Who dares to research mass graves and historical crimes in Russia? How does civil society act in order to strengthen the freedoms that the state restricts? What happens to museums and universities in Poland or Slovenia when national illiberal governments control the narrative and set limits on what can be told? What is the role of history writing in Germany? In Sweden
The Yury Dmitriev case – state repression and practical work of memory
Sergej Lebedev russian writer, Irina Galkova director, Memorial Museum Society, Moscow. Moderator: Fredrik Löjdquist Stockholm Centre for Eastern European Studies at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs.
The fight for the truth and the present – history writing between responsibility and patriotism
Kristian Gerner professor emeritus history, specialized in Eastern and Central Europe, Lund university, Ingrid Lomfors The Living History Forum, and Paweł Machcewicz head of Muzeum II Wojny Światowej 2008–2017, Gdansk. Moderator: Volker Weichsel editor of ”Osteuropa”.
In a connected evening event in Gothenburg, Swedish and international authors read and discuss the question ”What does literature do with its freedom?”
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