Memory laws in Europe. What common horizons are we journeing towards?
By Sébastien Ledoux. Professor of History University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
Tag: memory policies
EDITORIAL #5
Cover picture: âAixafem el feixismeâ [âCrush Fascismâ]. Can BatllĂł, Barcelona. Mural painting and picture by Roc Blackblock. Based on the original picture by Pere CatalĂ Pic. The work is part of the project âMurs de BitĂ colaâ (Log walls) Our Observing Memories magazine has reached its fifth edition. It has been another complex and complicated year …
Can the Past change the Future? A sociological reflection about what memory public policies actually do
Recent events are a powerful example of the memorial paradigm that has been established over the last twenty years both at the European level and internationally.
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 …