Předměty

Poslední úprava: prof. PhDr. Kateřina Králová, Ph.D., M.A. (08.12.2023)

Contested memories and painful pasts regularly re-appear in the Europan public sphere on transnational, national, and regional levels. The war in Ukraine as well as the Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel and Israel fighting back, but also the recent experience with global pandemics have instigated a new wave of memory themes and disputes. Various memory narratives have been lately activated for numerous purposes, explaining warfare, justifying various politics, attempting to explain ongoing events, bolstering identities, and mobilizing for political positioning or activism. In this sense, the course will focus specifically on memories of care, and welfare in a broad sense both disciplinary (including, e.g., history, sociology, psychology, literature, arts, and heritage) and topics-wise (such as well-being now and then, Balkans, Holocaust, current wars) asking why we need memory and memory studies, and what kinds of roles does memory play in contemporary Europe.

Poslední úprava: prof. PhDr. Kateřina Králová, Ph.D., M.A. (08.12.2023)

The course introduces the main concept and approaches within memory studies relating them to reflect on care and welfare. Drawing on case studies from different European countries and regions, the course explores different ways of remembering Europe’s complicated past and investigates how these forms of remembering influence life, politics and culture across contemporary Europe.

The aim of this course is to historicize the organization of care and welfare at national and transnational levels, to examine the transformative processes that have shaped the landscape of care in Europe and beyond, and to study the memories associated with these institutions, as well as the (collective) memory making processes that are fostered within them.

The course will take place in a virtual format with online lectures and seminars taught by top academic experts in the field of Memory Studies from 4EU+ partner universities and the COST Action Slow Memory. Each session, except the Introduction and Wrap-up which are solely for students enrolled in the class, consists of an expert talk and Q&A and is a live stream. The recordings serve exclusively as an internal project archive.

Poslední úprava: prof. PhDr. Kateřina Králová, Ph.D., M.A. (08.12.2023)

Assessments:

Active participation in all sessions online: 50 %

Students are expected to attend each session at its full length. They can miss one class without prior justification and one additional class with relevant justification (illness, serious personal reasons, attendance of an extraordinary event related to the study program). A higher number of missed classes can be the reason for failing the course. During the seminar, students should actively input thoughts from personal reflections and reading.

Argumentative essay: 50 %

2,500-3,000 words on a subject related to the course, including a bibliography (consisting of at least 8 scholarly publications) and proper references either in Harvard or Chicago style. Essay to be submitted via Moodle by May 31, 2024.
(More info in Moodle)

Grading:

A: 100-91%; B: 90-81%; C: 80-71%; D: 70-61%; E: 60-51%; F (failed): 50% or less

Note: It is necessary to achieve at least 50% in both main activities, the exam and the presentation.

Poslední úprava: prof. PhDr. Kateřina Králová, Ph.D., M.A. (08.12.2023)

Online seminar

Poslední úprava: prof. PhDr. Kateřina Králová, Ph.D., M.A. (08.12.2023)

Preliminary course plan, one online session per week (80 minutes):

ATTENTION: This course is starting only in March 2024!

Introductory part

6. 3. 2024 Why do we need memory studies?

Overview of course (Joint lecture)

13. 3. 2024 What do we mean by Slow Memory?

Round table with members of the EU network COST Action Slow Memory

Joanna Wawrzyniak, Tea Sindbæk Andersen, TBC moderated by K. Králová

Case Studies

20. 3. 2024 Memory, migration and literature

Jessica Ortner, University of Copenhagen

22. 3. 2023 Memory, Mental Healthcare, and Oral History

Verusca Calabria, Nottingham Trent University

Members of the EU network COST Action Slow Memory

27. 3. 2024 Reflections on Caregivers in the Holocaust Aftermath

Katerina Kralova, Charles University, Prague

Members of the EU network COST Action Slow Memory

3. 4. 2024 Cultural memories, circulation and reception

Tea Sindbæk Andersen, University of Copenhagen

Members of the EU network COST Action Slow Memory

10. 4. 2024 Remembering the Holocaust through Virtual and Augmented Technologies

Pietro Conte, University of Milan

17. 4. 2024 Archiving memories

Jiří Kocian, Charles University, Prague

24. 4. 2024 Landscape/environmental memory

Luba Jurgenson, University of Sorbonne

15. 5. 2024 Industrial memories

Joanna Wawrzyniak, University of Warszawa

Members of the EU network COST Action Slow Memory

22. 5. 2024 Cultural Heritage and Memory Politics

Thomas Matthias Schmitt, University of Heidelberg

29. 5. 2024 WRAP UP

Poslední úprava: prof. PhDr. Kateřina Králová, Ph.D., M.A. (08.12.2023)

Initial recommendations for course participants:

English at least B1/B2