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...

The Soviet Child, the War and the Holocaust

by sergi | Nov 20, 2015

Today, the voices of survivors and witnesses from the war in the East are those of people who lived through it as children. At a time when researchers and memorial institutions are gathering testimonies of these last witnesses of the genocide and the war, Yahad – In...

MemoriaBCN presents 10 routes on the history of the 20th century in Barcelona

by sergi | Nov 10, 2015

The Museum of History of Barcelona will held the presentation of MemoriaBCN. The project by Associaciò Conèixer Història includes a website and an application with 10 routes that highlight Barcelona 20th century history through different neighborhoods and districts....

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.