“National Forgetting and Memory” conference now available online
The lectures of the online conference ‘National Forgetting and Memory: the destruction of “national” monuments from a comparative perspective’ (11.03.21), co-organised by NISE and the Museum at the Yser, are now available online. Click on the links below.
Introduction and presentation of the conference.
Keynote 1. ‘Monumentality and Its Discontents: How the Past is Unforgotten’ by A. Rigney.
Session 1. “Nation vs Regional vs Local Memories”, chaired by Bruno De Wever.
1.1 ‘City Monuments in Contemporary Kharkiv’ by V. Sukovata
1.2 ‘Memory and destruction of monuments from Vukovar to Knin’ by M. Piasek
1.3 ‘Fascist monuments and their divided memories in Trieste and Bolzano’ by I. Pupella-Noguès
Session 2. “Nation-state, ideology and monuments”, chaired by Chantal Kesteloot.
2.1 ‘Portraying and preserving the South African past – a monumental challenge’ by A. Bailey
2.2 ‘Monuments dedicated to the Yugoslav partisan struggle’ by L. Lovrencic and T. Pupovac
2.3 ‘«War on monuments» in Poland’ by M. Pavlova
Session 3. Global and Contemporary Perspectives, chaired by Kasper Swerts.
3.1 ‘A Knee on the Neck: Problematic Commemorative Practices in the US’ by K. Shelby
3.2 ‘Set in Stone? Monuments, National Identity & John A. Macdonald’ by C. Spicer
3.3 ‘A Fractured Door: The Contested History of the IRS’ by J. Dawson
Session 4. “The Politics of Resurrection” chaired by Marnix Beyen.
3.1 ‘Staged reconstruction: On the scenography of the IJzertoren’s building site’ by W. Bekers
3.2 ‘The Case of the Monument in honour of the Viceroy Josip Jelačić’ by A. Grgic
3.3 ‘From “Österreichs Nizza” to “Santa Gorizia”‘ by M. Batic
Keynote 3. ‘The Fall of Monuments: a Public History’ by T. Cauvin
