(Non)Commemoration of the Heritage in Eastern Europe

Prof. Kinga Anna Gajda, Assistant Professor at the Institute of European Studies, Jagiellonian University. Professor of cultural studies, doctor of literary studies. Research Interests: Memory and Heritage, with a Particular Focus on Eastern Europe in the Post-Communist Era, including Nuclear Memory, and Intercultural Competencies.

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Introduction







Miros³aw Natanek, European Values after 30 Years of Poland’s Membership to the Council of Europe: Protecting the Rights of National and ethnic minorities in Europe as an Example of Europe's Common Heritage







Jan Kvetina, Instrumentalisation of Democracy in Central European Interwar Authoritarian Discourse: The Case of Czechoslovakia







Kinga Anna Gajda, Piotr Micha³owski, Eastern Europe's Colonial Heritage: Beyond Western Perspectives and Russia's Imperial Aspirations







Kinga Anna Gajda, Micha³ Kury³owicz, Enduring Wounds: Exploring the Legacy of Russian Labor Camps and the Strained Ukrainian-Russian Relationship in Post-Soviet Eastern Europe







Micha³ Kury³owicz, Between Canon and Archive: The Memory of Communism in the Recollections of Polish Mountaineers







Francesco Trupia, Whose Heroes? The Paradox of Non-Commemoration of the Interwar Period in Bulgaria and Ukraine







Andrea Schmidt, The Past Living with Us, the Politicization of National Holidays (the Changing Memory of 1956)







Jan Bureš, The President as the Culprit? Edvard Beneš and February 1948 in the Context of History Textbooks







Ladislav Cabada, Symbolic Displacement of Austrian Symbols and Austria in Czech Political and Public Discourse







Petr Körfer, From regional to national consciousness: The Wallenstein Festival in Eger/Cheb







Piotr Micha³owski, Times of Change: The (Non-)Commemoration of Heritage within the Context of Poland after 1945 and the Former German Cities – Case Studies of Wroc³aw and Contemporary Museums in Germany Dedicated to the Memory of Migrations







Christoph Meißner, From Diplomacy to Brick and Mortar. The Implementation of the Housing Programme in the Soviet Troop Withdrawal from Germany







Kamil Glinka, Does Urban Governance Really Matter? The Cultural Policy of the Capital Cities of the Provinces in Poland







Vita Zelèe, Discourses about Dismantling the Monument to the Soviet Victory in Riga in the Public Media of Latvia







Krzysztof KoŸbia³, The Memory of the 'Cursed Eights' in Czech Society: Between Myth and Important Event







Agnieszka Gawlas-Zaj¹czkowska, Holocaust Politics of Memory in Opposition to Testimonies and Research in Poland (2015-2023)







Tadeusz Kopyœ, Eastern European national heritage in the Antipodes. The Hungarian diaspora in Argentina