Process for transforming the former prison La Model

by marc | Mar 2, 2016

Originally published on March 2, 2016. Updated on May 25, 2025. One of the most ambitious and impactful urban projects set to shape Barcelona in the coming years is the transformation of La Model prison into a public space with mixed-use facilities. This iconic site...

Transmission and knowledge of the past. Memory as a public policy

by sergi | Nov 21, 2015

L’Observatori Europeu de Memòries de la Fundació Solidaritat de la UB (EUROM) i la Fundació Cipriano Garcia de Comissions Obreres de Catalunya promouen un debat amb els representants de les candidatures catalanes a les pròximes eleccions generals amb...

Cinema and Memory

by sergi | Oct 25, 2015

Sessions organized in collaboration with Filmoteca de Catalunya November 17 – Sala Laya 18:30 – Cinema and memory. Lecture by Paloma Aguilar, Professor at UNED, and Nancy Berthier*, Director of the Centre de Recherches Interdisciplinaires sur les Mondes...

Fighting for History and Memory in Portugal

by sergi | Oct 21, 2015

Professor Luís Farinha (Universidade do Porto) will deliver a keynote speech about the memory of dictatorship in Portugal.  He is the current director of Museo do Aljube, inaugurated in April 2015. This new museum occupies the former prison of the Aljube in Lisbon,...

Graves, Panthea and Mausolea. From the ditches to Valle de los Caidos

by sergi | Oct 21, 2015

A dialogue between Ricard Vinyes, Full Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Barcelona, and Francisco Ferrándiz, Spanish Centre of Scientific Research. Presented and moderated by Ignasi Riera.