Childhoods and Women in Memories of War

by EUROM | Sep 7, 2024

The Second World War is probably the most enduring event and conflict in contemporary societies and their memories. The (re)construction of these memories remains, almost 80 years after its end, a challenge or even an unresolved issue. In this sense, the integration...

Touristic Uses of the Past

by EUROM | Sep 5, 2024

The concept of heritage as “places of memory” encompasses a diverse array of spaces, typically material in nature, that serve as reminders of a past that refuses to fade into obscurity. Often linked to traumatic events, these sites engage with the present...

Historical memory from an Iberian perspective

by EUROM | Jun 26, 2024

The Public Library of Cáceres (Spain) will host the international conference “Historical Memory from an Iberian Perspective: Dictatorship, Repression, and Democratic Transformation” on September 27 and 28, 2024. The event aims to explore and compare the...

“Memory Roads” Summer Camp

by EUROM | Jun 25, 2024

A group of sixteen teenagers participate in the first summer work camp focusing on the history of the construction of the L-401 road in the Catalan Pyrinees, built using forced labor from 1941 to 1954. The initiative, supported by local and regional institutions,...

Digital World, Images, and History: Memories in Tension

by EUROM | Jun 23, 2024

The EUROM collaborates with the 2024 edition of the Walter Benjamin Colloquium, that will be held in Portbou under the title “Digital World, Images, and History: Memories in Tension”. The sessions will review the changes brought about by the emergence of...