Lockdown did not stop us from being active! Last Friday, 29 May, an official 4EU+ Plurality of Memories in Global Perspective (Flagship 2) gathering took place on the Zoom Meetings, connecting representatives from the five 4EU+ universities (Charles, Heidelberg, Sorbonne, Milano, and Warsaw) at one computer screen.

The purpose of the meeting was to debate the upcoming agenda and future strategies of cooperation (both offline and online) in light of the COVID-19 challenges. The main issues discussed included the joyful news of the 4EU+ mini-grant received by the Prague team as coordinator and the upcoming deadline for the 4EU+ Educational grant proposals (currently being prepared by the Warsaw team). The working group also welcomed, Dr. Jiri Kocian, joining as a deputy project coordinator for the mini-grant at Charles University in Prague. Another achievement is the newly-launched webpage of the network, prepared by the Warsaw team (Dr. Nicolas Maslowski and Dr. Anna Dzabagina).

This was followed by shaping the CfA for the prospective 4EU+ post-doc fellows in Prague and brainstorming about the 2021 4EU+ Winter School “Memory in Conflict” program, to take place in Prague hopefully at the beginning of the next year. Once ready, the call for applications will be made public on the official 4EU+ website. Should it be inevitably necessary, appropriate adjustments will be made and an alternative (online) program offered. However, there is nothing like creating a real-life network!