Announcements28 July 2026|PresentationPapers on the non-human in artistic practices of remembrance accepted to the 10th Annual MSA Conference in Buenos AiresPhoto: Memory Studies AssociationWe are delighted to announce that Fabian Röderer William’s paper “The Plinth as Planter for Public Art. Veronica Ryan’s Proposal for London’s Fourth...28 July 2026|PresentationPanel “Difficult Heritage and ‘Nature’” accepted to the 10th Annual MSA conference in Buenos Aires, ArgentinaPhoto: Memory Studies AssociationOur panel “Difficult Heritage and ‘Nature’: Greening Toxic Monuments – Encouraging Resilience or Forgetting?” has been accepted to the 10th Annual...12 November 2025|AnnouncementGuest lecture by Prof. Dr. Hans-Rudolf Meier (Bauhaus-Universität Weimar): „Jenseits der schönen Denkmalwelt: Genese und Perspektiven von Difficult und Dark Heritage“Photo: Prof. Dr. Hans-Rudolf MeierOn 12 of November at 18:00 c.t. Prof. Dr. Hans-Rudolf Meier from Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will give a presentation entitled „Jenseits der schönen...18 July 2025|AnnouncementFinalization of the Panel “Visual Scepticism and an Aesthetics of Doubt” at the 9th MSA Annual Conference in PraguePhoto: Fabian Röderer WilliamsThe ERC team contributed a panel to the 9th Annual Conference of the Memory Studies Association, “Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)stability”, which...14 July 2025|ConferencePanel “Visual Scepticism and an Aesthetic of Doubt” accepted to the 9th Annual MSA conference in PraguePhoto: MSAWe are delighted to announce that our panel “Visual Scepticism and an Aesthetic of Doubt in Reframing Difficult Heritage – Fostering Resilience or...9 July 2025|AnnouncementGuest lecture on the "The Iconography of the Inquisition" by Prof. Dr. Francisco Bethencourt (King’s College London)Photo: Wikimedia CommonsProf. Dr. Francisco Bethencourt (King's College London) will give his lecture entitled “The Iconography of the Inquisition” on Wednesday, July 9 from...2 July 2025|Visual ScepticismGuest lecture „Monument of Unlearning. Lygia Clark’s Artistic Practices“ by Prof. Dr. Mona Schieren (Hochschule für Künste Bremen)Photo: Lygia Clark, Relational Objects for Structuring the Self, »The World of Lygia Clark« Cultural Association, Rio de Janeiro (Photo: Mona Schieren)On July 2, 2025, we are pleased to welcome Prof. Dr. Mona Schieren (Hochschule für Künste Bremen) for a lecture entitled "Monument of Unlearning...1 July 2025|Visual ScepticismGuest lecture „Serpents and Rituals at the Crossroads of Contemporary Indigenous Art in Brazil“ by ERC-Fellow Prof. Dr. Claudia Mattos AvolesePhoto: publicOn July 1, 2025 at 7 pm, Prof. Dr. Claudia Mattos Avolese will give her lecture entitled »Serpents and Rituals at the Crossroads of Contemporary...1 June 2025|AnnouncementGuest Scholar joining in June/ JulyPhoto: Jandro Cisneros/Tufts UniversityFellow at the ERC-project in June/July 2025: Prof. Dr. Claudia Mattos Avolese School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University (SMFA), Boston...Show all news