Current talks, lectures and workshops

A sought-after keynote speaker, presenter and teacher, Paul Salmons has taught throughout Europe and the United States, as well as Israel, Argentina, Australia, South Africa and China.

 

Upcoming

Outside the Gates of Auschwitz: ‘Site-seeing, education and commemoration’

14 April 2022, Virtual panel discussion for The Holocaust and Genocide Research Partnership, London, book here

 

Recent

The Problem of Auschwitz

11 March 2022, Talk and workshop for Dutch Army Chaplains, Amsterdam

Frozen moments - what is revealed in the photographs of Auschwitz?

11 January 2022, Midwest Center for Holocaust Education and Union Station Kansas City, United States, watch here

QAnon and antisemitism: a dangerous nexus

20 October 2021, Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, United States, watch here

Advancing awareness and sparking change: Museums and libraries in the fight against antisemitism

17 October 2021, Center for Jewish History & jMuse, International Virtual Symposium, New York, United States, watch here

Teaching with artefacts: learning about the Holocaust through enquiry

30 September 2021, Holocaust Center for Humanity, Seattle, United States

Between trust and truth - Conspiracy thinking

Third in a series of three online public debates on Disinformation, Denial and Conspiracy Thinking.

29 September 2021, House of European History, Brussels, watch here

Using artefacts in teaching the Holocaust

1 July 2021, Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, Summer Institute for Teachers, United States


Approaches to Holocaust Education

A series of three interactive online workshops for Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, examining the key challenges facing teachers and learners in Holocaust education. The sessions will model effective pedagogical approaches; provide practical classroom activities; and share powerful and moving resources.

17, 25 and 27 June 2021, Holocaust Memorial Miami Beach, United States

Britain’s myths about the Holocaust

20 May 2021, National Holocaust Centre and Museum, Laxton, UK, watch here

Between trust and truth - Denial of crimes

Third in a series of three online public debates on Disinformation, Denial and Conspiracy Thinking.

28 April 2021, House of European History, Brussels, watch here


The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed. In conversation with Dr Wendy Lower.

27 April 2021, Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York City, watch here


Between trust and truth - Disinformation

The first in a series of three online public debates on Disinformation, Denial, and Conspiracy Thinking.

31 March 2021, House of European History, Brussels, watch here


Auschwitz: Place, memory and education

In conversation with Paweł Sawicki and Thorsten Wagner

10 March 2021, FASPE and the Taube Centre, watch here


Frozen moments: what is revealed in the photographs of Auschwitz?

8 March 2021, Liberation 75 Online Symposium


Meeting the challenges of Holocaust education

8 March 2021, Liberation 75 Online Symposium


Seeing Auschwitz

5 Feb 2021, Association of Holocaust Organizations


The courage to care

In conversation with Sister Carol Rittner and Archbishop of Church of Sweden Antje Jackelén

28 January, Living History Forum, Sweden, watch here


Storytelling through objects, photographs and documents

A series of three professional development workshops, part of the Imperial War Museum’s Second World War and Holocaust Partnership Programme, supporting eight cultural heritage institutions across the United Kingdom.

20, 22 and 27 January 2021, Imperial War Museum, United Kingdom


Beyond the Perpetrator’s Gaze: Close Readings of Holocaust Photographs

16 January 2021, Jewish Foundation for the Righteous, United States


What cost democracy, and is it a price worth paying?

Part five of a series of five workshops on pedagogical approaches.

14 January 2021, Jewish Holocaust Centre, Melbourne, Australia


Meeting the challenges of Holocaust education

Part four of a series of five workshops on pedagogical approaches.

15 December 2020, Jewish Holocaust Centre, Melbourne, Australia


Constructing narratives, making meaning

Part three of a series of five workshops on pedagogical approaches.

10 December 2020, Jewish Holocaust Centre, Melbourne, Australia


Frozen moments - what is revealed in the photographs of Auschwitz?

Part two of a series of five workshops on pedagogical approaches.

2 December 2020, Jewish Holocaust Centre, Melbourne, Australia


What can be learned from a forensic study of Holocaust artefacts?

Part one of a series of five workshops on pedagogical approaches.

26 November 2020, Jewish Holocaust Centre, Melbourne, Australia


Auschwitz: Artefacts as Witness

9 November 2020, Rosenkranz Oration, Jewish Holocaust Centre, Melbourne, Australia. Watch here


Why do we teach about the Holocaust?

23 October 2020, University of Zaragoza, Spain


Presenting Auschwitz - implications for the classroom

20 October 2020. Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Centre, United States


Ordinary things? What can be learned from a forensic study of Holocaust artefacts?

13 October 2020, Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Centre, United States


The future of Holocaust Museums

30 September 2020, Moderating International panel of experts hosted by Liberation 75, Canada


What cost democracy and is it a price worth paying?

19 August 2020, Segerstedt Institute, University of Gothenburg, Sweden


Beyond the Perpetrator’s Gaze: Close Readings of Holocaust Photographs

16 August 2020, Ghetto Fighters’ House, Israel. Watch here

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