The fall of Monuments + Library Bar

Statues are pictures of the past. They reflect a history handed on to us.
But neither monuments or our view of the past are static. Far from it. People and their recollection are moving things, nothing last forever, and suddenly we look at the world through different eyes.

Meet professor Mathias Danbolt from Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen.
Mathias´ research investigates where art history and colonial history intersects with a special focus on the political aspects of our common recollection, our relationship with monuments and with art in the public space.

Does it make sense to protect and even refurbish monuments that have outlived themselves? Why are we still creating statues?
And which stories are forgotten when we tell them through monuments – then and now?

Mathias Danbolt is interviewed by Marc-Christoph Wagner, editor of Louisiana Channel and former correspondent of Northern Europe for German radio and television.
You can read more about the research projects Moving Momuments and Mathias´ research at artsandculturalstudies.ku.dk/r...

Program for 14. March, 2025:
17.30 Doors open, and the university offers a glass of wine, nonalcoholic cider or water (included in the ticket price).
18.00-19.00 Talk with Mathias Danbolt and Marc-Christoph Wagner: The fall of Monuments + Questions (no break)
19.15-22.00 Library bar hosted by UCAPS and byStudents. Join young researchers from all over the world for a drink (not included in ticket).

Please note!
Please arrive no later than 17:45.
The talk is recorded for video and podcast that is published the week after the talk. As participant, you agree to possibly be included in video or sound.

MAKING SENSE OF IT ALL
Making sense of it all (Verden forsøgt forklaret) is a series of conversations about what shapes our shared world.
The guest of the week contributes with research-based perspectives on themes from the public conversation: What we talk about, vote about, argue about and gather about.
Get smarter together with some of the country´s leading researchers when they give their take on what is up and down in current discussions from the intimate scene in the historic Copenhagen University Library in Fiolstræde 1, 1171 Copenhagen C.