International Conference: "CONTESTED LEGACIES. Central/Eastern and Southern European competing narratives on authoritarian lieux de memoire"
Kraków, 22-23 June 2023
We would like to cordially invite you to take part in the Conference Contested Legacies. Central/Eastern and Southern European competing narratives on authoritarian lieux de memoire which will be held at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków on 22-23 June 2023.
The aim of the conference is to answer the question of how the “contested” heritage of totalitarian/authoritarian systems is used and often abused in political narratives by populist far-right movements and political parties in Southern and Central-Eastern Europe.
QUESTIONS TO BE DISCUSSED:
- What are past and present societal experiences of totalitarian/authoritarian regimes - Mussolini, Franco, Salazar, Franco, Hitler, Horthy, Tito - in relation to the respective symbolic landscape of contested authoritarian lieux de memoire from a comparative perspective (normative issues)?
- What is the nature of the interplay between “working through the past” and the policy of historical revisionism?
- Can reckoning with the memory of the past affect the legitimacy of far-right groups on the political scene?
DEBATE CONTOUR:
- What is the nature of the coexistence between different, sometimes mutually exclusive, narratives about lieux de memoire in post-totalitarian societies?
- What is behind the negotiation of the meaning of memorial sites by various social entities/groups and claiming the exclusive rights to make use of these lieux de memoire?
- How is the history of contested heritage sites taught at different levels of education/How are they presented in school textbooks?
We invite you to submit the title and abstract of your contribution (in Polish or English) using the form available at the link: https://forms.gle/qeczE56DHnGsedkB8
DEADLINES:
- 30 May 2023: Submission of proposal for registration for the panels
- 5 June 2023: Confirmation of registration
- 22-23 June 2023: Conference sessions
FORMAT: Hybrid session: an on-site seminar combined with online live streaming for international participants.
CONFERENCE FEE: 100 Euro (50 Euro - for PhD students)
For further information please contact Ms Małgorzata Fijał at the following e-mail address: malgorzata.fijal@doctoral.uj.edu.pl
Details in the attachment.