In lieu of the annual conference, the Memory Studies Association (co-directed by Aline Sierp) will be hosting a week of virtual events from 4 July to 8 July, followed by a series of online panels organised by some of the MSA working groups on 11 and 12 July.
Attendance and registration is free also for non-members. Register via the hyperlinks.
On 27 June at 15.00 there will also be an open members meeting. Register for the members meeting here.
The panels will be as follows:
- Monday 4 July 15.00 CEST/22.00 KST: “Novelists and the Work of Memory”; a roundtable discussion moderated by Hanna Teichler from the Goethe-University in Frankfurt, with speakers Xiaolu Guo and Randy Ribay.
- Tuesday 5 July 14.00 CEST/21.00 KST: “Women and Gendered Violence”; a series of presentations and discussions moderated by Carol Gluck from Columbia University, with presentations from Chizuko Ueno, Eunshil Kim and Rada Iveković.
- Wednesday 6 July 14.00 CEST/21.00 KST: “Conversation with Director Sergei Loznitsa”; which will include a director’s talk and discussion in addition to a screening of Loznitsa’s film “Maidan” via Zoom.
- Thursday 7 July 14.00 CEST/21.00 KST: “Itineraries of Memory Studies: Reflections on Methodological Innovation”; a roundtable discussion moderated by Avishek Parui from IIT Madras, with speakers Ann Rigney, Jie-Hyun Lim, and Duane Jethro.
- Friday 8 July 14.00 CEST/21.00 KST: “Confronting the Climate Crisis from Below: Memory and Politics at the Frontlines”; a series of presentations and discussions moderated by Rosanne Kennedy from Australian National University, with presentations from Macarena Gómez-Barris, Jaskiran Dhillon and Renato Redentor Constantino.
On July 11th and July 12th, the Working Groups, Regional Groups and National Networks have organised a series of panels too. On both days, there will be 5 timeslots, each with multiple simultaneous sessions and covering a large number of topics.
The MSA community is growing and expanding. With more members than ever, they warmly invite you to attend the upcoming open Members Meeting, hosted by the Co-Presidents, President-Elect and Executive Committee.
The meeting will take place on Monday, 27 June 2022, at 15.00 CEST/UTC+2.
