International Work

The European Reminiscence Network

The European Reminiscence Network was established in 1993 with support from the European Commission, the UK Department of Health and Help The Aged to promote best practice in reminiscence work and to share experience across national frontiers.

Co-ordinated by Pam Schweitzer since its inception, the Network is a partnership organisation with representatives from 16 European countries and many associates in USA, Canada, Latin America, Australia and the Far East.

The partners work together to develop conferences, seminars, festivals and action-research projects. In recent years they have focused on particular areas of reminiscence such as inter-cultural and inter-generational work, reminiscence in dementia care and the role of theatre and visual arts in reminiscence work. [Image above: Inter-generational meeting].

Through the Network, Pam and her international partners have generated a highly practical and interactive approach to reminiscence and oral history with a cross-cultural perspective, celebrating difference and sharing common experience to promote international understanding. [Image: Uhan Shii Theatre Company invited to London from Taiwan]

Current Projects of the Network

Pam also acts as consultant and visiting expert to several other European and international projects including Age-Culture.Net, East-West Older Women’s Network, based in Berlin and the Intergenerational Learning Forum. [Image: Pam lecturing at Dementia conference in Barcelona]

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