BIP Embodied Memory: Memorial Pedagogy and Cultures of Remembrance in Europe and Latin America

The BIP aims to deepen participants’ understanding of memorial pedagogy, cultures of remembrance, and memory transmission through creative, embodied, and experiential learning approaches. The virtual component (March–April 2027) combines lectures, collabor ative international activities, creative writing based on authentic historical sources, and digital production. Participants will work collaboratively in small international groups or tandems throughout the virtual phase, jointly exploring historical sources and memory-related topics and developing shared creative and digital outputs in preparation for the physical mobility. The physical mobility week (12–16 April 2027) inclu des lectures, research-led workshops, memory walks, creative writing, and embodiment-based learning activities, exploring cultures of remembrance in Europe and Latin America.

 

 

Please be aware that your home university may set a different application deadline depending on their internal selection process.

Registration dates 15 October 2026 01 December 2026
Course dates 12 April 2027 16 April 2027
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BIP Embodied Memory: Memorial Pedagogy and Cultures of Remembrance in Europe and Latin America

Course Outline

This Blended Intensive Programme offers a multidisciplinary exploration of memorial pedagogy and cultures of remembrance in Europe and Latin America. Bringing together perspectives from education, history, memory studies, migration studies, literature, and the arts, the programme examines how memory is transmitted, experienced, and taught across different cultural contexts. Through creative writing, memorial walks, embodiment -based learning activities, research -led workshops, and intercultural dialogue, participants engage critica lly with testimonies, archives, sites of memory, and contemporary remembrance practices. Drawing on local memory projects developed at Université Côte d’Azur and on international case studies, the programme invites participants to reflect on the relationships between memory, identity, migration, citizenship, and democratic values.

The BIP also offers a unique opportunity to interact with researchers working on cultures of remembrance in Latin America, the memory of Spanish Republican deportees under Franco, and migration narratives through the research project Minors on the Move thereby connecting
historical memory with contemporary experiences of displacement, identity and transmission. By combining academic reflection, collaborative learning, and experiential approaches, the programme encourages participants to explore innovative ways of teaching and transmitting memory in diverse educational and cultural settings. Throughout the programme, participants work in international teams on a Creative Memorial Project, progressively integrating the concepts, methods and case studies explored during the week. The final project combines a creative output with a transferable pedagogical scenario for memory education.

Course Content

The BIP explores memorial pedagogy through a combination of theoretical reflection, creative practice, and experiential learning. Participants engage with different cultures of remembrance in Europe and Latin America and examine how memories are transmitted through testimonies, archives, literature, artistic productions, sites of memory, and educational practices.

Participants work on:

  • Theoretical approaches to memorial pedagogy, cultures of remembrance, and memory transmission;
  • The study of local memory projects developed at Université Côte d’Azur, including the lives and testimonies of Eva Freud, Charlotte Salomon, and Anne Frank;
  • Creative writing activities based on authentic historical sources, testimonies, and archival materials;
  • Reflection on individual and collective memory, identity, displacement, exclusion, resilience, and transmission;
  • Comparative perspectives on cultures of remembrance in Europe and Latin America;
  • The memory of Spanish Republican deportees under Franco and contemporary approaches to historical memory in Spain;
  • Migration narratives, mobility, and memory through the research project Minors on the Move ;
  • Research-led workshops on Latin American remembrance cultures and their role in education and memory transmission;
  • Memorial walks and embodiment -based learning activities connecting local sites of memory with broader historical and social issues ;
  • Intercultural dialogue and collaborative international projects bringing together participants from different academic and cultural backgrounds;
  • The creation of reflective, creative, and digital outputs designed to foster dialogue between different historical experiences and remembrance practices.
  • Development of an international Creative Memorial Project throughout the BIP;
  • Design of a transferable memorial pedagogy activity based on the group’s creative production.

Learning Outcomes

Following this course, students will be able to:

  • Explain key concepts related to memorial pedagogy, cultures of remembrance, memory transmission, and embodied learning;
  • Analyse testimonies, archives, literary texts, and other historical sources from a multidisciplinary perspective;
  • Compare different remembrance cultures and memory practices in Europe and Latin America;
  • Critically reflect on the role of memory in shaping identities, citizenship, inclusion, and democratic values;
  • Understand how local sites of memory can be used as educational resources and tools for historical understanding;
  • Analyse case studies related to the Holocaust, the memory of Spanish Republican deportees under Franco, Latin American remembrance cultures, and contemporary migration narratives;
  • Apply creative and experiential approaches, including creative writing and embodiment-based learning, to the transmission of memory;
  • Collaborate effectively in international and intercultural teams on shared educational and creative projects;
  • Produce reflective, creative, and digital outputs based on historical sources and memory-related themes;
  • Develop intercultural communication, critical thinking, creativity, and collaborative problem-solving skills;
  • Design and transfer pedagogical approaches and activities related to memorial education to other educational and cultural contexts.

Requirements

  • Study level: Bachelor or Master (Humanities, Languages, Arts, Education)
  • Language level: Minimum B2 in English
  • Interest in memory studies, intercultural communication, artistic creation, and theater practice.

Agenda

Day 1 (Monday, 12 April)

Morning

  • Welcome of participants: Presentation of the physical mobility programme (organization, logistics,goals).
  • Roundtable | Presentation of participating partners: participants present the online work and outcomes of the virtual component.
  • Creation of working groups for the creative project
  • Christine Schmider, Eden Golob (University Côte d’Azur)

Afternoon

  • Lecture | From Individual Lives to Shared Memory: Memorial Pedagogy through Eva Freud, Charlotte Salomon and Anne Frank
  • Workshop | Creating Embodied Memories: Creative Writing, Theatre and Collaborative Remembrance
  • Christine Schmider, Eden Golob (University Côte d’Azur)

Day 2 (Tuesday, 13 April)

Morning

  • Lecture and Workshop | “Minors on the Move: From Life Narratives to Graphic Memories. Identity, Language and Migration”
  • Prof. Dr. Simona Leonardi and her team (University of Genoa)

Afternoon

  • Workshop | Embodying Memory: Learning Through Body, Voice and Space
  • Christine Schmider, Eden Golob (University Côte d’Azur)

Day 3 (Wednesday, 14 April)

Morning

  • Walking through Memory: Embodied Encounters with Local Sites of Remembrance
  • Christine Schmider, Eden Golob (University Côte d’Azur)

Afternoon

  • Walking through Memory: Embodied Encounters with Local Sites of Remembrance
  • Christine Schmider, Eden Golob (University Côte d’Azur)

 

Day 4 (Thursday, 15 April)

Morning

  • Lecture and Workshop | Remembering Exile: Spanish Republican Deportees and the Politics of Memory and Democratic Citizenship
    Miguel Angel Ballesteros, University of Sevilla (Spain)
  • The legacy of silenced trauma: Confronting the ghost of the dictatorship in Spanish classrooms
    África Morillas-Stevaux

Afternoon

  • Lecture | Remembering Across Continents: Cultures of Remembrance in Latin America
  • Workshop | Memory Beyond Europe: Transmission, Identity and Remembrance in Latin America
    Katja Zaki, University of Education, Freiburg (Germany)

Day 5 (Friday, 16 April)

Morning

  • Creative Memorial Lab: International groups finalise the creative output and pedagogical scenario.
  • Memorial Pedagogy Design Studio : Designing transferable memorial pedagogy projects for different cultural and educational contexts.
    Christine Schmider, Eden Golob (University Côte d’Azur)

Afternoon

  • Creative Memorial Showcase: From Creation to Education Presentation of the projects
  • Reflection and Future Collaboration General Feedback and exchange about the week
  • Presentation of guidelines on participants evaluation
  • Closing
    Christine Schmider, Eden Golob (University Côte d’Azur)

Virtual Component

The virtual component will take place from March 1st-30th April.

Organisation:

● Webinar 1:
General Introduction, Information and Organisational Procedures, Ice-Breaker Activities, Creation of the International Workgroups, Presentation of the Programme and its Main Themes: Memorial Pedagogy, Cultures of Remembrance, Embodied Learning, and Memory Transmission in Europe and Latin America.

● Asynchronous Working Phase on Open Course:
Participants work in their international workgroups or tandems on a series of joint tasks, collaborative activities, and creative assignments based on authentic historical sources and the thematic inputs of the programme. The groups jointly analyse and discuss selected materials, develop shared interpretations, and co -create creative and/or digital outputs in preparation for the
physical mobility week. The asynchronous phase is therefore designed as a structured collaborative learning process requir ing active interaction, shared responsibility, and the joint production of results.

● Webinar 2:
Reflection, Feedback and Exchange on the Learning Experience, Discussion of Participants’ Contributions and Collaborative Activities, Evaluation of the Programme and Perspectives for Future Cooperation.

Professors

  • Christine Schmider, University Côte d’Azur (France)
  • Eden Golob, University Côte d’Azur (France)
  • Katja Zaki, University of Education, Freiburg (Germany)
  • Simona Leonardi and her team, University of Genoa (Italy)
  • Miguel Angel Ballesteros, University of Sevilla (Spain)
  • África Morillas -Stevaux , University of Granada /University of Léon (Spain)

Application Process

Registration open: 1st Oct–1st Dec 2026

  • Documents required: CV, motivational letter
  • Selection by home institution
  • Minimum 10 and maximum 30
  • At least 2 slots for the University of Seville, at least 2 slots the University of Genoa, 8 slots
    for the University of Education Freiburg, 15 in total for others Ulysseus or Erasmus
    partners. At least 4 slots are opened for UCG participant

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