Holocaust Living History Workshop featuring Pascale Bos

Please join the UC San Diego Library and Jewish Studies for Sexual Violence During the Holocaust: The Known, the Unknown and the Thorny Issue of Sexual Barter featuring Pascale Bos at Geisel Library on Thursday, February 6 from 5-6:30 p.m.

When groundbreaking gender scholar Joan Ringelheim interviewed female Holocaust survivors throughout the 1980s, little was known about sexual violence during the Holocaust. What she discovered shocked her and made her question why scholars had paid so little attention: “I believe that we avoid listening to stories we do not want to hear. Sometimes we avoid listening because we are afraid; sometimes we avoid listening because we don’t understand the importance of what is being said.”

In this lecture, Bos discusses the latest findings on the topic, how the scholarship has evolved over time, and the taboos that remain.

Bos holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and is an associate professor of German, Netherlandic studies, and comparative literature at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on Holocaust and genocide studies, with a special emphasis on gender and memory, sexual violence and war, and the aftereffects of trauma and wartime violence. She is the author of “German-Jewish Literature in the Wake of the Holocaust: Ruth Klüger, Grete Weil and the Politics of Address” and has published numerous groundbreaking scholarly articles.

All Holocaust Living History Workshop events are free and open to the public, but registration is required.

The Holocaust Living History Workshop (HLHW) series is an education and outreach program sponsored by the UC San Diego Library and the Jewish Studies program. It aims to preserve the memories of the victims and survivors of the Holocaust by offering public events involving witnesses, descendants and scholars and through the use of the USC Shoah Foundation’s Visual History Archive. Past HLHW workshops are now part of the Library’s digital collections and can be accessed online.

Driving: All visitors to the UC San Diego campus are required to display a valid parking pass. For directions and parking information for this event, click here. The closest parking to Geisel Library is the Hopkins Parking Structure, at the corner of Hopkins Drive and Voight Drive. For information about accessible parking on campus, click here.

• Walking Directions:
• Once you exit the parking structure, walk South on Hopkins Drive down Hopkins Lane until you reach the Geisel Roundabout. From there, you can either follow Route 1, which takes you through a set of stairs before entering Geisel Library, or Route 2, which takes you through a smooth pathway.
• Route 1 (Google Maps): From the Geisel Roundabout, follow the path that goes east, towards the Geisel Library building. Follow this path until you reach a set of stairs on your right. Go down these stairs to enter Geisel Library.
• Route 2 (Google Maps): From the Geisel Roundabout, keep going south on the path past the roundabout and follow the curve of the path to the left. Then, make the next left to reach the front entrance of Geisel Library.

Bus: City bus routes Rapid 201 Super Loop, Rapid 202 Super Loop, 30, 41 (weekdays only), 101 (North County Transit District), 237 (weekdays only) and 921 all go through UC San Diego. Exit at Gilman & Myers Drive. This stop is approximately 0.3 miles from Geisel Library via Library Walk. Note: Gilman & Myers Drive's westbound bus stop has been temporarily moved closer to Library Walk for construction until September 2026. See Alerts & Detours.

Trolley: The trolley's Blue Line provides direct, frequent service to UC San Diego. Exit at the UC San Diego Central Campus Station. Geisel Library is approximately 0.3 miles away via Matthews Lane. For more information, visit the UC San Diego PRONTO FAQ or use the MTS Trip Planner.

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