Séminaire doctoral "Expériences de la violence en conflits contemporains" 2025, séance 4 : "Les enjeux mémoriels des violences en question"

Organised by three doctoral students and a young doctor in history from the MESOPOLHIS laboratory, this seminar aims to programme a monthly event for researchers, post-doctoral fellows, doctoral students and masters students in the humanities and social sciences whose research focuses on Experiences of violence in the context of contemporary conflicts (19th-20th centuries).

Registration required at the following link (face-to-face in Aix en Provence and distance learning via Zoom): https://forms.gle/HLEKcqii4s2e36NF9

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Friday 23 May 2025 | 14-16h | EPS (room 105)

Session 4: "The memory of violence in question: places, perceptions and representations of memory in contemporary European conflicts in the 20th century".

Speeches :

• Anélie Prudoranthropologist : "What we remember. Monumenting memories of political violence (Spanish War/World War II) in Madrid: actors, temporalities and issues".
• Alexandre MilletUniversity of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne: "The Shoah experience of French prisoners of war in Stalag 325: perceiving and representing Nazi violence in the Polish General Government during and after the war (1942-1960' )".

Discussion: Elisabeth Anstettanthropologist and Director of Research at the CNRS (HDR) UMR 7268 - ADES. His work, which has contributed to the emergence of the field of necro-politics, examines the social treatment of the corpse, the ways in which it is handled and the issues at stake, and more specifically funerary practices and the processes involved in the patrimonialisation of human remains in contemporary contexts marked by extreme violence or the experience of mass death.

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Don't miss a single session:

• Session 1: "The exercise of violence: particular experiences of violence in times of conflict at the beginning of the 20th century" (Friday 28 March 2025, 2pm-4pm, EPS 104)
• Session 2: "A violent experience without traces? Experiences of violence in times of conflict as captured by victims and carers of mental disorders in the 19th century" (Friday 4 April 2025, 10am-12pm, EPS 105)
• Session 3: "Documenting violence: how and why" (Friday 16 May, 2pm-4pm, EPS room 205)
• Session 4: "The memory of violence in question: places, perceptions and representations of memory in contemporary European conflicts in the 20th century" (Friday 23 May 2025, 2pm-4pm, EPS 105)

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Organising Committee :

• Théo BORELATER in contemporary history, doctoral student in history
• Pauline CHERBONNIERdoctoral student in history
• Victor NATALIZIOdoctoral student in history
• Thomas RAMONDADoctor of History

Reminder of the Call for Papers : click here.