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Sounding Trauma, Mediating Memory

Bowdoin College
Moulton Union Lounge

This talk will provide an overview of Dr. Huether’s book project, Sounding Trauma, Mediating Memory: Holocaust Economy and the Politics of Sound, which examines Holocaust representation specifically for its sonic qualities, including musical underscoring, audio guides, vocal affect, and the sound of language. Dr. Huether will address dynamic strategies and implications of music and sound in contemporary Holocaust memory, including Hollywood films, museums and memorial sites, audio guides, and survivor testimony.

Later Event: March 30
Hebrew School