Public History of the female prisons under the Franco regime

by EUROM | Jul 25, 2023

The first Public History seminar about women’s prisons under the Franco regime will go through the case of Madrid’s Ventas prison (1931-1969). The three-day activity was designed as an introduction to the research on oral and written sources and in the...

First International Conference on Conflict Heritage

by EUROM | May 25, 2023

Organized by the City Council of Figueres and the European Observatory of Memories (EUROM) of the University of Barcelona’s Solidarity Foundation, the First International Conference on Conflict Heritage will take place in Figueres from November 10 to 12, 2023....

11th European Remembrance Symposium and 6th Taking Stock of European Memory Policies

by EUROM | Apr 8, 2023

This joint event organized by the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity (ENRS) and the European Observatory on Memories (EUROM) aims to promote and deepen cooperation between institutions and organizations involved in researching Europe’s 20th-century history. ...

Shelters. Citizens, memory and subsoil in Europe

by EUROM | Feb 22, 2023

The shelters built by citizens to save lives during the Barcelona air raid later became a European heritage site during the Second World War and the beginning of the Cold War, in an experience, that of shelters against savagery, which continues to the present day. ...

Exiles, memories and human rights

by EUROM | Feb 16, 2023

The EUROM is one of the collaborators of the 5th Permanent Seminar of the Group for the Study of Political Institutions and Cultures (16th-21st centuries) of the University Pompeu Fabra. The six sessions are aimed to analyze the memories of exiles throughout the...