Narratives of Power“Memory Politics in Russia, Germany, and the Contemporary World” (Potsdam; October 28th, 2025) |
Date: Tuesday October 28, 2025
Time: 09:30-16:30
Venue: ICD Academy for Cultural Diplomacy, August-Bebel-Str. 68, 14482 Potsdam, Germany
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Programme:
09:00–09:30 – Registration & coffee
09:30–11:00 – Discussion 1: Russian Memory Politics – A Precedent for Authoritarian Regimes Globally
Opening words: Mark Donfried (ICD Academy for Cultural Diplomacy) & Erkki Tuomioja (Historians without Borders, Finland)
Speakers:
– Félix Krawatzek (Centre for East European and International Studies, ZOiS, Berlin)
– Alexej Uvarov (Ruhr University Bochum)
– Maria Domaska (Centre for Eastern Studies, OSW, Warsaw)
Moderator: Angelina Davydova (Institute for Global Reconstitution, Berlin)
11:00–11:30 – Coffee break & light snack
11:30–13:00 – Discussion 2: Vergangenheitsbewältigung as a Global Challenge
Speakers:
– Christoph Classen (Leibniz-Centre for Contemporary History, Potsdam)
– Henning Melber (Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala)
– Antoon de Baets (University of Groningen)
Moderator: Natasha Konradova (Memorial – Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2022)
13:00–14:00 – Lunch
14:00–15:30 – Discussion 3: Historians without Borders
Speakers:
– Erkki Tuomioja (Historians without Borders, Finland)
– Jan C. Behrends (Leibniz-Centre for Contemporary History, Potsdam)
15:30–16:30 – Coffee reception
