Genealogies of Memory Project

09/11/2017

Dear Colleagues, we are happy to announce that the registration for the next Genealogies of Memory conference is now open.
The event, dedicated to relationships between image, history and memory, will take place in Warsaw on 6-8 December.
All those interested, please register at: bit.ly/GenealogiesRegistration before 30 November (the entrance is free, only prior registration is required).

The keynote lectures will be given by Ernst van Alphen, Mieke Bal, Robert Hariman, Constantin Parvulescu, and Wojciech Suchocki. To see the whole programme, go to: www.enrs.eu/genealogies

We are happy to announce that the registration for the Genealogies of Memory conference in December is now open!

If you:
✔️ are interested in how images and visualisations impact our understanding of the past,
✔️ would like to hear the lectures of Mieke Bal, Constantin Parvulescu, Ernst van Alphen, Wojciech Suchocki, and Robert Hariman,
✔️ are curious about the latest developments in the field of memory and art studies,
then here's the registration form: bit.ly/GenealogiesRegistration
and we hope to see you in Warsaw!

For more information regarding the programme, keynotes, and venue, go to: www.enrs.eu/genealogies

10/10/2017

For those of you in Warsaw: we invite you to the next workshop within the Genealogies of Memory series which will take place on 19 October. Theme: Poland’s Transitional Justice in a Comparative Perspective. Panelists include Aleks Szczerbiak, Michał Łuczewski, Karolina Wigura, Kriszta Kovacs, Jarosław Kuisz. For more information, see the website:

The next workshop within the Genealogies of Memory series will take place in Warsaw on 19 October. Ivited panelists: Aleks Szczerbiak, Michał Łuczewski, Karolina Wigura, Kriszta Kovacs, Jarosław Kuisz.

27/09/2017

Dear fellow memory studies scholars, the list of keynote speakers for the next Genealogies of Memory is here! See our website for more details:

22/06/2017

A quick reminder: you can still apply for the Second Annual Conference of the Memory Studies Association, which will take place in Copenhagen on 14-16 December. Application deadline: 1 July.

CALL FOR PAPERS Second Annual Conference of the Memory Studies Association Copenhagen, 14-16 December 2017 Founded last year in Amsterdam, the Memory Studies Association (MSA) aims at institutionalizing memory studies as a research field that is able to provide fundamental knowledge about the import...

04/06/2017

: For the 7th Genealogies of Memory conference we invite you to explore relationships between image, history and memory. Application deadline: 15 July.

The 7th conference within the Genealogies of Memory series will take place between 6 and 8 Dec. Applicaton deadline: 15 July.

22/03/2017

Job opportunity for post-doctoral researchers. Dr Zuzanna Bogumił is looking for a person to join a team analyzing 100th anniversaries of the Bolshevik Revolution and the 80th anniversaries of the Great Terror in Russia. Deadline for applications: 31 March. For detail, see below:

Narodowe Centrum Nauki prezentuje bazę ogłoszeń o wolnych stanowiskach pracy przy projektach finansowanych przez Centrum. Narodowe Centrum Nauki nie ponosi odpowiedzialności za treść i wiarygodność przesyłanych ofert pracy.

10/03/2017

Another seminar within the Genealogies of Memory series taking place in Warsaw on Thursday, April 16. Zuzanna Bogumił, Małgorzata Głowacka-Grajper and Marta Karkowska will discuss ideas for their upcoming book on trauma commemoration.

For the next seminar within the Genealogies of Memory series, Zuzanna Bogumił, Małgorzata Głowacka-Grajper and Marta Karkowska will discuss their upcoming book on trauma commemoration.

02/03/2017

For those of you in Warsaw: we invite you to our next seminar within the Genealogies of Memory framework. This time Prof. Antoni Sułek will discuss his research on local memory of the Holocaust. Date: 9 March, 4:00 pm. Venue: Institute of Sociology University of Warsaw, ul. Karowa 18, room 112.

Organisers: Małgorzata Głowacka-Grajper (IS UW), Małgorzata Pakier (POLIN Museum), Joanna Wawrzyniak (IS UW), Karolina Wigura (IS UW)

16/01/2017

For those of you in Warsaw, we invite you to a seminar on Post-War War Panics that will take place this coming Thursday at 4:00 pm. A presentation by Marcin Zaremba will be followed by a discussion with Antoni Sułek and Joanna Wawrzyniak. For more information, see our website:

We invite you to the next seminar within the Genealogies of Memory series, which will take place in Warsaw on 19 January. A presentation will be given by Marcin Zaremba.

15/11/2016

Those of you in Warsaw, we invite you to a Genealogies of Memory seminar that will take place at 4:00 pm on 24 November at Instytut Socjologii Uniwersytet Warszawski (ul. Karowa 18, room 112). Karolina Wigura from IS UW will discuss the relevance of strong emotions and memory in politics.

Karolina Wigura holds an adiunkt position at the Institute of Sociology at University of Warsaw. She is also the co-director of the "Knowledge Bridges – Poland and the UK" program at St. Anthony's College at Oxford University, as well as the head of Political Section at Kultura Liberalna. Her fields...

31/10/2016

Save the Date: Inaugural Conference of the Memory Studies Association, 3-5 December, Amsterdam. Among the speakers are Jeffrey Olick, Daniel Levy, Ann Rigney, and Siobhan Kattago, as well as Genealogies' initiators & founders Małgorzata Pakier and Joanna Wawrzyniak. Attend and contribute to the critical reshaping of our field! You can still register for the event on-line at the Memory Studies Association's website:

3-5 December, Amsterdam

20/10/2016

Those of you in Warsaw, we invite you to a Genealogies of Memory seminar that will take place at 4:00 pm on 27 October at Instytut Socjologii Uniwersytet Warszawski (ul. Karowa 18, room 112). The seminar will be held in Polish and devoted to rural collective memory. Presentations will be given by following panelists (titles in Polish):
Zuzanna BOGUMIŁ, "Chłopska pamięć wojny – na przykładzie fotografii Feliksa Łukowskiego"
Michał ŁUCZEWSKI, "Metoda międzygeneracyjnych badań nad pamięcią. Przykład Żmiącej"
Anna WYLEGAŁA, "Doświadczenie i pamięć: wokół reformy rolnej z 1944 roku"
More information in Polish can be found on-line at: