12 - 13 Nov 2019, Bratislava
Annus Mirabilis. Year 1989 and Slovakia. From a totalitarian regime to democracy
The conference is one of events organised in cooperation with ENRS on the 30th anniversary of the democratic revolutions of 1989.
Venue: Historical Building of the National Council of the Slovak Republic on Župné námestie 12, Bratislava
Programme
12/11/2019 Tuesday
9.00 – 10.30
Opening of the Conference
Moderation: Peter Jašek (Nation´s Memory Institute,
Bratislava)
Keynote lectures
Wolfgang Mueller (University of Vienna):
´The End of our Era is at Hand.´ The East European Revolutions 1989/1990 in Perspective
James Krapfl (McGill University, Montreal): Methodological questions in the Study of the 1989 Revolutions
James Krapfl (McGill University, Montreal): Methodological questions in the Study of the 1989 Revolutions
10.30 – 10.45
Coffee break
10.45 – 12.30
1st Panel: International context of the Revolutions
Michail Prozumenščikov (Russian State Archive of Contemporary History, Moscow): Reaction of the Leadership of the USSR on the Events in Czechoslovakia
Mark Kramer (Harvard University): The Impact of the 1989 Upheavals on the Soviet Union
Aleksandr Cipko (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow): Gorbachev's perestroika spawned "velvet revolutions" in Eastern Europe
Etienne Boisserie (Institute national des langues et civilisations orientales, Paris): Perceptions and analysis of the Revolution in Czechoslovakia in France
Moderation: Beáta Katrebová Blehová (Nation´s Memory Institute, Bratislava)
Mark Kramer (Harvard University): The Impact of the 1989 Upheavals on the Soviet Union
Aleksandr Cipko (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow): Gorbachev's perestroika spawned "velvet revolutions" in Eastern Europe
Etienne Boisserie (Institute national des langues et civilisations orientales, Paris): Perceptions and analysis of the Revolution in Czechoslovakia in France
Moderation: Beáta Katrebová Blehová (Nation´s Memory Institute, Bratislava)
12.30 – 13.30
Break
13.30 – 15.00
2nd Panel: Revolutions in Eastern Block. 1st Block
Maximilian Graf (Austrian Institute of History, Rome):
The „Peaceful Revolution“ in Perspective: Reassessing the Reasons for the Fall of the Berlin Wall and the Dissolution of the German Democratic Republic
Rafał Łatka (Institute of National Remembrance, Warsaw): The Catholic Church in Poland – Key Factor in the Transformation Process?
Áron Máthé (Committee of National Remembrance, Budapest): Pan-European Picnic and the Fall of the Iron Curtain
Philipp Lesiak (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute, Graz): Austria and the Opening of the Iron Curtain
Moderation: Burkhard Olschowsky (Federal Institute for Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe, Oldenburg)
Rafał Łatka (Institute of National Remembrance, Warsaw): The Catholic Church in Poland – Key Factor in the Transformation Process?
Áron Máthé (Committee of National Remembrance, Budapest): Pan-European Picnic and the Fall of the Iron Curtain
Philipp Lesiak (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute, Graz): Austria and the Opening of the Iron Curtain
Moderation: Burkhard Olschowsky (Federal Institute for Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe, Oldenburg)
15.00 – 15.15
Coffee break
13.30 – 15.00
2nd Panel: Revolutions in Eastern Block. 2nd Block
Mirosław Szumiło (Institute of National Remembrance, Marie Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin):
Polish Union Workers Party in the Face of political Transformation in Poland in 1989
Florin Abraham (National University of political Science, Bucharest): Romanian Revolution of December 1989: from the historical Event to the topic of political Mythology
Leo Janson (World Energy Council, Riga): An Industrial Element in Resistance to the Soviet Regime: A unique Case of the Riga Metro Project in late 80s
Aleksandar Jakir (University Split): Can we actually speak of a „Democratic Revolution“ in 1989 in Case of Croatia?
Moderation: Maximilian Graf (Austrian Institute of History, Rome)
Florin Abraham (National University of political Science, Bucharest): Romanian Revolution of December 1989: from the historical Event to the topic of political Mythology
Leo Janson (World Energy Council, Riga): An Industrial Element in Resistance to the Soviet Regime: A unique Case of the Riga Metro Project in late 80s
Aleksandar Jakir (University Split): Can we actually speak of a „Democratic Revolution“ in 1989 in Case of Croatia?
Moderation: Maximilian Graf (Austrian Institute of History, Rome)
17.30 – 19.00
Round Table
Guests: Ivan Bába (Hungary), Łukasz Kamiński (Poland), Richard Cummings (USA)
Moderation: Pavol Demeš
Moderation: Pavol Demeš
13/11/2019 Wednesday
9.00 – 11.00
3rd Panel: The Velvet Revolution and Slovakia (Czechoslovakia). 1st Block
Viktor Nikitin (Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow): Czechoslovak-Soviet Relations. From perestrojka to the dissolution of the Soviet Union (1986-1991)
Jan Kalous (Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, Prague): „Stake in the fence“. Miloš Jakeš and his idea of perestrojka in Czechoslovakia
Paweł Fiktus (University Wroclaw, Higher School of Law, Wroclaw): The Velvet Revolution from the Polish perspective
Martin Mocko (Historian, Bratislava): The Revolution in the Communist Party of Slovakia
Ondrej Podolec (Nation´s Memory Institute, Bratislava): The End of Political Repression: Changes in Criminal Law after November 1989
Moderation: Martin Homza (Comenius University, Bratislava)
Jan Kalous (Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, Prague): „Stake in the fence“. Miloš Jakeš and his idea of perestrojka in Czechoslovakia
Paweł Fiktus (University Wroclaw, Higher School of Law, Wroclaw): The Velvet Revolution from the Polish perspective
Martin Mocko (Historian, Bratislava): The Revolution in the Communist Party of Slovakia
Ondrej Podolec (Nation´s Memory Institute, Bratislava): The End of Political Repression: Changes in Criminal Law after November 1989
Moderation: Martin Homza (Comenius University, Bratislava)
11.00 – 11.15
Coffee break
11:15-13:15
3rd Panel: The Velvet Revolution and Slovakia (Czechoslovakia). 2nd Block
Tomáš Vilímek (Institute of Contemporary History, Prague):
Awakened society? The transformation of the social atmosphere in Czechoslovakia in the late 1980s
Josef Halla (Historian, Prague): Attempts to formulate political attitudes in the Czechoslovak dissent in 1987-1989 and how to apply these ideas and their actors after November 1989
Róbert Letz (Comenius University, Bratislava): The role of the Christian dissent in the fall of the communist regime in 1989
Martin Homza (Comenius University, Bratislava): Students of Comenius University before the 16 November 1989 on the example of the Faculty of Arts
Beáta Katrebová Blehová (Nation´s Memory Institute, Bratislava): Annus mirabilis 1989 and the Slovak political exile
Moderation: Ondrej Podolec (Nation´s Memory Institute, Bratislava)
Josef Halla (Historian, Prague): Attempts to formulate political attitudes in the Czechoslovak dissent in 1987-1989 and how to apply these ideas and their actors after November 1989
Róbert Letz (Comenius University, Bratislava): The role of the Christian dissent in the fall of the communist regime in 1989
Martin Homza (Comenius University, Bratislava): Students of Comenius University before the 16 November 1989 on the example of the Faculty of Arts
Beáta Katrebová Blehová (Nation´s Memory Institute, Bratislava): Annus mirabilis 1989 and the Slovak political exile
Moderation: Ondrej Podolec (Nation´s Memory Institute, Bratislava)
12.45 – 13.45
Break
13.45 – 15.15
4th Panel: Sources and Remembrance Policy. 1st Block
Oľga Pavlenko (Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow):
1989 in the personal Documents of the Soviet Diplomats and Officials
Zora Machková (National Archives of the Czech Republic, Prague): Year 1989 in the collections of the National Archives of the Czech Republic
Světlana Ptáčníková (Security Services Archive, Prague): From Palach's Week to Lorenc's Shredding. Events of 1989 in the sources of the Security Services Archive
Moderation: Daniela Tvrdoňová (Slovak National Archive, Bratislava)
Zora Machková (National Archives of the Czech Republic, Prague): Year 1989 in the collections of the National Archives of the Czech Republic
Světlana Ptáčníková (Security Services Archive, Prague): From Palach's Week to Lorenc's Shredding. Events of 1989 in the sources of the Security Services Archive
Moderation: Daniela Tvrdoňová (Slovak National Archive, Bratislava)
15.15 – 15.30
Coffee break
15.30 – 17.15
4th Panel: Sources and Remembrance Policy. 2nd Block
Tajana Gerbocová (Slovak National Archive, Bratislava):
Public against Violence fund in the Slovak National Archive
Martin Ceber, Alena Bolfová (State Archive in Banská Bystrica): November 1989 in the archive funds of the State Archive in Banská Bystrica
Margita Bandoľová, Erik Dulovič (State Archive in Košice): Sources to November 1989 in the State Archives in Košice and its departments
Kamil Nedvědický (Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic, Prague): Limits of post-November justice
Moderation: Peter Barta (Slovak National Museum)
Martin Ceber, Alena Bolfová (State Archive in Banská Bystrica): November 1989 in the archive funds of the State Archive in Banská Bystrica
Margita Bandoľová, Erik Dulovič (State Archive in Košice): Sources to November 1989 in the State Archives in Košice and its departments
Kamil Nedvědický (Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic, Prague): Limits of post-November justice
Moderation: Peter Barta (Slovak National Museum)
17.30 – 19.00
Round Table
Guests: Ján Budaj, Ladislav Snopko, Vladimír Ondruš, Juraj Alner
Moderation: Jozef Hajko
Moderation: Jozef Hajko
Partners
Organisers
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Event organised as a part of the 1989. Changes and Challanges framework
