Illusions of eternity: the Constitution as a lieu de mémoire and the problem of collective remembrance in the WesteRn Balkans

Project description

Studying the Constitution as a ‘lieu de mémoire’

Contemporary Constitutions may be tools for bringing the past into the present. Memories and identity are also vital to the reconciliation and democratisation processes in culturally heterogeneous societies. In this context, the EU-funded We-R project will focus on the relationship between collective memory and national identity to study the Constitution as a ‘lieu de mémoire’. This concept refers to certain places, objects or events that can have special significance as related to how they are remembered. The project will integrate constitutional law memory and nationalism studies and specifically investigate the example of the Western Balkans.

Fields of science

• social sciences › political sciences › political communication
• social sciences › law › constitutional law

Programme(s)

• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Topic(s)

• MSCA-IF-2019 - Individual Fellowships

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-IF-2019
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Funding Scheme

MSCA-IF-GF - Global Fellowships

Coordinator

ACCADEMIA EUROPEA DI BOLZANO

Address

Viale Druso 1
39100 Bolzano
Italy

Activity type

Research Organisations

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EU contribution

€ 251 002,56

Partners (1)

TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK

United States

Address

Amsterdam Avenue 1210 Room
10027 7003 New York

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

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