This event is jointly organised by the European Observatory on Memories (EUROM), the House of European History, and the Spanish Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, and the Ministry of Culture, as part of the commemoration "Spain in Freedom. 50 Years".
Fifty years after the death of Francisco Franco — marking the end of the last authoritarian regime in Southern Europe — the memory of the dictatorship remains a deeply contested terrain.
Join the event to discuss these questions through the lens of transnational historical perspectives and artistic interventions.
9: 30 – Welcome words
Constanze Itzel (House of European History), Jordi Guixé (EUROM), Carmina Gustrán (Ministry for Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Spain).
10:00 – The Spanish dictatorship in a comparative perspective
With Angel Viñas, Laure Neumayer and Victor Fernández Soriano. Chaired by Sigfrido Ramirez (MMC-ULB).
11:30 – Communicating memories of dictatorships and public crimes - Art as a medium
With artists Fernando Sánchez Castillo and Cristina Lucas. Chaired by Anna Tilroe (Art critic and curator).
1:45 – Visit of Presence of the past – a European Album
With Simina Bădică (House of European History) Dora Ivanova, Marije Hristova, Anne Thomas and Chantal Kesteloot (Cegesoma/State Archives).
3:00 – Re-signifying European dissonant heritage. Lessons to be learned for Spain
With Ayoko Mensah (House of European History), Rita Rato (Museu do Aljube), Christian Dürr (Mauthausen Memorial) and Magdalini Fytili (Contemporary Social History Archives of Greece). Chaired by Paco Ferrándiz (Spanish National Research Council).
5:00 – Exilio, a multilingual performance on historical and contemporary exile in Europe.
With Nora Buschmann and Alex Brendemühl.
