The Polish History Museum invites you to its YouTube channel to watch a debate entitled Ukraine and the Borders of the West.
‘False history is the mistress of false politics’ claimed the classic of Polish historiography Józef Szujski in the 19th century. History, or rather historiographical myths, also reverberate in Russian justifications for the current aggression against Ukraine. The participants in the debate talk about the origins of the myths justifying the current Russian policy and describe the evolution of historical memory in the countries of the Ukraine-Lithuania-Belarus region over the last 30 years.
Participating in the debate are historians and experts on the topic: Prof. Andriy Portnov (European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder)), Prof. Tomasz Stryjek (Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences/Collegium Civitas, Warsaw), Prof. Alvydas Nikžentaitis (Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius) and Prof. Robert Frost (University of Aberdeen). The event is moderated by Prof. Michał Kopczyński from the Polish History Museum.
The debate is available in Polish, Ukrainian and English on the Museum’s YouTube channel and Facebook profile.
PARTICIPANTS’ BIOS
Prof. Andriy Portnov (European University Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder)) is an expert in Ukrainian, Polish and Russian history, specialising, among others, in research on genocide and memory, Ukrainian and Soviet historiography, and the partitions of Poland.
Prof. Tomasz Stryjek (Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences/Collegium Civitas, Warsaw) is an expert in the history of Poland and Ukraine specialising in politics of memory and historical policy and the role they play in international relations.
Prof. Alvydas Nikžentaitis (Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius) is an expert in the history of Lithuania and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth specialising in the study of stereotypes, problems of national identity, as well as collective memory and culture of commemoration.
Prof. Robert Frost (University of Aberdeen) is a researcher of medieval and modern history specialising in the history of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the author of The Oxford History of Poland-Lithuania.
Prof. Michał Kopczyński (University of Warsaw/Polish History Museum) is a researcher of modern history specialising in the history of economy and civilisations and historical demography.
