Exhibiting postcolonial Europe

Zoom link: https://aarhusuniversity.zoom.us/j/68975616591 (no registration required)

A considerable number of European countries have a long history of colonizing the rest of the world.  What is more, colonialism did not end in 1945 or in 1957, when the Treaty of Rome was signed, with colonial wars in Africa for independence still being fought throughout the 1970s.   Multiple forms of colonial entanglement between Europe and formerly colonized countries has often, however, been downplayed or even repressed in presentations of European history and identity. Recent Black Lives Matter protest movements have made it clear that not only the formerly colonized world but also Europe itself is still experiencing postcolonial conditions.

Curators from the House of European History and scholars from the Horizon 2020 research project ECHOES will discuss how to present and exhibit a European history in present-da postcolonial times with participants at this Zoom event.

The House of European History is the only truly European museum in Europe. It is funded by the European Union, and its purpose is to exhibit European history. The ECHOES project (European Colonial Heritage in Entangled Cities) conducted by a consortium of researchers based at nine universities in six European countries and in three countries formerly colonized by European powers, is also funded by the European Union. It aims to study contemporary political, museological and aesthetic practices around European colonial heritage.