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Press Release, 21 November 2018:
Grant awarded by the U.S. Embassy Stockholm for the launch of a Holocaust Remembrance Learning Program for Swedish & US educational institutions This award will cover costs for creating, translating and launching a learning program for schools, universities and other educational institutions in Sweden and the U.S. in relation to Julie Lindahl’s research and writing of the past 8 years concerning the Holocaust, its causes and reverberations through the generations. The learning program will focus on themes such as how democracies can collapse and what the consequences are; and why it is important to vigorously defend and strengthen democracy, universal human rights and the rule of law. The learning program itself will be accessible online through the learning platform, Eliademy.com, and will be available in both English and Swedish. From this platform, schools and universities can download printed discussion modules, including questions and learning exercises, watch videos that introduce the modules and participate in webinars with the grantee and other experts. In light of worrying statistics about revisionism in Europe and reduced knowledge of the Holocaust among young people in the US, the main overall outcome should be to make learning about the Holocaust, its causes and reverberations, seem relevant and alive with a learning program linked to an unusual personal journey, as portrayed in Lindahl’s recently released book The Pendulum. Educators are increasingly understanding the importance of storytelling techniques to stimulating interest in learning about history and society. Crucially, the program will provide tools for facing personal, family and community histories. The program will launch with schools and other educational institutions in the U.S. in spring 2019. For further information, please contact: [email protected] Visit www.julielindahl.com |
Pressmeddelande, 21 november 2018:
USA:s ambassad i Stockholm har beviljat bidrag till ett minnesprogram om Förintelsen, i syfte att användas inom svenska och amerikanska akademiska institutioner. Bidraget kommer att finansiera ett pedagogiskt program som bygger på Julie Lindahls 8-åriga arbete kring Förintelsen, dess orsaker och hur dess ekon genom efterföljande generationer. Programmet avser att användas i skolor, på universitet och i andra akademiska institutioner i Sverige och USA. Det kommer att behandla ämnen såsom: hur demokratier kan förfalla och vilka konsekvenser det för med sig; och varför det är så viktigt att kraftfullt försvara och stärka det demokratiska systemet, rättsregler och mänskliga rättigheter. Programmet kommer att finnas tillgängligt online på Eliademy.com i svensk och engelsk version. Från hemsidan kan skolor och universitet hämta diskussionsunderlag med tillhörande frågeformulär och övningar, titta på videor som presenterar materialet och ta del av webbseminarium ledda av författaren och andra experter inom området. Med hänsyn till den oroväckande utvecklingen av revisionismen i Europa och det ökande antalet ungdomar i USA med begränsad kunskap om Förintelsen, är det huvudsakliga syftet med programmet att göra läran om Förintelsen, dess orsaker och effekter på senare generationer relevant för nutidens ungdomar. Detta görs möjligt genom att programmet baseras på Julie Lindahls unika och personliga berättelse i hennes nyligen publicerade bok Pendeln. Dagens lärare inser allt mer hur viktigt det är att använda storytelling-tekniker som stimulerar intresse hos eleven att lära sig mer om samhället och dess historia. Programmet kommer att tillhandahålla verktyg för att möta personliga, familje- och samhällshistorier. Programmet kommer lanseras för skolor och andra akademiska institutioner våren 2019. För vidare information, vänligen kontakta: [email protected] Eller gå in på www.Julielindahl.com |
Motivations for using the learning program
“I’ve just carefully re-read The Pendulum, in preparation for teaching it in my Holocaust literature class. The book is deeply impressive, as it is relentlessly honest and raises many pertinent questions about the aftermath of trauma, who we are in relation to the past, and the ways in which destructive ideologies and bigotry can affect the next generation and must be dealt with. It gave my students an understanding of shame legacies and how they can be unpacked with sincerity and compassion. My students learned a lot from it and I intend to leave The Pendulum on the syllabus in the future.”
Nancy Harrowitz, Professor of Italian and Jewish Studies
Director of Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Boston University
If you don´t know history, you are bound to repeat it. This is what led Julie Lindahl to write her book and to create the on-line program for schools. Julie tells her history in order to show coming generations the consequences of hatred. This is a very important curriculum that will make youngsters aware of evil and help them develop a moral compass and a sense of responsibility. It is a warning against obeying orders without criticism, and a call to follow one’s own heart.”
Hédi Fried, psychologist, author and Holocaust survivor
Julie Lindahl has an important and difficult story to share. It witnesses painful times and events that must never be forgotten and that should serve as a strong motivation for taking questions about the value of each human being and democracy very seriously. Through her material and presentation style, Julie succeeds in uniting a strong personal point of departure with a factual historical description of time, place and happenings. Her presentation both stirs feelings and provides knowledge. This definitely makes her worth listening to and learning from!
Eskil Franck, Associate professor Uppsala University, Former Director The Living History Forum
"As a young adolescent, I recall asking why I was studying the subject of history and what relevance it had to my young teenage life. It seemed so outdated and far removed from modern day-to-day existence - laden with facts, dates, and names with cliched themes. As an educator of humanities in my adult life, I strive to create relevance for students by answering the following essential questions in my classroom: Why do we study history? How can history be studied objectively through best practices? What role does history play in the future of our global world? In order to answer these questions, students cannot truly understand the “we” of society without first looking at different first-hand experiences on a personal level. Julie Lindahl’s book explores the answers to these lofty questions through a thought-provoking account of her own personal journey as a historian, granddaughter, daughter, mother, wife, and human being. By peeling back the layers of her own family history, Lindahl searches for truth, processes her emotions, and provides a refreshingly honest, didactic journey for her readers that can be meaningfully applied to the study of history."
Amy Stern, Curriculum Rationale for Julie Lindahl's The Pendulum, Adjunct Professor of Education, Manhattanville College and former teacher of Humanities, Rippowam Cisqua School, New York, USA
“I’ve just carefully re-read The Pendulum, in preparation for teaching it in my Holocaust literature class. The book is deeply impressive, as it is relentlessly honest and raises many pertinent questions about the aftermath of trauma, who we are in relation to the past, and the ways in which destructive ideologies and bigotry can affect the next generation and must be dealt with. It gave my students an understanding of shame legacies and how they can be unpacked with sincerity and compassion. My students learned a lot from it and I intend to leave The Pendulum on the syllabus in the future.”
Nancy Harrowitz, Professor of Italian and Jewish Studies
Director of Holocaust, Genocide and Human Rights Studies
Boston University
If you don´t know history, you are bound to repeat it. This is what led Julie Lindahl to write her book and to create the on-line program for schools. Julie tells her history in order to show coming generations the consequences of hatred. This is a very important curriculum that will make youngsters aware of evil and help them develop a moral compass and a sense of responsibility. It is a warning against obeying orders without criticism, and a call to follow one’s own heart.”
Hédi Fried, psychologist, author and Holocaust survivor
Julie Lindahl has an important and difficult story to share. It witnesses painful times and events that must never be forgotten and that should serve as a strong motivation for taking questions about the value of each human being and democracy very seriously. Through her material and presentation style, Julie succeeds in uniting a strong personal point of departure with a factual historical description of time, place and happenings. Her presentation both stirs feelings and provides knowledge. This definitely makes her worth listening to and learning from!
Eskil Franck, Associate professor Uppsala University, Former Director The Living History Forum
"As a young adolescent, I recall asking why I was studying the subject of history and what relevance it had to my young teenage life. It seemed so outdated and far removed from modern day-to-day existence - laden with facts, dates, and names with cliched themes. As an educator of humanities in my adult life, I strive to create relevance for students by answering the following essential questions in my classroom: Why do we study history? How can history be studied objectively through best practices? What role does history play in the future of our global world? In order to answer these questions, students cannot truly understand the “we” of society without first looking at different first-hand experiences on a personal level. Julie Lindahl’s book explores the answers to these lofty questions through a thought-provoking account of her own personal journey as a historian, granddaughter, daughter, mother, wife, and human being. By peeling back the layers of her own family history, Lindahl searches for truth, processes her emotions, and provides a refreshingly honest, didactic journey for her readers that can be meaningfully applied to the study of history."
Amy Stern, Curriculum Rationale for Julie Lindahl's The Pendulum, Adjunct Professor of Education, Manhattanville College and former teacher of Humanities, Rippowam Cisqua School, New York, USA
