Convened by Prof. Dr. Paul Basu and Prof. Dr. Sophia Labadi
The workshop series aims to critically examine new approaches to monumentality and whether and how they challenge, re-imagine and transform wider issues of social justice, representation, identities, nation-building, participation, history, democracy, and memory. The series intends to provide a comprehensive and global approach, with case studies from around the globe.
Day 1 – 11 March 2024
At the University of Bonn: Tagungsraum des Internationalen Zentrums für Philosophie NRW (IZPH), Poppelsdorfer Allee 28.
Online: Please register by 07 March 2024 at globalheritagelab@uni-bonn.de.
Session 1: 10:00-12:00 CET
Moderator: Sophia Labadi
| 10:00-10:20 | Julia Binter (University of Bonn) Paul Basu (University of Oxford, UK) | Introduction to the workshop series, overview of current debates, introduction to Workshop 1, Session 1 |
| 10:20-10:40 | Zehra Betül Atasoy (Kadir Has University, Turkey) | A second statue of the ‘Number Two’: İnönü’s showcase of power in Taksim, Istanbul and the statue’s aftermath |
| 10:40-11:00 | Reem Furjani (Managing Director, Scene: Culture and Heritage) | The de-monumenting and re-monumenting of a colonial symbol in the Medina of Tripoli, Libya |
| 11:00-11:20 | Leonor Rosas (University of Lisbon, Portugal) | Toppling the colonial, building the decolonial: memorialization struggles in the city of Lisbon |
| 11:20-11:40 | Camila Opazo Sepúlveda (University of Barcelona, Spain) | Dispute over historical memory in Barcelona. Hegemonic narratives and artistic counter-narratives around the Christopher Columbus monument |
| 11:40-12:00 | Discussant-led Q&A | |
Session 2: 15:00-17:10 CET
Moderator: Alejandro Mora Motta
| 15:00-15:10 | Sophia Labadi (University of Kent, UK) | Introduction to Workshop 1, Session 2 |
| 15:10-15:30 | Cristina Meneguello (Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil) | Urban fallism in Brazil: the struggle against monuments and invisibilities in the public space |
| 15:30-15:50 | Catherine Lawless (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) | ‘It doesn’t belong here’: A discourse analysis of the dispute surrounding the Canadian Monument to the Victims of Communism |
| 15:50-16:10 | Steve 4 Tu (University of Toronto, Canada) | Contested monuments on the Canadian university campus: a digital ethnography |
| 16:10-16:30 | Carmit Wolberg (Ben Gurion University, Israel) | Progressive and regressive in motion: The frontlash/backlash dynamic of Edward Colston’s statue toppling |
| 16:30-16:50 | Craig Lamont (University of Glasgow) | Contesting Glasgow’s memory: George Square and the Merchant City |
| 16:50-17:10 | Discussant-led Q&A | |