Previous meetings of the Legacy of the Holocaust Conference (which will take place again in Krakow, Poland, May 21-23, 2009) have focused on children and the Holocaust (2001); international perspectives on the Holocaust (2003); women and the Holocaust (2005); and ¡§the world before, the world after,¡¨ the pre-war context and the aftermath of the Holocaust (2007). The theme for the 2009 Conference is the impact of the Holocaust on the family as an institution and social construct during the Holocaust itself as well as in the post-Holocaust era.

We welcome proposals for papers and arranged panels on the Holocaust. We encourage proposals that address the conference theme, including, but not limited to, the following topics:

„X The family in pre-war Jewish life and culture
„X The effects of the Holocaust on family relationships
„X Family dynamics and emigration and escape from Europe
„X The role of the family in hiding, passing, rescue and resistance
„X Family structures in displaced persons camps
„X Effects on family structures of postwar emigration
„X Transgenerational effects of the Holocaust
„X Personal and cultural constructions of family identity in the post-Holocaust era
„X Representations of the family in Holocaust literature and the arts
„X Holocaust and genocide education and the construct of the family