International seminar "The Role and Significance of Institutions of Historical Memory"

Invitation to the international seminar “The Role and Significance of Institutions of Historical Memory” (Prague, Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic , 02/26/2013)

Please accept our invitation to an international seminar on the subject "The Role and Significance of Institutions of Historical Memory", which will take place on 26 February 2013 from 10.00 in the Discussion hall of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic under the patronate of the Chairman of the Senate, Mr. Milan Štěch.

We would like to inform you that the entrance to the Senate is possible only after registration on eva.kubatova@ustrcr.cz and with ID/passport and printed version of the attached invitation.

Programme:

  • 10:00–10:05 welcome
    Mr. Milan Štěch, Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
  • 10:05–10:15 introduction
    Mr. Daniel Herman, Director of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (USTR)
  • Conference presenter: Mr. Miroslav Nenutil, Senator of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
  • 10:15–10:30
    Mr. Hans Altendorf, Director of The Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of the former German Democratic Republic (BStU)
  • 10:30–10:45
    Mr. Łukasz Kamiński, Director of the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN)
  • 10:45–11:00
    Mrs. Zlatuše Kukánová, Director of the Security Services Archive (ABS)
  • 11:00–11:15
    Mr. Göran Lindblad, President of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience
  • 11:15–11:30
    Mr. Eduard Stehlík, First Deputy Director of the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes (USTR)
  • 11:30–11:45 closing remarks
    Mrs. Sandra Kalniete, Member of the European Parliament, Chairwoman of the Reconciliation of European Histories group
  • 11:45–12:00 discussion

Please accept our invitation to debate further during the lunch.