Popular memory shared in social networks aids to popularize history and remembrance of the Soviet terror and its victims
Tag Archive for ‘History Politics (Geschichtspolitik)’
صراع الذكريات: إحياء ذكرى الحرب الأهلية في لبنان
Lebanon’s commemorations serve multiple purposes. History and memory in Lebanon are deeply contested and highly politicized.
اختطاف تعليم التاريخ وإنقاذه في لبنان
Abstract: The peace agreement of the 1975-1989 civil war in Lebanon formulated in Ta’if, Saudi Arabia stipulated the unification of history textbooks (section III.F.5) as part of education reform… Read More ›
Remembrance Policy on World War 2 in Japan
The official Japanese remembrance policy on the Second World War can be described with four central characteristics outlined in this article.
Collecting and Dividing Identities in the Age of Brexit
Contemporary populist narratives tend to foreground “othering” to a remarkable degree. Is there a future for “collectivity” in an age of division?
Memória Brasileira do Autoritarismo: Um Novo Rumo
Brazil is going through a politically sensitive time. After two decades of reconciliation projects, Jair Bolsonaro was elected president in 2018.
About Today’s Collective Identity Politics
Monthly Editorial February 2020 | Einführung in den Monat Februar 2020 Abstract: The angelic sculpture on the cover of this editorial leads us directly into the framework of this… Read More ›
How Policy Change Affects Memory Politics
History Politics as kind of siege mentality, when the state sees any criticism of its past as support for the enemy. See e.g. Sandarmokh.