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MEM:POP
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ERC-funded project on #memory #populism #borderlands & people who inhabit them (2024-2028), based at the Institute of Ethnology at the CzechAcademy of Science #MEMPOP
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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · 6d
Next tuesday in Brno and online, a lecture by #MEMPOP postdoctoral researcher Franz Graf

🔗 www.eu.avcr.cz/en/news/What...
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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · 12d
🍂 The #MEMPOP team kicks off autumn activities!
Our researcher Diána Vonnák joined the #GenealogiesOfMemory conference in Berlin, speaking on the curation of stolen & endangered heritage in Ukraine.
👉 Follow our glimpses: mempop.org
📸 Jan Prosiński / ENRS

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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · 17d
📰 New feature in @CzechAcademy A-Magazine: In the article “Listening to the Alienated,” @johanawyss.bsky.social presents the #MEMPOP core question: why do populist leaders’ words resonate with so many?

👉 www.mempop.org/output/liste...

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Listening to the Alienated: Johana Wyss and MEMPOP in A-Magazine | MEMPOP.ORG
An article about Johana Wyss, her research, and the MEMPOP project was featured in the latest issue of A-Magazine, published by the Czech Academy of Sciences. The piece explores the rise of populism n...
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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · Aug 12
New blog post by our PI @johanawyss.bsky.social
on "mnemonic inclusion," exploring how populist politics give space to those left out of official memory.

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#MEMPOP #ERC #MemoryStudies #Populism
Mnemonic Inclusion and Belonging in Populism | MEMPOP.ORG
Mnemonic inclusion in populism is a way to think beyond the usual binaries that dominate the study of memory and populism. Rather than seeing populist memory politics only as exclusionary or antagonis...
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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · Jul 22
Huge thanks to the organizers of #MSA2025 in Prague for an inspiring conference.
The #MEMPOP team is grateful to the opportunity to exchange knowledge with such a fantastic group of scholars!

¡Hasta el próximo @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social ! 🇦🇷📚
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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · Jul 13
Dear colleagues at the MSA conference, join us for the Memory and Populism working group meeting 👇
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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · Jul 9
📚 Dear friends in Prague and MSA attendees, join us for a double book launch at the Institute of Ethnology CAS on Sunday at 5PM!
@johanawyss.bsky.social (PI of our #ERC #MEMPOP) and Jan Ort present their newest books
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Johana Wyss and Jan Ort - double book launch | LinkedIn
Dear colleagues, With great pleasure, we would like to invite you to join us for a special double book launch hosted by the Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences: 🔹 Johana Wyss, PI of the ...
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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · Jul 8
In our latest #MEMPOP blog post, Laura Mafizzoli shares reflections from fieldwork in Istria, where jokes & irony shape political memory. #ERC #Istria

🔗 www.mempop.org/humour-memor...
Humour, Memory, and Populism “From Below” in Istria: Preliminary Reflections | MEMPOP.ORG
On February 27, 2025, La Voce del Popolo, the main newspaper of the Istrian Italian community in Croatia, featured a curious and provocative headline in Italian: “Đalović, il Terminator degli italiani...
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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · Jun 12
Yesterday, #MEMPOP hosted two events with Prof. Florian Mühlfried. Check our webpage to find out more about the project events: mempop.org/glimpses/
#MEMPOP #ERC
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Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · May 27
🎉 MSA 2025 merch is live!

Grab your sustainable, non-profit souvenirs before May 31 & pick them up in Prague.

🛍️ Let’s make memories...mindfully.

Shop here 👉 mymerchstore.net/en/

#MSA2025Prague #MemoryStudies #SustainableMerch
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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · May 5
The ERC welcomes the offer of substantial additional budget from @ec.europa.eu for the development of a new ERC funding instrument offering larger, longer-term grants, as announced by President Ursula Von der Leyen at the Sorbonne this morning.

👉 europa.eu/!NTYTTV
Choose Europe for Science: ERC welcomes new budget for 'super grants'
The Scientific Council of the European Research Council welcomes the offer of substantial additional budget from the European Commission for the development of a new ERC funding instrument offering la...
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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · Apr 28
Also, our postdoctoral researcher, Laura Mafizzoli, will present her paper, "Becoming a Memory Activist: Political Agency and the KGB Documents of the MIA Archive in Tbilisi, Georgia."

Looking forward to seeing you there!

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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · Apr 28
Only 3 days left to apply for the Dynamics, Mediation, Mobilization conference at Nottingham Trent, where our PI
@johanawyss.bsky.social will join the closing roundtable alongside Jeff Olick (Chair), Aleida Assmann, Stef Craps, Paul Max Morin & Hannah Wilson.

🔗 aimsntu.org/conference/
Conference - Welcome to the AIMS project
THE CONFERENCE Dynamics, Mediation, Mobilization – Future Directions in Memory Studies Accommodation and Travel Nottingham Sights Programme Register Accommodation and Travel The conference will take p...
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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · Apr 7
Exciting news and opportunities from Prague - GWZO is opening a department "Knowledge and Participation." There are 2 Posdocs and 2 Doctoral researchers opportunities 👇👇👇https://www.leibniz-gwzo.de/sites/default/files/dateien/Ausschreibung_Prag_2025_en.pdf
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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · Apr 1
An exciting workshop in November at a fellow #ERC project CONSPIRATIONS projekt.ht.lu.se/conspiration...
Call for applications
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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · Mar 31
...and left-wing populism as well. Share your thoughts with us! #MEMPOP
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Yanis Varoufakis @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social · Mar 31
When Turkey's courts ban Erdogan's frontrunning Presidential opponent, the liberal mind rebels and rejects forthwith Erdogan's argument that the law is the law. When France's courts do they same, the liberal mind rejoices & parrots the law is the law. Mind-boggling hypocrisy!
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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · Mar 31
An interesting day for the researchers of right-wing populism.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Mar 31
Marine Le Pen found guilty of misappropriating EU funds by French court – Europe live
Marine Le Pen found guilty of misappropriating EU funds by French court – Europe live
French far right leader and eight National Rally MEPs found guilty in embezzlement case
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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · Mar 31
If you are interested in our #ERC day-to-day activities, you can head to our glimpses section, where we share images and impressions from our fieldworks and seminars mempop.org/glimpses/ #MEMPOP
Glimpses | MEMPOP.ORG
Images from our fieldwork & research
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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · Mar 31
Registration has been extended to April 6, and we are so looking forward to this year's MSA in our hometown!
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Memory Studies Association @memstudiesassoc.bsky.social · Mar 24
😀We are honoured to have Astrid Erll, a leading scholar in cultural memory studies, opening MSA Prague!

Her groundbreaking work on how we remember, forget, and shape collective memory will set the perfect tone for an inspiring and thought-provoking event.

👉Register by March 31st : bit.ly/42y9QQs
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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · Mar 27
🚨 2 PhD Positions in Bielefeld at the project "Mnemonic Populism in Contemporary Europe" led by Prof. Dr. Kornelia Kończal 🚨 Spread the word! uni-bielefeld.hr4you.org/job/view/412...
Research Positions (PhD positions)
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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · Mar 12
A gentle reminder for colleagues in Bruxelles not to miss this exciting lecture tomorrow by our PI @johanawyss.bsky.social
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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · Mar 10
We are incredibly proud to announce that our PI @johanawyss.bsky.social will hold a lecture on Thursday, March 13 in Brussels at the Laboratorie d'Anthropologie des Mondes Contemporains! Bienvenues!
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Conférence Johana WYSS - Mnemonic Exclusion and the Politics of Memory: A Case Study of the Velvet Revolution - LAMC - Laboratoire d’Anthropologie des Mondes Contemporains
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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · Mar 10
Dear colleagues, Tomorrow's talk will start at 3pm instead of 2PM. The ZOOM link and the location stay the same. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to see you tomorrow. #MEMPOP #ERC
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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · Mar 7
📌🗓 Save the date

Tuesday Marhch 11, 2PM

book talk with Balázs Trencsényi! www.linkedin.com/events/73035...
Book Talk with Balázs Trencsényi (Central European University) | LinkedIn
The MEMPOP Team cordially invites you to the upcoming hybrid book talk “Intellectuals and the Crisis of Politics in the Interwar Period and Beyond: A Transnational History” by Balázs Trencsényi (Centr...
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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · Mar 10
We are incredibly proud to announce that our PI @johanawyss.bsky.social will hold a lecture on Thursday, March 13 in Brussels at the Laboratorie d'Anthropologie des Mondes Contemporains! Bienvenues!
tinyurl.com/5xte4s5w
Conférence Johana WYSS - Mnemonic Exclusion and the Politics of Memory: A Case Study of the Velvet Revolution - LAMC - Laboratoire d’Anthropologie des Mondes Contemporains
lamc.phisoc.ulb.be
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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · Mar 7
📌🗓 Save the date

Tuesday Marhch 11, 2PM

book talk with Balázs Trencsényi! www.linkedin.com/events/73035...
Book Talk with Balázs Trencsényi (Central European University) | LinkedIn
The MEMPOP Team cordially invites you to the upcoming hybrid book talk “Intellectuals and the Crisis of Politics in the Interwar Period and Beyond: A Transnational History” by Balázs Trencsényi (Centr...
www.linkedin.com
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MEM:POP @mempop.bsky.social · Mar 6
After an eventful first week of March, we will continue with exciting events next week. First on our agenda will be one of the leading European historians, Balázs Trencsényi, in a dialogue with Diána Vonnák on March 11 at 2pm in the Cefres library (and online) cefres.cz/en/events/bo...
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