2 Days International Workshop
15-16 January 2020
Centre for Baltic and East European Studies
Södertörn University
Sweden
Programme
Day 1 – 15 January 2020. CBEES, room MA796
13:30-14:00 Presentation round
14:00-14:25 Presentation of the project “Memory Politics in Far Right Europe”
Panel 1: Grievable Bodies: Commemorating Yesterday’s and Today’s Martyrs
Chair: Andrej Kotljarchuk, Södertörn University
Discussants: Steffen Werther, Södertörn University & Justine Smalkyté, Sciences Po
14:25-15:10 Sophie Schmalenberger, Arhus University: The AfD as Memory Alternative for Germany: The Chemnitz Case
Panel 2: Constructing Victimhood: Decontextualizing and Faking History
Chair: Madeleine Hurd, Södertörn University
Discussant: Francesco Zavatti, Södertörn University & Ilana Hartikainen, University of Helsinki
15:10-15:55 Vanessa Tautter; University of Brighton: Dis-|Composure: Far-Right Claims to Historical Victimhood
15:55-16:15 Pause (Coffee & Cakes)
16:15-17:00 Marta Simó, Autonomous University of Barcelona: The Blue Division still present in Today’s Far Right Memory in Spain
17:00-17:45 Round-up Discussion
Day 2 – 16 January 2020. CBEES, room MA796
Panel 3: Mainstream Revisionism and the Online Far Right
Chair: Francesco Zavatti, Södertörn University
Discussant: Andrej Kotljarchuk, Södertörn University & Vanessa Tautter; University of Brighton
09:30-10:15 Michael Cole, University of Tartu: Far-Right Influence on Ukrainian World War Two Narratives
10:15-11:00 Justine Smalkyté, Sciences Po: Politics of Selective Remembering in Post-1990 Lithuania: a Case Study of Postfascist “Pro Patria” Mnemonic Discourse
11:00-11:10 Coffee & Cakes
Panel 4: Far Right Identities: from Analogical to Digital
Chair: Steffen Werther, Södertörn University
Discussant: Madeleine Hurd, Södertörn University & Steffen Werther, Södertörn University
11:10-11:55 Ilana Hartikainen, University of Helsinki: Wait, who were the collaborators? Analyzing the discourse of the Czech far-right
11:55-12:40 Final Discussion (Closed session – only for presenters)
Working language: English.
Participation: Limited seats available, registration is mandatory.
Please register on the forms available in the Calendar section on www.sh.se
Workshop financed and supported by the Centre for Baltic and East European Studies at Södertörn University, and organized within the activities of project Memory Politics in Far-Right Europe: Celebrating Nazi Collaborationists in Post-1989 Belarus, Romania, Flanders and Denmark (Department of Historical Studies, Södertörn University, financed by the Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies).
Organizer: Francesco Zavatti (contact: francesco.zavatti@sh.se).
