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  • Transnational Forum Corporatism – Romania and Portugal

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    Overview Corporatism was a defining economic and social ideology of the European interwar, building on political ideas with a long history, from antiquity to medieval Catholicism and Christian democracy. It defines society by directly referencing organicist metaphors that have to do with functions of integration and function of certain groups in society. Consequently, it sees…

  • Transnational Forum Roma Resistance and Memory – Finland and Romania

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    Overview The Finland-Romania shared event has focused on the manner in which collective memory of violence in the past can be leveraged into histories of resistance for the communities in these countries. The event, which was held in November 2024 in Bucharest, placed significant emphasis on the pivotal role of historical memory in fostering a…

  • Transnational Forum Colonialism and Peripheries – Finland and Romania

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    Overview The transnational forum shared between Finland and Romania examined the manner in which the concept of colonialism has been employed as a rhetorical device in the context of right-wing ideologies, as well as its function as a narrative of reference. It facilitated discussions on shared histories, and specifically how the notion of colonialism plays…

  • Memory Forum 1 – Spain

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    Spanish Civil War Overview In Spain, the “Women, repression and civil war” roundtable was presented by Agnes Rosell from NOVACT with Anna Miñarro, Sònia Olivella, and Gemma Pasqual at La Fede (the Catalan NGO federation) on September 13th 2024.  Clinical psychologist Anna Miñarro, who is the Co-Director of the first research project in the Spanish…

  • Memory Forum 3 – Romania

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    Jewish Resistance Overview The forum on Jewish Memory Resistance happened in Cluj, on June 28th, as a collaboration between PATRIR and MUZEON. The scope of the event had to do with the types and ways of resistance of the Jewish community during the Second World War. This was chosen as a relevant topic for the…

  • Report 3 – Portugal

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    Report on Heritage Practices Concerning Far-Right Movements Introduction Should they stay or should they go?, asked a columnist in a 2020 article in The Economist, as statues around the world were vandalised and torn down for representing figures whose legacies, in light of the emergent post-colonial consciousness, had become problematic. These actions, carried out mainly…

  • International Congress – Portugal

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    Memory, Legacy and Presence in the Public and Media space. Historical fascism and the radical right in the 20th and 21st Centuries

  • International conferences – Finland

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    20th of November: Approaches, Methods and Challenges of Contemporary Anti-Racism Education On 20 November 2024, Rauhankasvatusinttituutti ry (RKI) organised a workshop and a public discussion titled “Approaches, Methods and Challenges of Contemporary Anti-Racism Education”, which took place at Globaalikeskus in Helsinki, Finland. Beginning at 3pm and lasting until 5pm, the event amassed an audience of…

  • Exhibition – Finland

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    188-Kukkavirta Memorial On 18 August 2017, the northern country of Finland made headlines in the international news media, when a Moroccan asylum seeker proceeded to stab 10 people in Turku, Finland. The attack took place in the late afternoon, which killed two and injured eight more before the police arrived at the scene and detained…

  • Report 4 – Portugal

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    Can the teaching of History prevent the rise of the far-right? “Open letter asks for the prohibition of the far-right demonstration in Lisbon”  (“Público”, 24-01-2024: 16) “Germany makes a strong stand against AfD: 1.5 million participated in protests”  (Público, 23-01-2024: 23) “Nationalism threatens Europe once again”  (Público, 26-11-2023: 9) “Neonazi youth network created cells in…

  • Exhibition – Italy

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    THE MEMORIAL FOR MIGRANTS IN THE ICELAND OF LAMPEDUSA Lampedusa Island functions as a critical gateway for migrants, particularly those seeking to traverse from Africa to Europe. Strategically located, the island links the Mediterranean Sea to Italy. Migrants undertake this perilous journey with diverse aspirations; however, a significant number have tragically lost their lives en…

  • Exhibition – Portugal

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    Overview SolRem’s exhibition aimed to trace the evolution of the Portuguese far-right, from the times of the Portuguese dictatorship Estado Novo to the present day. In this sense, the exhibition addressed relevant themes, according to the two different time periods.  With this, the exhibition explored the dynamics associated with the resistance to the dictatorship, as…

  • Transnational Memory Forum Anti-Fascist Resistance – Portugal and Italy

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    Overview SolRem’s memory forums aim to educate and raise awareness about the history of resistance and solidarity against right-wing authoritarianism and dictatorships. This transnational memory forum focused on the anti-fascist resistance, in Portugal and Italy. There was a specific focus on the position of cinema as resistance to fascism before and after the Portuguese Revolution…

  • Transnational Memory Forum on Antifascist Resistance and Anticolonialism – Italy and Portugal

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    10th of May 2024 Agenda Francesca Morganella, CEIPES –  SOLREM project presentation Maria Letizia Colajanni, ANPI Palermo –  Italian women Resistance Renato Franzitta, COBAS – Workers‘ and students’ struggles and the new Resistance to Fascism Bruno Madeira, CITCEM, Lisbon – Portuguese Resistance and Corporatism in Portugal  Coffee break Q&A Report On the 10th of May…

  • Transnational Forum Anti-Fascist Resistance – Italy and Spain

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    30th of May 2024 Agenda Report CEIPES, from Italy, and the Spanish partner NOVACT, of Barcelona, held in the respective countries the Transnational Memory Forum on Antifascist Resistance, which corresponds to the D2.9 (WP2), on the 30th of May 2024. At the event organized by the Italian partner, in Palermo, 18 people were present to…

  • Transnational Forum Roma Resistance – Spain and Italy

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    Subaltern Memories International – Conference 2023 La Model. Memory Site. C/ d’Entença, 155 – Barcelona November 21st, 2023 Overview The activity “Transnational forum: Roma resistance” has been carried out in Barcelona in an all-day conference (morning and afternoon) dedicated to memory and Roma resistance “Subaltern memories international conference 2023”. The morning sessions (9:30 a.m. –…

  • Workshop Narratives of the Far-Right Today – Portugal

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    27th of February 2024 Overview SolRem’s workshop on “Narratives of the Far-Right Today” sought to raise awareness among young participants regarding the significance of remaining informed and vigilant concerning far-right narratives and disinformation spread across social media.  Approximately 20 individuals participated in the workshop, actively engaging in debates and discussions concerning the implications of far-right…

  • Memory Today I&II – Finland

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    A Necessary Past: Remembering Solidarity and Resistance against Authoritarianism in Europe  (SolRem) Memory Forum I and II, Oulu, Finland, by Rauhankasvatusinstituutti Overview As a part of the intention for community outreach for this project, the Rauhankasvatusinstituutti in the SolRem project in Finland presented the findings of our research report 1 ‘Attitudes towards the collective memory…

  • Memory Today I&II – Portugal

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    Overview The Memory Today I and II Workshops primary objective was the dissemination of the results from the first  two reports of the project SolRem: (1) Attitudes towards the collective memory of resistance against far-right regimes, groups or practices and specific narratives; (2) Collective memory practices concerning the right-wing.  In these workshops, there was a…

  • Memory Today I&II – Italy

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    Overview CEIPES ETS implements the Memory today I and II workshop, named “Conference on collective memory of the Resistance to fascism and of Italian colonialism”, envisaged in the WP2, activity 2.4, on the 27th of November 2023. The event took place at Ceipes ETS office in Palermo, Via Francesco Maria Alias, 20. It started at…

  • Memory Today I&II – Spain

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    Overview The workshops were held in Prat de Llobregat, Barcelona on November 7, 2023 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. 21 people attended to the event with different profiles: civil society organisation, administrations in Catalonia like Generalitat de Catalunya, think tanks and universities. MEMORY TODAY I – II…

  • Memory Forum 5 -Spain

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    Roma Solidarity La Model. Memory Site. C/ d’Entença, 155 – Barcelona, Spain  November 21st, 2023  Overview The activity “Memory forum Roma solidarity” has been carried out in Barcelona in an all-day  conference (morning and afternoon) dedicated to memory and Roma resistance “Subaltern  memories international conference 2023”. The morning sessions (9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.) were …

  • Memory Forum 5 – Italy

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    Roma Solidarity 22nd of May 2024 Overview Report CEIPES conducted the Memory Forum on Roma Resistance on the 22nd of May 2024. This significant event, Deliverable D2.7, part of Work Package 2 (WP2), was held at the University of Palermo Campus, in Viale delle Scienze. The activity starts at 9.30 and finishes at 12.30. The…

  • Memory Forum 5 – Finland

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    Roma Solidarity Introduction More than 100 years of Roma activism – Are we still struggling with the same questions? / Yli 100 vuotta romaniaktivismia – Ponnistelemmeko yhä samojen kysymysten parissa? April 9th 2024 Central Library Oodi, Töölönlahdenkatu 4, 00100 Helsinki, Finland Agenda  April 9th 2024 14:00-16:00 14.00 – 14.15 Opening remarks: Welcome and what is…

  • Memory Forum 4 – Portugal

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    Women’s Solidarity Networks Overview SolRem’s memory forums aim to educate and raise awareness about the history of resistance and solidarity against right-wing authoritarianism and dictatorships. This memory forum focused on solidarity networks created by women to support each other during the times of Estado Novo, and also on the reality of today’s society. The different…

  • Memory Forum 4 – Italy

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    Networks of Women Solidarity Overview CEIPES ETS implements the Memory forum on women Resistance, Networks of women solidarity, on the 20th of March 2024. The activity is envisaged in the WP2, activity 2.4. The event took place at CEIPES ETS office in Palermo, Via Francesco Maria Alias, 20. It started at 10.30 and lasted until…

  • Memory Forum 3 – Spain

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    Jewish Resistance 31st May 2023  Overview The Jewish memory forum organised by Novact in the frame of SolRem’s project took place on the 31st May 2023, from 15.30h to 18.30h in Novact’s office and counted with the interventions of Dominique  Salomon (she/her), activist from “Junts”1(Catalan Association of Jews and Palestinians) and Scout Bratt (they/them), from…

  • Memory Forum 3 – Portugal

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    Jewish Resistance Overview SolRem’s memory forums aim to educate and raise awareness about the history of resistance and solidarity against right-wing authoritarianism and dictatorships. This memory forum was focused specifically on the Jewish community and the challenges they have faced throughout history, in the Portuguese context. The event at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities…

  • Memory Forum 3 – Italy

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    Jewish Resistance Overview The Jewish memory forum organised by CEIPES in the frame of SolRem’s project took place on the 26th of May 2023, in Palermo, from 9:30 to 12:30. The event was held in CEIPES office, it hosted Prof. Nicola Cusumano, professor of Modern History at University of Palermo and Daniela Dana, present on-line,…

  • Memory Forum 2 – Portugal

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    Anti-Fascist Resistance 24 February 2024 UNICEPE, Porto Overview SolRem’s Memory Forums aims to educate and raise awareness about the history of resistance and solidarity against fascism, right-wing authoritarianism and dictatorships. This Memory Forum focused on the anti-fascist resistance against the Estado Novo and the defense of that memory and example at a time when the…

  • Memory Forum 2 – Italy

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    Anti- Fascist Resistance 29th of April 2024 Agenda  Report  CEIPES ETS conducted the Memory Forum on Antifascist Resistance on April 29, 2024. This significant event, part of Work Package 2 (WP2), Deliverable 2.3, was held at Cinema Vittorio De Seta, located via Paolo Gili 4, 90134, Palermo, and spanned from 9:30 AM to 1:00 PM. …

  • Memory Forum 2 – Finland

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    Anti-Fascist Resistance Overview Rauhankasvatusinttituutti ry (RKI) organised the Memory Forum (2) titled Anti-fascist Resistance in Finland on 18th of April, 2024, presented by Robert Trygg, Assisting Coordinator in the SolRem project at RKI. The event began at 10.15 and lasted until 12.15. The audience consisted of eleven teachers working for international schools whom RKI has…

  • Community Workshop: Transnational narratives in colonial Italy

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    13th of November 2023.  Overview The Community Workshop on Italian colonialism engaged two high school classes attending the last year of the oldest grammar high school of Palermo, ‘Liceo Classico Vittorio Emanuele II’.  The agenda of the event was the following:  Speakers:  Francesca Morganella  Alessia Gambino  Sefora Giaimo The activity was divided in three different…

  • Community Workshop: Transnational narrative (Corporatism) Portugal

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    SolRem’s Community Workshops aims to educate and raise awareness about the history of resistance and solidarity against right-wing authoritarianism and dictatorships. This community workshop This community workshop focused on the conception, implementation and characteristics of Portuguese corporatism during the Estado Novo. The different approaches brought by the two speakers created the opportunity to provide a…

  • Community Workshop: Ethnicities in conflict – Finland

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    Konfliktit ja niiden kanssa työskentely dialogisesti nuorisotyössä  21.-22.2.2024 Globaalikeskus, Helsinki, Finland Contents: Dialogue as an approach and a tool to analyse tensions and conflicts in society and work to transform them Agenda of the event: Wednesday 21.2.2024 9-13 am: Dialogic work with complex issues and expert input from Bernard Le Roux Lunch 14.00 – 17.00:…

  • Community Workshop – Antifascism Spain

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    BARCELONA, 14 NOVEMBER 2023 Overview On November 14, 2023, a community workshop on ANTIFASCISM about Nou Barris district  was held in the Barcelona together with 17 people who were part of civil society organisations. It was chosen to hold a workshop in this district because it has been one of the two areas where the…

  • Report 4 – Finland

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    Teaching and Curricula on the Far-Right Introduction When history teachers across Finland convened for the first time in 1935, more than 17 years after the Finnish Civil War, the problem of mono-perspectivity in Finnish history education was never acknowledged as such. Rather, the guidelines for teaching history at the time were rooted in the nationalist…

  • Report 3 – Italy

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    Report on heritage practices concerning far-right movements Introduction  This research is based on the analysis of Italian places and monuments as symbols of celebration of the fascist regime and built mostly under the regime: it will also provide an overview on Italian far-right movements’ narratives on these heritage, along with the use of this latter…

  • Report 3 – Finland

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    Report on heritage practices concerning far-right movements Introduction Historically, memory has been an important political resource for various far-right groups both in and outside Europe because of its perceived value as a source of motivation for  political action1. As suggested by a growing body of academic work, this is still the case  today: far-right political…

  • Report 2 – Romania

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    Report on collective memory practices concerning the right-wing A Restrictive History  Introduction In 2020, the unexpected triumph of the new AUR Party (Alliance for the Union  of Romanians) in the Parliamentary elections in Romania triggered controversies. This  is a nationalist organisation that often uses far-right notions of exclusion and purity46 and their sudden ascent triggered…

  • Report 2 – Portugal

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    Portugal: Far-Right and Practices of Memory Introdução When, at the turn of the 20th century into the 21st, the post-fascist far-right phenomenon suddenly gained media attention and significant electoral expression, the Iberian Peninsula seemed relatively immune to the emergence of significant parties or movements from this political camp. For years, the Iberian exception was talked…

  • Report 2 – Italy

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    Report on collective memory practices concerning the right-wing Far-Right and memory practices in Italy Introduction  The report about attitudes towards the collective memory of resistance against far-right regimes or practices and specific narratives in collective memory in Italy traces the impact of these in the  current society and the social problems it’s facing nowadays.  It…

  • Report 2 – Spain

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    Report on collective memory practices concerning the right-wing Report on the extreme right’s public appearances within collective memory Introduction Theoretical framework  Politics cannot be understood without the existence of a symbolic system. Symbols are  the basic unit for its transmission as well as its recreation. As the complexity of societies increases, so does politics. Thus,…

  • Report 2 – Finland

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    The Finnish Far-Right and Memory Politics  Introduction  Far-right memory politics in Finland, like in many other countries, involve the  manipulation and reinterpretation of historical events and narratives to advance a specific  ideological agenda. Far-right groups often attempt to exploit historical grievances,  nationalist sentiments, and populist rhetoric to promote their worldview and gain support.  Memory politics…

  • Report 1 – Spain

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    Report attitudes towards collective memory of resistance against far-right regimes, groups or practices and specific narratives in collective memory in the target  countries Introduction: Second Republic, Civil War, Francoism and  Transition to democracy  Spain’s right-wing position on historical memory can’t be understood without the events  that took place in this territory from 1931 until 1978…

  • Report 1 – Romania

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    Report attitudes towards collective memory of resistance against far-right regimes, groups or practices and specific narratives in collective memory in the target  countries The long history of the far-right: recent debates in  memory politics.  Introduction  Far-right movements in Romania began emerging, as everywhere else in central and  Eastern Europe, as an afterthought of the European…

  • Report 1 – Portugal

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    Report attitudes towards collective memory of resistance against far-right regimes, groups or practices and specific narratives in collective memory in the target  countries  Introduction  During the first two decades of the 21st century, Portugal represented an  exception to European rule. Contrary to the post-fascist wave that swept the continent  and achieved significant electoral results, the…

  • Report 1 – Italy

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    Report attitudes towards collective memory of resistance against far-right regimes, groups or practices and specific narratives in collective memory in the target  countries Introduction  The report about attitudes towards the collective memory of resistance against far right regimes, groups or practices and specific narratives in collective memory in Italy  traces the history of the far-right…

  • Report 1 – Finland

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    Report attitudes towards collective memory of resistance against far-right regimes, groups or practices and specific narratives in collective memory in the target  countries LOVIISA SOINI, RKI Introduction: Historical Context  The cultural and political history of Finland can be said to be inevitably linked to its  proximity to Russia. The establishment of the Soviet regime had…