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4. EDITION

BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE REGION

Great Memory Beyond the Metropolis

14 - 16/11/2023

Between the City and the Region

Great Memory Beyond the Metropolis

4. EDITION

The fourth edition of our Forum is titled “Between the City and the Region – 
Great Memory Beyond the Metropolis”. 
 
In the context of a metropolisit can be challenging to perceive events and 
developments that have significantly shaped our present realityFrequentlyit is 
the outlying regions that influence the collective narrative of a nationThere are 
instances when profound and impactful narratives unfold on the outskirtsaway 
from the urban centreHowever, the notion of the periphery should not be 
limited solely to its geographical connotation but should also be understood 
within its social and cultural dimensionsSeveral historical events have been 
relegated to the periphery of collective memory due to inadequate 
commemoration, the absence of dedicated monuments or museums, and their 
exclusion from educational programs.
 
The entire 20th century is filled with tragedies on the peripherybeyond the 
reach of public opinionblurred and therefore hiddenforgotten – yet – very 
important.
 
At the Forum, we would like to look at examples of attempts to restore historical 
events “from the periphery” to their rightful place in the memory of their 
nations. We will do this in three discussions. The first will concern the 
commemoration of the victims of communism in various places in Europe. In 
Poland, we know little about what happened in Albania, the former Yugoslavia or 
Romania, and we certainly do not know the history of the fight for memory in 
these societieswhich continues to this day in many fields. The second panel will 
be devoted to local commemorations of the victims of Nazism. We will also look 
at how these places function as spaces for dialogue and reconciliation. The last 
discussion will be devoted to the experience of the Polish Western and Northern 
Territories – a space that is full of testimonies of the rule of both totalitarianisms
whose history after World War II is an example of dealing with a difficult past. 
These lands are woven with the phenomena of local experienceswhich are 
commemorated and perpetuated by the network of the Halls of Memory that is 
currently being created.
 
The Forum isabove allan opportunity to meet and make friendsIntimate
elite discussions from previous editions have often become the beginning of 
larger projects. We hope it will be the same this time.
 
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Remembrance & Future Forum

1. edition

During the 1st edition we have entered the online world, opening up a platform for debate on today’s major challenges and dilemmas. We have invited the greatest minds of our time, intellectuals and social leaders from Poland and worldwide.

Conference Schedule

Remembrance and Future Forum no 4:

BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE REGION - Great Memory Beyond the Metropolis

Openning

Conducting: Marek Mutor, Platforma Europejskiej Pamięci i Sumienia, Polska


Free entrance 5:00 pm Hall of Memory – Depot History Centre

Keynote: Public History

Conducting: Joanna Wojdon, Uniwersytet Wrocławski


Free entrance 5:15 pm Hall of Memory – Depot History Centre

Panel 1. Commemorating the victims of the communist past (contrary to the mainstream)

Participant:

Pjerin Mirdita, Site of Witness and Memory, Szkodra, Albania

Maria Axinte, Pitesti Prison Memorial, Pitesti, Romania

Matija Ogrin, Nova Slovenska Zaveza, Lublana, Slovenia

Conducting: PhD Łukasz Kamiński


Free entrance 6:00 pm Hall of Memory – Depot History Centre

Panel 2. Local commemorations of the victims of german nazism and the creation of social places of reconciliation

Participant:

Annie Martin, Musée de la Résistance de Limoges, Limonges, France

Maria Kromp-Zaleska, Dom Edyty Stein, Wrocław, Poland

Alexandra Grochowski, Meetingpoint Memory Messiaen, Goerlitz, Germany

Conducting: PhD Tomasz Skonieczny 

[Panel in English, translated into Polish]


Free entrance 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Hall of Memory – Depot History Centre

Panel 3. Western and Northern Territories - commemorations between the city and the region. The experience of two totalitarian regimes and displacements. Network of Halls of Memory.

Participant:

Magdalena Klag, Hall of Memory, Kąty Wrocławskie

Ewa Kurzyk, Muzeum Ziemi Reskiej

Anna Graf, GOKiS Miłkowice 

Conducting: PhD Wojciech Kucharski

[Panel in English, translated into Polish]


Free entrance 9:00 am Hall of Memory – Depot History Centre

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Records from the 2st edition of the Forum

The choice of theme for last year’s Forum was not accidental. It was linked to the organisation of the Wrocław celebrations of the 40th anniversary of the Solidarity Trade Union’s creation, which were organised by the Depot History Centre. 

We invite you to listen to Remembrance and Future Forum lectures:

Event Speakers

November 14-16, 2023

Alexandra Grochowski

Manager of the Meetingpoint Memory Messiaen in Goerlitz

Anna Graf

Director of the Municipal Cultural and Sports Center in Miłkowice

Annie Martin

Director of the Resistance Museum in Limoges

Magdalena Klag

Manager of the Hall of Memory in Kąty Wrocławskie

Maria Axiente

Museologist

Maria Kromp-Zaleska

Director of the Edith Stein House in Wrocław

Matija Ogrin

Research fellow at the Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana

Pjerin Mirdita

Albanian history expert

Prof. dr hab. Joanna Wojdon

Professor of history

Adam Makowski

Historian

Andreja Valič Zver

Politician and historian

Andrew Demshuk

Professor of history

Jie-Hyun-Lim

Professor of history

Krzysztof Noworyta

Creative producer at Tengent

Łukasz Adamski

Historian and political scientist

Marek Mutor

Polish philologist and historian

Paulina Bednarz-Łuczewska

Management scholar and business consultant

Rafał Rogulski

Studied cultural and political science

Richard Demarco

Teacher, artist, philosopher

Robert Kostro

Director of the Polish History Museum in Warsaw

Simone Zoppellaro

Writer and journalist

Wojciech Kucharski

Historian and archaeologist

The Depot History Centre

Address

ul. Grabiszyńska 184,
53-235 Wrocław

Beginning of events

Day 01:

5:00 pm

Day 02:

6:00 pm

Day 03:

9:00 am