On the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the House of European History invites you to a screening of the film "Son of Saul".
Set in the Auschwitz extermination camp, the film focuses on a man’s desperate quest to bury the body of a young boy he recognizes as his son. The spectator...
Join us at the House of European History, on the third Friday of every month, as we transform our temporary exhibition space into a meeting place.
This lecture will be on the past, present and future of the Europe of European integration and the trans-Atlantic West. Is there still a future for the multilateral Western world?
In this lecture, Carlo Ginzburg will attempt to analyse the phenomenon of “Fake News” with a certain chronological and conceptual distance. He will do so on the basis of the essay by Robert Merton, who popularised the notion of a self-fulfilling prophecy . This essay, published in 1948, well before the advent of the internet, has not been prominently cited in the debate on fake news. Yet it allows us to understand the phenomenon from an angle that is both enlightening and unexpected.
The European Union potentially represents a new type of global power. Classic nation states sharply distinguished between internal power, based on law and politics, and external power, deriving from wealth and military force.
Join us at the House of European History, on the third Friday of every month, as we transform our temporary exhibition space into a meeting place.
The Renaissance is often characterised as an era of sumptuous luxury, with rich velvets, shining pearls, and gold ornaments. Fashion was extreme - yards of lace-trimmed ruffs, exaggerated padded shoulders, and elaborately underpropped skirts. But what did those who were not elite enough to afford such luxuries do to achieve fashionable styles?
This lecture sheds light on Nansen’s achievements during the interwar period and its impact on the history of humanitarianism.
Online info session for teachers - Fake (F)or Real: a History of forgery and falsification
Temporary exhibition at the House of European History running until 31st of January 2022.
This online event is part of the Europalia TRAINS AND TRACKS festival , organised to celebrate the European Year of Rail, 2021 .