THE FORGERS AND OTHER STORIES | Debate around Roger Moorhouse's book "The Forgers"

They did not care for fame, social media posts or likes. At the most horrific time, they quietly did their part: kindness and righteousness needed no publicity – in fact, such things had to be carefully hidden from the evil lurking all around. This is why today we need the painstaking efforts of the researchers who look through dusty…


‘Remembering the Neoliberal Turn: Economic Change and Collective Memory in Eastern Europe after 1989’

How are the post-1989 economic reforms remembered today in Central and Eastern Europe? How do these memories differ and to what extent do they contribute to the current political climate? How do they affect our current understanding of the post-1989 period, and what counter-memories have they triggered?  All these questions will serve as a starting…


13th Genealogies of Memory. Pandemics, famines and industrial disasters of the 20th and 21st centuries

How individuals cope with the memory of traumatic large-scale events (such as wars, famines, pandemics, natural or industrial disasters) has long been of great interest to social sciences such as psychology, psychotraumatology or sociology. But how are the memory and reality of dramatic past events experienced and worked through at a collective level. Why do…


Conference commemorating the 80th anniversary of the United Nations War Crimes Commission

Conference commemorating the 80th anniversary of the United Nations War Crimes Commission. 20 October 2023 marks the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the United Nations War Crimes Commission, which was the first international organisation created by the Allied governments to collect and assess evidence of crimes committed during the Second World War, to advise…


History, Heritage, Memory and beyond – fuzzy boundaries or productive synergies?

We invited you to the event “History, Heritage, Memory and beyond – fuzzy boundaries or productive synergies?”. This workshop will discuss the challenges and opportunities inherent to the interdisciplinary fields of Memory Studies, (Critical) Heritage Studies, (Public) History, and beyond. What problems are created by the often “fuzzy” boundaries between these fields, and what productive…


Against the Holocaust: Jewish Resistance. Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and examples from the Vilnius region

We invite you to the webinar “Against the Holocaust: Jewish Resistance. Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and examples from the Vilnius region”. The webinar dedicated to Jewish resistance to the Holocaust as exemplified by the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and various forms of Jewish resistance in the Vilnius region (Lithuania) will be held online on 29 March 2023,…


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