Venue: Aula Magna, University of Barcelona
Language: English, Spanish
Resistance and Solidarity
11th European Remembrance Symposium and 6th Taking Stock of European Memory Policies
9 – 11 May 2023, Barcelona
Programme
09/05/2023 Tuesday
15:00-16:30 (GMT+1)
Registration
University of Barcelona
16:30-17:15
Welcome speeches
17:15-18:30 (GMT+1)
Opening session
A dialogue between Dr Piotr Naimski and Dr Carmen Magallón
Moderator:
Michael Žantovský, Václav Havel Library
Participants:
Dr Piotr Naimski (one of the creators of the Workers' Defence Committee (Komitet Obrony Robotników) in 1976 in Poland)
Dr Carmen Magallón, Seminario de Investigación para la Paz, Centro Pignatelli
Moderator:
Michael Žantovský, Václav Havel Library
Participants:
Dr Piotr Naimski (one of the creators of the Workers' Defence Committee (Komitet Obrony Robotników) in 1976 in Poland)
Dr Carmen Magallón, Seminario de Investigación para la Paz, Centro Pignatelli
18:30-19:00 (GMT+1)
Coffee break (photo opportunities, contribution walls)
19:00-19:45 (GMT+1)
Turbo presentations
During the turbo presentations, participants showcase their organisation or project to the symposium’s audience. Each speaker has up to 90 seconds. The topics have to be connected with the general theme of the symposium.
19:45-20:15 (GMT+1)
Screening of the film Spain in Exile (1946), directed by Guillermo Zúñiga and produced by Paul Falkenberg.
A documentary film explaining the living conditions of Spanish exiles in France after World War II
20:30 (GMT+1)
Reception dinner
10/05/2023 Wednesday
09:15-10:00 (GMT+1)
Registration
10:00–11:30 IST (GMT+1)
First panel discussion: Mnemonic Solidarity – Can Memory be a Form of Solidarity and Resistance?
Solidarity with the resisters and the oppressed
Solidarity as a form of resistance
Remembrance of solidarity. How can we remember the acts of solidarity? Exploring ways to commemorate
Solidarity as a form of resistance
Remembrance of solidarity. How can we remember the acts of solidarity? Exploring ways to commemorate
11:30-12:00 IST (GMT+1)
Coffee break (photo opportunities, contribution walls)
12:00-13:30 (GMT+1)
Q&A session – Taking Stock of European Memory Projects on Solidarity – Case Studies
During this Q&A session the representatives of diverse projects supported by the European institutions discuss their experiences on memory and solidarity.
13:30-14:30 (GMT+1)
Lunch and coffee break
15:00–18:00/18:30
Cultural visits
Different venues within Barcelona
Possible options:
Historical guided tour and a visit to the air-raid shelter, no. 307
Historical guided tour and La Modelo prison
Historical guided tour and a visit to the air-raid shelter, no. 307
Historical guided tour and La Modelo prison
11/05/2023 Thursday
09:15-10:00 (GMT+1)
Registration
10:00-11:30 (GMT+1)
Second panel discussion: Solidarity and the Power of Art
11:30-12:00 IST (GMT+1)
Coffee break (photo opportunities, contribution walls)
12:00-14:00 IST (GMT+1)
Summary and round table discussion: Solidarity of the Past for the Present/Ethical Consequences and Lessons from 20th-century History
What does the history of 20th-century solidarity and resistance teach us in the context of the new challenges we face in the 21st century?
14:15–14:30 (GMT+1)
Closing remarks
14:30 (GMT+1)
Lunch break and the end of the symposium
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