaches to Remembrance Culture. The workshop in Vienna aims to identify educational tools and pathways for children aged 6 to 12. These are designed not only to raise awareness of the memory of the Holocaust and the crimes of Nazi-Fascism, but also to foster the development of a critical and democratic consciousness that respects otherness and is inclusive.

These two days, as well as the entire project, aim to find common methods and tools to address these issues in both the Austrian and Italian school systems, while highlighting the differences between them.

The event is divided into three modules for primary school teachers and educators. In addition to expert input, each module will include a workshop in which participants will take part. Every module works independently and can be booked together or seperately. (Registration below)

Venue: Campus of the Vienna University (Altes AKH), Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Vienna, Hof 1, Seminarraum 1 (Module 1&2), Seminarraum 2 (Module 3) (campus plan 1.6.1 and 1.6.2)
Dates: Tuesday 24 & Wednesday 25 June 2025 Participation is free of charge. A complete program will be published soon.

Modul 1: Holocaust Remembrance in Central Europe

Tuesday 24.06. 10:00-13:00
Venue: Campus of the Vienna University (Altes AKH), Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Vienna, Hof 1, Seminarraum 1

In this module experts, Prof. Tullia Catalan (University of Trieste) and Roland Trabe (University Colleges of Teacher Education in Vienna) will illustrate the approaches taken by the European institution to the development of an official and collective memory of the Holocaust and the crimes of the Nazi-Fascist regimes, with particular reference to the world of education.

Modul 2: Teaching the Holocaust: How to manage emotions and trauma in the classroom

Tuesday 24.06. 14:30-18:00
Venue: Campus of the Vienna University (Altes AKH), Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Vienna, Hof 1, Seminarraum 1

In this second module, Prof. Marco Ius (University of Trieste) and Julia Netter, who as a teacher specialized in Holocaust education in elementary schools, will talk about how to deal with such sensitive and important issues with children and young people.

Modul 3: How to structure a lesson about the Holocaust?

Wednesday 25.06. 14:30-18:00
Venue: Campus of the Vienna University (Altes AKH), Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Vienna, Hof 1, Seminarraum 2

The expert in Contemporary Jewish History Matteo Perissinotto (University of Trieste) will illustrate some tools, websites, databases, bibliography, and scientific literature that can be used in the classroom.

[The CU-REMEMBER project is supported the European Network of Universities for Children – EUCU.NET. For this reason, the EUCU.NET registration system will be used to register for events].