2014 Prague

Registration

Official opening

• Lubomír Zaorálek, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic (tbc)
• Małgorzata Omilanowska, State Secretary in the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland
• Jiří Drahoš, Chairman of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
• Sophie Beernaerts, Head of Unit, Europe for Citizens Programme, European Commission
• Jan Rydel, Chair of the Steering Committee, European Network Remembrance and Solidarity

Lecture: Turning points in European History:

1914-1939-1945-1989-2004

Marci Shore, United States

Panel Discussion

Turning points of European Remembrance. Different approaches

• James Mark, University of Exeter, UK
• Heidemarie Uhl, Austrian Academy of Sciences
• Włodzimierz Borodziej, Warsaw University/University of Jena, Poland
• Moderator: Pavel Tychtl, European Commission

Opening of the exhibition (BStA) “Dictatorship and Democracy in the Age of Extremes: Spotlights on the History of Europe in the Twentieth Century”

Reception

Anna Kaminsky, Director of the Federal Foundation for Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship

Reception

Projects and institutions exhibition (foyer of the conference venue)

More information about the exhibition

Introduction

• Oldřich Tůma, Director, Institute of Contemporary History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Basil Kerski, Director, European Solidarity Centre

Panel Discussion

The collapse of communism and its aftermath. The legacy of Cold-War period in Europe

• Laure Neumayer, University Paris 1, France
• Michal Kopeček, Institute of Contemporary History, Czech Republic
• Łukasz Kamiński, Institute of National Remembrance, Poland
• Moderator: Matej Spurný, Institute of Contemporary History, Czech Republic

Coffee break

Panel Discussion

The next generation. New interpretations of the recent European history

• Lenka Koprivova, POST BELLUM, Czech Republic
• Sandra Vokk, Unitas Foundation, Estonia
• Irit Dekel, Humboldt University, Germany
• Moderator: Zofia Wóycicka, House of European History, Brussels

Lunch break

Presentation and film about the Memorial of Lidice

Excursion to the Memorial of Lidice

Social evening

Projects and institutions exhibition (foyer of the conference venue)

More information about the exhibition

Simultaneous Workshops

1. Europe for Citizens / European Commission (9:00-12:00)

2. Museums and Projects about the Great War / Imperial War Museum (9:00-12:00)

3. Reflecting Remembrance in History Education. Three case studies on Turning Points in Europe's 20th century History from Northern Ireland, Slovakia and Ukraine / Euroclio (9.00-11.00)

4. Sound in the Silence. Art and historical education / Die Motte (11:15-12:00)

5. Legacy of 1989 and the collapse of communism. Presentation and discussion about successful international projects / European Platform Memory and Conscience(9:00-12:00)

Discussions with representatives of the organizing institutions

• European Network Remembrance and Solidarity
• European Commission
• Institute of Contemporary History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Federal Foundation for the Reappraisal of the SED Dictatorship
• European Solidarity Centre

Lunch

Final lecture

Pieter LagrouFree University Brussels, Belgium

Conclusions

• Dušan Kováč, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Siobhan Kattago, Tallinn University, Estonia
• Moderator: Oldřich Tůma, Czech Republic

End of the Symposium