Browse our videos! Here you can find recordings from our events, including the European Remembrance Symposia and Genealogies of Memory conferences, video summaries of our educational youth projects, as well as Hi-story lessons animations for teachers and pupils.
Nadya Trach (National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy") presenting the paper "Concept of Chornobyl in Collective Memory (on the example of Ukrainian Prose and Poetry)".
Panel ""Great History" in Collective Memory", conference "New Research on Memory in Eastern Europe (Ukraine and Belarus)".
Warsaw, 10-11 June 2014
Iryna Sklokina's (Karazin Kharkiv National University) presentation entitled "Public History of WWII in Civic Education in Post-Soviet Ukraine".
Panel „Great history in Collective Memory", during the "New Research on Memory in Eastern Europe (Ukraine and Belarus)" conference.
Warsaw, 10-11 June 2014 2014
Commentator: Marcin Niemojewski (University of Warsaw)
Discussion.
The seminar "History, Memory, Politics. New Perspectives from the Baltic Region" seminar took place in May 2014 and was organized by European Network Remembrance and Solidarity as a part of "Genealogies of Memory" project.
Speaker: Heiko Pääbo (University of Tartu) - "Holocaust narrative in Estonian history textbooks"
The presentation is part of the "History, Memory, Politics. New Perspectives from the Baltic Region" seminar, which took place on 14 May 2014 in Warsaw, Poland and was organized by European Network Remembrance and Solidarity as a part of "Genealogies of Memory" project.
Speaker: Felix Ackermann (European Humanities University) - "Repercussions of the Grand Duchy? The public perception of the Ukrainian Crisis in Lithuania and Belarus"
The presentation was part of the "History, Memory, Politics. New Perspectives from the Baltic Region" seminar, which took place on 14 May 2014 in Warsaw, Poland and was organized by European Network Remembrance and Solidarity as a part of "Genealogies of Memory" project.
Introduction: Małgorzata Pakier (Genealogies of Memory). Speaker: Martins Kaprans (University of Tartu): The institutionalization of social memory research in Latvia
The presentation was part of the "History, Memory, Politics. New Perspectives from the Baltic Region" seminar, which took place on 14 May 2014 in Warsaw, Poland and was organized by European Network Remembrance and Solidarity as a part of "Genealogies of Memory" project.
Dušan Kováč (Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia), Siobhán Kattago (Tallin University, Estonia).
Chair: Oldřich Tůma (Institute of Contemporary History, Czech Republic)
Year 2014 marked the round anniversaries of some of the most important turning points in European history: 100th anniversary of the Great World War, 75th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, 25th anniversary of 1989, and last but not least 10th anniversary of the enlargement of the European Union to include former communist bloc countries. Thus, the theme of the European Remembrance Symposium 2014 was: 'Europe between War and Peace 1914-2004. Turning Points in 20th Century European History'.
The goal of European Remembrance Symposium is to exchange experiences and establish methods and forms of cooperation between institutions from different countries. Representatives of European historical institutions are invited to discuss the challenges facing Europe’s idea of culture of remembrance. The meetings are open to all professionals dealing with 20th-century European history.
The workshop was a part of European Remembrance Symposium in Prague on 11 April 2014.
Year 2014 marked the round anniversaries of some of the most important turning points in European history: 100th anniversary of the Great World War, 75th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, 25th anniversary of 1989, and last but not least 10th anniversary of the enlargement of the European Union to include former communist bloc countries. Thus, the theme of the European Remembrance Symposium 2014 was: 'Europe between War and Peace 1914-2004. Turning Points in 20th Century European History'.
The goal of European Remembrance Symposium is to exchange experiences and establish methods and forms of cooperation between institutions from different countries. Representatives of European historical institutions are invited to discuss the challenges facing Europe’s idea of culture of remembrance. The meetings are open to all professionals dealing with 20th-century European history.
A workshop hosted by Imperial War Museum during the European Remembrance Symposium in Prague on 11 April 2014.
Year 2014 marked the round anniversaries of some of the most important turning points in European history: 100th anniversary of the Great World War, 75th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, 25th anniversary of 1989, and last but not least 10th anniversary of the enlargement of the European Union to include former communist bloc countries. Thus, the theme of the European Remembrance Symposium 2014 was: 'Europe between War and Peace 1914-2004. Turning Points in 20th Century European History'
The goal of European Remembrance Symposium is to exchange experiences and establish methods and forms of cooperation between institutions from different countries. Representatives of European historical institutions are invited to discuss the challenges facing Europe’s idea of culture of remembrance. The meetings are open to all professionals dealing with 20th-century European history.
The final lecture given by Pieter Lagrou (Free University Brussels) during European Remembrance Symposium in Prague on 11 April 2014. Lagrou claim is that 'we live in a situation of memory competition, in which we pay more or less attention to one or other memory. We have to make choices what memory we find more important, which doesn't mean forgetting the other events'.
Year 2014 marked the round anniversaries of some of the most important turning points in European history: 100th anniversary of the Great World War, 75th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, 25th anniversary of 1989, and last but not least 10th anniversary of the enlargement of the European Union to include former communist bloc countries. Thus, the theme of the European Remembrance Symposium 2014 was: 'Europe between War and Peace 1914-2004. Turning Points in 20th Century European History'.
The goal of European Remembrance Symposium is to exchange experiences and establish methods and forms of cooperation between institutions from different countries. Representatives of European historical institutions are invited to discuss the challenges facing Europe’s idea of culture of remembrance. The meetings are open to all professionals dealing with 20th-century European history.
The opening of 'Projects and institutions ' exhibition session during the second day of the European Remembrance Symposium. Introduction given by Oldřich Tůma, Director of the Institute of Contemporary History, Czech Academy of Sciences and Basil Kerski, Director of the European Solidarity Centre.
Year 2014 marked the round anniversaries of some of the most important turning points in European history: 100th anniversary of the Great World War, 75th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, 25th anniversary of 1989, and last but not least 10th anniversary of the enlargement of the European Union to include former communist bloc countries. Thus, the theme of the European Remembrance Symposium 2014 was: 'Europe between War and Peace 1914-2004. Turning Points in 20th Century European History'.
The goal of European Remembrance Symposium is to exchange experiences and establish methods and forms of cooperation between institutions from different countries. Representatives of European historical institutions are invited to discuss the challenges facing Europe’s idea of culture of remembrance. The meetings are open to all professionals dealing with 20th-century European history.
Panel discussion "The next generation. New interpretations of recent European history". Lenka Koprivova (Post Bellum, Czech Republic), Sandra Vokk (Unitas Foundation, Estonia), Irit Dekel (Humboldt University, Germany), Zofia Wóycicka (the House of European History, Brussels).
Year 2014 marked the round anniversaries of some of the most important turning points in European history: 100th anniversary of the Great World War, 75th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, 25th anniversary of 1989, and last but not least 10th anniversary of the enlargement of the European Union to include former communist bloc countries. Thus, the theme of the European Remembrance Symposium 2014 was: 'Europe between War and Peace 1914-2004. Turning Points in 20th Century European History'.
The goal of European Remembrance Symposium is to exchange experiences and establish methods and forms of cooperation between institutions from different countries. Representatives of European historical institutions are invited to discuss the challenges facing Europe’s idea of culture of remembrance. The meetings are open to all professionals dealing with 20th-century European history.
Panel disussion 'The collapse of communism and its aftermath. Legacy of the Cold War period in Europe". Laure Neumayer (University Paris, France), Michal Kopeček (Institute of Contemporary History, Czech Republic), Łukasz Kamiński (Institute of National Remembrance, Poland), Matěj Spurný (Institute of Contemporary History, Czech Republic).
Year 2014 marked the round anniversaries of some of the most important turning points in European history: 100th anniversary of the Great World War, 75th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, 25th anniversary of 1989, and last but not least 10th anniversary of the enlargement of the European Union to include former communist bloc countries. Thus, the theme of the European Remembrance Symposium 2014 was: 'Europe between War and Peace 1914-2004. Turning Points in 20th Century European History'.
The goal of European Remembrance Symposium is to exchange experiences and establish methods and forms of cooperation between institutions from different countries. Representatives of European historical institutions are invited to discuss the challenges facing Europe’s idea of culture of remembrance. The meetings are open to all professionals dealing with 20th-century European history.
Marci Shore, American historian specializing in the history of Eastern Europe and lecturer at Yale University (USA), opened the international European Remembrance Symposium in Prague with the keynote lecture. The main question she discussed was 'Should we open the closet of the past?'.
Year 2014 marked the round anniversaries of some of the most important turning points in European history: 100th anniversary of the Great World War, 75th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, 25th anniversary of 1989, and last but not least 10th anniversary of the enlargement of the European Union to include former communist bloc countries. Thus, the theme of the European Remembrance Symposium 2014 was: 'Europe between War and Peace 1914-2004. Turning Points in 20th Century European History'.
The goal of European Remembrance Symposium is to exchange experiences and establish methods and forms of cooperation between institutions from different countries. Representatives of European historical institutions are invited to discuss the challenges facing Europe’s idea of culture of remembrance. The meetings are open to all professionals dealing with 20th-century European history.
Official opening of the European Remembrance Symposium in Prague, 2014. The guests were welcome dby Dr. Oldřich Tůma, Director of the Institute of Contemporary History, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Małgorzata Omilanowska, State Secretary, 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, Chairman of ENRS Steering Committee.
Year 2014 marked the round anniversaries of some of the most important turning points in European history: 100th anniversary of the Great World War, 75th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, 25th anniversary of 1989, and last but not least 10th anniversary of the enlargement of the European Union to include former communist bloc countries. Thus, the theme of the European Remembrance Symposium 2014 was: 'Europe between War and Peace 1914-2004. Turning Points in 20th Century European History'.
The goal of European Remembrance Symposium is to exchange experiences and establish methods and forms of cooperation between institutions from different countries. Representatives of European historical institutions are invited to discuss the challenges facing Europe’s idea of culture of remembrance. The meetings are open to all professionals dealing with 20th-century European history.
Lord Nicholas Bethell was staunchly anti-communist. He used his European post to campaign for the human rights of dissidents in the Soviet bloc, including Andrei Sakharov and Anatoly Sharansky.
The video comes from 'A Place to Stand' documentary. The film by Anna Ferens tells the fascinating story of how the European Parliament demanded in the 1980s the release of political prisoners and the introduction of democratic freedoms in the countries of the Eastern bloc. Based on unpublished archival materials and interviews with MEPs and oppositionists from the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, the film refers to more than 50 European Parliament resolutions which were adopted between 1980--1990.
Otto von Habsburg, as a newly elected Member of the European Parliament in 1979, had an empty chair set up for the countries on the other side of the Iron Curtain in the European Parliament, and took a strong interest in the countries behind the Iron Curtain during his tenure. Otto von Habsburg played a central role in the revolutions of 1989.
The video is a part of the 'A Place to Stand' documentary. The film by Anna Ferens tells a fascinating story of how the European Parliament demanded in the 1980s the release of political prisoners and the introduction of democratic freedoms in the countries of the Eastern bloc. Based on unpublished archival materials and interviews with MEPs and oppositionists from the Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, the film refers to more than 50 European Parliament resolutions which were adopted between 1980--1990.