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Hunting down monuments: The CAF model - Characteristics, Actors and Functions KU Leuven
The question What is a monument? invites a crisis of common sense in responding. Making sense of monuments is complicated by the variety of words that are used, often interchangeably, to describe them. Words such as ‘monument’, ‘memorial’, and ‘commemoration’ all share in their deep history a root in another equally complicated word: ‘memory’. Memory, of course, is as old as humankind. Historians study memory, as do neuroscientists, ...
The European Union and Memory. Volume 1: European Integration Outside-In KU Leuven
Tracing the evolution of the use of the past across time, the chapter suggests that EU memory politics emerged gradually as a by-product of political attempts at hitting moving targets: from building self-legitimacy and European identity, to supporting restorative justice efforts. First, the chapter examines the emergence of the unification project, arguing that the past of the Second World War was imbued with transformative values. Thus, ...
Le Parlement européen et la politique de la mémoire : explorer la constellation des acteurs KU Leuven
The European Parliament and memory politics: exploring the constellation of actors Over the past decades, the European Parliament has gradually taken on a new role, that of a chamber for debates and resolutions regarding the interpretation of European history. To understand the sometimes controversial results of these resolutions, we look at the rules, processes and political dynamics that have dominated these debates over time. The observation ...
(Un)shared memory: European Parliament and EU Remembrance Day for Victims of Terrorism KU Leuven
(Un)shared memory: European Parliament and EU Remembrance Day for Victims of Terrorism This article explores the role of the European Parliament in fostering and promoting shared remembrance of the victims of terrorist attacks. First, we discuss the origins of the EU Remembrance Day for Victims of Terrorism, established by the EP on the very day of the Madrid bombings, on March 11, 2004, and the earlier stages of its institutionalisation. We ...
Conclusion KU Leuven
SIGNALING VALUES: Europeanisation and Memory Politics in Croatia and Serbia KU Leuven
In this study I examine the ways in which 'Europe' has been built as a mnemonic community based on a shared past. Numerous academics and practitioners have argued for the emergence of a 'European memory' - i.e. a shared narrative about the past as an instrument to strengthen a sense of common European identity across populations in Europe. Over the last 30 years EU institutions and political elites have been promoting this approach - i.e. the ...
Can memorials heal the wounds? KU Leuven
In 2014, the Swedish artist Jonas Dahlberg won a competition for a memorial to the victims of the Utøya massacre. The project, called Memory wound, aimed to cut an island into half to symbolise the death of 77 persons killed during the 2011 Norway attacks. But controversy beset Dahlberg’s proposal. Environmentally-friendly Norwegians opposed changes in the natural landscape. Local residents — already traumatised by the mass killings, stood ...