Aarhus University – Uses of the Past

by carles | Feb 24, 2023

The past is not what it once was. This is a graffiti used as a title for a book on historical methodology written by a Norwegian historian. The past is a point of orientation for individuals as well as for communities in the present. Memories, material objects and...

80th anniversary of the Spanish Republican exile. Routes and experiences

by EUROM | Apr 3, 2019

This international symposium is part of a series of activities on the 80th anniversary of the Spanish Republican Exile; Organized by the research project Dynamics of the exiles in Iberoamerica of the research center on America and the Caribe (CIALC) and the Chair on...

Historical memories, uncomfortable memories

by EUROM | Feb 11, 2019

The EUROM is one of the partners of the permanent seminar of the Studies’ Group on Institutions and Political Cultures, led by the  Institute of History Jaume Vicens i Vives of the University Pompeu Fabra; The seminar is organized in seven annual sessions aimed...

Museo Casa de la Memoria – Alcaldia de Medellín

by EUROM | Oct 13, 2018

Casa de la Memoria Museum was created in 2006 as an initiative of the Municipal Unit for Victim Attention and Reparation of Medellin, Colombia, in order to contribute to the comprehension and overcoming of the armed conflict and the diverse kinds of violence of...

Memory, Art & Identity

by EUROM | Aug 18, 2018

The annual conference of the International Committee of memorial Museums in remembrance of the victims of Public Crimes (IC-MEMO) will focus on the influence of memorial museums on shaping personal and collective memory, and on the intergenerational transmission of...