Learning to learn from History
GĂ©raldine Schwarz
French-German writer, journalist and filmmaker, author of the bestseller âThose Who Forget: My Familyâs Story in Nazi Europe â A Memoir, a History, a Warningâ
Category: Europe insight
The dispute over the past. Political transition and memory wars in Italy, from the crisis of the First Republic until the present day
Filippo Focardi, UniversitĂ di Padova, Department of Political and Juridical Sciences and International Studies (SPGI) Cover picture: National monument of the Foiba di Basovizza in Trieste | EUROM The dramatic political changes in Europe since 1989, with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the breakup of the Soviet Union and the disintegration of Soviet control …
Debating communism at the European institutions. By Laure Neumayer
Laure Neumayer, University Paris 1 PanthĂ©on Sorbonne Cover picture: Tunne Kelam MEP (EPP Group, Estonia) speaking in the commemoration of the Baltic deportations at the European Parliament in Strasbourg | EPP Group Since their inception, European organisations such as the Council of Europe and the European Union (EU) have celebrated the common past of their …
The international spread of state interventionism in history and historical memory
Cover picture: Lyon Armenian Genocide Memorial was erected in 2006 in central Lyon, France. It was designed by Leonardo Basmadyian and includes 36 white concrete pieces supported by stones from Armenia. Poems of Kostan Zarian are written on the concrete pieces | EUROM By Georges Mink, senior researcher emeritus at the Institut des Sciences Sociales …
European Remembrance Policies
Picture: Plenary hall of European parliament in Strasbourg, April 16, 2013 | Ikars, Shutterstock.com By Markus J. Prutsch, Fellow of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the University of Heidelberg, leader of the international research project Science, Numbers and Politics Introduction One of the most powerful tools in welding political identity is …
âCitizens’ engagement is at the core of the Europe for Citizens programmeâ
Picture: Johan François © European Commission EACEA. Interview to Gilles Pelayo, Head of Unit of the programme Europe for Citizens, Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) What is the specific role of the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency?  The European Commission delegates the management of some EU programmes to Executives …