Alina Maria Asavei organized a panel ”The Politics of Vernacular Memories” at the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) 2021 Convention on 5 May 2021 (online): Alina Maria Asavei presented "The Vernacular Memories of the Official Portrait of Nicolae Ceausescu", Caterina Preda presented a paper on “'A time machine that will send you back in communist times': the political role of the private museums in Romania" and Manuela Marin presented a paper on "Communism for Young People: The Illustrated Guide of the Romanian Communism"