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Trauma, Memory and Art
9th November 2020
In this interdisciplinary Zoom conference the four experts and authors of book essays – Ori Z. Soltes, Larry R. Squire, Natan P. F. Kellermann and Eva Fogelman – discuss the transmission of Holocaust trauma and memory against the backdrop of art.
In this interdisciplinary conference, four experts discuss the transmission of Holocaust trauma and memory against the backdrop of art. The starting point of the discussion is the art of Holocaust survivor Alice Lok Cahana and how artistic sensibilities, traumatic memory—and a sense of obligation to improve the world—have been expressed through three generations of her family—both in who her children and grandchildren are and in how they express themselves artistically.
The discussion will amplify this layered issue from other angles: what have recent biological and psychological investigations offered, regarding what memory is and how it works, if and how trauma can be carried in the DNA—and the implications of all of this for understanding the impact of catastrophes like the Holocaust beyond the generation of those who experienced them directly.
This conference discusses topics which are explored more deeply in the book “Immortality, Memory, Creativity, and Survival: The Arts of Alice Lok Cahana, Ronnie Cahana and Kitra Cahana,” which is edited by Ori Z. Soltes PhD, Teaching Professor at Georgetown University, Washington D.C., and will be published on November 30th by The Fritz Ascher Society for Persecuted, Ostracized and Banned Art and Berghahn Books.
Generously sponsored by the
Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York.
Greetings
Hon. David Gill, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York
Panelists
Ori Z. Soltes PhD, Teaching Professor at Georgetown University in Washington D.C.
“The art of Alice Lok Cahana, Ronnie Cahana, and Kitra Cahana”
Larry R. Squire PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Neurosciences, and Psychology at the University of California in San Diego CA
“Remembering”
Natan P. F. Kellermann PhD, Psychologist and Psychodramatist in Jerusalem, Israel
“Major Variables of Holocaust Trauma Transmission”
Eva Fogelman PhD, Social Psychologist and Psychotherapist in New York City
“Descendants of Holocaust Survivors: Myths and Realities”
Moderated by Rachel Stern, Director and CEO of The Fritz Ascher Society in New York City.
Find out more at: fritzaschersociety.org/immortality-memory-creativity-survival
Location & Time
Monday, November 9, 12:00 – 1.30 PM
Via Zoom
Please register here: Zom.us/Webinar/TraumaMemoryArt
Coming up:
November 18, 2020 at 12:00pm ET
“Immortality, Memory, Creativity, and Survival:
The Arts of Alice Lok Cahana, Ronnie Cahana and Kitra Cahana”
November 25, 2020 at 12:00pm ET
“Legacy And Creativity: The Filmmaking and Photography of Kitra Cahana”