ICOM-DEMHIST Conference 2023
Remembrances of Things Lost

Triggering the memory of the historic house through loss (and regain)
Partners and Sponsors: ICOM-Serbia, DEMHIST, Ministry of Culture of The Republic of Serbia.

22-27 October
Belgrade
Serbia
31 May
Paper Submission
deadline
About Conference

About the Conference

The focus of this conference is the involvement of the private (family-held) or state (public) sector house museum in restoring and safeguarding the memory that has been lost for a variety of reasons including war, state confiscation, colonialist actions, and more. We, as museum professionals, have a moral obligation to thoroughly examine and update the narratives. Many examples of these houses can be found in Serbia, some of which will be seen at the conference in Belgrade. All of these houses hold a distinctive layer of the complex story of historic dwellings as a result of the effects of the Second World War in this region of the world. The main focus of this conference is on how managing difficult heritage and having challenges with heritage protection (risk management due to natural or human-made disasters) can lead to the same concerns of lost memory. These issues need to be addressed not only in the context of European mid-20th century history, but also across the globe, in communities ravaged by colonialist actions such as the Maori of New Zealand, through the Sepik River communities of Papua New Guinea, indigenous communities in South and Central America, sub-Saharan Africa and First Nations of the Americas. When it comes to keeping the fire of remembrance alive and relevant in the present, what is distinctive to individual historic and traditional homes around the world but also a common factor? What tools are available to maintain the flame of memory? How can historic house museums preserve the history that's still embued in a house's walls yet physically lost? Is the physical non-existence of the memory-holder i.e. the object, so important that it can not be replaced by a simple narrative or a copy? Can the implementation of memory-triggering techniques help us all, wherever in the globe, keep stories alive even after leaving a historic house? What do we choose to remember and what do we decide to forget? One can wonder whether the memory chosen is still relevant to the audience or addresses societal issues. The message of the forgotten, however, may be more crucial for careful examination and may contribute to a community's healing. This leads to the question of how do you curate the lost and forgotten?

Theme and call for papers BGD23

BGD23 Programme

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The Museum of Ivo Andrić

Optional Visit – free entrance for ICOM members

10.00 - 12.00

The Museum of Ivo Andrić more info

The Museum of Paja Jovanović

Optional Visit – free entrance for ICOM members

10.00 - 14.00

The Museum of Paja Jovanović more info

The Residence of Princess Ljubica

Optional Visit – free entrance for ICOM members

10.00 - 14.00

The Residence of Princess Ljubica more info

The Museum of Jovan Cvijić

Optional Visit – free entrance for ICOM members

10.00 - 14.00

The Museum of Jovan Cvijić more info

The Sekulić Icon Collection

Optional Visit – free entrance for ICOM members

10.00 - 14.00

The Sekulić Icon Collection more info

Museum of Yugoslavia

Optional Visit – free entrance

10.00 - 18.00

Museum of Yugoslavia more info

National Museum

Optional Visit – free entrance

12.00 - 18.00

National Museum more info

MoCA

Optional Visit – free entrance

10.00 - 18.00

MoCA more info

Museum of Science and Technology

Pre-Conference Meet & Greet

18.00 - 21.00

Museum of Science and Technology more info

Yugoslav Film Archive

Registration, tea & coffee

9:00 - 10:00

Yugoslav Film Archive

Yugoslav Film Archive

Introduction
(Makavejev Hall, 1st floor)

10.00 - 11.00

Yugoslav Film Archive

Museum of African Art

Introduction

14.00 - 15.00

Museum of African Art

Museum of African Art

REVIVING THE SURVIVORS OF A FORGOTTEN PASTTHE ASHANTI TRADITIONAL BUILDING REVISITED

Keynote speech by Arc. David Kojo Derban (Ghana)

15.00 - 16.30

Museum of African Art

House of Jevrem Grujić

Organised House Visit & Reception

19.00 - 22.00

House of Jevrem Grujić

Yugoslav Film Archive

Poster presentation
Registration, tea & coffee

09.00 - 10.00

Yugoslav Film Archive

Yugoslav Film Archive

Beirut's afterlife/afterlives: Heritage, Remembrance and Amnesia

Keynote speech by Nelly P. Abboud

10.00 - 11.30

Yugoslav Film Archive

Yugoslav Film Archive

Coffee break

11.30 - 12.00

Yugoslav Film Archive

Yugoslav Film Archive

Paper Session 1. Community Engagement and Changing Values

Moderator: António Ponte

12.00 - 14.00

Yugoslav Film Archive

When Buildings are Demolished, Where Does Heritage Go? On Cairo's Fading Identity

Iman Afify

Unveiling the relationship between daylight, authenticity, and potential artefact loss in Historic House Museums through public engagement

Luz Frias-Hernandez

It should be restored

Maria Riadova

Blitz Museum: looking inside a hidden volunteer-led micromuseum in Coventry, UK

Lingjun Li

Meydad Eliyahu - Revisiting Seraphim House, Jerusalem

Timna Seligman & Meydad Eliyahu



Yugoslav Film Archive

Lunch
(3rd floor)

14.00 - 15.00

Yugoslav Film Archive

Yugoslav Film Archive

Paper Session 2. Remembrance lost & regained

Moderators: Milja Stijović

15.00 - 17.00

Yugoslav Film Archive

A Lost and Found Quintessential Romanian Artist: Reconciliation at Constantin Brâncuși House Museum and Sculpture Park, Hobița (Romania)

Denise Maior-Barron

Sketch of Amaro Pargo House Museum. Narrative and material remain to recover a Spanish privateer

Gabriel de Santa Ana Aguiar

How can we redefine the authenticity of what has been replaced? Establishing a fresh narrative for the court noble palace, the Honmaru-goten which relocated into the Nijo-jo Castle, the primarily associated with samurai.

Yoshihiro Nakatani

The shells of memory - Practical curation in a historical house on the background of a complex reality

Nirit Shalev Khalifa

Yugoslav Film Archive

Poster presentation
Registration, tea & coffee

09:00 - 10:00

Yugoslav Film Archive

Optional guided tours

Organised Guided Walking Tour: Sephardic Belgrade

10.00 - 11.30

Optional guided tours more info

Optional guided tours

Organised Guided Walking Tour: Secession in Belgrade

10.00 - 11.30

Optional guided tours more info

Yugoslav Film Archive

Coffee break

11.30 - 12.00

Yugoslav Film Archive

Yugoslav Film Archive

Experts from Serbia

Moderator: Milja Stijović

12.00 - 13.30

Yugoslav Film Archive

The Work of Docomomo Serbia in Preserving the Heritage of Modern Architecture

Vladana Putnik Prica, PhD. Senior Research Associate
University in Belgrade – Faculty of Philosophy, Art History Department

Managing multiple historic house museums: The Belgrade City Museum

Angelina Banković, PhD. Museum Advisor
The Belgrade City Museum

The Minh Family House - The Lost Memories

Ana Radovanac Živanov, Conservator Researcher, Senior Consultant
Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of Serbia

The House of Petar Lubarda

Dina Debeljak, Curator
The Heritage House Belgrade

Yugoslav Film Archive

Lunch
(3rd floor)

13.30 - 14.30

Yugoslav Film Archive

Yugoslav Film Archive

Paper Session 3. General theme

Moderator: Vladana Putnik Prica

14.30 - 16.30

Yugoslav Film Archive

The Triumph of the Intangible or How We Came Back Again

Lidija Cvetić Vučković

Gatchina Palace & Estate: reconstruction the lost memory

Vasily Pankratov

The persistence of memory: keeping up appearances in historic house interiors.

Suzanne Bravery

“All the rest must be burned“: the Fernando de Castro Historic House Museum (Portugal) and the remembrances of the erased memory

Vera Gonçalves

True stories of an unrealized palace

Elizaveta Fokina


The Residence of Princess Ljubica

Tea & coffee

09.00 - 10.00

The Residence of Princess Ljubica

The Residence of Princess Ljubica

DEMHIST General Assembly

10.00 - 12.00

The Residence of Princess Ljubica

The Residence of Princess Ljubica

Coffee break

12.00 - 12.30

The Residence of Princess Ljubica

The Residence of Princess Ljubica

Guided tour

12.30 - 13.30

The Residence of Princess Ljubica

The Residence of Princess Ljubica

Summary

13.30 - 14.30

The Residence of Princess Ljubica

The Residence of Princess Ljubica

Lunch with drinks

14.30 - 16.00

The Residence of Princess Ljubica

Post-conference tour

Departure from Belgrade at 08.30 am
Krusedol monastery

Krusedol monastery

Krusedol monastery

Sremski Karlovci

Sremski Karlovci

Sremski Karlovci

Petrovaradin Fortress

Petrovaradin Fortress

Petrovaradin Fortress

Novi Sad

Novi Sad

Novi Sad


*Programme may be subject to change

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • May 31, 2023: Paper Submission deadline, midnight (Paris time, GMT +1)
  • May 31, 2023: Submission deadline for the Jeanne Watson Bursary and ICOM Young Professional travel grant.  
  • June 30, 2023: Acceptance notification of both papers/posters and grants
  • May 31, 2023: Early Bird bookings open 
  • July 15, 2023: Early Bird booking ends 
  • July 15, 2023: Ordinary booking rate open 
  • September 30, 2023: Registration for in-person attendance closes 
  • October 22-26, 2023: Conference 
  • October 27, 2023: (Optional) post-conference tour

DEMHIST welcomes paper presentations and posters.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ON-SITE PARTICIPATION > The paper should be no longer than 15 minutes when read (app. 1,000 words, max 15 slides), and there will be a few minutes for questions and discussion.  The paper should be presented in English. Please save your presentation as PowerPoint Presentation 97-2007, 2010 or higher (*.pptx) or .pdf so that we can guarantee that we can open it on our computers. Please bring your files on a USB “flash drive” or External drive. There will be no conference layout. Send your presentation to the organizers by the 19th of October to: info@belgrademhist.com and secretary@demhist.icom.museum

INSTRUCTIONS FOR REMOTE ATTENDANCE > The paper should be no longer than 15 minutes when read (app. 1,000 words, max 15 slides), and there will be a few minutes for questions and discussion.  The paper should be presented in English. Please save your presentation as PowerPoint Presentation 97-2007, 2010 or higher (*.pptx) or .pdf so that we can guarantee that we can open it on our computers. There will be no conference layout. Send your pre-recorded presentation to the organizers by the 19th of October to: info@belgrademhist.com and secretary@demhist.icom.museum

The only specifications for poster presenters are dimensions B1 (70x100cm / 27.8 × 39.4 in) and presenters should print their poster and bring it with them in Belgrade. The organisers will provide the frames and easels.

There will be 4 paper sessions and an Expert session on Wednesday (October 25, 2023) devoted to the current situation in Serbia, the detailed schedule of speakers (with abstracts) will be announced by the end of August or early September as well as posted on the conference website.

* There is a possibility to accommodate a limited number of live-streamed or recorded video presentations by speakers who may be unable to travel. However, to encourage full participation in the conference, preference will be given to in-person presentations.

* All proposals must be sent in English. However, there is a possibility to accommodate presentations in other languages, for example in the form of pre-recorded video with English subtitles, should this be clearly requested by prospective speakers in their proposals.

* Proposers whose papers are selected for the conference program are expected to attend the entire conference, whether virtual or in person, so as to participate in and contribute to the full range of conversations that result from other presentations.

* The programme committee’s decision is final.

Poster sessions are scheduled to be on both Tuesday and Wednesday from 9:00 until 10:00.

The conference will take place both in situ and in hybrid form to accommodate everyone. There will be no separate registration fee for in-person and virtual participation. Please note: It's compulsory for all speakers to register for the conference. We are unable to offer any financial compensation and/or waive the registration fee. However, speakers may apply for one of the limited number of travel grants available (Jeanne Watson Bursary or ICOM Young Professional Travel Grant).

The conference proceedings will be published as an e-book, there will be no printed version and it will be accessible for download on both the DEMHIST and Belgrade conference's website.

In the tab where to stay the team from Belgrade put the list of suggested hotels in close proximity to the conference venue.

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Short Bio of David Kojo Derban

Arc. David Kojo Derban has been a chartered Architect and associate member of the Ghana Institute of Architects for the last twenty years. He is a past secretary for public relations of the institute and the C.E.O of Ethnik International Ltd, a research based Architectural and project management firm in Accra.

He holds a Bachelors in Design from the Department of Architecture of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology – Kumasi. (1994) As an undergrad, he developed an interest in the social, environment and cultural affairs of rural Sub -Saharan Africa. He combined my regular studies of basic with his own personal research into heritage architecture and traditional architecture. During his post graduate years, he gained a keen interest in the Civilizations of Africa and History of cultures of West Africa.

 For the last 10 years, he has been an advocate for the preservation of Heritage places and structures of Ghana, working on proposals for the Forts and Castles with the Ghana Museum and Monuments Board, designing regional cultural centers for the National Commission on Culture and plans for the Regeneration of Old Accra for the Ministry of Tourism. In 2020 he gained admission to undertake his MPhil studies at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana with key interests in researching into Heritage buildings, Historiography, History of Architecture in Africa.

His firm has undertaken responsibility for the preservation of Fort Amsterdam, the ruins of an 17th century slave fort in Ghana and its tourism potentials, the documentation of buildings of heritage and consultant for the establishment for private, home  and corporate  galleries and museums in Accra Ghana.

Short Bio of Nelly P. Abboud

I am a museum educator with over fifteen years of experience in the field. From 2006 to 2016, I served as an education and visitor's service officer at the Lebanese Museum of Prehistory at the University of Saint Joseph-Beirut. During this time, I was responsible for developing and implementing educational programs and services for museum visitors.

From 2016 until 2019, I took on a new role as research assistant and later on as Acting Curator at the Ethnography Museum of the University of Balamand. Over the course of three years, I oversaw the museum's collection and exhibitions, and worked to engage visitors through educational programming and outreach.

I was also an active member of the International Council of Museums (ICOM), having joined the organization in 2009 and stayed until 2022. I have served as a board member and the MENA regional coordinator for the ICOM Committee of Education and Cultural Action from 2019 until 2022. In this role, I worked to promote education and cultural action in the museum sector across the MENA region.

Through my work as a museum educator and my involvement in ICOM, I was committed to promoting access to education and cultural experiences through museums. In 2017, I co-founded an organization called Museolab with a focus on promoting cultural heritage using experiential learning methodology.

From 2020 until 2022, I worked with a German organization called MitOst as a mentor for cultural projects happening in the MENA region.

I am passionate about researching community archaeology, public memory, oral history, museum education and collective impact and I have published several articles and chapters in peer reviewed journals and books.

Short Bio of Vladana Putnik Prica, University in Belgrade – Faculty of Philosophy, Art History Department

The Work of Docomomo Serbia in Preserving the Heritage of Modern Architecture” Vladana Putnik Prica works as a senior research associate at the Art History Department, Faculty of Philosophy, University in Belgrade. Her field of research is the history of architecture in Serbia and the former Yugoslavia in the XX century. She defended her Ph.D. thesis “Architecture of Sokol Halls in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia” in 2014, which was published as a book in 2015. Her book “Residential Architecture in Belgrade 1918−1941” from 2021 was awarded by the Belgrade Architecture Salon. She is the coordinator of Docomomo Serbia and a member of ICOMOS Serbia.

Short Bio of Angelina Banković, PhD. Museum Advisor

Angelina Banković (1984) holds PhD in Art History, specially directed towards problems of museology and heritology, as well as masters in Theory of Culture and degree in Art History. She is employed in the Belgrade City Museum as Head of the Department of History of Culture and Art and museum advisor, in charge of the Collection of Architecture and Urban Planning. Since 2015 she was in charge, as project manager, of several projects realized in the Belgrade City Museum, also supported by Ministry of Culture of Republic of Serbia. As an author and co-author she took part in realization of several exhibitions, organized by the Belgrade City Museum. Her main professional interests include history of architecture and urban planning, especially of Belgrade, as well as interpretation, preservation and use of cultural heritage. She presents results of her research in professional and science conferences, exhibitions, papers, etc.
She is a member of ICOM Serbia and DOCOMOMO Serbia.

For complete bibliography please visit: https://independent.academia.edu/AngelinaBankovic

Short Bio of Ana Radovanac Živanov, Conservator Researcher, Senior Consultant

Ana Radovanac Živanov is an Art Historian and works as a senior consultant at the Institute for the Protection of Cultural Monuments of Serbia in Belgrade, at the Department for Research, Protection and Documentation. In addition, she is finishing her Ph.D. teases at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Department of Art History, at the Seminar for Museology and Heritage studies with the topic Home of Jevrem Grujić, as a space for realization of social life in Belgrade. Fields of scientific interest: history of architecture in Serbia between two wars, conservation of cultural heritage, interpretative methodologies and concepts, memory studies, history of private life. She is an author of many professional and scientific articles, as well as a participant in domestic and foreign conferences and symposiums. She is also a member of ICOMOS, Interpret Europe, and the Society of Conservators of Serbia.

Short Bio of Dina Debeljak, Curator

Dina Pavić holds a B.A. and master’s degree from the Department of Art History at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. She worked at the Cultural Centre of Belgrade as an associate in the October Salon, a representative international manifestation in the field of visual art in Serbia. Since 2014 she has worked as a curator at the Heritage House, she oversees the collections bequeathed by Petar Lubarda and Kosta Bogdanović. She has authored, co-authored, and curated numerous exhibitions focused on specific theoretical problems, as well as many retrospective and solo exhibitions. Her texts have been published in various catalogues, periodicals, and essay collections. Her research and professional interests focus on the phenomena of modernism, Yugoslav art space in the 20th century and socialist heritage.

Short Bio of Nebojša Antešević, PhD. Research-professional Associate Milan Zloković Foundation Research Associate

Dr. Nebojša Antešević, architect, scenographer, and architectural historian. He studied architecture at the Faculty of Architecture in Delft (Kingdom of the Netherlands), completed his studies in architecture at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Belgrade (2011), master's studies in applied art - scenography at the Faculty of Art and Design of Megatrend University (2013), and received his doctorate in the narrow field of architectural history at Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade (2022). He was a teaching assistant at the Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade and at the Department of Art History at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. He is a Research Associate of the Institute of Architecture and Urbanism of Serbia and a Research-professional Associate of the Milan Zloković Foundation. Field of research work: history and theory of Serbian and Yugoslav architecture of the 20th century, Serbian contemporary architecture and theater scenography. He is the author of several scientific and professional works.

Belgrade Art Nouveau Architecture

Art Nouveau emerged at the end of the 19th century as a rebellious style opposing the long-dominant Historicism. In architecture, it gained regional variations, from Barcelona to Munich. Unlike many examples of European Art Nouveau architecture, in Belgrade, it emerged as more of a fashionable style than a form of rebellion. The influence of Vienesse Secession was the most prevalent, however, there were also many examples of a specific Serbian type of Art Nouveau. Architects were inspired by medieval Serbian architecture from the 14th and the 15th century and they incorporated those elements with Art Nouveau. Through a two-hour walk, we will get more acquainted with the way Art Nouveau transformed and modernized Belgrade at the turn of the century.

Metting point: Jugoslovenska kinoteka, 10.00

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