JANUARY the 9th, 2024: International Book Fair (Salone Internazionale del Libro) of Turin
May 9, 2024: “Sources, traces, clues. How we tell the story and why”, Turin International Book Fair. Presentation of the winning projects of the contest for the construction of a “house of memory”. Among the awardees were the IIS “G. Soleri-A. Bertoni”, Saluzzo (CN) and the Liceo Scientifico “A. Gallotta”, Eboli (SA). Carlo Greppi, historian and writer, will introduce the event with a talk focused on the value of historical research for the construction of a culture of rights that is truly universal.
JANUARY the 30th, 2024: International Remembr-House Contest, Awards Ceremony (online)
JANUARY the 30, 2024: International Remembr-House Contest, Awards Ceremony. Greetings by Amedeo Spagnoletto, director of MEIS, and Elisabetta Ballaira, executive director of F1563; introduction by Rachel Silvera, MEIS communications manager; speeches by the Jurors, Carlo Greppi – Historian and writer; Jitka Janáková – Coordinator of Educational Programs of the Jewish Museum in Prague; Silvia Guetta – Director of the Postgraduate Course in Didactics of the Shoah, University of Florence; Marina Sabatini – Coordinator of MEIS Educational Services; Erika Salassa – Archivist, 1563 Foundation; and some of the awardees
December the 4th and the 5th, 2023. Remembrance experience for all. “Stolen Art. A Path Dedicated to the Assets And Works Of Art Stolen By The Nazis From Jewish Families.” (online)
DECEMBER the 4th, 2023: Homes and Memories, presentation of the REMEMBR-HOUSE project by partners; Caterina Paparello (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice), “The dispersal of Jewish heritage after the enactment of racial laws between collecting and persecution.” DECEMBER the 5th, 2023: Chiara Pipino – researcher, “The Action of the EGELI in Piedmont. Stories of persecution to the heritage of Jewish communities”; Bianca Gaudenzi (German Historical Institute of Rome and University of Cambridge), “The Return of Beauty? The restitution of cultural property stolen by the Nazi-Fascists after 1945”; Marina Sabatini – Coordinator of MEIS Educational Services, Remembr-House workshop
May the 30th, 2023. Beginning of the Contest, (online)
Remembr-House. Beginning of the Contest, May the 30th 2023 – online.
Illustrating the Remembr-House Contest: eligible applicants, aims, regulations. Presentations by Amedeo Spagnoletto (Museo Nazionale dell’Ebraismo italiano e della Shoah-MEIS National Museum of Italian Judaism and Shoah- MEIS), Elisabetta Ballaira (Executive Director of the Fondazione 1563), Giulia Gallerani (MEIS), Erika Salassa (Fondazione 1563) and Rachel Silvera (MEIS)
May the 22nd, 2023 Turin – Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino
REMEMBR-HOUSE/HOUSE OF MEMORY
May the 22nd, 2023 Turin – Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino
Presentation of the Project at the Turin International Book Fair (Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino), 22 maggio 2023.
Presentations by Elisabetta Ballaira (Executive Director of the 1563 Foundation) Dario Disegni (President of the Museo Nazionale dell’Ebraismo italiano e della Shoah-MEIS – the National Museum of Italian Judaism and Shoah), Sara Gomel (writer and philosopher), Erika Salassa (Fondazione 1563), Sharon Reichel (MEIS).
February the 28th, 2023 – Museo Nazionale dell’Ebraismo e della Shoah (Ferrara)
“Remembr-House”. Presentation of the project in connection with best practices of Archives, Museums and institutions dealing with Memory.
Piero Gastaldo (Fondazione 1563), Dario Disegni (Museo Nazionale dell’Ebraismo italiano e della Shoah-MEIS National Museum of Italian Judaism and Shoah), Amedeo Spagnoletto (MEIS), Elisabetta Ballaira (Fondazione 1563), Erika Salassa (Fondazione 1563) and Sharon Reichel (MEIS), Milda Jakulytė-Vasil (Museum of the Šeduva Jewish History), Mag. Marianne Windsperger (EHRI-European Holocaust Research Infrastructure), Anthony Majanlahti (Northeastern University, Boston), Gadi Luzzatto Voghera (CDEC), 4th year of the Ferrara A. Roiti di Ferrara Science Secondary School.“Remembr-House”.
February the 23rd, 2023 – Polo Del ‘900 (Turin)
“The City’s Routes into the places of Memory (Percorsi cittadini nei luoghi della memoria”), History on the City’s Map (La storia sulla mappa della città).
Contributions by Andrea Ripetta of the Museo Diffuso della Resistenza (the Resistance Museum), the experience of the Turin Stumbling Stones by the Museum of the Resistance, Deportation, War, Rights and Freedom Museo Diffuso della Resistenza, della Deportazione, della Guerra, dei Diritti e della Libertà.
February the 1st, 2023 – Collegio Carlo Alberto (Turin)
“Workshop REMEMBR-HOUSE”
Activities on archival sources by Daniele Susini and Naima Scognamiglio (MEIS): workshop on the creation of a REMEMBR-HOUSE model on a 1:20 scale.
February the 1st, 2023 – Collegio Carlo Alberto (Turin)
“The Papers of the EGELI Fund in the Historical Archives of the Compagnia di San Paolo: Research and Education”.
Presentation by Erika Salassa (Fondazione 1563): the papers of the EGELI Management Service, from research to digital humanities and educational projects.
February the 1st, 2023 – Collegio Carlo Alberto (Turin)
“How to ensure a scientific approach to the analysis of direct sources from archives and digital tools”.
Presentation by Fabio Levi (University of Turin): source-based research methodology related to the EGELI papers.
February the 1st, 2023 – Collegio Carlo Alberto (Turin)
“Fundamental Rights Denied”
Presentation by Marco Caviglia (Shoah Museum Foundation, Rome): reflection on the effects of denying rights to victims of political and racial persecution.
February the 1st, 2023 – Collegio Carlo Alberto (Turin)
“How to deal with the Shoah”
Presentation by Francesca Panozzo (Jewish Museum of Bologna): tools, lessons and projects showing the impact of the Shoah in national and international contexts.
January the 31st, 2023 – Circolo Dei Lettori (Turin)
“The meaning of home and private spaces as the awareness of a universal feeling”
Seminar by psychotherapist Caterina di Chio: a study exploring the functions and significance of the concept of home using knowledge from environmental and housing psychology.
