Argelès-sur-Mer

by EUROM | Dec 9, 2014

At the last stage of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), General Franco’s coup army concluded the occupation of Catalonia on February 10th, 1939. Seeing the Francoist advance, over 450,000 Spanish republicans fled during the winter across the border into French...

The Novelized Memory

by EUROM | Nov 19, 2014

The European Observatory on Memories (EUROM) participated in The Novelized Memory seminar which took place in Aarhus (Denmark) in November 2014. Thirty five experts in cultural memory studies participated in the workshop and decided to engage an interdisciplinary...

COST Action: In Search of Transcultural Memories in Europe

by EUROM | Oct 10, 2014

EUROM participated in this research network about policies of memories in Budapest. The meeting at Central European University was organized by ISTME (In Search of Transcultural Memory in Europe) and combined the annual meeting of ISTME with a PHD Training School....

MEFROP: European Memories on the Pyrenees border

by EUROM | Sep 9, 2014

The European Memories Seminar on the Pyrenees border (Mémoires d’Europe aux Frontières des Pyrénées – MEFROP) was organised by the EUROM and Université de Perpignan Via Domitia in collaboration with the Camp of Rivesaltes, the villages of Portbou (Spain) and Cerbère...

MEFROP – European Memories on the Pyrenees Border

by marc | Sep 9, 2014

The Pyrenees border is characterized by a rich multiplicity of memories. Many actors, including associations, institutions and academics, are engaged in memory-related studies, practices and policies. This is the reason why the aim of MEFROP is to build a long-lasting...