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Tuesday 28 November
Aula Magna of the University of Barcelona
18’30-19’00: Accreditations
19’00-19’20: Welcome session
- Maite Vilalta, Vice-Rector for Equal Opportunities and Social Action, University of Barcelona
- Xavier López, Director of the Solidarity Foundation of the University of Barcelona
- Jordi Guixé, director of the European Observatory on Memories (EUROM)
19’20-19’45: Opening keynote
- Manuel Rivas, writer and journalist
Introduced by Rosa Vergés, director, filmmaker and scriptwriter
19’45: Reception
Wednesday 29 November
Aula Magna of the University of Barcelona
09’30-11’00: 1st Session: Laws, policies and memories in Europe
Presents and moderates: Oriol López, EUROM
- Uladzislau Belavusau, Senior Researcher at the Asser Institute – University of Amsterdam, and Principal Investigator at the MELA project
- Maria Mälksoo, Senior Lecturer in International Security at the Brussels School of International Studies, Director of Research and Ethics.
- Georges Mink, Director of Research at the Institut des Sciences Sociales et du Politique (CNRS – France), Université de Paris X, Nanterre
11’00-11’30: Coffee-Break
11’30-13’00: 2nd Session: Memory and heritage (I)
Presents and moderates: Jordi Guixé, EUROM
- Monuments: Núria Ricart, Professor of the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Barcelona
- Museums: Jordi Font, Director of the Exile Memorial Museum
- Mass graves: Ángel del Río, Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Seville
13’00-14’00 3rd Session: Memory and heritage – the archives (II)
Presents and moderates: Raül Aguilar, Arxivers sense Fronteres
- Ramon Alberch, President of AsF International, member of the International Advisory Board of the National Center of Historical Memory of Colombia
- Manuel Melgar, Director of the Documentation Center of Historical Memory
15’30-17’00: 4th Sessió: Laws, policies and past in Spain and Catalonia (I)
Presents and moderates: Margalida Capellà, Professor of International Law and International Relations, University of the Balearic Islands
- The Spanish “law of historical memory” to debate
- José Antonio Martín Pallín, Former prosecutor and current magistrate emeritus of the Supreme Court of Spain
- Josefina Cuesta, Full professor of Contemporary History at the University of Salamanca
17’00-17’30: Coffee-Break
17’30-19’00: 5th Session: Laws, policies and past in Spain and Catalonia (II)
Presents and moderates: Montserrat Armengou, journalist
- The law of the Democratic Memorial to debate
- Josep Cruanyes, President of the Catalan Society of Legal Studies (Societat Catalana d’Estudis Jurídics)
- Montserrat Duch, Full professor at the University Rovira i Virgili
Thrusday 30 November
Aula Magna of the University of Barcelona
09’30-11’30: 6th Session: Memory and transmission
Presents and moderates: Marina Vinyes
- Films and documentals: Magí Crusells, Professor of Contemporary History and Cinema, University of Barcelona
- Performances in the public space: Imma Prieto, Professor of Contemporary art and new media, ERAM School of the University of Girona
- Literature: Jordi Gràcia, Professor of Spanish Literature, University of Barcelona
- New technologies: Matilde Eiroa, Full Professor of Contemporary History, University Carlos III of Madrid
11’30-12’00: Coffee Break
12’00-13’30: 7th Session: The desert traverse. Civil society organizations in the last decade
Presents and moderates: David González, University of Barcelona
- Emilio Silva, Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory
- Carles Vallejo, Catalan Association of Former Political Prisoners
- Rosa Toran, Amical Mauthausen
- Daniel Canales, Internacional Amnesty Spain
- Juan Carlos García Bravo, Association of Social and Democratic Memory (Amesde)
15’15-17’15: 8th Session: Emerging approaches
Session coordinated by Memorias en Red (MeR)
Axis 1: Law and the past
Sala Ramón y Cajal
Rapporteur Maria Chiara Bianchini, Memorias en Red
- Fytili, Magda «Las políticas de reparación como despolitización de la memoria: análisis de la Ley 1863/1989. A propósito de la anulación de las repercusiones de la Guerra Civil y de la Ley 52/2007 de la Memoria Histórica»
- Sütçüoğlu, Bilgen and Ebru İlter Akarçay «Boding Well for the Next Ten Years?: Learning from the Experiences of Victims’ Associations in Spain»
- Calandre, Cristina «La ley de la memória histórica no cumple con el Dr. Luis Calandre Ibáñez»
- Gabarda, Vicent i Ricard Camil Torres «Los efectos nocivos de la aplicación de la ley de memoria histórica en el país valenciano»
- Ménendez, Francesc Xavier «El marc legislatiu de memòria democràtica a Catalunya. Balanç i valoració»
- Ban, Marina «Building the Illiberal State Using the Memory of Communism: the Case of Hungary»
- Rocchi, Luciana «La longue durée d’une expérience italienne, liée aux politiques de la mémoire de l’Espagne»
Axis 2: Memory and transmission
Professor’s room of the Faculty of Philology
Rapporteur Marije Hristova, Memorias en Red
- Olaziregi, Mari Jose «A vueltas con la madre patria»
- Retegi, Olatz y Vaquero, Maribel «Mapa de las acciones sobre memoria histórica en Gipuzkoa»
- Arroita, Izaro y Mikel Ayerbe «La transmisión de una memoria crítica en la obra de Ramon Saizarbitoria»
- Pérez, Pío y Gurutze Lasa «La literatura como memoria y convivencia en las aulas de secundaria»
- Barra, Jordi «Cartografía histórica 2007-2017. (El atlas como indicador memorialístico)»
- Camí-Vela, Maria «Summoning the ghosts: Images, sites and politics of memory in Catalan documentary The Great Flight (2015) by Carolina Astudillo»
- Prudor, Anélie «Complexe mémoriel et Maison des mémoires. Enjeux des mises en scène différenciées des mémoires de l’exil républicain espagnol en France»
17’15-17’30: Coffee Break
17’30-19’0: 9th Session: Awakenings (I). Public management of memory on regional governments
Presents and moderates: Javier Tébar, University of Barcelona
- Andalucia: Francisco Javier Giráldez Díaz, Head of the Directorate General of Democratic Memory of the Junta de Andalucía
- The Basque Country: Aintzane Ezenarro, Director of the Institute of Memory, Coexistence, and Human Rights of the Basc Country (GOGORA)
- Navarra: Álvaro Baraibar Etxebarría, Director General at the department of Peace, Cohexistance, and Human Rights of Navarre (Paz, Convivencia y Derechos Humanos del Gobierno de Navarra)
- Catalonia: Plàcid Garcia-Planas, Director of the Democratic Memorial of Catalonia (Memorial Democràtic de Catalunya)
- Balearic Islands: Manel Santana, General Director of Democratic Memory and Participation of the Balearic Islands
19’00-20’00: 10th Session: Awakenings (II). Public management of memory on regional governments
Presents and moderates: Fernando Hernández Holgado, University Complutense of Madrid
- Madrid: Txema Urkijo, Responsible of Memory in the Office of Human Rights and Memory of the City Council of Madrid
- Barcelona: Ricard Vinyes, Commissioner of Memory Programs at the City Council of Barcelona
20’00-20’15: Closing