The National School of Political and Administrative Studies (SNSPA) is once again offering a series of courses designed to provide an in-depth perspective on the Holocaust and its impact on today’s society, with the aim of promoting knowledge of history and historical memory, as well as combating extremism, xenophobia, and hate speech.
In the third year of its partnership with The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), SNSPA will continue to implement a comprehensive project centered on courses on the Holocaust and the study of related topics such as nationalism, xenophobia, racism, anti-Semitism, fascist movements, and radical discourse, as well as debates on these subjects. The project is coordinated by Prof. Liviu Rotman, Ph.D., and Dr. Eugenia Mihalcea.
The courses, which focus on explaining the conceptual and political aspects of the subject matter, as well as its current connections—the persistence of xenophobia, Holocaust denial, etc., — will be held at the Faculty of Political Science (first and second semesters), the Faculty of Communication and Public Relations (second semester), and the Faculty of Public Administration (first semester).
Students in the School of Public Administration can register for the course “State Institutions and Their Involvement in Genocidal Policies During the Holocaust in Romania.” To register for this course, please fill out the online form, available here.
The course will focus on presenting the typology of state institutions during the Antonescu fascist regime (1940–1944), on analyzing the use of institutions of force (Army, Gendarmerie, Police) in a totalitarian regime, and on an analysis of the functioning of other types of state institutions (case study: the National Bank of Romania) during the Holocaust.
In a European context marked by populist and far-right movements, the course draws attention to the danger of distorting the role of certain state institutions under a totalitarian regime. By understanding the role that state institutions play in a democratic system and how they are used in a totalitarian regime, democratic thinking is fostered.
This course is worth 3 ECTS credits. These credits will be added to the credits required to pass the semester, but will not replace them (in other words, the course does not substitute for the required or elective courses included in the curriculum of the program of study).
Completing the course also qualifies students for the Student Badge of Honor. More details are available from the Secretariat of the School of Public Administration.
