The second edition of the Symposium “European Remembrance” in Berlin was attended by more than 200 representatives of 23 European countries and 120 key institutions focusing on research and proliferation of historical knowledge and on developing the culture of memory.
How much transnational cooperation does European Remembrance require?
European Remembrance Symposium 2013
10-12 October 2013, Berlin
Programme
Symposium / Berlin 2013
10/10/2013 Thursday
18:15
Opening
Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur
Anna Kaminsky, Federal Foundation for Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship Director
Basil Kerski, Director of European Solidarity Centre
Rafal Rogulski, Director of European Network Remembrance and Solidarity Secretariat
Basil Kerski, Director of European Solidarity Centre
Rafal Rogulski, Director of European Network Remembrance and Solidarity Secretariat
18:30
Opening lectures: European Remembrance. A comparison between East and West
Keith Lowe
Andrzej Paczkowski
Andrzej Paczkowski
20:00
Reception
11/10/2013 Friday
9:30
Welcome Speech
Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur
Anna Kaminsky, Federal Foundation for Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship Director
9:45
Introduction to the Symposium
Rafal Rogulski, Director of European Network Remembrance and Solidarity Secretariat
10:00
European caesuras 1914-1939-1989. Dominant remembrance narratives in Europe
Dan Dinery - lecture
György Dalos - commentary
György Dalos - commentary
11:00
Discussion
12:00
Lunch Break
13:30
Each nation has its historical perspective. Caesuras and parallels in Europe´s past and in our remembering
Aleksandar Jakir
Jan Rydel
Oldřich Tůma
Moderator: Ulrich Mählert
Jan Rydel
Oldřich Tůma
Moderator: Ulrich Mählert
15:15
Coffee break
16:00
Transfer to the German Historical Museum
17:00
Tour of the German Historical Museum
German Historical Museum
Discussion with Alexander Koch, director of German Historical Museum
19:00
Reception at the Museum
12/10/2013 Saturday
9:30
How much transnational cooperation does European remembrance require? What do we know about each other?
Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur
Pavel Tychtl, European Commission
Wolf Kaiser, Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz
Wolf Kaiser, Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz
10:15
Challenges to and deficits in European Networking. Presentation of different networks in Europe
Hans Altendorf, European Network of Official Authorities in Charge of Secret-Police Files
Johannes Bach Rasmussen, Baltic Initiative and Network
Jiří Sýkora, Visegrád-Fund
Vesna Teršelič, Initiative for RECOM
Moderator: Rafał Rogulski
Johannes Bach Rasmussen, Baltic Initiative and Network
Jiří Sýkora, Visegrád-Fund
Vesna Teršelič, Initiative for RECOM
Moderator: Rafał Rogulski
12:30
Coffee break
13:00
Lecture: European Remembrance
Gesine Schwann
13:30
Final discussion
Matthias Weber
Jan Rydel
Oldřich Tůma
Jan Rydel
Oldřich Tůma
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