November 14th
Forlì campus Teaching HUB
11.00
Opening of the Exhibition
Prague Spring Firsthand
14.30 – 17.30
Poster presentation by teams
participating in the GACY ‘68 project
18.00 – 19.00
Meeting of GACY ‘68 project partners
November 15th
Room 1.4 – Dept. of Political and Social Sciences
9.00 – 12.30
Conference: First Session
Chair: Francesco Privitera
Ľubor Matejko, Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia)
The Prague Spring Memory in GACY ´68 Collection of Eye-witness Narratives
Francesco Caccamo, U. of Chieti-Pescara (Italy)
On the Memory and the Outcome of the Prague Spring in Italy
Alfredo Laudiero, U. of Orientale di Napoli (Italy)
On the Understanding of the Prague Spring in Post-Communist Europe
Discussion & coffee break
Chair: Matija Ivbačić
Marína Zavbacká, Institute of History, Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovakia)
Perception of Change: to the Research of Public Moods in 1968
Matej Ivančík, Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia)
Remembering the Invasion, Abandoning the Ethos of Change: 1968 As Seen by the RFE Records and Retold by the Eye-witnesses 50 Years after
Discussion & coff ee break
Chair: Marína Zavacká
Wolfgang Mueller, Universität Wien (Austria)
The Austrian Government and the Warsaw-Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
Hildegard Schmoller, Universität Wien (Austria)
Communicative Memory of the Prague Spring – Reports from Austrian Eyewitnesses
Discussion & lunch
14.00 – 17.30
Conference: Second Session
Chair: Wolfgang Mueller
Filip Paučík, Institute of History, Slovak Academy of Sciences (Slovakia)
The Testimonies of Political Prisoners in the Collective Memory
Hiljar Tammela, Estonian Institute for Historical Memory (Estonia)
The Squad of Soviet Emissaries Or Just a Bunch of Fun-Loving Youngsters?
Discussion & coff ee break
Chair: Francesco Caccamo
Matija Ivačić, Zagreb University (Croatia)
Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia from the Perspective of the Croatian Northwest: Eye-witnesses Narratives
Zlatka Antova, Regional Historical Museum in Varna (Bulgaria)
The Prague Spring Documents in Bulgarian Archives
Velina Kostadinova, Regional Historical Museum in Varna (Bulgaria)
The Prague Spring and the Soviet “Adventure“ through Witnesses
Discussion & coff ee break
Chair: Ľubor Matejko
Tjaša Konovšek, University of Maribor (Slovenia)
Remembering Liberalisation: The First Years of Democracy in Slovenia (1989 – 1992)
Ivan Posokhin, Comenius University in Bratislava (Slovakia)
A City on the Outskirts of Empire(s): Remembrance Culture in Today’s Brest
Discussion & conclusions
All participants and visitors are cordially invited to attend the screening of the films made by GACY ‘68
A Game-Changing Year: Many Stories to Be Told
Forli campus Teaching HUB
Eye-witness narratives from diff erent ends of Europe recorded and postproduced by the GACY ‘68 team