Several members of the Conciliare project participated in the 48th Annual Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), held from July 3 to 6, 2025, at the University of Economics in Prague, Czech Republic. This year’s theme was Social Identity, Political Conflict, and the Future of Democracy.
Members of Conciliare took part in the session: Reactions to Changes in the Representation of Colonial Cultural Heritage in Europe, presenting the following works:
“Can the redesigned missionary colonial museums make their Italian visitors aware of present-day stereotypes towards African people?”
Giovanna Leone, Irene Baldriga — Sapienza University of Rome
Laurent Licata — Université Libre de Bruxelles
“Untitled histories: Exposing visual representations of colonialism”
Teresa Forte, Felix Meuer, Emiliano Abad García, Joaquim Valentim — University of Coimbra
“Confronting Colonial Legacies: Visitors’ Reactions to Contested Artifacts in Belgium’s Africa Museum”
Maria Babińska, Laurent Licata — Université Libre de Bruxelles
“Colonial legacies in contemporary Europe: The cultural consumption of and reactions to changes in racialized products and traditions among European youth”
Borja Martinović, Amalia Gilodi, Anouk Smeekes, Enzo Cáceres Quezada — Utrecht University
Marina Maglić — Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences
In addition to the conference presentations, members of WP4 held a working meeting to discuss the planning and practical aspects of the upcoming survey data collection within the Conciliare project.
We are proud of our members’s contributions and their engagement with critical issues around colonial heritage and social identity.
