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Disputed Territories and Memory: Pathways to Agonism

Disputed Territories and Memory: Pathways to Agonism

Thu, 28 Sep 2023 9:00 am 09:00 Sat, 30 Sep 2023 5:30 pm 17:30
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Disputed Territories and Memory (DisTerrMem) is a groundbreaking project funded by Horizon 2020, the European Union’s most prominent research and innovation program. Outputs from the DisTerrMem project will be showcased at a final international conference, a hybrid event hosted by Borderland Foundation in Sejny, Poland and the Institute of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in Kaunas, Lithuania, and online.

Workshop: Cultural and Civil Society Initiatives in Managing Memories of Disputed Territories

Workshop: Cultural and Civil Society Initiatives in Managing Memories of Disputed Territories

Friday, 9 December 2022
1:00 pm 3:00 pm 13:00 15:00
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A free online workshop aimed at policy makers, heritage professionals, NGOs, grassroots organisations, and academic and community researchers with an interest in the management of memories in border conflicts.

Workshop: The Role of Museums in Managing Memories of Disputed Territories

Workshop: The Role of Museums in Managing Memories of Disputed Territories

Thursday, 8 December 2022
10:00 am 12:00 pm 10:00 12:00
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A free online workshop aimed at policy makers, heritage professionals, NGOs, grassroots organisations, and academic and community researchers with an interest in the management of memories in border conflicts.

Workshop: Memory Politics in Contemporary Wars & Violent Conflicts

Workshop: Memory Politics in Contemporary Wars & Violent Conflicts

Wednesday, 7 December 2022
8:30 am 10:30 am 08:30 10:30
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A free online workshop aimed at policy makers, heritage professionals, NGOs, grassroots organisations, and academic and community researchers with an interest in the management of memories in border conflicts.

DisTerrMem Research Team Summer School 2

DisTerrMem Research Team Summer School 2

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 9:30 am 09:30 Fri, 24 Jun 2022 4:30 pm 16:30
University of Warsaw (map)
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The second of two virtual summer schools to support the training and development of DisTerrMem project researchers.

Project Conference 2

Project Conference 2

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 9:30 am 09:30 Fri, 24 Jun 2022 4:30 pm 16:30
University of Warsaw (map)
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The second of two internal project conferences will provide an opportunity for project researchers from all partner organisations to collaborate in the planning and production of a number of research articles and publications.

Diaspora Memories and the Virtual Museum: Remembering Lost Homelands

Diaspora Memories and the Virtual Museum: Remembering Lost Homelands

Tuesday, 8 February 2022
1:15 pm 2:05 pm 13:15 14:05
University of Bath (via Zoom) (map)
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A virtual (Zoom) DisTerrMem seminar, presenting research carried out with two diasporic memory organisations, Kresy-Siberia and Houshamadyan, both of which have developed online platforms to collect and share information about lost homelands.

Research panel: Memory Studies Association Fifth Annual Conference, Warsaw

Mon, 5 Jul 2021 9:30 am 09:30 Fri, 9 Jul 2021 4:30 pm 16:30
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DisTerrMem will deliver a research panel: ‘Agonism, political conflict, and diasporic memory-making in Poland, Armenia, and Pakistan’

Roundtable: Memory Studies Association Fifth Annual Conference, Warsaw

Mon, 5 Jul 2021 9:30 am 09:30 Fri, 9 Jul 2021 4:30 pm 16:30
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DisTerrMem will host a roundtable event: ‘Agonistic memory in the post-colonial context: is there space for mutual contention and dialogue in non-democratic societies dominated by an antagonistic mode of memory-making?’

European Researchers’ Night / Futures2020

European Researchers’ Night / Futures2020

Fri, 27 Nov 2020 9:00 am 09:00 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 5:00 pm 17:00
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An annual Europe-wide event that brings researchers closer to the public. The Night gives researchers the opportunity to showcase the diversity of science and aims to create links between researchers and society in an inclusive, entertaining and inspiring way.

Project Conference 1

Project Conference 1

Monday, 4 November 2019
9:30 am 4:30 pm 09:30 16:30
University of Bath (map)
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The first of two internal project conferences will see project researchers from all partner organisations meeting to review the work carried out to date and to assess areas for further exploration.

Cross-Cultural Seminar: Competing Memories Across Borders

Cross-Cultural Seminar: Competing Memories Across Borders

Monday, 28 October 2019
4:15 pm 6:00 pm 16:15 18:00
University of Bath (map)
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The Politics of Culture and Memory Cluster: Cross-Cultural Seminar.

Dr Umber bin Ibad (History Department), Forman Christian College, Pakistan.

Dr Sophie Whiting (Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies), University of Bath.

Stakeholder Workshop 1: Borderland Memories in Comparative Perspective

Stakeholder Workshop 1: Borderland Memories in Comparative Perspective

Tuesday, 15 October 2019
10:00 am 6:00 pm 10:00 18:00
University of Warsaw (map)
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The workshop will introduce DisTerrMem project researchers and stakeholders to each other, and will discuss the concept of agonistic memory in relation to borderland disputed legacies.

DisTerrMem Research Team Summer School 1

DisTerrMem Research Team Summer School 1

Monday, 14 October 2019
9:30 am 5:30 pm 09:30 17:30
University of Warsaw (map)
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The first of two virtual summer schools to support the training and development of DisTerrMem project researchers.

Presentation: Contemporary State and Society of Pakistan

Presentation: Contemporary State and Society of Pakistan

Monday, 2 September 2019
4:00 pm 6:00 pm 16:00 18:00
National Academy of Sciences (map)
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This presentation aims to discuss the complex history of Pakistan and the challenges, both historical and contemporary, that the country faces.

M. Usman Farooq, Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Forman Christian College University, Lahore.

Research Seminar: Liberalism Under Bodily Pain

Research Seminar: Liberalism Under Bodily Pain

Tuesday, 20 August 2019
1:15 pm 2:45 pm 13:15 14:45
University of Bath (map)
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Liberalism under bodily pain: a study of tear gas use in the colonial world.

Dr Ammar Ali Jan, Forman Christian College, Pakistan.

Research Round Table: Literature Reviews on Managing Memory in Disputed Territories

Research Round Table: Literature Reviews on Managing Memory in Disputed Territories

Thursday, 25 July 2019
1:00 pm 3:30 pm 13:00 15:30
University of Bath (map)
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Chair: Dr Sophie Whiting, University of Bath.

Research Seminar: Rebels and Citizens

Research Seminar: Rebels and Citizens

Wednesday, 17 July 2019
1:15 pm 2:45 pm 13:15 14:45
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Rebels and citizens: from alternative culture and samizdat to new cultural practices in Poland after 1989.

Weronika Czyżewska-Poncyljusz, Fundacja Pogranicze / Borderland Foundation, Sejny, Poland.

Debate: Three years after the verdict of the Permanent Court of Arbitration for the South China Sea – what is the future of the basin?

Debate: Three years after the verdict of the Permanent Court of Arbitration for the South China Sea – what is the future of the basin?

Thursday, 11 July 2019
10:00 am 5:00 pm 10:00 17:00
The Boym Institute (map)
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Special guest and keynote speaker: Dr. Muhammad Younis, Forman Christian College University, Pakistan.

Seminar: Agonistic Memory and Disputed Territories: Research Directions

Seminar: Agonistic Memory and Disputed Territories: Research Directions

Friday, 5 July 2019
1:00 pm 7:00 pm 13:00 19:00
University of Warsaw (map)
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Participants:

Jakub Zajączkowski, University of Warsaw
Muhammad Younis, Forman Christian Collage, Lahore, Pakistan
Joanna Wawrzyniak, University of Warsaw
Ruzanna Tsaturyan, National Academy of Sciences of Armenia, Yerevan
Anna Przybylska, University of Warsaw
Agnieszka Nowakowska, University of Warsaw
Weronika Czyżewska-Poncyliusz (online), Borderland Foundation, Poland
David Clarke, University of Bath, UK

Agenda

13:00-14:00 – Roundtable introduction of participants' research profiles

14:00-15:00 – Literature reviews - work in progress

15:00-15:30 -- Coffee break

15:30-16:30 – Agonistic memory as an orientation point for literature reviews

16:30-17:30 -- Wrapping up: suggestions for further work

17:30-18:00 -- Coffee break

18:00-19:00 – Meeting with Prof. Jakub Zajączkowski, Director of International Relations Department, University of Warsaw

This event is open to researchers in relevant fields, by invitation.

For more information please contact Dr Joanna Wawrzyniak on email.

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Research Seminar: Perspectives from Armenia

Research Seminar: Perspectives from Armenia

Tuesday, 25 June 2019
1:00 pm 2:15 pm 13:00 14:15
University of Bath (map)
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Perspectives from Armenia.

Arpine Kostanyan & Nelli Gishyan, Educational and Cultural Bridges, Yerevan.

Lecture: Kashmir and Uncertainties: Dynamics of Conflict Between India and Pakistan

Lecture: Kashmir and Uncertainties: Dynamics of Conflict Between India and Pakistan

Wednesday, 19 June 2019
5:00 pm 7:00 pm 17:00 19:00
University of Warsaw (map)
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Speaker: Dr. Muhammad Younis, Forman Christian College University, Pakistan.

Research Seminar: Perspectives from Pakistan

Research Seminar: Perspectives from Pakistan

Thursday, 13 June 2019
2:15 pm 3:45 pm 14:15 15:45
University of Bath (map)
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Perspectives from Pakistan.

Ryan Brasher & Qalander Memon, Forman Christian College, Lahore.

Lecture: Border Guarding, Praying, Smuggling: Muslim Life in Sarhadd (Balochistan)

Lecture: Border Guarding, Praying, Smuggling: Muslim Life in Sarhadd (Balochistan)

Thursday, 30 May 2019
9:30 am 11:30 am 09:30 11:30
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Presenter: Dr Vahé S. Boyajiana, visiting from the National Academy of Sciences of Armenia.