Third Urban Transformation Conference (UTC)

Third Urban Transformation Conference (UTC) 2016

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Rotterdam, May 17, 2016

POSTWAR CITIES

SENSITIVE HERITAGE IN A GLOBALIZING HISTORICAL CULTURE

Organisers: Center for Historical Culture and REI researchgroup Popular Culture and War

The REI researchgroup consists of the Centre for Historical Culture (CHC) and the Erasmus Research Centre for Media, Culture and Communication (ERMeCC) - with the agenda of the Erasmus Studio (ES), the institute for e-research at Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR).

11:15-12:00 keynote

·  Dr. Angela Bermúdez Vélez (Spain, Bilbao), Understanding Political Violence through History Education (30 min.)

·  Questions and Discussion (15 min.)

Moderator prof.dr. Maria Grever (EUR)

13:00-13:45 Research Workshop: Memorizing Bombed Cities

·  Dr. Malte Thiessen (Germany): Family Memories of Allied Bombings in Hamburg

·  Dr. Susan Hogervorst (OU / EUR) and prof.dr. Franciska de Jong (EUR / UU), Analysing War Experiences: the case of the Rotterdam bombing

Moderator prof.dr. Kees Ribbens (NIOD/ EUR)

13:00-13:45 Research workshop: Exploring Post-war Cities and Landscapes

·  Laurie Slegtenhorst MA (EUR), Liberation Routes through Europe

·  Prof.dr. Ria Dunkley (Cardiff UK): Heritage Tourism and Thanatourist Experiences

Moderator prof.dr. Stijn Reijnders (EUR)

13:00-15:00 Interactive Workshop: Video Games of War and War Simulations*

·  Pieter van den Heede MA (EUR), Critical analyses of a video game with all participants by means of game mechanics and the concept ‘selective realism’ (Pötzsch).

·  Siri Driessen MA (EUR), Touching physical remnants of war ‘in situ’.

Moderator, including reflective comments Prof.dr. Jeroen Jansz (EUR)

15:15-16:00 KEYNOTE*

·  Prof.dr. Peter Seixas (Canada, UBC), Historicizing Popular Uses of the Past (30 min.)

·  Questions and discussion (15 min.)

Moderator prof.dr. Maria Grever (EUR)

16:15-17:00 HISTORICAL CULTURE AND pular uses of the Past: DEBATE*

Dr. Berber Bevernage (Belgium), prof.dr. Mario Carretero (Spain), prof.dr. Maria Grever (EUR) and prof.dr. Kaat Wils (Belgium).

Moderator prof.dr. Paul van de Laar (EUR)

* Of the expected audience, some 20 students of the history department (EUR) will attend Video Games of War and War Simulations (13.00), Peter Seixas keynote (15.15) and the debate on popular uses of the past (16.15).