Program
Venue information University of Barcelona( Historic Building) Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 585
Thursday, 9 October 2025
The event will take place in two different venues inside the historic building, clearly signposted from the main entrance.
• Morning: Aula Magna
• Afternoon: Aula Capella
09:30 a. m. Welcome words
• Zuzana Dorazilová, Deputy Head of Unit, Non-Discrimination: Anti-Racism and Roma Coordination, DG Justice, European Commission
• Carmina Gustrán, Commissioner,“ Spain in Freedom: 50 Years”, Ministry for Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Spain
• Jordi Guixé, Director, European Observatory on Memories( EUROM), University of Barcelona Solidarity Foundation
• Raúl Ramos, Vice-Rector for Internationalization Policy, University of Barcelona
10:00 a. m. Opening session. Memory Politics in Europe: crossed visions
• What history and what memories for which Europe? Georges Mink, Emeritus Research Director at CNRS-ISP and former President of ICCEES. Since 2013, Permanent Professor at the College of Europe( Natolin, Warsaw)
• Memory policies in Spain: the complex management of the Francoist legacy Matilde Eiroa San Francisco, Senior Academic of History at Carlos III University of Madrid, guest lecturer at Harvard, Sheffield, and Prague. Founder of the Chair of Historical Memory at Complutense University.
Moderated by Jordi Guixé i Coromines, Historian, Founder director of the EUROM, and professor at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Barcelona.
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