Call for Applications

Deadline for applications: 16 April 2017

The Tom Lantos Institute is organising a summer workshop on social identity, collective memory and intergroup reconciliation, taking place on 4-9 June 2017.

Every community is formed by their collective memories, and Hungarian society is no exception. Various groups carry various traumas as consequences of different events of the 20th century. These include the Treaty of Trianon, the two World Wars, the Holocaust, the Roma Genocide, Stalinism, and the retribution following the 1956 revolution. These historical events without dialogue can often lead to tense intergroup relations in today’s Hungarian society and hinder the formation of a collective memory.
According to the widely accepted socio-psychological theory of reconciliation, past conflicts can damage intergroup relations even decades later. It is central to the reconciliation process that historical or current traumas of different groups are acknowledged and recognised and that trust is built between groups.

The five-day workshop focuses on social identity, collective memory and reconciliation, involving experts, historians, social scientists, media experts and civil activists. Participants will learn about the theoretical background and practical application of these concepts, and examine how these can be applied to various groups of Hungarian society.

The language of the event will be Hungarian and English.
For further details, please see the PDF below (in Hungarian).