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Dr Stefan Moitra

Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum (DBM)
Participates in 1 Session
Stefan Moitra is a researcher at Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum (DBM). He is currently leading an oral history project entitled ‘Mining People’, jointly undertaken by the DBM and the Foundation History of the Ruhr, which collects memories and life stories of former miners in the Ruhr and other German coal fields. He has previously worked on education and knowledge production in the mining industry, on industrial relations in the chemical industries and on the place of cinema in working-class cultures after 1945. Contact: stefan.moitra@bergbaumuseum.de 

Sessions in which Dr Stefan Moitra participates

Saturday 4 June, 2016

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Sessions in which Dr Stefan Moitra attends

Monday 6 June, 2016

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18:00 - 19:00 | 1 hour
Festive Event

To celebrate our film series dedicated to heritage, sponsored by the Department of American Studies at the University of Maryland and the United States Chapter of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies, this event will spotlight the iconic Sugar Shack, which is rooted from Quebec to New-England and which is both the place of maple syrup production and of friendly gatherings during the maple syrup season. In a festive atmosphere, delegates will be invited to taste one of the essential of...

19:00 - 19:35 | 35 minutes
Public event

Directed by William Shewbridge and Michelle Stefano USA; 35 mins Presented by Michelle Stefano ___ After 125 years of operation, the Sparrows Point Steel Mill (Baltimore, Maryland) finally closed its doors in 2012. The film, “Mill Stories”, examines the importance of the mill from the perspectives of former workers and community members while connecting their story to the larger narrative of industrial boom and bust. The film seeks to amplify the voices of forme...

20:00 - 21:35 | 1 hour 35 minutes
Public event

Directed by Christine Walley and Chris Boebel Presented by Michelle Stefano When the steel mills began closing on Chicago's Southeast Side, residents could feel the American Dream slipping away. Decades later, the loss of the steel industry has left permanent scars. The documentary film, Exit Zero: An Industrial Family Story, is named for the highway exit number for Chicago’s old steel mill neighbourhoods and captures the feeling of a region passed over. In poignant and some...

Tuesday 7 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
19:00 - 23:00 | 4 hours
Festive Event

The closing dinner of the conference, called “Pawâ” according to a French-Canadian tradition borrowed from the Native American lexicon, will be an opportunity to discover, in the heart of the Old Port of Montreal, an original culinary creation by the caterer Agnus Dei, from the renowned Maison Cartier-Besson in Montreal, leader in its field for its boundless creativity and event expertise. The dinner, in the form of stations, will offer delegates an exploration of Quebecois culinary heritage,...