Browse our videos! Here you can find recordings from our events, including the European Remembrance Symposia and Genealogies of Memory conferences, video summaries of our educational youth projects, as well as Hi-story lessons animations for teachers and pupils.
Commentary by Grażyna Szwat-Gyłybowa (Institute of Western and Southern Slavic Studies, University of Warsaw) and discussion.
The presentation is part of a seminar from Genealogies of Memory series on the recent developments in the field of memory studies in Bulgaria, which took place on 28 November 2014 in Warsaw, Poland.
Yana Yancheva (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) presenting her paper "Agricultural collectivization (1940-s – 1950-s) in Bulgarian Memory Studies".
The presentation is part of a seminar from Genealogies of Memory series on the recent developments in the field of memory studies in Bulgaria, which took place on 28 November 2014 in Warsaw, Poland.
Zlatina Bogdanova (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) presenting her paper "Communism in Memory Studies – the Bulgarian Perspective".
The presentation is part of a seminar from Genealogies of Memory series on the recent developments in the field of memory studies in Bulgaria, which took place on 28 November 2014 in Warsaw, Poland.
Ana Luleva (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences) presenting her paper titled "Memory Studies in Bulgaria: Institutions and Approaches".
The presentation is part of a seminar from Genealogies of Memory series on the recent developments in the field of memory studies in Bulgaria, which took place on 28 November 2014 in Warsaw, Poland.
Final Discussion of "Collective vs Collected Memories. 1989-91 from an Oral History Perspective". "Genealogies of Memory" series.
Chair: Joanna Wawrzyniak
Workshops results summaries
General comments by Jeffrey K. Olick
Free discussion
Burkhard Olschowsky
"1989 as a Lieu de Mémoire in Poland and Germany"
Lars Breuer, Anna Delius
"Ordinary Europeans’ View on 1989"
Aline Sierp
"Bridging the Gap: Framing Memory Debate in the EU"
Discussant: Michael Bernhard
Chair: Piotr Filipkowski
Panel "1989-1991 in Comparative and Transnational Perspectives" during the "Collective vs Collected Memories. 1989-91 from an Oral History Perspective" conference. "Genealogies of Memory" series.
Warsaw, 8 November 2014.
Introduction: Włodzimierz Borodziej
Lutz Niethammer interviewed by Piotr Filipkowski and Franka Maubach.
"Collective vs Collected Memories. 1989-91 from an Oral History Perspective" conference. "Genealogies of Memory" series.
Warsaw, 7 November 2014.
Panel "Generational Experiences and Memories".
Ljubica Spaskovska
"The Last Yugoslav Generation: Making Sense of Post-Socialism and the End of Yugoslavia"
Deanna Wooley
“We Were the Generation of Unspoken Assumptions”: Generational Identity and the “Velvet Revolution”
Discussant: Lars Breuer
Chair: Burkhard Olschowsky
"Collective vs Collected Memories. 1989-91 from an Oral History Perspective" conference. "Genealogies of Memory" series.
Warsaw, 7 November 2014.
Panel "Individual and Collective Memories Entangled".
Katharine White
"Shifts in East Germans Spatial Imaginaries"
Ina Alber
"Narrating the “Transition to Democracy“: on the Interdependency of Discourses and Biographies"
Natalia Cojocaru
"1989-91 in Moldova: Memory, Discourse and Representation"
Discussant: Kaja Kaźmierska
Chair: Ferenc Laczó
"Collective vs Collected Memories. 1989-91 from an Oral History Perspective" conference. "Genealogies of Memory" series.
Warsaw, 7 November 2014.
Joachim von Puttkamer
"Making Sense of the Unexpected: How the Reshaping of the Polish Power Apparatus in 1989 is Being Remembered"
Tomasz Stryjek
"What Does 1991 Mean for Ukrainians?"
Rauf R. Garagozov
"Collapse of the Soviet Union as Cultural Trauma and Russian Collective Memory"
Discussant: Padraic Kenney
Chair: Gertrud Pickhan
"Collective vs Collected Memories. 1989-91 from an Oral History Perspective" conference. "Genealogies of Memory" series.
Warsaw, 6 November 2014.
Keynote speech by Michael Bernhard and Jan Kubik entitled "The Politics of Memory and Commemoration".
Chair: Danilo Facca.
Keynote speech by James V. Wertsch entitled "Mnemonic Communities and Habits".
Chair: Krzysztof Koseła.
"Collective vs Collected Memories. 1989-91 from an Oral History Perspective" conference.
Warsaw, 6 November 2014.
"Collective vs Collected Memories. 1989-91 from an Oral History Perspective" conference.
Warsaw, November 2014.
Introduction to conference by Dr. Ferenc Laczó, Dr. Franka Maubach and Dr. Joanna Wawrzyniak.
A short feature by Anna Kasperska about Romanian Revolution of 1989.
The feature was made as a part of the Freedom Express project - an international social and educational campaign launched on the 25th anniversary of the “year of changes” – the year 1989. The project was organised by European Network Remembrance and Solidarity with the support of ministries of culture from Central European countries and in cooperation with many institutions dealing with the history of the 20th century.
A short feature by Anna Rubi - a postcard from the Heroes' Square in Budapest, Hungary.
Anna Rubi - born in 1988. Student of Master studies in Interdisciplinary Art on Zürcher Hochschule der Künste in Zürich. In 2011 she created a visual part of a ballet and audiovisual performance “NG project: Play it again Arthur”. In 2014 she took part in creating a collaborative documentary film BUÉK, as the director of one of the episodes. Currently she is making a research and a project about functions of art in public spheres in Hong Kong and Zurich.
The feature was made as a part of the Freedom Express project - an international social and educational campaign launched on the 25th anniversary of the “year of changes” – the year 1989. The project was organised by European Network Remembrance and Solidarity with the support of ministries of culture from Central European countries and in cooperation with many institutions dealing with the history of the 20th century.
A short feature by Anna Rubi - a postcard from Bratislava, Slovakia.
Anna Rubi - born in 1988. Student of Master studies in Interdisciplinary Art on Zürcher Hochschule der Künste in Zürich. In 2011 she created a visual part of a ballet and audiovisual performance “NG project: Play it again Arthur”. In 2014 she took part in creating a collaborative documentary film BUÉK, as the director of one of the episodes. Currently she is making a research and a project about functions of art in public spheres in Hong Kong and Zurich.
The feature was made as a part of the Freedom Express project - an international social and educational campaign launched on the 25th anniversary of the “year of changes” – the year 1989. The project was organised by European Network Remembrance and Solidarity with the support of ministries of culture from Central European countries and in cooperation with many institutions dealing with the history of the 20th century.
A short feature by Anna Rubi - a postcard from the Rakowiecka Prison in Warsaw, Poland.
Anna Rubi - born in 1988. Student of Master studies in Interdisciplinary Art on Zürcher Hochschule der Künste in Zürich. In 2011 she created a visual part of a ballet and audiovisual performance “NG project: Play it again Arthur”. In 2014 she took part in creating a collaborative documentary film BUÉK, as the director of one of the episodes. Currently she is making a research and a project about functions of art in public spheres in Hong Kong and Zurich.
The feature was made as a part of the Freedom Express project - an international social and educational campaign launched on the 25th anniversary of the “year of changes” – the year 1989. The project was organised by European Network Remembrance and Solidarity with the support of ministries of culture from Central European countries and in cooperation with many institutions dealing with the history of the 20th century.
A short feature made by Anna Kasperska.
Anna Kasperska - born in 1986. Graduate of Master studies in filmmaking on Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. She has been involved in a film making, promotion and education since 2009. She realized three movies. One of them – “Together, written separately” – made as her diploma work this year is currently distributed for the film festivals. Between 2010 and 2013 she organized a series of independent film screenings in Warsaw cinemas. In 2013 she created and coordinated international film project focused on the topic of the border in Polish-Ukrainian cooperation.
The feature was made as a part of the Freedom Express project - an international social and educational campaign launched on the 25th anniversary of the “year of changes” – the year 1989. The project was organised by European Network Remembrance and Solidarity with the support of ministries of culture from Central European countries and in cooperation with many institutions dealing with the history of the 20th century.