
Memory Forums are meetings where we analyse the status and the best way to engage with the memory of right-wing authoritarianism in terms of policy and practice. We discuss specific aspects of memory either related only to a specific country, or the same subject throughout different countries.
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Memory Forum 1 – Spanish Civil War
- Memory Forum 1 – SpainSpanish Civil War Overview In Spain, the “Women, repression and civil war” roundtable was presented by Agnes Rosell from NOVACT with Anna Miñarro, Sònia Olivella, and Gemma Pasqual at La Fede (the Catalan NGO federation) on September 13th 2024. Clinical psychologist Anna Miñarro, who is the Co-Director of the first… Read more: Memory Forum 1 – Spain
Memory Forum 2 – Anti-fascist Resistance
- Memory Forum 2 – FinlandAnti-Fascist Resistance Overview Rauhankasvatusinttituutti ry (RKI) organised the Memory Forum (2) titled Anti-fascist Resistance in Finland on 18th of April, 2024, presented by Robert Trygg, Assisting Coordinator in the SolRem project at RKI. The event began at 10.15 and lasted until 12.15. The audience consisted of eleven teachers working for… Read more: Memory Forum 2 – Finland
- Memory Forum 2 – ItalyAnti- Fascist Resistance 29th of April 2024 Agenda Report CEIPES ETS conducted the Memory Forum on Antifascist Resistance on April 29, 2024. This significant event, part of Work Package 2 (WP2), Deliverable 2.3, was held at Cinema Vittorio De Seta, located via Paolo Gili 4, 90134, Palermo, and spanned from… Read more: Memory Forum 2 – Italy
- Memory Forum 2 – PortugalAnti-Fascist Resistance 24 February 2024 UNICEPE, Porto Overview SolRem’s Memory Forums aims to educate and raise awareness about the history of resistance and solidarity against fascism, right-wing authoritarianism and dictatorships. This Memory Forum focused on the anti-fascist resistance against the Estado Novo and the defense of that memory and example… Read more: Memory Forum 2 – Portugal
Memory Forum 3 – Jewish Resistance
- Memory Forum 3 – ItalyJewish Resistance Overview The Jewish memory forum organised by CEIPES in the frame of SolRem’s project took place on the 26th of May 2023, in Palermo, from 9:30 to 12:30. The event was held in CEIPES office, it hosted Prof. Nicola Cusumano, professor of Modern History at University of Palermo… Read more: Memory Forum 3 – Italy
- Memory Forum 3 – PortugalJewish Resistance Overview SolRem’s memory forums aim to educate and raise awareness about the history of resistance and solidarity against right-wing authoritarianism and dictatorships. This memory forum was focused specifically on the Jewish community and the challenges they have faced throughout history, in the Portuguese context. The event at the… Read more: Memory Forum 3 – Portugal
- Memory Forum 3 – RomaniaJewish Resistance Overview The forum on Jewish Memory Resistance happened in Cluj, on June 28th, as a collaboration between PATRIR and MUZEON. The scope of the event had to do with the types and ways of resistance of the Jewish community during the Second World War. This was chosen as… Read more: Memory Forum 3 – Romania
- Memory Forum 3 – SpainJewish Resistance 31st May 2023 Overview The Jewish memory forum organised by Novact in the frame of SolRem’s project took place on the 31st May 2023, from 15.30h to 18.30h in Novact’s office and counted with the interventions of Dominique Salomon (she/her), activist from “Junts”1(Catalan Association of Jews and Palestinians)… Read more: Memory Forum 3 – Spain
Memory Forum 4 – Networks of women solidarity
- Memory Forum 4 – ItalyNetworks of Women Solidarity Overview CEIPES ETS implements the Memory forum on women Resistance, Networks of women solidarity, on the 20th of March 2024. The activity is envisaged in the WP2, activity 2.4. The event took place at CEIPES ETS office in Palermo, Via Francesco Maria Alias, 20. It started… Read more: Memory Forum 4 – Italy
- Memory Forum 4 – PortugalWomen’s Solidarity Networks Overview SolRem’s memory forums aim to educate and raise awareness about the history of resistance and solidarity against right-wing authoritarianism and dictatorships. This memory forum focused on solidarity networks created by women to support each other during the times of Estado Novo, and also on the reality… Read more: Memory Forum 4 – Portugal
Memory Forum 5 – Roma solidarity
- Memory Forum 5 – FinlandRoma Solidarity Introduction More than 100 years of Roma activism – Are we still struggling with the same questions? / Yli 100 vuotta romaniaktivismia – Ponnistelemmeko yhä samojen kysymysten parissa? April 9th 2024 Central Library Oodi, Töölönlahdenkatu 4, 00100 Helsinki, Finland Agenda April 9th 2024 14:00-16:00 14.00 – 14.15 Opening… Read more: Memory Forum 5 – Finland
- Memory Forum 5 – ItalyRoma Solidarity 22nd of May 2024 Overview Report CEIPES conducted the Memory Forum on Roma Resistance on the 22nd of May 2024. This significant event, Deliverable D2.7, part of Work Package 2 (WP2), was held at the University of Palermo Campus, in Viale delle Scienze. The activity starts at 9.30… Read more: Memory Forum 5 – Italy
- Memory Forum 5 -SpainRoma Solidarity La Model. Memory Site. C/ d’Entença, 155 – Barcelona, Spain November 21st, 2023 Overview The activity “Memory forum Roma solidarity” has been carried out in Barcelona in an all-day conference (morning and afternoon) dedicated to memory and Roma resistance “Subaltern memories international conference 2023”. The morning sessions (9:30… Read more: Memory Forum 5 -Spain
Transnational Memory Forums
- Transnational Forum Anti-Fascist Resistance – Italy and Spain30th of May 2024 Agenda Report CEIPES, from Italy, and the Spanish partner NOVACT, of Barcelona, held in the respective countries the Transnational Memory Forum on Antifascist Resistance, which corresponds to the D2.9 (WP2), on the 30th of May 2024. At the event organized by the Italian partner, in Palermo, 18 people were present to… Read more: Transnational Forum Anti-Fascist Resistance – Italy and Spain
- Transnational Forum Colonialism and Peripheries – Finland and RomaniaOverview The transnational forum shared between Finland and Romania examined the manner in which the concept of colonialism has been employed as a rhetorical device in the context of right-wing ideologies, as well as its function as a narrative of reference. It facilitated discussions on shared histories, and specifically how the notion of colonialism plays… Read more: Transnational Forum Colonialism and Peripheries – Finland and Romania
- Transnational Forum Corporatism – Romania and PortugalOverview Corporatism was a defining economic and social ideology of the European interwar, building on political ideas with a long history, from antiquity to medieval Catholicism and Christian democracy. It defines society by directly referencing organicist metaphors that have to do with functions of integration and function of certain groups in society. Consequently, it sees… Read more: Transnational Forum Corporatism – Romania and Portugal
- Transnational Forum Roma Resistance – Spain and ItalySubaltern Memories International – Conference 2023 La Model. Memory Site. C/ d’Entença, 155 – Barcelona November 21st, 2023 Overview The activity “Transnational forum: Roma resistance” has been carried out in Barcelona in an all-day conference (morning and afternoon) dedicated to memory and Roma resistance “Subaltern memories international conference 2023”. The morning sessions (9:30 a.m. –… Read more: Transnational Forum Roma Resistance – Spain and Italy
- Transnational Forum Roma Resistance and Memory – Finland and RomaniaOverview The Finland-Romania shared event has focused on the manner in which collective memory of violence in the past can be leveraged into histories of resistance for the communities in these countries. The event, which was held in November 2024 in Bucharest, placed significant emphasis on the pivotal role of historical memory in fostering a… Read more: Transnational Forum Roma Resistance and Memory – Finland and Romania