Remembrance as a dynamic process of reinterpretation of the past.  

Commemoration work with time/space 

Forging connections through rituals and moments of commemoration 

Production of new historical narratives of account to build bridges between past/present? 

Creation of a shared collective memory (role of education, history books) 

Moderator: 

Professor Frank Chalk, Co-director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies 

Invited speakers: 

Dr Stephen D. Smith, Director, Aegis Genocide Prevention Initiative, UK;

Professor Daniel Bar-Tal, Tel Aviv University ; Mr Youk Chhang, Executive Director, the Documentation Center of Cambodia;

Professor Elizabeth Jelin, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires