Cologne Summer School

Welcome to CSS 2015„Memory culture and politics of memory in postconflict societies of the

Global South“

5. - 12. September

The Center of Latin America (ASPLA) would like to invite local and international students

to participate in the Cologne Summer School 2015, in one of Germany’s most vibrant cities.

For MA students with a focus on Latin America looking for a unique academic challenge.

Contact/ about us:Universität zu Köln, Philosophische FakultätArbeitskreis Spanien-Portugal-Lateinamerika

Albertus-Magnus-Platz, 50923 KölnTel.: (0221) 470 4185

www.lateinamerika.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de

ACADEMIC PROGRAMME

This Summer School combines impulse presentations, podium discussions

with experts, a guided workshop that includes a group project as well as

group excursions.

SOCIAL EVENTS

A visit to the Graduate School a.r.t.e.s. / A

guided tour through Cologne / A guided

tour of the historic Melaten cemetery / An

interactive visit to the NS-Documentation

Center of the City of Cologne / Book

reading by Patricio Pron / Screening of the

film: ¡No! (Chile 2012) / Farewell party

with live music.

COSTS

Students of the University of Cologne: 40€

External students: 65 €

For external participants we will cover lodging at

a local hostel from 05.-12. September including

breakfast.

Board: For all participants we will offer lunch at

the university cafeteria during the week.

APPLICATION

Just fill out the application form

and send us your CV, your Spanish

Language Certificate, a letter of

motivation (two pages max. ) and a

short letter of reference.

PROGRAMME

RobertoHerrscher:Professor of journalism and journalist, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

De ¡Basta ya! a ¡Nunca más!:La memoria histórica y la construcción de países vivibles.

La visión de un periodista latinoamericano

Bernand McGuirk:Professor of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies, University of Nottingham, England

Construyendo y deconstruyendo puentes.Las realaciones anglo-argentinas, las viñetas políticas del

pos-conflicto

Lucrecia Escudero:Director of the licentiate degree of communication in the IUTB, University of Lille, France

Lugares de Memoria: entre el vestigio y la ruina.Las transformaciones de los lugares de batalla, el trabajo

de los artistas

Patricio Pron:Argentinian journalist and author

Book reading: Encontrar un sentido a la historia, aprender de ella:

Una lectura de"El espíritu de mis padres sigue subiendo en la lluvia"

Habbo Knoch:Department of History,University of Cologne

The development of politics of memory and memory culture in Germany and Europe

N.N.Philosophical aspects of history

Frank Reza Links: Department of Romance Languages, University of Cologne

Despidiendo a Pinochet: Hacer memoria en ¡No! (2012) de Pablo Larraín

Martin Becker: Department of Romance Languages, University of Cologn

Discourse analysis

Vanessa Höse:Department of Iberian and Latin American History, University of Cologne

Centros Clandestinos de Detención y Exterminación en Buenos Aires

Victoria Torres:Department of Romance Languages, University of Cologne

Narrativas de la memoria

Dorothee Weitbrecht:director of the Elisabeth Käsemann foundation

N.N.

All lectures and workshops will be held in Spanish or English.

We are looking forward to see you in Cologne!

For more information:www. lateinamerika.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de

Fotos by: University of Cologne/ Wikimedia Commons