On 24 November 2024, ATRIUM participated at the IN-Contact Seminar Series organised by the University of Bologna. Claudia Castellucci, Director of the ATRIUM Association, holds a speech entitled "ATRIUM: how to work with dissonant heritage. The event takes place athe Palazzo Verdi in Ravenna; remote participation is possible using the following link. Download the flyer.
Within the framework of the ERJH Incubator 2025 (an annual training meeting), on 20 November, ATRIUM in collaboration with the AEPJ Cultural Route organised a heritage walk along the Viale della Libertà and a workshop in the former Aeronautical College “Bruno Mussolini”, dedicated to the interpretation of the architectural heritage of the fascist period and an analysis of the mosaics by Angelo Canevari. View the programme.
On the 19 November 2025, Alessia Mariotti (University of Bologna – CAST) held a speech at the ERJH Incubator 2025 with a presentation entitled “How to Cope with Dissonant Heritage”, dedicated to the interpretation of dissonant heritage and the case of the ATRIUM Cultural Route.
The theme of the 13th edition of the World Forum for Democracy is “Democracy at risk : how can we revive it?”. ATRIUM has been invited to participate in this year's edition.
Lorena Zuccolo, ATRIUM Development Officer, takes part at the Plenary Session 4 - "Learning from history: strenghening Democracy" with a contribution entitled “Learning from History: Strengthening Democracy”. The session focuses on the following question: How has democracy been understood and taught through history?
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Within the framework of the EUrban DECO project, on 4 November 2025, a workshop was hold with students from the Department of Sociology of the University of Bologna. The meeting took place in the Sala Mappamondo and in the corridors of the former Aeronautical College of Forlì with its famous mosaics. The event was an important opportunity for discussion and reflection on dissonance as a key to understanding the city’s urban and social transformations.
The Buzludzha Monument was in the spotlight during several stakeholder meetings held within the project “AR.C.H.ETICS – Architecture, People, History and Ethics,” under the URBACT IV programme. The most recent meeting took place on 30 October 2025: stakeholders met to exchange ideas and proposals for the Plan related to the potential of the building and its integration into the development of the city were discussed. Engaging more stakeholders in the dialogue about the monument’s future is key to achieving sustainable results for the local community and the region.
On 24-26 October 2025, Claudia Castellucci (Director of the ATRIUM Cultural Route) and Cristina Vallicelli (ATRIUM Development Officer) take part at the 14th Annual Advisory Forum of the CoE Cultural Routes in Cappadocia (Turkey). The topic of this year's forum is "Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe and Landscapes: Advancing Heritage Protection through Cultural and Sustainable Tourism".
On 2–3 October 2025, the Contested Histories Symposium was held at the University of Siena. The event was co-organised by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, IHJR–EuroClio and the University of Siena.
Patrick Leech, Professor at the University of Bologna and member of the ATRIUM Scientific Committee, participated in the session ‘How to Manage Dissonant Heritage in the Public Space’ with a speech entitled ‘Working with the legacy of totalitarianism in Europe's urban environment.’
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