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Undergraduate Course: Visual Representations of the Holocaust and Religion (REST10033)

Course Outline
School	School of Divinity	College	College of Humanities and Social Science
Course type	Standard	Availability	Available to all students
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate)	Credits	20
Home subject area	Religious Studies	Other subject area	None
Course website	None
Course description	A survey of visual representations of the Holocaust in art, museums and film. These representations will be analysed with methods in Religious and Cultural Studies. Students will be introduced to artworks beginning with such iconic images as Chagall?s crucifixion series. Secondly, students will discuss the representation of the Holocaust in museums, focusing on exhibitions in Britain such as the Imperial War Museum Holocaust Exhibition. Thirdly, students will analyse filmic representations of the Holocaust ranging from documentaries such as Alain Resnais? Night and Fog to more recent productions such as Paul Verhoeven?s Black Book and Stefn Ruzowitzky?s The Counterfeiters. An analytic thread through this diverse material will be the identification of religious motifs and inscriptions of Jewishness.

Entry Requirements
Pre-requisites	It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed Religion 1A: Religion in the Contemporary World: Judaism, Christianity and Islam (REST08006) AND Religion 2A: Making Sense of Religion: Phenomenological, Historical and Cultural Approaches to the Study of Religion (REST08008)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None
Additional Costs	Purchase of course reader

Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	Permission of the course manager
Prospectus website	http://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/visiting-exchange/courses

Course Delivery Information

Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)						WebCT enabled: Yes		Quota: None
Location	Activity	Description	Weeks	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
New College	Lecture		1-11			11:10 - 13:00
First Class	Week 1, Wednesday, 11:10 - 13:00, Zone: New College. Room 1.07

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, students will be able to:- - Demonstrate knowledge of major themes and works in the visual representation of the Holocaust in art, museum and film. - Summarise key interpretive concepts in the theory of representation. - Apply methods of Religious and Cultural Studies to the analysis of visual representations of the Holocaust. - Critically assess the function of religious motifs and inscriptions of Jewishness in visual representations of the Holocaust. - Sensitively explore the religious, cultural and national contexts of production of visual representations of the Holocaust.

Assessment Information
Class presentation and leading the following discussion (20%); Essay (20%); Degree Exam (60%).
Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information

Special Arrangements
Not entered

Contacts
Course organiser	Dr Hannah Holtschneider Tel: (0131 6)50 8925 Email: H.Holtschneider@ed.ac.uk	Course secretary	Mrs Joanne Cannon Tel: (0131 6)50 8900 Email: j.cannon@ed.ac.uk

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