Interview with Prof. Králová: “Memory studies help make the past present and teach us to think about why we remember some things, what we do not remember, and what value this has for today.”

In her interview for UK Forum magazine Kateřina Králová, head of the Research Center for Memory Studies, not only reflects on the recently held international conference on memory studies in Prague but, together with editor Jitka Jiřičková she also opens up a number of other topics—from the challenges of contemporary research in the field of memory, through the problematic historical illusion of peace in Europe, to the need for dialogue and interdisciplinary international cooperation.

She also returns to her book Homecoming: Holocaust Survivors and Greece, 1941–1946 (Brandeis University Press, 2025) and uses it to illustrate both the connection between personal and universal stories and her approach to working with her own positionality as an author-historian when writing the book.

To find out about Prof. Králová’s perspective on the role of memory studies in today’s world as well as her possible work plans for the coming years you can read more here.