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Dr Alex Condrache (University of Western Ontario): That is how Billionaires Smoke: The Nouveau Riche of the Transition in Romanian Post-Communist Cinema Olga Gontarska (Manteuffel Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences): Cinema without an Audience: Experience of Transformation Depicted in Ukrainian films Saygun Gökarıksel (Department of Sociology, Bogaziçi University): “The Great Betrayal”: 1989 and the “Secrets” of Poland’s New Capitalism Chair and discussant: dr Ksenia Robbe (Leiden University) The 9th Genealogies of Memory conference aimed at exploring the still ongoing and dynamic process of memory sedimentation of the economic transformations, most of all the post-1989 changes in East-Central Europe, taking into account their contradictory valences ranging from unlimited opportunities to traumatic failure. The conference took place in Warsaw between 28 and 30 October 2019.

Prof. Thomas Lindenberger (History Department and Hannah-Arendt-Institutefor Totalitarianism Studies, TU Dresden) giving a keynote speech entitled: "Transformation through Unification = Unification through Transformation? Regimes of Truth and the Discontent of Memories in the German Transformation Regime" The 9th Genealogies of Memory conference aimed at exploring the still ongoing and dynamic process of memory sedimentation of the economic transformations, most of all the post-1989 changes in East-Central Europe, taking into account their contradictory valences ranging from unlimited opportunities to traumatic failure. The conference took place in Warsaw between 28 and 30 October 2019.

Dr Veronika Pehe (Czech Academy of Sciences) "Let's Start a Business": The Memory of Entrepreneurship and the Czech Student Generation of 1989 Dr Gazela Pudar Drasko (Institute of Phillosophy and Social Theory, University of Belgrade): Post-Socialist Transformation in Serbia: Critical Perspective of Intellectuals Dr Katarzyna Waniek (institute of Sociology, University of Łódź) Biographical experiences of transformation in the cohort born 1980-1990. A case analysis Chair and discussant: Dr Oldřich Tůma (Czech Academy of Sciences, ENRS) The 9th Genealogies of Memory conference aimed at exploring the still ongoing and dynamic process of memory sedimentation of the economic transformations, most of all the post-1989 changes in East-Central Europe, taking into account their contradictory valences ranging from unlimited opportunities to traumatic failure. The conference took place in Warsaw between 28 and 30 October 2019.

Dr Rigels Halili (Centre for East European Countries, University of Warsaw): Post-communist Transformation, Social Memory and Blaming of the “Other” – the Case of Albania Dr Jill Massino (University of North Carolina at Charlotte): Pluralism or Plutocracy? Popular Expectations and Perspectives of Economic Change in Post-socialist Romania Andrzej Pabisiak (Institute of Sociology, Jagielonnian University): Thirty Years After: The Collective Memory of Transition in Poland based on Research on Polish Sejm Transcripts Chair and discussant: Saygun Gökarıksel The 9th Genealogies of Memory conference aimed at exploring the still ongoing and dynamic process of memory sedimentation of the economic transformations, most of all the post-1989 changes in East-Central Europe, taking into account their contradictory valences ranging from unlimited opportunities to traumatic failure. The conference took place in Warsaw between 28 and 30 October 2019.

Dr Florian Peters (Institute of Contemporary History Munich-Berlin): Shock Therapy Mythologies: Contested Memories of Poland's Balcerowicz Plan Dr Muriel Blaive (Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes in Prague): Velvet Revolution, Economic Reforms, and Lustration: A Trilogy Imposed by Circumstances or by Political Rivalry? Essay in Counterfactual History Wolf-Rüdiger Knoll ((Institute of Contemporary History Munich-Berlin): A “Bad Bank” of Transformation: The Role of the “Treuhandanstalt” in the Collective Memory of East Germans after Reunification Chair and discussant: Prof. James Mark (University of Exeter) The 9th Genealogies of Memory conference aimed at exploring the still ongoing and dynamic process of memory sedimentation of the economic transformations, most of all the post-1989 changes in East-Central Europe, taking into account their contradictory valences ranging from unlimited opportunities to traumatic failure. The conference took place in Warsaw between 28 and 30 October 2019.

Prof. James Mark (University of Exeter) Dr Bogdan Iacob (University of Exeter) Dr Tobias Rupprecht (University of Exeter) Chair: Dr Joanna Wawrzyniak (University of Warsaw) The 9th Genealogies of Memory conference aimed at exploring the still ongoing and dynamic process of memory sedimentation of the economic transformations, most of all the post-1989 changes in East-Central Europe, taking into account their contradictory valences ranging from unlimited opportunities to traumatic failure. The conference took place in Warsaw between 28 and 30 October 2019.

Prof. Johanna Bockman (George Mason University) giving her keynote lecture, entitled "The Other Washington Consensus: Remembering Socialism in Washington, DC". Chair: Dr Veronika Pehe (Czech Academy of Sciences) The 9th Genealogies of Memory conference aimed at exploring the still ongoing and dynamic process of memory sedimentation of the economic transformations, most of all the post-1989 changes in East-Central Europe, taking into account their contradictory valences ranging from unlimited opportunities to traumatic failure. The conference took place in Warsaw between 28 and 30 October 2019.

Opening remarks by: Dr Veronika Pehe (Czech Academy of Sciences) Dr Joanna Wawrzyniak (Institute of Sociology, University of Warsaw) The 9th Genealogies of Memory conference aimed at exploring the still ongoing and dynamic process of memory sedimentation of the economic transformations, most of all the post-1989 changes in East-Central Europe, taking into account their contradictory valences ranging from unlimited opportunities to traumatic failure. The conference took place in Warsaw between 28 and 30 October 2019.

Welcome speeches by: Rafał Rogulski (Director of the ENRS) Dr Małgorzata Pakier (Head of the ENRS Academic Section) The 9th Genealogies of Memory conference aimed at exploring the still ongoing and dynamic process of memory sedimentation of the economic transformations, most of all the post-1989 changes in East-Central Europe, taking into account their contradictory valences ranging from unlimited opportunities to traumatic failure. The conference took place in Warsaw between 28 and 30 October 2019.

Prof. Geneviève Zubrzycki, Prof. Alexander Agadjanian, Dr Yuliya Yurchuk and Dr Zuzanna Bogumił answer the same question about the "Memory and Religion" conference on spot. Question 1: What role do conferences such as this one play for the memory studies community?

Prof. Geneviève Zubrzycki, Prof. Alexander Agadjanian, Dr Yuliya Yurchuk and Dr Zuzanna Bogumił answer the same question about the "Memory and Religion" conference on spot. Question 2: Why is it important to discuss relations between memory and religion?

Prof. Geneviève Zubrzycki, Prof. Alexander Agadjanian, Dr Yuliya Yurchuk and Dr Zuzanna Bogumił answer the same question about the "Memory and Religion" conference on spot. Question 3: What are the most vital challenges which memory studies scholars face today?

Prof. Geneviève Zubrzycki, Prof. Alexander Agadjanian, Dr Yuliya Yurchuk and Dr Zuzanna Bogumił answer the same question about the "Memory and Religion" conference on spot. Question 4: Are there any topics which should be given more attention within memory and religion studies?

The aim of the 8th conference within the Genealogies of Memory framework was to highlight the intricate links between religion and memory. The latest reflections and research findings were showcased by scholars from over 20 countries. The conference took place in Warsaw between 16 and 18 October 2018.

Dr Michał Łuczewski (Centre for the Thought of John Paul II, Warsaw)

Prof. Paweł Śpiewak (Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw)

Prof. Grace Davie (University of Exeter)

Prof. Kathy Rousselet (Center for International Studies, Sciences Po, Paris)

Moderators: Dr Zuzanna Bogumił & Dr Yuliya Yurchuk

The aim of the 8th conference within the Genealogies of Memory framework was to highlight the intricate links between religion and memory. The latest reflections and research findings were showcased by scholars from over 20 countries. The conference took place in Warsaw between 16 and 18 October 2018.

Chair: Dr Julia Buyskykh (Centre for Applied Anthropology, Kyiv)

Dr Karina Jarzyńska (Jagiellonian University, Kraków): Post-secular Prayers, Gravestones and Rituals. Utilizing Religion at Unmemorialized Genocide Sites

Naum Trajanovski (Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Advanced Studies Koszeg): Panikhida, liturgy and a parastos: Servicing the local memory of a contested historical event in contemporary Republic of Macedonia

Vera Herold (The Lisbon Consortium – Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon): The Protestant Lissaboner Deutsche between Wars. A Palimpsestuous Reading of a Pacifist War Memorial in Bellicose Times

Dr Alla Marchenko (Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw): Memory and Politics in the Soviet Union: Case of the Hasidic Pilgrimage in Uman

The aim of the 8th conference within the Genealogies of Memory framework was to highlight the intricate links between religion and memory. The latest reflections and research findings were showcased by scholars from over 20 countries. The conference took place in Warsaw between 16 and 18 October 2018.

Chair: Dr Simon Lewis (University of Potsdam)

Dr Patryk Wawrzyński (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń): The Rainbow People of God: a South African Lesson of Ubuntu. Hoping on Relationships between Religion and Remembrance

Dr Nadia Zasanska (Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv): Religious Echoes of Donbas Conflict: Contrasts Between the Rhetoric of Christian, Muslim and Jewish Communities in Ukraine

Tomasz Wiśniewski (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań): Postsecular Struggles for Epistemic Justice

Commentator: Dr Oksana Myshlovska (The Graduate Institute, Geneva)

The aim of the 8th conference within the Genealogies of Memory framework was to highlight the intricate links between religion and memory. The latest reflections and research findings were showcased by scholars from over 20 countries. The conference took place in Warsaw between 16 and 18 October 2018.

Chair: Dr Elina Kahla (University of Helsinki)

Dr Elmira Muratova (Crimean Federal University, Simferopol): Memory and Religion: The Case of the Crimean Tatars

Prof. Lap Yan Kung (Chinese University of Hong Kong): Rest in Peace: Religious Rituals, Memory and Tiananmen Square Incident

Prof. Jie-Hyun Lim (Sogang University, Seoul): Martyrdom in Strange Juxtaposition: Saint Maksymilian Kolbe and the Catholic Sublimation of the A-Bomb Victims in Nagasaki

Dr Julianne Funk (University of Zurich) & Dr Ioannis Armakolas (University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki) – Remembering Srebrenica: the Sanctification of a Massacre and Implications for Cycles of Violence and Transformation

The aim of the 8th conference within the Genealogies of Memory framework was to highlight the intricate links between religion and memory. The latest reflections and research findings were showcased by scholars from over 20 countries. The conference took place in Warsaw between 16 and 18 October 2018.

Chair: Dr Yuliya Yurchuk (Södertörn University, Sweden)

Prof. Rasa Balockaite (Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas): Non theistic Catholicism: telling national sufferings through Catholic discourse

Prof. Małgorzata Głowacka-Grajper (University of Warsaw): Martyrdom in the Local Communities Interplay between Religious and Secular Language in the Memorial Projects in Contemporary Poland

Dr Brendan Humphreys (University of Helsinki): Statues and Shadows: Personality Cults in the sacred/profane dichotomy

Dr Ekaterina V. Klimenko (The Maria Grzegorzewska University & Polish Academy of Sciences): Building Nation, Producing Legitimacy: Church, State and Memory of the Revolution in Contemporary Russia

Commentator: Prof. Andrzej Szpociński (Polish Academy of Sciences)