This year ASCE’s annual Conference will take place on Friday, 20 September 2024 in Budapest, Hungary.
ASCE Conference programme
20th September 2024, Budapest Hungarian National Museum
Plenary Sessions (morning)
8:30–9:30
Registration
9:30–9:50
Welcome Speeches
9:50–10:10
Opening Speech
An example for the European Remembrance: The National Heritage Institute of Hungary
Miklós Réthelyi, National Committee for Memorials and Remembrance, Hungary
Gábor Móczár, National Heritage Institute, Hungary
10:10–10:30
Interred ethnicities and religions at the end of Danube - The First European Union Cemetery in Sulina
Andreea Pop, National Institute of Heritage, Romania
10:30–10:50
How does the Internet reflect the multifunctional use of significant cemeteries?
Katalin Takács – Imola G. Tar – Zsuzsanna Mikházi – Ágnes Sallay,
Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Hungary
10:50–11:10
Questions & Discussion
11:10–11:40
Coffee break
11:40–12:00
The intergenerational dialogue as a new approach to cemetery management development
Tamara Ingels, INTRO Cultuur & Media, Belgium
12:00–12:20
Martyr monuments created by Jewish communities in rural Hungary between 1945 and 1956
Viktória Bányai – Kinga Frojimovics, HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences, Hungary
12:20–12:30
Questions & Discussion
12:30–14:30
Lunch/ Guided tour in the National Museum
Presentations and Panel Discussions (afternoon)
– in three rooms parallel
Room 1
14:30–15:30
Remembrance Session – Presentations
14:30–14:45
Commemoration of abandoned protestant cemeteries in Poland Maciej Lipinski, Stones of Unremembrance Foundation, Poland
14:45–15:00
Silence as the attribute of good place: discrepancies of cemeteries
Anna Irimiás – Gábor Michalkó, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary; HUN-REN CSFK Geographical Institute, Hungary
15:00–15:15
Representing Memory: Drawings, Models and Digital Archives for the English Cemetery in Florence
Giulia Porcheddu, University of Pavia – Sandro Parrinello, University of Florence – Justyna Borucka, Gdansk Tech University – Francesca Paoletti, Colorado University – Julia Bolton Holloway, ASCE English Cemetery, Florence
15:15–15:25
Questions & Discussion
15:30–16:30
Park Management & Sustainability – Extended Panel Discussion
15:30–16:20
The place and role of cemetery gardens in garden heritage Ágnes Herczeg, Hungarian Garden Heritage Foundation
Challenges in revitalization of greenery at the Varaždin City Cemetery Jelena Sekelj, Varaždin City Cemetery, Croatia
Best practices of Spanish and Portuguese cemeteries in the field of environmental sustainability and the fight against climate change
Miquel Trepat, Cementiris de Barcelona, Spain
Environmental sustainability - examples of how to meet the climate changes Wenche Eriksson, Cemeteries and Burial Agency of Oslo, Norway
16:20–16.30
Questions & Discussion
Presentations and Panel Discussions (afternoon)
– in three rooms parallel
Room 2
14:30–15:30
Remembrance Session (Political and Military) – Presentations
14:30–14:45
The Cemetery of the March Revolution Susanne Kitschun, Friedhof der Märzgefallenen, Austria
14:45–15:00
Cultural memory and war graves care
Gyula Téglás, Directorate of War Graves and Heroic Cult, MoD Institute and Museum of Military History, Hungary
15:00–15:15
Cultural spaces, war graves care, resting places
Géza Kovács, Directorate of War Graves and Heroic Cult, MoD Institute and Museum of Military History, Hungary
15:15–15:25
Questions & Discussion
15:30–16:30
Remembrance – Panel Discussions
15:30–15:50
Antropology, Archeology and the Remembrance of the National Memory Place of Mohács
István Kovács, National Heritage Institute, Hungary – Gábor Bertók, Janus Pannonius Museum – György Pálfi University of Szeged
15:50–16:00
Questions & Discussion
16:00–16:20
The Cambridge American Cemetery Exhibit: Commemorating and Interpreting WWII for British and US Audiences
Charlotte Giraudo – Domitille Arnaud – Suzie Harrison
16:20–16:30
Questions & Discussion
Presentations and Panel Discussions (afternoon)
– in three rooms parallel
Room 3
14:30–15:30
Tourism and Education Sessions – Presentations
14:30–14:45
Residents' Perspectives on Cultural Heritage (Cemetery) Tourism Development Kexin Yuan, Thingsua University, China
14:45–15:00
Baron Titus Karger - savior of the crown of St. Stephen is buried in Varaždin. Does anyone care about that?
Vladimir Huzjan, Phd., manager of the Institute for scientific work of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Varaždin
15:00–15:15
Silent Stories: The Influence of Cemeteries on Destination Perception and Image Tamara Rátz, Kodolányi János University, Hungary
15.15–15.25
Questions & Discussion
15:30–16:30
Tourism & Education – Panel Discussions
15:30–15:50
Knowing to remember
Silvio Amprin – Francesca Coltellaro, Municipality of Avigliana, Italy
15:50–16:00
Questions & Discussion