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AGENDATIRANA 2020

MEMORY DAYS 2020(5th edition)

13 - 20 FEBRUARY 2020 TIRANA - SHKODRA - GJIROKASTRA

Languages: Albanian, English, German#memorydays2020

© Institute for Democracy, Media & CultureAddress: Bardhok Biba Street, Entrance A, Trema Building, 11th Fl., Apt. 36, Tirana, Albaniawww.idmc.al

© Konrad Adenauer StiftungAddress: “Dëshmorët e Kombit” Blvd.Twin Tower 1, 11th Fl., Tirana, Albaniawww.kas.de/albanien/

Contact: Mirela Sheraj, IDMC Programme Coordinator, [email protected] Zerva, KAS Programme Coordinator, [email protected]

THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY

OPEN-AIR EXHIBITION IN SCANDERBEG SQUARE

THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARYVenue: Balsha Room, Tirana International

OPENING CEREMONY: MEMORY DAYS 2020

Inauguration of the International Exhibition “Totalitarianism in Europe” in presence of Łukasz Kamiński, President of the Platform of European Memory & Conscience (PEMC).

The Open-Air Exhibition is placed between National Historic Museum and Hotel Tirana International

Registration & Welcome Cof fee

Welcome Address Jonila GodoleDirector of the Institute for Democracy, Media & Culture (IDMC) Tobias Rüttershof fDirector of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) in Tirana Christian SteinerHead of Mission of the Austrian Embassy in Albania

KEYNOTE SPEECH “Violence as Fatality. Stalinist Terror and its Victims”Jörg BaberowskiHistorian, Germany

Panel Discussion “Repression and Stalinism in Albania and Eastern Europe”Jörg BaberowskiHistorian, GermanyPaul LendvaiPublicist, AustriaŁukasz Kamiński Historian, PolandAlma Liço Writer & Former Persecuted, Albania

AGENDA

15:00 - 16:00

16:30 - 17:00

17:00 - 17:20

17:20 - 17:40

17:40 - 19:30

FRIDAY, 14 FEBRUARYVenue: Abret Room, Tirana International Hotel

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: “HISTORY EDUCATION AND SCHOOL CURRICULA AFTER THE 1990-s”

19:30

09:30 - 11:00

08:30 - 09:00

09:00 - 09:30

Radu PredaTheologian, Romania

Moderator: Idrit Idrizi, University of Vienna

RECEPTION


Opening Remarks and Presentation of the Survey on History Teachers in Albania

Jonila GodoleDirector of IDMCRepresentative of Ministry of Education, Sports & Youth Fatmiroshe Xhemalaj Ambassador of EUROCLIO in Albania

Session 1: “HISTORY EDUCATION IN POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRIES”

Moderator: Jonila Godole, IDMC

KEYNOTE SPEECH

“Totalitarianism and Communism: The Challenge of the Past in the Polish School Education”Przemysław Gasztold Institute of National Remembrance, Poland

Panel Discussion:

“Total Change in the School Education. History Curricula and Textbooks in the Reunified Germany”Ulrich BongertmannPresident of VGD, German History Teachers Association, Germany

12:30 - 13:30

11:00 - 11:15

11:15 - 12:30

“Changes in History School Curricula in Romania, after 1989”Radu PredaProfessor of Theology and Ethics on UBB, Romania

Coffee Break

Session 2: “HISTORY EDUCATION REFORM IN ALBANIA AFTER 1990”

Moderator: Valentina Duka, University of Tirana

KEYNOTE SPEECH

“Communist Regime on History School Curricula after 1990”Fatmiroshe XhemalajHistory Expert

Panel Discussion:

“Writing History Beyond Propaganda”Çelo HoxhaDirector of Institute for Studies of the Crimes and Consequences of Communism in Albania (ISKK)

“Reflection of the Albanian International Relations during Communism”Petrit NathanailiHistorian, University of Tirana

“Local Geography during Communism in Albania”Jostina DhimitriProfessor, University of Tirana

“History of Albanians during Communist Regime versus Today”Myrteza SharraGeneral Directorate of Archives

Lunch

13:30 - 14:30

14:30 - 15:00

Session 3: “EXPERIENCES WITH THE COMMUNISM DICTATORSHIP IN THE CLASSROOM”

Moderator: Enriketa Pandelejmoni, University of Tirana

Panel Discussion: “Communism through Archival Documents”Jonila GodoleIDMC

“Learning about History through the Testimonies of Survivors”Alma LiçoWriter & Former Persecuted

“Totalitarianism in History School Books”Nuredin NazarkoHigh School Teacher, Korça

“Ideas on How to Talk about SIGURIMI in the Classroom”Skënder VrioniAIDSSH

“How to Create and Implement Projects with High School Students”Vojsava KumbullaDirector of ALBNA

“Communism on the Eyes of Youth, Seen From History Textbooks”Kristina ShahinajStudent, “Ismail Qemali” High School

Final Discussion & Conclusions


Comic Book Presentation“Against the Stream” A Story About Sabiha Kasimati – ‘The Friend Of Fish’

Panel Discussion:

Tobias Rüttershof fKAS AlbaniaLina ItagakiIlustrator, LithuaniaVytene MuchickText Writter, LithuaniaUran ButkaHistorian, “Lumo Skëndo” Institute

Coffee Break

09:30 - 10:00

10:30 - 11:30

11:30 - 12:00

10:00 - 10:30

SATURDAY, 15 FEBRUARY Venue: Shkodra

EXHIBITION IN THE SITE OF WITNESS & MEMORY IN SHKODRA

MONDAY, 17 FEBRUARY Venue: Antigonea 1 Room, Rogner Hotel

PRESENTATION OF PUBLICATIONS

Welcome Address Voltana AdemiMayor of ShkodraTobias Rüttershof fKAS Tirana

“Light beyond Darkness” - An Exhibition of Photographic and Historical Materials on State Atheism and Persecution of the Clergy in Albania during the Communist Dictatorship.

Panel Discussion:

Pjerin Mirdita Director of VDK, Shkodra Angelo MassafraMetropolitan Archbishop of ShkodraMuhamed SytariMufti of Shkodra

Discussion

11:00 - 11:30

11:30 - 12:30

12:30 - 13:30

12:00 - 12:30

09:30 - 10:00

10:00 - 10:15

10:15 - 12:00

12:00

12:30 - 13:30

Book Presentation“Encyclopedic Dictionary of Victims of Communist Terror” Vol. VIII, by ISKK & KAS

Çelo HoxhaDirector of ISKK

Questions & Answers

Registration

Welcome Address Jonila GodoleDirector of IDMCShpëtim Idrizi Representative of Shoqata Çamëria Simon MirakajFormer Persecuted, AIDSSH

The Persecution of Chams from SIGURIMI

Moderator: Erblin Vukaj, Journalist

Panel Discussion:

“Statistics Presentation about Cham Persecution during Communist Regime”Altin HoxhaAIDSSH

“Testimonies about Cham Persecution during Communist Regime”Representatives of Persecuted Families Bashkim KuçukuResearcher

Exhibition of Documents and Sigurimi Files of Former Persecuted Albanian Chams (in Collaboration with Family Members)

TUESDAY, 18 FEBRUARYVenue: Teuta Room, Tirana International Hotel

THE PERSECUTION OF CHAM POPULATION DURING THE COMMUNIST REGIME

TUESDAY, 18 FEBRUARY Venue: Europe House, Tirana

PROJECT PRESENTATION: “ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND TRANSFORMA-TION AT UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA”

Registration

Presentation of the Center for Justice and Transformation Presentation by OSCE Presence in AlbaniaMerita PoniLecturer, University of Tirana

Introduction of Teaching Modules from the Field of Transitional Justice “Teaching Modules with Focus on Legal Studies” Enkeleda OlldashiLecturer, University of Tirana

“Teaching Modules with Focus on History Studies” Enriketa PandelejmoniLecturer, University of Tirana

“Teaching Modules with Focus on Social Science” Elona MehmetiLecturer, University of Tirana

Open Discussion

Reception

15:00 - 15:30

15:30 - 16:00

16:00 - 17:00

17:00 - 17:15

17:15 - 17:30

WEDNESDAY, 19 FEBRUARY Venue: Gjirokastra Castle

“WE DON’T FORGET!” COMMEMORATION EVENT AT THE FORMER POLITICAL PRISON IN GJIROKASTRA CASTLE

WEDNESDAY, 19 FEBRUARY Venue: Europe House , Tirana

DOCUMENTARY SCREENING: “CHILDREN OF THE DICTATORSHIP”

Registration

Welcome AddressDr. Tobias Rüttershof fKAS Tirana Nebil ÇikaChairman of the Anti-Communist Association of the Former Politically Persecuted Flamur GolemiMayor of Gjirokastra

The Unveiling of the Commemorative Plaque in Honor of the Anticommunist Martyrs

Participants:

Nevro PulaFormer Prisoner in Gjirokastra Castle Jorgo MashoChairman of the Anti-Communinst Associationof the Former Politically Persecuted in GjirokastraUran KostreciFormer Persecuted Çelo HoxhaDirector of ISKKEnkelejd AlibeajFormer MP

Registration

Panel Discussion

Moderator: Jonila Godole, IDMC

Alma LiçoWriter, Former PersecutedRidvana MenaTeacher, Former PersecutedLurian MenaTrainer, Former Persecuted

10:30 - 11:00

16:30 - 17:00

11:00 - 11:15

17:00 - 17:30

11:15 - 12:30

THURSDAY, 20 FEBRUARY Venue: Faculty of History & Philology

DIGITAL MAP OF PLACES OF SUFFERING IN ALBANIA

THURSDAY, 20 FEBRUARY Venue: Balsha Room, Tirana International

AWARDS CEREMONY “ASK YOUR GRANDPARENTS” COMPETITION

Places of Suf fering in Albania – A Video Presentation

Panel Discussion with youngsters Tobias Rüttershof fKASAgron ShehajFounder of ‘kujto.al’Andi PinariHistorian, University of TiranaErald KapriResearcher, ‘kujto.al’

Registration

Welcome Addresses

Performances and Awards for the Winners

Reception

10:00 - 10:30

17:00 - 17:30

10:30 - 12:00

17.30 - 17:45

17:45 - 19:00

19:00

Agim BaçiWriter

Documentary Screening 17:30 - 18:30

MEMORY DAYS 2020On 13 – 20 February 2020 the fifth edition of MEMORY DAYS will be organized with a special focus on repression in totalitarian systems and features of Stalinism in Albania.

MEMORY DAYS is a project initiated by the Institute for Democracy, Media & Culture (IDMC) in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) since 2016. During MEMORY DAYS 2020, in collaboration with other institutions, such as ISKK, PEMC, ALBNA, OSCE Presence in Albania etc., different activities will be presented for a wider public. MEMORY DAYS aim raising awareness of the Albanian society about the consequences of the dictatorship’s crimes and at strengthening dialogue about the past through debates, new publications on the dictatorship, exhibitions, international conferences etc.

The activities that will take place this year are:

Opening Ceremony: MEMORY DAYS with a Panel Discussion on “Repression and Stalinism in Albania and Eastern Europe”, February 13th Open Air Exhibition: “Totalitarianism in Europe”, February 13-20th

International Conference: ”History Education and School Curriculum after 1990-s”, February 14th

Exhibition: “Life Beyond Darkness” at The Site of Witness and Memory in Shkodra, February 15th Presentation of: Comic Book: “Against the Stream”, A Story About Sabiha Kasimati Encyclopedic Dictionary of Victims of Communist Terror, February 17th

The Persecution of Cham Population during Communist Regime, February 18th

Project Presentation: “Establishment of the Center for Justice and Transformation at University of Tirana”, February 18th

Commemoration Event at the Former Communist Prison, Gjirokaster, February 19th Documentary Screening: “Children of the Dictatorship”, February 19th

Digital Map of Places of Suffering in Albania, February 20th

Ask Your Grandparents – Awards Ceremony, February 20th

Below you will find a general overview of each activity. For more information about MEMORY DAYS 2020 visit: https://idmc.al/en/memory-days-20.html Please consult the previous editions of MEMORY DAYS from: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

An excerpt from the keynote address of Prof. Jörg Baberowski, Historian

The dream of the communist salvation was drowned in the blood of millions because violence was uncoupled from motives and because for Stalin violence was subject only to the dictates of maintaining power. Ultimately it was solely about the recognition of his decisionmaking power; the dictator’s power to be master of life or death. Only in an atmosphere of paranoia and mistrust could the despot succeed in forcing his will on others and making his world everyone’s world.

I attempted to imagine what made up the world of Stalin and his associates and the more I read, the clearer it became that ideas do not kill. Violence is contagious. It cannot be ignored by someone who experiences it, irrespective of the motive with which someone enters a violent situation. It is impossible to understand violence via its beginning, only through its dynamics. For violence changes people; it turns the world upside down and destroys the trust needed to live with others in a society. But it is also the elixir of life for those amoral people who authorise themselves to carry out acts others only dare to imagine. You only have to try to see the world with the eyes of Stalin and things which we could never imagine doing become normality.

There has been no country where class differences were worse, where the privileges of the ruling caste were greater, no country where people were forced to live in such in such fear, as the Soviet Union. I, on the other hand, had never had to experience what its victims had to experience. “The lesson taught by this type of experience,” Arthur Koestler wrote, looking back, “when put into words, always appears under the dowdy guise of perennial commonplaces: that man is a reality, mankind an abstraction; that men cannot be treated as units in operations of political arithmetic because they behave like the symbols for zero and the infinite, which dislocate all mathematical operations; that the end justifies the means only within very narrow limits; that ethics is not a function of social utility, and charity not a petty-bourgeois sentiment but the gravitational force which keeps civilisation in its orbit.”

And it could be added that we are fortunate to live within a legal system in which people are treated as equal regardless of differences between them, where the freedom of one person is reconciled with the freedom of another. Anyone who has lived, even for a short time, in a society consumed by distrust and violence will immediately grasp that these achievements of civilisation protect us from one another. We should be grateful for this, every day.

About the Keynote Speaker

Prof. Jörg Baberowski has been Professor of Eastern European History since 2002. His research focuses on the History of Stalinism, the History of Violence and research into dictatorship. Prof. Jörg Baberowski has published well-respected books that have been translated and awarded several times.

He studied History and Philosophy at the University of Göttingen between 1982 and 1988.

His publications include: The Enemy is Everywhere: Stalinism in the Caucasus, Munich (DVA) 2003 The Red Terror: The History of Stalinism, Munich (DVA) 2003 Civilization of Violence: The Cultural Origins of Stalinism. Autocracy and Justice: On the Relationship Between the Rule of Law and Backwardness in the Outgoing Tsarist Empire, 1864-1914, Frankfurt/M. (Klostermann) 1996 The Meaning of the Story. History Theories from Hegel to Foucault, Munich (C.H. Beck) 2005 Jörg Baberowski and Anselm Doering-Manteuffel: Order Through Terror, Bonn (Dietz) 2006 Modern Times? War, Revolution and Violence in the 20th Century, Göttingen 2006 Scorched Earth. Stalin’s Rule of Violence, Munich (C.H. Beck) 2012 Spaces of Violence. Frankfurt am Main (S. Fischer) 2015

ACTIVITIES OVERVIEW

DAY 1

THURSDAY, 13 FEBRUARY

OPEN AIR EXHIBITION: “TOTALITARIANISM IN EUROPE” Venue: Scanderbeg Square (between Hotel Tirana & The National Museum), Tirana

The Open-Air Exhibition “Totalitarianism in Europe” from the Platform of European Memory and Conscience (PEMC) will be presented to the Albanian public from 13th until 20th of February. The exhibition is dedicated to the memory of the human lives and ethnic and cultural diversity of 20th century Europe lost to totalitarianism. The various crimes of the different regimes over seven decades are summarized in specially designed panels as are the roles of the prime leaders and enforcers (including for the first time Albania). The exhibition aims to contribute towards the international condemnation of all forms of totalitarianism.

OPENING CEREMONY: MEMORY DAYS 2020Venue: Tirana International Hotel, Balsha Room

The 5th edition of MEMORY DAYS 2020 will be open on 13 February at the Tirana International Hotel in the presence of partners, local and foreign actors working in the field of memory. During the opening ceremony a keynote address about “Violence as fatality. Stalinist terror and its victims” will be delivered by Prof. Dr. Jörg Baberowski, German historian.The ceremony will be hosted by IDMC and KAS and it is a public event, open to everyone who has an interest in the issue of dealing with the communist past.

PANEL DISCUSSION

Repression and Stalinism in Albania and Eastern Europe in Comparison The aim of this discussion is to analyse the features of repression and Stalinism in communist Albania, the specifics of the Albanian case, and its similarities with other Eastern European countries. Historians, experts and former persecuted people from Albania, Austria, Germany, Poland and Romania will give a broader perspective on characteristics, mechanisms and functions of repression in different countries.

Languages: Albanian, English, German

For more information please visit:https://idmc.al/en/memory-days-20.html

DAY 2

FRIDAY, 14 FEBRUARY Venue: Tirana International Hotel, Abret Room

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: “HISTORY EDUCATION AND SCHOOL CURRICULUM AFTER 1990-s”

The Institute for Media and Culture Democracy (IDMC) in the framework of the Memory Days “Violence and Repression”, will organize the international conference “The situation of teaching and learning of history in Albania - dealing with the period of the communist regime, innovation and challenges”.

The international conference will address the challenges on school curricula in Albania since 1990-ies, with a special focus on history books. Experiences from other countries of South Eastern Europe and from Western Europe such as Germany, Romania and Poland will serve as a valuable exchange and also as a motivation for finding effective ways to reflect the Albanian communist dictatorship in the school books.

Languages: Albanian, English, German

For more information please visit: https://idmc.al/en/memory-days-20.html

DAY 3

SATURDAY, 15 FEBRUARY Venue: The Site of Witness and Memory, Shkodra

EXHIBITION: “LIGHT BEYOND DARKNESS”

Exhibition of photographic and historical material on state atheism and the persecution of the clergy in Albania during the communist dictatorship.

This exhibition is dedicated to the fight against religion, the administrative measures that the communist state took in confronting it and also the strong and savage propaganda that accompanied the lives of Albanians for 45 years. This exhibition also commemorates all those people who were convicted, suffered in prison, died in torture, or executed, solely because of their religious faith and function. An important part is dedicated to the cult objects that were transformed.

Languages: Albanian, English


DAY 4

MONDAY, 17 FEBRUARYVenue: Rogner Hotel, Room Antigonea 1

PUBLICATIONS ON DICTATORSHIP

Every year different books and scientific studies are presented during Memory Days. This year there will be presentations of the following publications:

Comic Book “Against The Stream”, Sabiha Kasimati was a remarkable woman. She became the first ichthyologist in Albania and spent a decade documenting the fish of her country from a scientific and economic point of view, believing that fish were an underused resource. But her growing opposition to the regime cost her her life. The Konrad-Adenauer - Stiftung initiated and supported in cooperation with ISKK the publication of the comic book “Against the stream”, which is mainly addressed to children and young adults. Biologist and Ichthyologist Sabiha Kasimati’s life is told in pictures through the perspective of the fishes. This book has an intention to help a young audience to understand the terror of the communist regime in Albania, to be aware that creativity in science and life can only flourish under freedom.

“Encyclopedic Dictionary of Victims of Communist Terror” Vol. VIII, by the Institute for Studies of the Crimes and Consequences of Communism in Albania (ISKK) and KAS.

Exhibition text: Albanian, English


DAY 5

TUESDAY, 18 FEBRUARY Venue: Tirana International Hotel, Teuta Room

PERSECUTION OF CHAM POPULATION DURING COMMUNIST REGIME

The state violence during the communist regime was a constant indication of this inhumane regime being installed in our country. Painful events, executions, persecutions of anyone considered an opponent of the regime accompanied Albania from 1944-1991. The word “Enemy of the Government” divided the Albanians from South to North, East to West. Former State Security files, now accessible to the public, provide evidence of the tragedy that the state caused to its citizens. In this panel we will dwell on one of the most terrible tragedies during the communist regime: the so-called cham group. Over 30 figures from the cham community would be executed with and without trial, over 150 families would suffer the consequences of 1500 years in prison and many other internally displaced families.In this group of victims of the regime, there were patriots, warriors and intellectuals, families devoted to the struggle for freedom against the occupier.

There were Sejko family, the Plaku family, the Demi family, or the well-known writer who died in exile like Bilal Xhaferri. This will be the topic of discussion in the panel.

Languages: Albanian


PROJECT PRESENTATION: “ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND TRANSFORMATION AT UNIVERSITY OF TIRANA”

The OSCE Presence in Albania in co-operation with University of Tirana is engaged in establishing a Centre for Justice and Transformation to promote researching in the field of transitional justice in Albania. During the event, OSCE representatives and the Centre Co-ordinator will present the efforts made, as well as the plans for the establishment of the Centre. In addition, the research team of the Centre for Justice and Transformation, national experts from the law, social sciences and history field will present the modules on transitional justice developed by them. These modules will be part of Master’s Programmes of the Faculty of Law, Social Sciences, and History and Philology.

Languages: Albanian


DAY 6

WEDNESDAY, 19 FEBRUARY Venue: Castle of Gjirokastra

“WE DON’T FORGET!” MEMORIAL CEREMONY AT THE FORMER COMMUNIST PRISON AT GJIROKASTRA CASTLE

The Konrad Adenauer Foundation and the Anti-Communist Association of the Political Persecuted of Albania will organize the commemorative academy “We do not forget!”, in honor of the anti-communist martyrs and prisoners of the political prison of the communist dictatorship in the castle of Gjirokastra.

The prison of Gjirokastra Castle was one of the cruelest prisons of the communist dictatorship from 1944 to 1967. In this event a memorial plaque will be placed at the entrance of the Gjirokastra Castle and a memorial ceremony will be held in honor of the martyrs, where former inmates, their relatives, historians, and others will share their memories, thoughts and other historical facts about this prison.

Languages: Albanian, German


DOCUMENTARY SCREENING: “CHILDREN OF THE DICTATORSHIP”Venue: Europe House, Tirana

“Children of the Dictatorship” documentary is produced by the Institute for Democracy, Media & Culture and directed by Besnik Bisha. Four persons of various ages were born or spent their childhood in prison or internment camp: Simon Mirakaj, Alma Liço, Ritvana Mena dhe Lurian Mena.The documentary elaborates on their biographies and through very strong emotional moments shows the repressive side of the dictatorial regime. Through this documentary, IDMC aims to raise awareness among the younger generation and Albanian society about the dark communist past through testimonies of eyewitnesses, who suffered and who were persecuted by Hoxha’s regime.

Languages: Albanian


DAY 7

THURSDAY, 20 FEBRUARY DIGITAL MAP OF PLACES OF SUFFERING IN ALBANIAVenue: Faculty of History & Philology, University of Tirana

A roughly 20-minute trip to internment camps, prisons and forced labor camps that marked the map of Albania for almost 45 years during the communist period. A historical and vivid description of the places of punishment and suffering, the prisoners who suffered in them and the events that shocked them. The purpose of this video presentation is to introduce us to the unimaginable dimensions that a small country like Albania had on its map of suffering. The digital map is a production of ‚kujto.al‘ foundation and KAS.



AWARD CEREMONY – “ASK YOUR GRANDPARENTS” COMPETITIONVenue: Tirana International Hotel, Balsha Room

The awards ceremony of the 4th edition of ASK YOUR GRANDPARENTS competition will close the Memory Days on 20th February in the presence of participants, their parents and teachers, as well as the media, representatives of former persecuted institutions and partners dealing with civic education and memory work.“Ask Your Grandparents” is a project initiated by IDMC aiming to raise awareness among young people and Albanian society on the importance of knowing history, so that we can build a better future. The competition invited high school students 15–19 years old to reflect on Albania’s past (1944–1997) in the category of Multimedia. The young people were invited to research, consult historical records in the archives, and ask their family

members about their experiences during communism and in the first years of transition to democracy.“Ask Your Grandparents” is organized by IDMC in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Sports and the Albanian Association of History Teachers (ALBNA).The winners of the 4th edition will be awarded with a study trip on memory sites in Central Europe supported by Platform of European Memory and Conscience and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation..


For more information about ASK YOUR GRANDPARENT please visit: https://idmc.al/en/askyourgrandparents4.html

ORGANIZERS:IDMC – The Institute for Democracy, Media & Culture is a non-profit organization that uses an interdisciplinary approach to study and promote the development of democratic values, culture, and media in Albania. The Institute aims to promote dignity and human rights as key elements of Europe and the European Union’s (EU) democratic values, and to raise awareness amongst young people about the history of the EU and the crimes committed by totalitarian regimes, including the dictatorship in Albania, through: educational training, school curriculum, and creative projects in multimedia, film, and awareness-raising events; the publication (in print and online) and translation of books and materials that enable scientific and cultural exchange, both European and international; and scientific surveys of public opinion about media and peace.

IDMC’s activities on dealing with the past, such as MEMORY DAYS are supported by Konrad Adenauer Foundation.

Website: www.idmc.al

KAS – The Konrad Adenauer Foundation is a political foundation of the Christian Democratic Union of Germany. Konrad Adenauer (1876- 1967), the co-founder of the Christian Democratic Union and the first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, brought together Christian, social, and conservative traditions with liberal traditions. His name is a symbol of the democratic reconstruction of Germany, the deployment of its foreign policy in a transatlantic community of values, the vision of a united Europe, and an orientation towards the social market economy. His spiritual heritage is, at the same time, our duty and commitment.

Website: http://www.kas.de/albanien/sq/

PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS:

ACTIVITIES VENUES

Scanderbeg Square Sheshi Skenderbej, Tiranë

Tirana International Hotel City Center, Scanderbeg Square, Tirana, Albania Tel: +355 4 223 41 85; Fax: +355 4 223 41 88; Email: [email protected] http://tiranainternational.com/portal/index.php/sq/

Rogner Hotel “Dëshmorët e Kombit” Boulevard, 1001ALTel: +355 4 223 5035Email: [email protected]://www.hotel-europapark.com/en.html

Faculty of History & Philology, University of TiranaElbsani Street 2, Tirana, Albania Tel: +355 4 236 9664 Email: [email protected] www.fhf.edu.al

Vendi i Deshmise dhe Kujteses - Site of Witness and MemoryScanderbeg Boulevard, Shkodër

Castle of GjirokastraStreet Elvia Celebi, Gjirokastër

Europe HousePapa Gjon Pali II Street AL, 1000Tel: +355 4 451 9420

ORGANIZERS:

PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS:

www.idmc.al

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