18-20 Dec_Tentative - Association for Historical Dialogue and

18-20 Dec_Tentative - Association for Historical Dialogue and

International Conference
Historical Culture in Divided Societies. From Theory to Practice
Home for Cooperation, Nicosia Buffer Zone, Cyprus, December 18-20, 2014
Thursday, 18th December 2014
17.00 Conference Opening
Welcoming remarks by Meltem Onurkan Samani, Vice-President of the Association for Historical Dialogue
and Research, and Andreas Liebe Delsett, Director of the House of Literature in Oslo, Norway
17.30 Documentary Screening The Act of Killing by Joshua Oppenheimer (Indonesia, 2012)
20.30 Reception
Friday 19th December 2014
Introductory Remarks: 9.30-10.00
Antonis Liakos (University of Athens, Greece)
1st Day Keynote Address: 10.00-11.00
Berber Bevernage (University of Ghent, Belgium)
“Transitional Justice and Historiography: Challenges, Dilemmas and Possibilities.”
Discussant: Rebecca Bryant (London School of Economics, UK)
Coffee, Tea & Cookies 11.00-11.30
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First Session 11.30-13.00
Discussant: Yael Navarro Yashin (University of Cambridge, UK)
Chris Lorenz (VU University Amsterdam, Holland)
“How do historians deal with conflicts? Some preliminary reflections.”
Stefan Berger (Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany)
“Historical Culture in divided Germany.”
13.00-14.00 Lunch
Second Session: 14.00-15.30
Discussant: Sia Anagnostopoulou (Panteion University, Greece)
Niyazi Kizilyurek (University of Cyprus)
“Wars of Memory in Cyprus: Positions and Contra-Positions on Inter-Communal and Intra-Communal
Levels”
Costas Constandinides (University of Nicosia, Cyprus) & Yiannis Papadakis (University of Cyprus)
“The Excess of the Political: Romance, Conflict and Reconciliation in Cypriot Cinemas.”
Coffee, Tea & Cookies 15.30-16.00
Third Session: 16.00-17.30
Discussant: Konstantina Zanou (Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne, France)
Masayuki Sato (University of Yamanashi, Japan)
“Historiographical Cognitivity and Normativity in Divided Societies."
Mitsos Bilalis (University of Thesally, Greece)
“Beyond the divide: The viral politics of the Past”
Documentary Screening: 18.00-19.00
The Third Motherland by Costas Constantinou & Giorgos Skordis
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Saturday 20th December 2014
Introductory Remarks: 9.30-10.00
Daphne Lappa (AHDR, Nicosia, Cyprus)
2nd Day Keynote Address: 10.00-11.00
Wu Ming 1 (Wu Ming Foundation, Italy)
“Mixed-Up Stories from the Borderland / 2015 is the cruellest year!”
Discussant: Antonis Liakos (University of Athens, Greece)
Coffee, Tea & Cookies 11.00-11.30
First Session: 11.30-13.00
Discussant: Nicoletta Demetriou (Wolfson College, University of Oxford, UK)
Costas Constantinou (University of Cyprus) & Giorgos Skordis (Hki Fi Sanna, Cyprus)
“Making The Third Motherland”
Murat Çelikkan (Hafiza Merkezi, Turkey)
“Buka Barane: A Documentary for a Peace Process”
Kostis Kornetis (New York University, USA)
“SonorCities: Public History Rendering Through City Soundscapes”
13.00-14.00 Lunch
Second Session: 14.00-15.30
Discussant: Myrsini Zorba (Hellenic Open University, Greece)
Nikolas Papadimitriou (Museum of Cycladic Art, Greece) & Despina Catapoti (University of the
Aegean, Greece)
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“Museums, Social Memory and Identity in Areas of Conflict”
Christina Lambrou (Kingston University, UK), Chrystalleni Loizidou (University of London), Elena
Parpa (Birkbeck-University of London, UK), Maria Petrides (Independent Curator) & Evanthia
Tselika (University of Nicosia, Cyprus)
“This is not history-writing II: A Timeline of exhibition making and art histories in Cyprus. Tackling
exclusions, gaps, and divisions”
Coffee, Tea & Cookies 15.30-16.00
Third Session: 16.00-17.30
Discussant: TBC
Ragip Zik, (BABİL, Turkey)
“20 Dollars, 20 Kilos”
Darija Marić (Documenta – Centre for Dealing with the Past, Croatia)
“Personal memories on war and detention in Croatia from 1941 until today - Making private experiences
public as a mean of mobilising support and developing understanding”
Becky Michelson (The EnGAgeMEnt Lab, Emerson College, USA)
“Game-based deliberation about youth employment policies: A Moldova Case Study”
Supported By:
The Home for Cooperation benefits from a €674,725 grant from Norway Grants. The aim of the project is to support the operation and
sustainability of the Home for Cooperation, which shall contribute to the bridge-building between the Greek Cypriot and Turkish
Cypriot communities in Cyprus.
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