International Conference "Forgiving or Forgetting – Dealing with a Painful Past"
International Conference "Forgiving or Forgetting – Dealing with a Painful Past"
Programme:
1st day: Friday, May 13th
08:30-9:30 Registration desk open, coffee
09:30-10:30 Opening session
- 09:30-10:15 Opening speeches (Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Mantas Adomėnas, VMU Rector Juozas Augutis, LT)
- 10:00-10:15 The Purpose of the Conference (Robert van Voren, LT/NL)
10:15-12:15 Ukraine
- 10:15-10:45 Andrei Sakharov's Legacy in His Centenary Year (Tatiana Yankelevich, USA)
- 10:45-11:15 Coffee break
- 11:15-11:45 Ukraine after Victory: Lessons of the Past for the Future (Olesya Stasiuk, UA)
- Russia's War against Ukraine: Putin is a Symptom, Not the Disease (Mikhail Shishkin, RUS)
- 12:15-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:20 The Psychological Consequences of War
- 13:30-14:00 War - a Man-made Catastrophe (Jana Javakhishvili, GEO)
- 14:00-14:30 Dealing with Psychological Stress at Europe's Frontline (Imke Hansen, DE)
- 14:30-14:40 Clip No. 1
- 14:40-15:10 The Samopomich program (Robert van Voren, LT/NL)
- 15:10-15:20 Clip No. 2
15:20-15:50 Coffee break
15:50-17:30 The Ultimate Sacrifice: 50 Years Romas Kalanta
- 15:50-16:00 Introduction (Robert van Voren, LT/NL)
- 16:00-16:15 Dainius Pūras, LT
- 16:15-16:30 Ilya Rips, IL
- 16:30-16:45 Petr Blazek, CZ
- 16:45-17:30 Diskusija
17:30-19:00 Reception
2nd day, May 14th, Saturday
8:00-9:00 Registration desk open, coffee
9:00-9:30 The Culture of Rememberance (prof. Andreas Maercker, CH)
9:30-10:00 Reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Zahira Asmal, SA)
10:00-10:30 Maladaptive Ways of Forgetting and Forgiving (prof. Vamik Volkan, USA)
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:15 Remembering Irena Veisaite
- 11:00-11:15 Šarūnas Liekis, LT (moderator)
- 11:15-11:30 Giedrė Žičkutė, LT
- 11:30-11:45 Yves Plesseraud, F
- 11:45-12:00 Tomas Venclova, LT
- 12:00-12:15 Eymert van Manen, NL
12:15-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:30 Judging Afterwards - the Case of Srebrenica
- 14:00-15:10 Why Srebrenica Had to Fall: Documentary
- 15:10-15:30 Looking Back (Joris Voorhoeve, NL)
- 15:30-16:30 Panel Discussion (Joris Voorhoeve, Monique Brinks, Franklin van der Pols (moderator), NL)
16:30-17:00 Coffee break
17:00-18:00 Russia and Ukraine
- 17:00-17:20 Rewriting History in Russia (Andrea Gullota, UK)
- 17:20-17:40 Genocide of Ukrainians in the XXI century: the Historical Discourse of Unpunished Evil (Svitlana Markova, UA)
- 17:40-18:00 Ukraine as Frontline in Defense of Freedom (Petras Vaitiekūnas, LT)
18:00-19:00 Closing reception
21:00 Romas Kalanta Memorial Concert