Remembering crises: FSV UK as a host of the Annual Meeting of the Memory Studies Association

From July 14 to 18, 2025, the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University (FSV UK) served as one of the main hosts of the 9th Annual Meeting of the Memory Studies Association (MSA). Themed “Beyond Crises: Resilience and (In)Stability”, the conference brought over 1,200 academics, artists and activists from nearly 100 countries to Prague to explore how societies remember, respond to, and recover from crises—both past and present.

For the first time in its history, the MSA’s annual meeting took place in the Czech Republic. This year’s program marked several significant anniversaries, including the end of World War II (1945), the end of the Vietnam War (1975), and the Srebrenica genocide (1995).

FSV UK, led by Professor Kateřina Králová from the Institute of International Studies (IMS), was among the conference’s key organizing institutions. Nearly twenty experts from FSV UK, including PhD students, participated in panel discussions. The event also gained coverage in Czech national media. For example, you can listen to an interview in Czech with Professor Kateřina Králová on Czech Radio’s Radiožurnál here.

You can learn more about the conference on our page about science at FSV UK.