The Center for European and Russian Studies invites you to "Digital Mapping, Digital Humanities, and the Holocaust", a talk sponsored by the The UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies and Michael and Irene Ross Program in Yiddish Studies and cosponsored by Center for European and Russian Studies and UCLA Program in Digital Humanities. This talk will be moderated by Professor Todd Presner, Department of European Languages and Transcultural Studies. Registration is required.

About the Talk

This talk draws on over ten years of experimenting with digital humanities methods – in particular digital mapping – to study the Holocaust. As well as suggesting the ways that a range of digital methods can uncover new knowledge through distant reading the archive, mapping spatial patterns, or digital reading against the grain, the talk also reflects on the limitations of such approaches. It asks when and how we decide to use, and not use, digital tools and methods in researching the Holocaust, and what kinds of new digital tools we might want to develop as well as when we choose to adopt more traditional analog methods.

About the Speaker

Tim Cole is Professor of Social History at the University of Bristol and Academic Advisor to the Dan David Prize. Tim’s research ranges widely over social, cultural, environmental and landscape histories – in particular of the Holocaust – alongside an interest in digital humanities and co-produced methodologies. Tim’s most recent books include the co-edited Geographies of the Holocaust (2014), Holocaust Landscapes (2016) and About Britain (2021). He is currently co-writing – with Art Historian Tanja Schult (Stockholm) – a book on the role of monuments in contemporary democracies.

Venue

Royce Hall Room 314
10745 Dickson Ct
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Parking

You can find nearby parking at Parking Structure 5 or Parking Structure 4. Visit UCLA Visitor Parking for more information. Ride-share drop off is closest at the turnaround at the front of Royce Hall located at: 10745 Dickson Court, Los Angeles, CA 90095.

Accessible Parking: If you have accessibility needs, you may park in the Pay-By-Space/Visitor Parking area on the rooftop (level 5) of Parking Structure 5 and proceed to the Self-Service Pay Station machine to pay by credit card. If you have further accessibility needs, please get in touch with us (cers@international.ucla.edu).

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Sponsor(s): Center for European and Russian Studies, UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies