The Latenium is closed
The Latenium is closed
Ania Szczepanska is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and a documentary film-maker. A specialist in Polish cinema, she is currently working on the memory of the Second World War and Polish Jewishness in Polish film archives.
Laurent Olivier is an archaeologist in charge of the Celtic and Gaulish collections at the Musée d’Archéologie nationale in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. For several years now, his research has led him to question the relationship between material remains – including those from the recent past – memory and the landscape.
Jean-Pierre Legendre is an archaeologist with the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regional Archaeology Department. For several decades now, he has been excavating and documenting the material remains of contemporary conflicts. He has published a book on the German prison camp at Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, and in recent years has taken an interest in the memorial reception of the Rivesaltes internee camp in the south of France.
Luba Jurgenson is a professor in the Slavonic Studies Department at Sorbonne University. A specialist in the concentration literature of the Gulag and Nazi camps, her work focuses on memory and the role played by landscape in the testimonies of former deportees.
Louise Guedj is a student at the University of Strasbourg. She began her studies in archaeology before going on to study contemporary history. Her interest in the Second World War and archaeology led her to take part in excavations at the Natzweiler-Struthof camp while studying history.
Michaël Landolt is an archaeologist specialising in the Iron Age and the contemporary period. He has excavated and studied numerous sites linked to contemporary conflicts. He runs the European Centre of Deported Resistance Members at the former Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp, where he aims to promote the contribution of archaeology to the transmission of memory.