The Future of European Heritage - National Identities, Inauthentic Europe?

Sponsored by the:
Leibniz-Forschungsverbund Historische Authentizität
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Ministry of Culture and Science of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum


Tuesday, 20 November 2018

Evening Programme
18:30 – 21:30 pm

The evening event “The Future of European Heritage - National Identities, Inauthentic Europe?“ will focus on the way in which the retreat to the nation-state has changed the image of Europe in national histories and how this is echoed in museums and memorials. Are national traditions and identities increasing in popularity while Europe and the European idea as a whole are perceived as “inauthentic” and too detached from everyday life?

In the framework of the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 “Sharing Heritage”, we would like to turn our attention towards traditions and values shared throughout Europe today. We also aim to examine the way in which museums and memorials reflect and present the European idea and the increasingly interwoven nature of European relations. To support cultural participation in Europe, it is particularly important at this juncture in time to politically and financially promote European cultural heritage and reflection upon it by scholars in the field of history and cultural studies.

Welcome

Beate Wieland (Director General Research, Ministry of Culture and Science of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia)
Petra Kammerevert (MEP)
Bettina Böhm (Secretary General, Leibniz Association)

Introduction
Stefan Brüggerhoff (Deutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum – Leibniz-Forschungsmuseum für Georessourcen)

Round Table Discussion
Martin Conway (Oxford University)
Daniel Hess (Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nürnberg)
Constanze Itzel (House of European History, Brussels)
Johannes Paulmann (Leibniz-Institut für Europäische Geschichte, Mainz)

Moderation
Julia Stamm (Science Leads, International Consulting Science, Policy & Leadership)

Wednesday, 21. November 2018

Workshop Programme

8.30 a.m.: Registration of participants

9.00 – 9.15: Welcome and Introduction

Martin Sabrow, Achim Saupe (Potsdam)
National Identities, Inauthentic Europe? The Future of European Heritage

9.15 - 11.15
Panel 1: European Cultural Heritage in National Museums and Exhibitions

Christine Cadot (Paris)
European Narratives in France and their Representation in Museums (working title)

Piotr Maciej Majewski (Warschau)
The Politics of Commemoration in Museums in Poland

Susannah Eckersley (Newcastle)
Migration in European Museums (working title)

Michael Farrenkopf (Bochum)
Representations of European Experience: The Exhibition ‘The Age of Coal. A European History’

11.15 – 11.45
Coffee break

11.45  – 13.45
Panel 2: The Future of European Heritage

Sharon MacDonald (Berlin)
The Future of Heritage and Memory in Europe

Peter Haslinger (Marburg)
Cultural Heritage and National Epistemologies in a Digital Age

Johanna Leissner (Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Brussels)
Challenges in Preservation Sciences (working title)

Nathalie Vernimme (Brussels) tbc
European Standards in dealing with Cultural Heritage (working title)

13.45 -14.00
Short Summary

Lunch snack