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Panel discussion: Glue or solvent? Memory politics and the future of Europe How are historical narratives instrumentalized in the post-Soviet region?

The panel discussion following on Alexis Miller’s presentation was titled "Glue or solvent? Memory politics and the future of Europe". Facilitated by Jochen Hellbeck, Rutgers University, it opened up a geographically differentiated perspective, not only implicitly questioning Miller’s East-West categorisation.

The concluding panel referred to various topics highlighted by the conference and linked theory to everyday practice. Florian Kührer-Wielach put forward a provocative introductory thesis: Western…

Alexei Miller’s introductory keynote titled "Memory politics and memory wars in post-communist Europe and their impact on European memory culture" contained provocative elements. His main focus was…

This conference has the claim to offer countries of Central and Eastern Europe a chance to discuss recent history and to create room for the perspective of a common European remembrance.

In numerous European societies, the landscape of remembrance is shaped by causes of flight, ethnic cleansing, expulsion, forced resettlement, deportation and forms of forced migration. This workshop…

In his opening presentation Steven Stegers set out the activities of the European Association of History Educators that relate to Eastern Europe. Stegers emphasised the inherent connectedness of…

The opening session sketched out a number of questions, tasks and theses the conference "Mapping Memories of Post-1989 Europe" would deal with. In their conversation, Heidemarie Uhl, Austrian Academy…