The “Institute for Transcultural and Historical Research” at Sigmund Freud Private University deals with inter- and transcultural as well as post-colonial issues, with the history of mentalities, cultural studies and philosophical foundations of psychotherapy science and the history of psychotherapy.

A Jour fixe is held three times a semester to provide a discussion forum for guest lectures, SFU projects and student research. The Jour fixe is open to all interested parties, external visitors are expressly welcome. The lectures are free of charge.

For the next Jour fixe we are looking forward to the following presentation in English:

Finding Words for the Roma Holocaust
The story of a contested research and publication project

4th April 2024, 6:30 pm | SFU Vienna, Freudplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Room 1002

  • For Psychotherapy Science students, participation can be recognised as part of the “Window of Opportunity”. In addition to participating, students have to provide the assignments required by the faculty.

About the Lecture

In 2017, the book If I run, they shoot me dead – If I stop, they beat me to death was published in Budapest in both a Hungarian and an English version. Building on the life stories of six Roma children, the book aims at depicting the persecution and extermination of Roma during the Second World War as an integral and not a peripheral part of the Holocaust. Conceptualized as a schoolbook, the publication faced many difficulties as it opposes mainstream narratives in Hungarian history and society; nowadays the publication is unavailable on the book market. Julia Orsós, one of the authors, presents the goals and the production process of the book and its controversial reception.

About the Lecturer

Julianna Orsós (born 1986) is a PhD candidate in Medieval Studies at the University of Pécs (Hungary). Between 2016 and 2022, she worked at the National Archives of Hungary. Since 2021 she is a research fellow of the Fragmenta et Codices Research Group in Budapest.

Her field of research is the history of law, legal interpretation and the identification of ethnic groups in medieval sources.

 

The team of the Institute for Transcultural and Historical Research is looking forward to your participation.