Die Podiumsdiskussion findet am 8. April 2022 um 18:30 Uhr statt.
“MEMOCRACY – The Challenges of Populist Memory Politics and Militant Memory Laws“, ein Verbundprojekt der Akademie für europäischen Menschenrechtsschutz, des Asser Institute in Amsterdam, der Polnischen Wissenschaftsakademie in Warschau und der Universität Kopenhagen zu Erinnerungsgesetzen in Deutschland, Polen, Ungarn, Ukraine, Russland und den baltischen Staaten, hat seine Arbeit aufgenommen. Im Anschluss an den ersten Projektworkshop zur Fallstudie über deutsche Erinnerungsgesetze widmet sich die öffentliche Podiumsdiskussion der Geschichtsverzerrung Putins der jüngsten Vergangenheit:
In his escalating speech of 21 February 2022, three days before the Russian invasion in Ukraine, President Putin made clear: In his view, Ukraine is “an inalienable part of [Russia’s] own history, cultural and spiritual space” that needs to be “de-nazified” which gives Russia the right to subjugate it. This narrative, a complete distortion of historical facts, is central for Putin’s claim that its brutal drive for expansion and restoration of the Soviet Union is politically and morally justified. If the rewriting of history, including by legal means, has been part of many States’ foreign strategy for a long time, the weight given to an official narrative of the past and the effects created have rarely been so huge. The questions arising at this beginning of a new era of international relations are numerous: Which factors have contributed to the fact that such a detachment from historical reality could be formulated and are believed by some today; what does it mean – for Ukraine, its neighbours and beyond – when memory governance is no longer limited to serving ontological security interests but openly pursues expansionist purposes; and what can European States do to preserve not only their past but also their core values and an international order that is based on law?
Gäste:
- Dr. Uladzilau Belavusau
University of Amsterdam, T.M.C. Asser Institute - Dr. Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias
Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Legal Studies - Prof. Dr. Fabian Klose
University of Cologne, Chair for International History and Historical Peace and Conflict Research - Dr. Maria Mälksoo
University of Copenhagen, Centre for Military Studies
Moderation:
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Angelike Nußberger M.A.
University of Cologne, Academy for European Human Rights Protection
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