New step in cooperation of BSPU and BUAP

In the period from 7 to 23 November 2013 professors Igor Lyman and Victoria Konstantinova worked in Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (BUAP).

One of the main objectives of the visit was participation in the Second International multidisciplinary Symposium devoted to problems of memory (SIMEM) "Memory, History, Oblivion: a new social aspects". The symposium dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the famous French philosopher Paul Ricoeur. BUAP and BSPU were co-organizers of this scientific forum.

Besides researchers from Berdyansk and institutions of Mexico, scientists from Argentina, Colombia, Brazil and Spain took part in the symposium. Presentation of poster-reports of researchers from Ukraine, Mexico, Switzerland, Hungary and Kazakhstan was a part of the event.
Directly I. Lyman and V. Konstantinova presented reports: «"Wars of (for) Memory": the personal experiences of participation» and «Representations of memory in "Albums of Songs" of Ukrainians forcibly deported to Germany during the Second World War».

It is interesting that among Mexican organizers of the symposium under the direction of Dr. Victoria Perez was Carlos Bonanni Torre Blanca, who in spring 2013 studied in BSPU and participated in several workshops organized by the Research Institute of Urban History. His report about memory space Carlos Bonanni accompanied with the presentation, which included photos, that he made during his stay in Berdyansk.

Certificates of participation were given to 6 employees and graduate students of the department of the History of Ukraine of BSPU (I.Lyman, V.Konstantinova, Yu.Korolevska, E.Avdyeyeva, L.Zolotar, V.Romanchenko) and to 5 employees of the Research Institute of Urban History. Among the latest - S.Bilivnenko (poster "Zaporizhzhya Scientific Society of Ya.Novytskyi. Research and Protection of Historical Memory") and V.Gribovskiy (poster "City as Frontier: Social Memory and Identities in the Almanac "City's Frontiers").

During their visit to Mexico Berdyansk researchers together with V.Perez worked on the original layout of the book “LA (IN)FIDELIDAD DE LA MEMORIA”, which soon will be published as a joint project of BUAP, BSPU and Laval University (Canada).