Memory Studies Association
Fifth Annual Conference

“Convergences”

University of Warsaw, Poland
July 5-9, 2021

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Most sessions took place as simultaneous, non-recorded events. This breadth of sessions allowed for a lively and enriching exchange of information amongst all participants. In addition to these events, a few special sessions were live-streamed and shared online also for non-MSA members. You can continue to watch these fascinating events on our Youtube Warsaw playlist, or by clicking on each session below.

Welcome to the 5th Annual MSA Conference in Warsaw!
Opening Event of the Cultural Programme

Exhibition of Works by Wilhelm Sasnal, “Such a Landscape”, in the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews.

Guided Tour by Luiza Nader (Art Critic) and Adam Szymczyk (Curator)
Chairs: Katarzyna Chmielewska, Paweł Dobrosielski

Plenary Session: Bridging Memory Studies Across Languages

Speakers: Samer Alnasir, Magdalena Heydel, Kornelia Kończal, Jie-Hyun Lim, Alicia Salomone
Chairs: Mischa Gabowitsch, Lana Lovrenčić

Keynote Lecture: Olivette Otele

Title: Memory of Colonial Enslavement: Convergent Activism
Chair: Jenny Wüstenberg

Plenary Session: Marek Cichocki & Ivan Krastev

Title: European Memory and Politics: A Crisis of What?
Chair: Małgorzata Pakier

Plenary Session: Emilie Pine & Sara Jones

Title: Breaking the Rules: Writing as Yourself. A Conversation Between Emilie Pine, Author of “Notes to Self”, and Sara Jones
Chair: Stef Craps

Plenary Session: Michael Rothberg

Title: The Implicated Subject: Rethinking Memory and Responsibility. Michael Rothberg in conversation with Sakiru Adebayo, Katarzyna Bojarska, Erica Lehrer, and Monica Szurmuk
Chair: Jeffrey Olick

Sub-Plenary Session: To Whom Does the Museum Belong?

Speakers: Piotr Maciej Majewski, Günter Morsch, Anne Wetsi Mpoma, Dwandalyn Reece, Miloš Řezník
Chair: Zofia Wóycicka

MSA Members Meeting

Open Meeting with all MSA members
Chairs: Jenny Wüstenberg, Jeffrey Olick, Aline Sierp, Hanna Teichler

Plenary Session: Anne Applebaum & Agnieszka Holland

Title: Remembering Dark Times. Anne Applebaum and Agnieszka Holland in conversation with Sofia Dyak and Simon Lewis
Chair: Roma Sendyka

MSA First Book Award 2021: Dominic Meng-Hsuan Yang

Award ceremony for the MSA First Book Award 2021
Award Winner: Dominic Meng-Hsuan Yang’s “The Great Exodus from China”
Speakers: Letty Chen, Rebecca Nedostup, Carol Gluck, Steven Brown
Chair: Stef Craps

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