Introduction: Diaspora, Identities, Memories (original) (raw)

Coordinating Board for Cultural Projects, Malta This special issue of the New Review of Information Networking (NRIN) brings together a selection of articles presented at the 1 st International conference The Commonwealth and its People: Diasporas, Identities, Memories, which took place in Valletta on 24-26 June 2015 (http://www. um.edu.mt/events/dim2015). The conference was conceived as an academic forum addressing topics related to the identity of diasporas and the role of memory institutions in documenting and preserving this type of complex heritage. The forum attracted participants from Albania,