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Traces and Testimonies: What historical stories about terrorism?
Published on
7th January 2026
updated on
3rd April 2026
"How to write today the history of terrorism? »
This is the issue at the heart of this round table, moderated by historian Pauline Picco, with the participation of Marc Hecker (Deputy Director of IFRI), Jenny Raflik (historian), Claire Sécail (historian) and Raul López Romo (historian at the Memorial Centre for Victims of Terrorism).
In this video, discover a short summary of their discussions and an overview of the issues raised during this discussion.
"How terrorism has changed the nature of testimony"
This round table, moderated by Elizabeth Pelsez (magistrate and general director of the mission of prefiguration of the Museum-memorial of terrorism), brings together Olivier Christen (national anti-terrorist attorney), Denis Peschanski (historian, responsible for the program 13 November), Nicolas Hénin (High Level Consultant) and Claire Josserand Schmidt (Lawyer).
In this video, find a short summary of their discussions and an overview of the issues addressed in this discussion.
"How can we show terrorist violence in a museum journey? »
This round table, moderated by Arthur Dénouvelles (assayist and president of Life for Paris), brings together Cliff Chanin (Director of the 9/11 Museum in New York), Hager Ben Aouissi (President of the Association Children's Way: 14 July 2016Kari Watkins (Director of the National Memorial of Oklahoma City), Lena Fahre (Director of the Centre of 22 July in Oslo) and Mileva Stupar (Director of Heritage at the National Audiovisual Institute).
This video provides an overview of their exchanges and highlights the challenges of portraying terrorist violence in a museum space.