Team members participated in the conference of the Memory Studies Association (MSA), 14-18 July, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. This year's theme was "Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)stability"

In our themed panel "Illuminating Post-conflict and Reconciliation through Women’s Writing",  chaired by Hanna Teichler,  we focused on the Canadian, Chilean and South African reconciliatory contexts through the work of Lisa Bird Wilson (Lourdes López Ropero), Carmen Rodriguez (Carolina Núñez Puente), and Yewande Omotoso  (Teresa Martínez Quiles)

De Gruyter Keynote Georgi Gospodinov in conversation with Alison Landsberg (Prosthetic Memory, Engaging the Past). Georgi Gospodinov is a renowned Bulgarian writer, poet, and essayist.  His works, including The Physics of Sorrow and Natural Novel, have earned critical acclaim for their profound exploration of memory, identity, and the complexities of human experience. In 2023, his novel Time Shelter was awarded the International Booker Prize, cementing his status as one of the most significant voices in contemporary literature.

The guided walk "Bubny Traces of Memory: A Jewish Journey Through Prague 7" took conference participants through places connected to the life of the Jewish population during the First Czechoslovak Republic and World War II.  It began at the site of the former assembly point, marked by a memorial plaque designed by one of the survivors, Helga Hošková. From there, the route  followed the Stolpersteine, commemorating Jewish citizens at the locations of their last residences. The walk led us to the former Praha-Bubny train station, from where deportations to Łódź and Terezín were organized.  The train station building is set to undergo reconstruction to house the Center for Memory and Dialogue Bubny.