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International conference THE POLITICS OF MEMORY AS A WEAPON: Perspectives on Russia's War against Ukraine (8–10 February 2023, Berlin)

DISCUSSION PANEL
Political approaches to Central and Eastern Europe

Panelists:

Andrei Kolesnikov (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Moscow) / ONLINE
Anna Kwiatkowska (Centre for Eastern Studies, Warsaw / ENRS)
Hans-Christian Petersen (BKGE, Oldenburg)

Moderation: Gemma Pörzgen (Berlin)

The conference aims to examine the mechanisms and methods used in the political and social implementation of historical disinformation, the portrayal of the enemy, and discuss ways in which these can be prevented or mitigated. The latter entails a (self-)critical analysis of political and scholarly dealings with history in various European countries. It also reflects on what happens when warnings from political and academic voices are not taken seriously enough, and on the consequences of the way in which attention has shifted from Russia to Ukraine.

The conference was preceded by a conference in Prague "Memory of the Past and Politics of the Present” on 28–29 November 2022 at the Goethe Institute in Prague. Both conferences are a part of the ENRS content framework “History, Memory, and Russia`s war against the Ukraine”.