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Agents through Time: How Do People “Make History”?

Social Psychological & Historical Research into Collective Memories, Social Identities & Intergroup Relations
FINAL COST ACTION IS1205 CONFERENCE
University of Limerick, Ireland
July 7-8, 2016

This international conference is organized in the framework of Cost Action IS1205 “Social Psychological dynamics of historical representations in the enlarged European Union”. The conference is hosted and organized by the Department of Psychology, University of Limerick, in collaboration with the Department of History and the Centre for Irish-German Studies, from University of Limerick.

 

This conference has 3 main objectives:                          

  • To create interdisciplinary dialogue between participants from different fields (particularly between social psychologists and historians) and national contexts,

  • To disseminate research findings on core themes of interest: the interplay between social representations of history or collective memories, social identities, and intergroup relations

  • To generate knowledge and discussions between academics and stakeholders on relevant research findings regarding national histories, political mobilization, psychological resistance, coping mechanisms, and the transmission of collective memories.

Program

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