Plurality of Memories in Europe in Global Perspective

In recent years, memory studies have become an essential and dynamically developing, interdisciplinary area in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The ‘Plurality of Memories in Europe in a Global Perspective’ project is a trailblazing initiative for European memory studies. By adopting an interdisciplinary approach in research and education, our project is focusing on the multicultural plurality of memories in Europe in general, with emphasis on mass violence, politics of memory, and memory wars in Central, East and Southeast Europe in particular. In this respect, we will be exploring multiple dimensions of local memories and put them in a dialog with national and transnational actions within and beyond Europe. The main goal is to work towards more inclusive public history and collective memory and to build a research and teaching network for interdisciplinary, institutionalized memory studies.

Steering comittee

dr Paweł Dobrosielski (University of Warsaw)

dr Nicolas Maslowski (University of Warsaw)

prof. Joanna Wawrzyniak (University of Warsaw)

prof. Élisabeth Angel-Perez (Sorbonne University)

prof. Luba Jurgenson (Sorbonne University)

prof. Kateřina Králová (Charles University)

dr Jiří Kocián (Charles University)

prof. Christiane Brosius (Heidelberg University)

prof. Tanja Penter (Heidelberg University)

prof. Thomas Schmitt (Heidelberg University)

prof. Andrea Pinotti (University of Milan)

dr Giancarlo Grossi (University of Milan)

dr Elisabetta Modena (University of Milan)

prof. Lene Sofie Bak (University of Copenhagen)

dr Jessica Ortner (University of Copenhagen)

dr Tea Sindbæk Andersen (University of Copenhagen)

Our past initiatives

Plurality of Memories Fellowship in Prague 2020

“Memory in Conflict” Winter School (February 2020)

“The Past in the Present: the Dynamics of Remembrance” Online Ph.D. Seminar (April 2021)

“Nationalism, Religion & Violence in Europe” Summer School (September 2021)