Workshop: Portraying the Ukranian crisis
21 March 2016
Bungehuis, Spuistraat 201, room 0.04
On March 21, 2016, the University of Amsterdam will host a workshop on the Ukrainian crisis, where a group of experts from the Netherlands and abroad will discuss the role of media and memory in the current events.
‘Memory and Media in the Crisis around Ukraine’ is a 1-day interdisciplinary workshop, whose participants explore how the Ukrainian crisis is portrayed, interpreted, and ignited through the use of technology and memory. More Information here.
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Lecture: The State and Historical Buildings
24 March 2016, 17:00 - 19:00
University Library, Singel 425, Doelenzaal
In his lecture titled 'Preserving "the national past". The state and historic buildings', visiting Professor Mark Thatcher will speak about the role of historic buildings in building and reinforcing national identity and examine why, when and how state actors pursue policies to protect historic buildings. Organised by AHM, CLUE+, ACCESS EUROPE and ARTES
More information here.
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Lecture: The present past on island battlefields of the Pacific
30 March 2016, 11:00 - 13:00
University Library, Singel 425, Doelenzaal
In this ACASA guest lecture 'War of the worlds: the present past on the island battlefields of the Pacific,1941-45' prof. Neil Peirce (University of Uppsala) will present a programme of archaeological
investigation that promotes the preservation of the battlefields as places of reflection and commemoration, and the innovative role of archaeology as a medium of reconciliation. More information here.
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RICHES Conference on visions of heritage
14-15 April 2016
Volkshotel, Wibautstraat 150, Amsterdam
At the RICHES (Renewal, Innovation and Change: Heritage and European Society) Conference, held by the Waag Society on the 14th and 15th of April 2016, professionals, experts and policy makers from the fields of heritage, museums and technology will gather for a two-day programme to explore future visions of heritage. Against the backdrop of Europe's changing society they will challenge our perspectives, policies and case studies.
More information here.
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Conference: Transcultural memory and reception in Europe
18-21 April 2016
Sofia, Bulgaria.
This conference will focus on the ways in which memory narratives, produced by a variety of political and civil society actors as well as by artists and writers, circulate within European societies and across European borders. How are memory narratives interpreted, appropriated, and translated into actions and attitudes? How does reception feed into the production of new narratives or the transformation of existing ones? In keeping with the main aims of ISTME (In Search of Transcultural Memory in Europe), of particular concern will be the question how such processes play out across national and cultural borders. Confirmed keynote speakers are Prof. Dr. h.c. Aleida Assman, University of Konstanz; Dr. Paula Hamilton, University of Technology, Sydney; Prof. dr. Wulf Kansteiner, Aarhus University; and dr. Miglena Nikolchina, Sofia University. More information here.
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Lecture: The roots of nationalism
19 April 2016 17:00
Spui 25, Amsterdam
In celebration of the forthcoming book 'The Roots of Nationalism. National Identity Formation in Early Modern Europe' (ed. Lotte Jensen) in the AHM book series, Spui 25 has organised a debate about European identity. Prof. dr. Joep Leerssen (UvA) Prof. dr. Judith Pollmann (Leiden University) and Dr. Yolanda Rodríguez Pérez (UvA) will debate the formation of national identity in Europe. More information here.
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Lecture: Memories of the Italian Civil War: Partisans, peasants, fascists (1943-1945)
21 April 2016 16:00 - 17:00
PC Hoofthuis, Room 3.01
In this lecture, Giovanni Contini will analyze the memories of the Italian civil war (8 September 1943 – 2 May 1945), hereby describing how the actual experience of the war’s protagonists differed from what has been told in the Fascist and anti-Fascist rhetoric. More information here.
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Conference: The East & Europe
23-25 June 2016,
University of Amsterdam
Through critical, multidisciplinary, diachronic and comparative approaches this conference intends to explore the dynamics between the two geographical and conceptual constructs: ‘the East’, whether identified with Byzantium, Islam, Eastern Christianity, Asia, or other characteristics, and ‘Europe’, as the perceived counterpart of the variously defined ‘easts’ or as in itself the embodiment of western cultures’ self-ideal?
Confirmed key note speaker is Prof. dr. Edhem Eldem from the Bosporus University in Istanbul on June 24th.
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Prof. Rob van der Laarse to receive a HERA grant
For his research on "Accessing Campscapes: Inclusive Strategies for Using European Conflicted Heritage", AHM director Rob van der Laarse has received a HERA grant from the EU. With only 18 of the final 100 full proposals selected from 605 preproposals approved for funding, the review committee praised the innovative approach and the expected impact of his project. The HERA grant is the top grant given by the EU.
Ihab Saloul teaches seminar at Harvard University
Dr. Ihab Saloul, academic coordinator of the Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture (AHM), has been invited to give a seminar at the Annual Meeting of the American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA) of Harvard University, which will be held from 17 till 20 March 2016. More information here.
Five researchers receive support from UvA FGw Aspasia Fund
Carolyn Birdsall (AHM), Chiara de Cesari (ARTES), Silke Hamann, (ACLC), Katrin Schulz (ILLC) and Maartje van Gelder (ASH) have been awarded a temporary release from teaching duties to enable them to prepare applications for senior personal grants. More information here.
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