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Apologies for cross-posting Inaugural Session of the Cultural Memory Seminar Series Spaces of Memory in Comparative Perspective: Performing Life in Former Sites of Suffering and Death October 26, 11- 4pm, Institute of Modern Languages Research (University of London) Senate House, Room G37 (ground floor). Free. In the aftermath of diverse experiences of political terror and of large-scale suffering and loss, this panel explores the ethical, political and managerial dilemmas that have arisen in the transformation of former sites of repression into spaces of commemoration and morning. It will feature different case study presented by scholars working on specific spaces of memory from various geographies, including Latin America, Africa, and Europe. Ultimately, the question that mobilises this conversation is how to host new hospitalities and dialogues in the wake of loss. 11.00 - 11.15: Welcome & Introduction Prof. Jens Andermann (Zurich) 11.15 - 11.55: Prof. Patrizia Violi (Bologna): "The Experientialist Visitor: From Witness to Performer" 11.55 - 12.35: Dr. Silke Arnold-de Simine (Birkbeck) "Remembering What Happened At This Site: In Flanders Fields (Ypres) and the Militärhistorische Museum Dresden" 12.35 - 13.30: Lunch break 13.30 - 14.10: Dr. Cecilia Sosa (University of East London): "Celebration and Mourning: The Barbecue Scandal at ESMA, Argentina's main former Detention Camp". 14.10 - 14.50: Dr. Joost Fontein (Edinburgh): "Re-making the dead, uncertainty and the torque of human materials in northern Zimbabwe" 14.50 - 15.10: General response: Prof. Jens Andermann 15.10 - 16.00: Roundtable discussion. Dr. Emanuela Patti Institute of Modern Languages Research School of Advanced Study University of London Stewart House Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU. Tel. n. 02078628962 Fax. n. 02078628672 Email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>