Date & time
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
5:45 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
5:45 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
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But I Live - Graphic Novel Speaker Event
Speaker(s)
Charlotte Schallié
Cost
This event is free
Organization
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Where
John Molson Building
1450 Guy
Concordia Conference Centre, 9th Floor
Room A,B,C, D
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Charlotte Schallié, a UVic scholar and Holocaust historian who is leading the graphic novel project. (Credit: UVic Photo Services)
Concordia's Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics, and the Azrieli Institute are hosting a catered speaker event at the Conference Center, on the 9th floor of the John Molson Building (MB).
This event is co-sponsored by the German Consulate of Montreal.
About the speaker:
Charlotte Schallié is chair of the Germanic and Slavic Department at the University of Victoria. She is the editor of But I Live — an award-winning graphic novel telling the stories of child Holocaust survivors. A holocaust historian, Charlotte Schallié is project lead of the UVic-based Narrative Art and Visual Storytelling in Holocaust and Human Rights Education.
Schaillé will speak to the role of the visual arts in Holocaust education, the importance of survivor-centred storytelling practices and trauma-informed approaches to ethical testimony collection, as well as the urgency of preserving survivor experiences.
A storyboard by graphic artist Gilad Seliktar for Holocaust survivors Nico and Rolf Kamp's story. (Credit, illustration: G Seliktar)
A storyboard by graphic artist Miriam Libicki for Holocaust survivor David Schaffer's story. (Credit, illustration: M Libicki)
A scene from graphic artist Barbara Yelin's studio including a page from Holocaust survivor Emmie Arbel's story. (Credit, photo: Martin Friedrich)