Conference: The contemporary history museum

Dauer
3 December 2022, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Kurztext
The contemporary history museum as a place of remembrance and learning
Langtext
This conference is being held in preparation for the new permanent exhibition area on the topic of the recent history of South Tyrol.
The aim is to involve as many experts as possible in this preparatory process and in this way to gather a broad spectrum of input, which will then be incorporated into the concept of the permanent exhibition.
Download: Conference 3.12.2022_ Program and Abtracts - German and Italian
Langtext
Program
Welcome and introduction
Arno Kompatscher, Governor and Provincial Councillor for Museums
Angelika Fleckinger, Director of the Provincial Museums
Emanuel Valentin, Director Fortress Franzensfeste
Academically and institutionally independent. General conditions for museums of contemporary history
Monika Sommer, Director House of Austrian History, Vienna (A)
The experience of homeland between people and objects. On the permanent exhibition of the Sudeten German Museum in Munich
Raimund Paleczek, Scientific Officer Sudeten German Museum, Munich (D)
Coffee break
How can contemporary history be taught in a museum as an extracurricular place of learning?
Roberto Mastroianni, President Museo Diffuso della Resistenza, della Deportazione, della Guerra, dei Diritti e della Libertà, Turin (I)
Lunch break
Presentation of the concept: The Franzensfeste Fortress as a museum centre for contemporary history. Transfer of histories.
Eva Pfanzelter, Deputy Director of the Institute of Contemporary History at the University of Innsbruck, Chairwoman of the Advisory Board of the Franzensfeste Fortress.
Emanuel Valentin, Director of Franzensfeste Fortress
Plenary discussion: Andrea Di Michele, Hans Heiss, Raimund Paleczek, Eva Pfanzelter, Monika Sommer, Martha Stocker, Oswald Überegger
Conclusion
Moderation: Patricia Rahemipour, Director Institute for Museum Research, Berlin (D)
With simultaneous translation into German and Italian