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Our International Cohort Has Been Selected
Our International Cohort Has Been Selected
We are delighted to announce that the participant cohort for Who Owns Memory? Democratic Participation in Digital Public History has now been selected!
Following an extraordinary response to our open call, we received almost 300 applications from around the world. The level of interest in the project reflects the growing importance of questions at the heart of Who Owns Memory?: Who tells history? Whose memories become visible? Who is left out? And how can digital public history create more participatory and responsible ways of engaging with the past?
Our selected international cohort brings together master’s students, doctoral candidates, early-career researchers, educators, museum and heritage professionals, artists, archivists and members of civil society from different countries and professional backgrounds.
Over the coming weeks, participants will take part in a programme of workshops, collaborative activities and project development. They will explore public history, digital storytelling, democratic participation, oral testimony, difficult histories, ethics, representation and digital tools, while developing their own small-scale digital public history stories.
We are deeply grateful to everyone who applied and shared their interests, experiences and ideas with us. Selecting the cohort from such a strong and diverse pool of applications was not easy.
Now, we are ready to begin!
Our first gathering takes place on 17 August 2026, followed by our workshop programme beginning on 21 August.
Stay tuned as we introduce the workshops, facilitators and activities that will shape the next stage of Who Owns Memory?
Call for Participants - Join Who Owns Memory? Project
Call for Participants - Join Who Owns Memory? Project
Applications are now open!
The project invites students, researchers, educators, cultural heritage professionals, members of civil society, artists, and anyone interested in history, memory, and public engagement to explore how societies remember, interpret, communicate, and debate difficult histories in the digital age.
What will participants do?
Selected participants will become part of an international collaborative group and take part in a series of interactive online workshops, guided research activities, and creative digital public history projects.
Working with oral testimonies, photographs, archival documents, historical sources, maps, and local narratives, participants will investigate how historical knowledge is created, communicated, and contested in contemporary public life.
Create your own digital public history project
Participants will collaborate in creating one or more digital public history outputs.
Who can apply?
Applications are welcome from: Undergraduate and postgraduate students, PhD candidates, Researchers, Educators, Museum and cultural heritage professionals, NGO and civil society professionals, Artists, Anyone with an interest in history, memory, democracy, and digital culture.
No previous experience in public history or digital tools is required.
Participation
Participation is free of charge. Participants should be prepared to: attend the online workshops; contribute to collaborative activities; create one small digital public history output; attend the final hybrid event online or in person; complete a short project evaluation.
Apply
Applications should be submitted in English.
Deadline: 31 July 2026
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