Call for Papers „The Lasting Presence of the Past: How Trauma Lives on Across Generations?

How does trauma live on after those who experienced it directly are gone? How is memory transmitted across generations — and how do silence, absence, and reconstruction shape what is remembered? These questions will be at the centre of the 16th Genealogies of Memory Conference, organised by the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity (ENRS), taking place on 23–25 September 2026 in Iași, Romania.

Further information and the application form are available here: Genealogies of Memory 2026: The Lasting Presence of the Past: How Trauma Lives on Across Generations? | ENRS

Organisers and partners:

Organisers of the 2026 edition of the Genealogies of Memory conference are:

• European Network Remembrance and Solidarity,
• Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi,
• National Institute for the Study of Totalitarianism of the Romanian Academy.

Partners of the 2026 edition of the Genealogies of Memory conference are:

• Aix-Marseille University,
• Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture,
• Faculty of Sociology, University of Warsaw,
• Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Research on Consequences of War,
• University of Eastern Finland,
• University of Graz.

Call for Papers „The Lasting Presence of the Past: How Trauma Lives on Across Generations?“ – LBI für Kriegsfolgenforschung