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Pr&#233;sentation&#160;Les mus&#233;es nationaux et la n&#233;gociation des pass&#233;s difficiles 26-27 January 2012 Universit&#233; Libre de BruxellesColloque organis&#233; par le Pr. Dominique Poulot, Universit&#233; de Paris I Panth&#233;on-Sorbonne dans le cadre du programme Eunamushttp://www.eunamus.eu/Ce colloque entend &#233;tudier selon une approche transnationale et dans une perspective compar&#233;e&#160; les conflits et les difficult&#233;s d&#8217;exposition du pass&#233; au sein de mus&#233;es nationaux en Europe. Il s&#8217;agit d&#8217;&#233;tudier plus pr&#233;cis&#233;ment certains mus&#233;es soit en tant que collections d&#8217;objets qui font l&#8217;objet de disputes nationales ou internationales, soit en tant que lieux d&#8217;exposition de pass&#233;s disput&#233;s ou difficiles. Objets contest&#233;s&#160;Face aux demandes de restitution, on tentera d&#8217;identifier et d&#8217;interroger les r&#233;ponses &#233;labor&#233;es par les mus&#233;es nationaux europ&#233;ens. En particulier, on mettra en &#233;vidence la diversit&#233; des situations&#160;en fonction du pass&#233; colonial, mais aussi des processus de la&#239;cisation, des situations de guerre, civile ou internationale, ou encore des d&#233;couvertes arch&#233;ologiques sur des territoires disput&#233;s. Les communications devront s&#8217;attacher, au-del&#224; des probl&#232;mes juridiques, &#224; examiner la signification historique de ces objets pour les identit&#233;s nationales. Les pass&#233;s disput&#233;s ou difficiles&#160;On pr&#234;tera tout particuli&#232;rement attention ici &#224; des &#233;tudes monographiques ou comparatives qui interrogent la construction de territoires nationaux ou la repr&#233;sentation de communaut&#233;s ethniques ou &#8216;naturelles&#8217; qui font l&#8217;objet d&#233;sormais de r&#233;visions sp&#233;cifiques. On se demandera aussi comment le mus&#233;e repr&#233;sente les aspects les plus contestables du pass&#233; national&#160;: peut-il figurer l&#8217;infamie&#160;ou travailler sur des aspects dits traumatiques du pass&#233; et de sa m&#233;moire&#160;? Modalit&#233;s de soumission et de s&#233;lectionMerci d&#8217;envoyer vos propositions de pas plus de 500 mots pour une pr&#233;sentation de 20 minutes &#224; eunamus3@gmail.com ou Felicity.Bodenstein@univ-Paris1.fr avant le 14 novembre 2011.Les propositions seront s&#233;lectionn&#233;es par le professeur Dominique Poulot et consid&#233;r&#233;es pour publication par les membres de l&#8217;&#233;quipe Eunamus : http://www.eunamus.eu/partners/partners.html.PresentationNational museums and the negotiation of difficult pasts 26-27 January 2012 Universit&#233; Libre de BruxellesOrganised by Eunamus and Pr. Dominique Poulot, Universit&#233; de Paris I Panth&#233;on-Sorbonne.http://www.eunamus.eu/This conference aims to take a transnational and comparative perspective on the conflicts that national museums have dealt with as holders of contested objects and as places where disputed or difficult pasts are displayed. Objects of contested possession How have European discourses of ownership developed in national museums over the last century in relation to the possession of artefacts that are subject to restitution claims? Cases of contested objects in Europe can be related to contexts of colonial appropriations of material culture and post-colonial claims, to processes of secularisation of church property, to situations of war and plunder, to archaeological finds in territories where national frontiers have changed or are disputed. From a methodological point of view case studies will be privileged that go beyond legal aspects to examine the historical significance of using objects from the past as expressions of national identity.Difficult pastsWhat role do national museums play in handling historical issues that are socially and politically sensitive and liable to give rise to contestation? Particular attention will be given to individual or comparative cases related to the construction of national territories and to conflicting representations of &#8220;natural&#8221; and ethnic communities, which have become the subject of specific revisions in light of political and intellectual developments.Furthermore, national museums are increasingly being called upon to provide forums for dealing with highly sensitive issues of traumatic past events &#8211; particularly those related to situations of political criminality. In light of the increasing importance of memory studies, this conference will examine how museums attempt to represent the &#8220;unspeakable&#8221; elements of the past. How to submitPlease send proposals of no more than 500 words, for 20 minute presentations to eunamus3@gmail.com or Felicity.Bodenstein@univ-Paris1.fr by the 14th of November 2011.Proposals will be selected by Professor Dominique Poulot and selected for publication by the members of the Eunamus group : http://www.eunamus.eu/partners/partners.html.