Thursday, June 2
19:00 Opening event at the Martin Gropius Bau (Niederkirchnerstr. 7, Berlin)
Introductory remarks by Susan Neiman
Introduction by Mischa Gabowitsch
Hans Otto Bräutigam: On Dealing with Germany’s Past
David Shulman: Present Trauma, Prospective Memory: Israel--Palestine, 1947–2011
Friday, June 3 (Haus der Brandenburgisch-Preußischen Geschichte, Am Neuen Markt 9, Potsdam)
10:00-12:00 ATONEMENT AND ITS DISCONTENTS
Kirsten Weld: Some Truth, Less Justice: Opening the Archives When Impunity Trumps Atonement
István Rév: Selling the Revolution for Human Rights: The Bicentenary and the Transition
Konstanty Gebert: The Ambiguousness of Forgiveness
Moderator: Claudia Weber
12:00-13:30 LUNCH BREAK
13:30-15:30 ENCOUNTERS
Christiane Wienand: “Have Fun Atoning!”–Aktion Sühnezeichen and the Role of Youth in Reconciliation Discourse and Practice
Sveta Roberman: Memories on Parade and Memory Under Siege: Identities, Contexts, and War Stories
Commentator: Aleida Assmann
Moderator: Martin Schaad
16:00-18:00 LAW
Anson Rabinbach: “We Charge Genocide": African Americans, Memory, and the Genocide Convention
Gerd Hankel: Atonement under Duress – The Dubious Process of Dealing with Rwanda’s Past
Jürgen Aßmann: The Cambodian War Crimes Tribunal and German Legal Expertise
Moderator: Fatima Kastner
Saturday, June 4 (Haus der Brandenburgisch-Preußischen Geschichte, Am Neuen Markt 9, Potsdam)
10:00-13:00 MODELS
Sune Haugbølle: Memory Cultures and Atonement in Lebanon
Franziska Seraphim. “A Japan that Cannot Say Sorry?”
Jacqueline Nießer: The German Reference in Creating a Regional Truth Commission in Post-Yugoslavia
Moderator: Matthias Kroß
13:00 LUNCH BREAK
15:00-18:00 Panel discussion: Memory Wars
Murat Belge
Alexander Etkind
Wendy Doniger
Stephen Marshall
Moderator: Mischa Gabowitsch