Promise and challenge of European Memory

Pestel, Friedemann; Trimçev, Rieke; Feindt, Gregor; Krawatzek, Félix

doi:10.1080/13507486.2017.1307811

Cited by 8 publications

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“…eastern europe's desire to integrate into, or at the very least seek closer association with, the institutional infrastructure of the eU was paralleled by its desire to elevate regional experiences of World War II to the level of pan-european memory. 42 However, interpretations of the past that were uncontroversial and widely accepted in post-communist europe, particularly the idea that the violence of World War II primarily affected dominant nationalities such as the Poles, Ukrainians or Belarusians rather than the Jews, challenged the narrative of World War II that had been cultivated in the eU, particularly by France and germany. Moreover, in large part because national identity was poorly developed or its expression stunted in many eastern european states, political leaders as well as societies have tended to search for affirmative episodes and interpretations that depict important historical figures and events in a heroic light, while downplaying or whitewashing those that question this script.…”

Section: European Integrationmentioning

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Circulation, Conditions, Claims: Examining the Politics of Historical Memory in Eastern Europe

Krawatzek

Soroka

2021

East European Politics and Societies: and Cultures

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Across Eastern Europe how the past is remembered has become a crucial factor for understanding present-day political developments within and between states. In this introduction, we first present the articles that form part of this special section through a discussion of the various methods used by the authors to demonstrate the potential ways into studying collective memory. We then define the regional characteristics of Eastern Europe’s mnemonic politics and the reasons for their oftentimes conflictual character. Thereafter we consider three thematic arenas that situate the individual contributions to this special section within the wider scholarly debate. First, we examine the institutional and structural conditions that shape the circulation of memory and lead to conflictive constellations of remembering; second, we discuss how different regime types and cultural rules influence the framing of historical episodes, paying attention to supranational integration and the role of technological change; third, we consider the different types of actors that shape the present recall of the past, including political elites, social movements, and society at large. We conclude by identifying several promising avenues for further research.

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Section: European Integrationmentioning

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Circulation, Conditions, Claims: Examining the Politics of Historical Memory in Eastern Europe

Krawatzek

Soroka

2021

East European Politics and Societies: and Cultures

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“…For example, the concept of cosmopolitan memory has become a shared starting point, and oftentimes a normative ideal, for many studies of transnational memory dynamics (e.g., Assmann 2014; Assmann and Conrad 2010). It has also been extended to include ideas about universalizing memory (Pestel et al 2017). But these mnemonic constructs do not translate well to the Russian case.…”

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When the Past Is Not Another Country: The Battlefields of History in Russia

Soroka

Krawatzek

2021

Problems of Post-Communism

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“…Meanwhile, the scope of war narratives has broadened. While the question of their compliance with the Holocaust narrative has to be asked with respect to the prevailing european discussion, 36 these post-Soviet national narratives are predominantly being built around the victimized images of the Warsaw Pact nations that were not part of the Soviet Union proper-in the Baltic states and in Ukraine.…”

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Performing Memory in Conflicting Settings: Russian Immigrants and the Remembrance of World War II in Finland

Davydova-Minguet

2021

East European Politics and Societies: and Cultures

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This article discusses public and mediatized memory politics concerning Word War II in Finland, particularly its transnational dimensions brought about by post-Soviet immigration from the former Soviet Union. Despite the ongoing multiculturalization of Finnish society, where Russian speakers have become the largest immigrant group, Finnish national identity is still constructed around the idea of national independence and its heroic defence. Finnish collective and public memory with its monuments and celebrations concentrates on the sacrifice the nation made for Finnish independence in the wars against the Soviet Union during 1939–1944. In turn, these (re)produce performative membership in the Finnish nation. Likewise, recent Russian memory politics that celebrate Russia’s “great victory” in World War II have become visible in the Finnish public and media space owing to the Immortal Regiment marches held in Helsinki since 2017. This event is embedded within a series of complex connections between Russian speakers, Russian mediascapes, and pro-Russian activists in Finland, and represents an instance of the mediatization of transnational memory politics.

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Promise and challenge of European Memory

Cited by 8 publications

References 12 publications

Circulation, Conditions, Claims: Examining the Politics of Historical Memory in Eastern Europe

Circulation, Conditions, Claims: Examining the Politics of Historical Memory in Eastern Europe

When the Past Is Not Another Country: The Battlefields of History in Russia

Performing Memory in Conflicting Settings: Russian Immigrants and the Remembrance of World War II in Finland

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