10th European History Forum - Online internal expert conference

Program draft meeting in Zoom

9:00  Check in

10:00 Welcome note: Ellen Ueberschär, Heinrich Böll Foundation Berlin

10:10 Kick off input: Natalia Baryshnikova, Margarita Maslyukova, Memorial Moscow, Presentation of the project Oskolki

10:20 Four parallel workshops

1. Alternative forms of memorialization
2. (English-Russian with simultaneous translation) Colonialism/post-colonialism and monuments։ How was the symbolic language of colonialism introduced? How did the process of decolonization/decommunization take place in different post-Soviet countries? Can we speak of neo-colonial or post-colonial approach towards monuments in post-Soviet countries?
3. Monuments as means of the national narrative building
4. Who takes responsibility for Soviet and Yugoslav monument heritage?

12:30 Lunch  Break – Possibility of informal communication (Wonder platform)

14:00 4 virtual field trips in parallel (cell phone camera tours of special memorial sites)

15:00 Coming together, reflection on the tours (Wonder platform)

16:00 Back in Zoom: Concluding Plenary - Reports from the working group, discussion - Feedback round and Farewell

Please register for the event.

Information:
Nina Happe
Department Eastern and Sutheastern Europe
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
E-Mail: happe@boell.de
Telefon +49(0)30 285 34 - 384

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