Using the recent cases of Quran burnings in Sweden and the phenomena of Holocaust denial as concrete examples , this panel discussion explores issues of freedom of expression, freedom of speech and freedom of religion.

Speakers:

Frederic Brusi works for the Swedish Agency for Support for Faith Communities (SST).

Raphael Cohen-Almagor is professor of politics at the University of Hull in the UK and the Olof Palme visiting professor, Lund University.

Sally Longworth is a researcher at the Swedish Defence Agency (FOI) and lecturer in public international law at Stockholm University.[08:46] Maria Lindqvist

The event was moderated by Rouzbeh Parsi, head of the Middle East and North Africa programme at UI

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Concluding comments on Peace and the Politics of Memory

Speaker:

Annika Björkdahl, Lund University

https://www.ui.se/evenemang/tidigare/2022/december/peace-and-the-politics-of-memory/

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Peace activists demand recognition and justice through memory activism. This roundtable on memory activism discusses feminist activism for peace, and digital memory practices and resistance more broadly.

Speaker:

Rana Mitri, Digital project ‘Creative Memory of the Syrian Revolution’

Orli Fridman, Faculty of Media and Communications (FMK)/Singidunum University, Belgrade

Petra Tötterman Andorff, Secretary-General, Kvinna till Kvinna

https://www.ui.se/evenemang/tidigare/2022/december/peace-and-the-politics-of-memory/

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