Chennai: Indian Institute of Technology-Madras’ Centre for Memory Studies recently hosted virtually Asia’s first International Memory Studies Workshop.

It precedes the official launch of the Indian Network for Memory Studies (INMS), and brought together participants from all over the world, said a press release.

A number of participants acknowledged the academic as well as the deeply existential need to engage with the field of Memory Studies in the current pandemic world where memory, connectivity and empathy emerge as vital human attributes.

The workshop had 108 registered participants. “This international workshop on Memory Studies, the first of its kind in Asia, precedes the official launch of the Indian Network for Memory Studies (INMS), the first national network in the field in Asia under the aegis of the International Memory Studies Association, Amsterdam,” it said.

The launch of the INMS will take place in mid-June 2021 through a virtual event at IIT-Madras.