Places, Identities and Memories (PIMs)
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The interdisciplinary research centre Places, Identities and Memories (PIMs) studies how space becomes a place and what it means for people’s lives and their futures. The centre asks how places, and connected identities, are shaped by history, geography, economy, culture and movements of people; what the political, social and economic consequences are of various divisions of spaces into places; what role memory and identities play in forging a sense of belonging to and experience of a place; how the history of a place is reconstructed across generations through memories and identities; and how crises and shocks, including those generated by new technological developments, are changing people’s understandings of spaces and places. It treats these questions as of particular importance in Central, East and Southeast Europe, a region of complex and diverse histories where a sense of belonging to a geographical location has always been fluid, multifaceted and highly contested, and which in modern times has been particularly affected by violent events, territorial shifts and border changes. Based at the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies and launched in 2024, the centre runs seminars and events, held its annual research conference, Spaces of Victimhood, in June 2025, and offers small grants of up to £400 to support research, events and research projects that align with its mission.
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2024
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London
Greater London
WC1E 6BT
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2026-09-30 11:53:41