Convenor: Lorena Anton (ICUB Humanities)
In Greek mythology, memory—the goddess Mnemosyne—was the mother of the muses, thus having complete power over time, imagination, and all cultural activities. Since then, ordinary people as well as scholars have been intrigued and preoccupied with the power and place of memory, in its different types and forms. In recent years, the study of memory, both in its sociocultural aspects and collective manifestations, has determined the apparition of a transdisciplinary domain of social research, generally known as Memory Studies.
The seminar Memory: From Brains to Narratives is convened by Dr. Lorena ANTON, being constructed as an opportunity for interdisciplinary discussions between specialists in medical humanities and social sciences. Its aim is to bring together and deconstruct past and present ideas about the place of memory in human history, and to open doors towards the future of its contemporary evolution.
Contact: Lorena Anton – lorena.anton(at)g.unibuc.ro
Venue
Thursday, 15 November, 2018, 18h: Lorena Anton (ICUB Humanities) & Rodica Zane (University of Bucharest-Letters) #Centenar. Memory as anthropological /ethnological fieldwork: two case-studies
Thursday, 29 November, 2018, 18h: Constantin Ovidiu Verdeș (University of Bucharest-Letters): ‘To Whom Do You Belong, Boy!?’. Memory and Narration, or The Patronymic Complex in The Works of Marin Preda
Master-class Memory: From Brains to Narratives, Tuesday, 27 November 2018, Faculty of Letters, University of Bucharest, Room 205
Organizers: Lorena Anton (ICUB Humanities) & Rodica Zane (University of Bucharest-Letters)
#Centenar. Mihai Pop – 111 years: three memory-projects for Romanian
Thursday 13 December 2018, 18h: Laura Bisaillon (University of Toronto, ICUB Humanities Visiting Professor): Researching Migrant Materialisms to Correct Official Narratives: Memories of Being Tested for HIV to Immigrate to Canada
Master-class Memory: From Brains to Narratives, Tuesday, 11 December 2018, Faculty of Letters, University of Bucharest, Room 314 (14h00-16h00.)
Organizers: Lorena Anton (ICUB Humanities) & Rodica Zane (University of Bucharest-Letters)
Social memory, migration and bio-politics: different fieldworks, different contexts
(special invite: Laura Bisaillon, University of Toronto – Migration and Medical Inadmissibility: Dilemmas within Canada’s Immigration System)
Thursday, 09 November 2017, 15h: Lorena Anton (ICUB Humanities): Stay Close, My Past? On Memory, Intersubjectivity and Reproduction Control in Post-communist Romania
Thursday, 23 November 2017, 15h: Rodica Zane (University of Bucharest-Letters): Mihai Pop si constructia etnologiei ca domeniu academic in Romania post-comunista: istorie, memorie, traditie
Thursday, 07 December 2017, 15h: Marius-Gabriel Hâncean (University of Bucharest-Sociology) Cancelled
Thursday, 21 December 2017, 15h: Nancy S. Jecker (University of Washington – School of Medicine, Department of Bioethics & Humanities): Preserving Dignity in Dementia
Tuesday, 7 June 2016, 15h: Marius Stanciu, Extracranialism – Can Technology Substitute Internal Memory?
Tuesday, 14 June, 2016, 15h: Lorena Anton, Ageing, Memory and Wellbeing in Rural Romania
Tuesday, 21 June 2016, 15h: Diana Stanciu, Memory and Consciousness: A Few Philosophical Intuitions