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79º Aniversario de la Masacre de los 67 Mártires de Fossoli

79th Anniversary of the Massacre of the 67 Martyrs of Fossoli

Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice President of the European Commission, participates with local authorities and relatives of the victims …

Exhibition – Words and drawings of the children of the Maison d’Izieu

“The exhibition” Words and drawings of the children of the maison d’Izieu” brings together nearly 150 photographs, archival documents and children’s drawings made by the residents of this colony which served as their refuge during the Second World War.

Autoritarismo y genocidio: Narrativas de exclusión
16ª Reunión Bienal de la Asociación Internacional de Estudiosos del Genocidio

Authoritarianism & Genocide: Narratives of Exclusion

As one of the local partners of the 16th Biennial Meeting of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, EUROM organizes the roundtable “Colonial violence and its legacies”. Under the title “Authoritarianism & Genocide Narratives of Exclusion“, the meeting will bring together experts, scholars and practitioners at the University of Barcelona from July 10 to 14.

Cover image: Bombing of Figueras in February 1939. National Library of Spain

First International Conference on Conflict Heritage

Organized by the City Council of Figueres and the European Observatory of Memories (EUROM) of the University of Barcelona’s Solidarity Foundation, the First International Conference on Conflict Heritage will take place in Figueres from November 10 to 12, 2023.

Discussion entre le metteur en scène, la comédienne et le public à l’issue de la pièce le 2 juin 2023 / Discussion between the director, the actress and the audience after the play on June 2 2023
© Maison d’Izieu

A sky full of birds

The play entitled Un ciel rempli d’oiseaux, written by Antoine Choplin in 2021, pays tribute to the Romani artist Ceija Stojka, deceased in 2013.

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Webinar: The Experience of Women and Children in Wartime

This roundtable organised by the European Association of History Educators (EuroClio), in the framework of the REMEMCHILD project, will reflect on the wartime experience of women and children in Europe, in particular during the Spanish Civil War, the Second World War and the wars of the 1990s in the Western Balkans.

Webinar: The Use of Video Testimonies in the Classroom

Registration and participation are free. This webinar, developed by the European Association of History Educators (EuroClio), in the framework of REMEMCHILD project, is aimed at students, researchers, teachers and educators.

Resistance and Solidarity. 11th European Remembrance Symposium and 6th Taking Stock of European Memory Policies

This year the 11th edition of the European Remembrance Symposium and the 6th edition of Taking Stock of European Memory Policies will take place as one event in Barcelona. The meeting will bring together hundreds of representatives of the institutions and organisations active in the field of 20th-century history and memory.