Ruta al Exilio Launches Its 7th Edition Exploring Memory, Resistance, and Youth Engagement

by EUROM | Apr 23, 2026

The original Spanish version of this press release is available here. The seventh edition of Ruta al Exilio is now open for applications. This pedagogical initiative on historical memory brings together 40 young people aged 16 to 17 from across Spain, who take...

The University of Barcelona hosts a conversation on Auschwitz, historical responsability and the democratic challenges today

by EUROM | Jan 15, 2026

The Director of the Auschwitz Memorial, Piotr Cywiński, and cultural expert Danuta Glondys will reflect on memory policies and genocides on 20 January at the historic building of the University of Barcelona Barcelona, 15 January 2026 — On the occasion of the...

Landscape as Memory: an exhibition in Burgos brings to light Franco-era mass graves yet to be exhumed

by EUROM | Jan 13, 2026

The photography exhibition The Eloquent Silence of the Landscape, by Toni Coll Tort, is presented at Espacio Tangente in Burgos, bringing into dialogue art, territory, and democratic memory.The exhibition is curated by the European Observatory on Memories (EUROM) of...

Brussels marks 50 years since Spain’s redemocratization with a reflection on the legacies of southern European dictatorships

by EUROM | Nov 11, 2025

The multidisciplinary event “Legacies of Southern European Dictatorships: 50 Years Later,” held at the House of European History, invites audiences to confront the legacies of the recent past and imagine more just and democratic futures. Fifty years after the death of...

Cologne hosts the fourth EUROM conference dedicated to the Subaltern Memories

by EUROM | Oct 31, 2025

Jointly organized with the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe Foundation (Berlin) and the NS Documentation Center, the event will take place on November 6 and 7 focusing on the so-called disavowed The fourth edition of the annual series Subaltern Memories,...