“Memories in Transit”
Lima, Peru, 18 to 20 July 2024
The Memory Studies Association (MSA) welcomes attendee registration for its eighth annual conference, to be held in person from 18 to 20 July 2024 at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú in Lima, Peru.
Although payment guarantees you a place at the conference, we still need extra details from you to complete conference registration so please click the button above, choose the payment option that best suits your situation and complete the conference registration form details.
The conference program will follow shortly, so please check back at the MSA site regularly for updates.
The theme of the 2024 conference will be “Memories in Transit”. People build memories that transition between places, spaces, groups, generations, and temporalities; between social struggles, political processes, and identities; via various repertoires and in different media formats. Memories in Transit is an invitation to reflect on the itineraries of these memories, their heterogeneity, and permanent transformations. As memories circulate between people and places, they are implicated in many social phenomena including processes of inequality, racism, exclusion, and migration. On the one hand, memories help sustain various forms of violence and authoritarianism. On the other hand, memories represent an important resource in the fight against injustices.
We live in times of intense mobility caused by natural disasters, globalization, forced displacements, dispossession of territories, violence, and climate change. Mobility shapes contemporary societies, setting in motion memories that travel in oral, gestural, sonic, sensory, textual, or digital formats. Mobility produces new repertoires of meaning including forgetfulness, denial, and oblivion. How much of the past is reflected in new transmedia spaces? How do past events take shape in the present? How much does it change? How do we talk about truth in an era of fake news? Memories in Transit is also an invitation to think about the return of phenomena we believed to have overcome (think about “Nunca Más” in the Southern Cone), such as populism, authoritarianism, and systematic violations of human rights that haunt societies, erode democracies and which are now prevalent in our countries.
The conference will take place at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, which is located in the city of Lima in Peru. A Cultural Program of events will run alongside the academic program, where we will be cooperating closely with local memory activists, cultural partners, artists, and heritage sites.
Eighth Annual Conference of the Memory Studies Association (MSA)
“Memories in Transit”
Lima, Peru, 18 to 20 July 2024
The Memory Studies Association is a professional association for Memory Studies scholars and those active in museums, memorial institutions, archives, the arts, and other fields engaged in remembrance. The objective is to become the most important forum for the memory field—both through an annual, international and interdisciplinary conference and through a strong online presence. The first conference took place in Amsterdam in 2016. This year, we are holding our 8th Annual Conference in Lima, Peru, in collaboration with Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
Conference Fee:
| Students from Latin America (not presenting) | € 10 |
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| PhD Students; Early-Career Members; Members in Low-Income Countries | € 45 |
| Mid-Career Members; Early Career Members in High-Income Countries | €110 |
| Senior Members; Well-Compensated Members | €180 |
| MSA Friends By paying the highest conference fee you agree to voluntarily support our solidarity fund for low-income participants. | €250 |
In case of cancellation before June 16 we will refund 50% of the conference fee. After June 16, we will be unable to refund your fee.
Please bear in mind that MSA membership and conference fee payment are compulsory to present during the conference.
Conference registration and full payment of fees will be absolutely compulsory for attending any of the conference events
Octava Conferencia Anual de la Asociación de Estudios de la Memoria
“Memorias en Tránsito”
Lima, Perú, del 18 al 20 de Julio de 2024
La Asociación de Estudios de la Memoria es una asociación profesional para académicos de Estudios de la Memoria y personas activas en museos, instituciones conmemorativas, archivos, artes y otros campos dedicados a la memoria. El objetivo es convertirse en el foro más importante para el campo de la memoria, tanto a través de una conferencia anual, internacional e interdisciplinaria como a través de una fuerte presencia en línea. La primera conferencia tuvo lugar en Ámsterdam en 2016. Este año, celebraremos nuestra octava conferencia anual en Lima, Perú, en colaboración con la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
Cuota de la Conferencia:
| Estudiantes de América Latina (no presentando) | € 10 |
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| Estudiantes de Doctorado; Miembros que inician su carrera; Miembros en países de bajos ingresos | €45 |
| Miembros de mitad de carrera; Miembros que inician su carrera en países de altos ingresos | €110 |
| Miembros de alto nivel; Miembros bien remunerados | €180 |
| Amigos de MSA Al pagar la tarifa más alta de la conferencia, usted acepta apoyar voluntariamente nuestro fondo de solidaridad para participantes de bajos ingresos. | €250 |
