AF Lecture Series: Vjeran Pavlaković: Memory, Murals and Political Graffiti
- Artemizia Foundation
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Vjeran Pavlaković is a Professor of History and Cultural Studies at the University of Rijeka, Croatia. He earned his PhD in History from the University of Washington and research how societies remember conflict, focusing on memory politics in Southeastern Europe, transitional justice in the former Yugoslavia, and Yugoslav volunteers in the Spanish Civil War.
Vjeran is co-editor of Framing the Nation and Collective Identity in Croatia(Routledge, 2019) and lead researcher of the MEMPOP project. His current work explores graffiti and murals as sites of memory, Balkan memory scrapes, and the history of Dalmatian immigrants in Arizona.
Saturday January 3, 2026
5:00pm - 7:30pm
About the Lecture:
Often dismissed as vandalism, graffiti and murals have long served as powerful vehicles for political expression, from ancient Rome and the Mexican muralists to contemporary responses to wars in Ukraine and Gaza. This lecture examines how murals communicate political messages in public space, exploring their role in social justice, collective memory, and their co-option by states as propaganda. Through global case studies from the post-Yugoslav region to Poland, Spain, Northern Ireland, the U.S., and Latin America it highlights the unique political power of street art in post-conflict societies.
This event is available exclusively to members of Artemizia Foundation.
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Free admission for AF Members
After-hours museum access
Beverages and snacks included
Space is limited to 30 guests
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