Debate on historical turns and memory comebacks

TIRANA, Sept. 30 – The Institute of Dialogue and Communication and the Albanian Media Institute, together with the Center of Contemporary Culture in Barcelona organized a debate on the topic of historical turns and the comebacks of memory with well-known intellectuals from Albania and other countries in the region and Western Europe. The debate, which took place Sept. 16 in Tirana, evolved around different dilemmas that societies have to face in historical moments, while encountering their past anew, such as should the truth be sought at all cost, should the past be reconstructed in order to serve present political needs, or what would be a fair relation between the need to forget social dramas of the past and the need to remember or discover the truth. Speakers included Prof. Paul Garde, professor at the University of Provence, Piro Misha, Director of Institute of Dialogue and Communication, Tirana, Kepa Aulestia, director of Vocento media group, Spain, Josep Ramoneda, director of the Center of Contemporary Culture, Barcelona, Veton Surroi, well-known intellectual, Prishtina, G. M. Tamas, a philosopher and well-known dissident, Romania, and Blendi Kajsiu, analyst, Tirana.