Videos

Michal Kopeček since 2003 is head of the history department at the Institute of Contemporary History in Prague. Since 2010, he lectures Czech and Central European history as an assistant professor at the Institute of Czech History at Charles University in Prague.

Listen to his monologue about events which led to overthrowing the communism, his experiences connected to them, and the public awareness of them.

The video was made as a part of the Freedom Express project celebrating the 25th anniversary of the fall of communism in Europe.

Peter Jašek from the Nation's Memory Institute talks about his memories connected with the protests against communism, discusses the Velvet Revolution and what it meant for the citizens of Czechoslovakia.

This video was made as a part of the Freedom Express project celebrating the 25th anniversary of the fall of communism in Europe.

Deputy director of the Institute of History, Research Center for the Humanities at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and member of the Executive Presidium of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. His scholarly interests include European and Hungarian politics, 19th- and 20th-century intellectual history, 19th- and 20th-century European historical writing, the theory and methodology of history and the history of nationalism.

Listen to his monologue about the political events in Hungary which led to overthrowing the communism regime in 1989.

The video was made as a part of the Freedom Express project celebrating the 25th anniversary of the fall of communism in Europe.

Włodzimierz Borodziej is a history professor at the History Department of University of Warsaw. Editor in chief of Polish Diplomatic Documents, published by the Polish Institute of InternationalAffairs. Chairman of Academic Committee of the House of European History in Brussels.

Listen to his statement about the changes in 1989 and what they ment for the central Europe, specifically for Poland.

The video was made as a part of the Freedom Express project celebrating the 25th anniversary of the fall of communism in Europe.

Vasil Kadrinov is the director of the Hannah Arendt Center in Sofia and a former political prisoner of the Bulgarian communist regime. Listen to him talk about his experiences and the history of the communist regime in Bulgaria.

The video was made as a part of the Freedom Express project celebrating the 25th anniversary of the fall of communism in Europe.

Stefan Troebst is Professor of East European Cultural Studies at the University of Leipzig. His fields of research are international and inter-ethnic relations in modern Eastern Europe as well as the comparative cultural history of contemporary Europe. Listen to him explain the differences between the fall of communism in different East and Central European countries.

The video was made as a part of the Freedom Express project celebrating the 25th anniversary of the fall of communism in Europe.

Sandra Vokk is a project coordinator at the Unitas Foundationin Estonia. Her academic background is a blend of cultural studies, anthropology, and governance. She organized an academic research competition as part of the Baltic Sea Region history educational project "Different Nations - Shared Experiences".

Listen to her memories connected to living in Estonia under the control of communist government, and her statement on how and why the awareness of communist history in Central Europe should be spread.

This video was made in connection with the Freedom Express project celebrating the 25th anniversary of the fall of communism in Europe.

Commentary by Piotr Kwiatkowski (University of Social Sciences and Humanities), Katarzyna Kotyńska (Jagiellonian University).

Panel ""Great History" in Collective Memory", conference "New Research on Memory in Eastern Europe (Ukraine and Belarus)".

Warsaw, 10-11 June 2014

Nadya Trach (National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy") presenting the paper "Concept of Chornobyl in Collective Memory (on the example of Ukrainian Prose and Poetry)".

Panel ""Great History" in Collective Memory", conference "New Research on Memory in Eastern Europe (Ukraine and Belarus)".

Warsaw, 10-11 June 2014

Iryna Sklokina's (Karazin Kharkiv National University) presentation entitled "Public History of WWII in Civic Education in Post-Soviet Ukraine".

Panel „Great history in Collective Memory", during the "New Research on Memory in Eastern Europe (Ukraine and Belarus)" conference.

Warsaw, 10-11 June 2014 2014

Commentator: Marcin Niemojewski (University of Warsaw)

Discussion.

The seminar "History, Memory, Politics. New Perspectives from the Baltic Region" seminar took place in May 2014 and was organized by European Network Remembrance and Solidarity as a part of "Genealogies of Memory" project.

Speaker: Heiko Pääbo (University of Tartu) - "Holocaust narrative in Estonian history textbooks"

The presentation is part of the "History, Memory, Politics. New Perspectives from the Baltic Region" seminar, which took place on 14 May 2014 in Warsaw, Poland and was organized by European Network Remembrance and Solidarity as a part of "Genealogies of Memory" project.

Speaker: Felix Ackermann (European Humanities University) - "Repercussions of the Grand Duchy? The public perception of the Ukrainian Crisis in Lithuania and Belarus"

The presentation was part of the "History, Memory, Politics. New Perspectives from the Baltic Region" seminar, which took place on 14 May 2014 in Warsaw, Poland and was organized by European Network Remembrance and Solidarity as a part of "Genealogies of Memory" project.

Introduction: Małgorzata Pakier (Genealogies of Memory). Speaker: Martins Kaprans (University of Tartu): The institutionalization of social memory research in Latvia

The presentation was part of the "History, Memory, Politics. New Perspectives from the Baltic Region" seminar, which took place on 14 May 2014 in Warsaw, Poland and was organized by European Network Remembrance and Solidarity as a part of "Genealogies of Memory" project.

Dušan Kováč (Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia), Siobhán Kattago (Tallin University, Estonia).

Chair: Oldřich Tůma (Institute of Contemporary History, Czech Republic)

Year 2014 marked the round anniversaries of some of the most important turning points in European history: 100th anniversary of the Great World War, 75th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, 25th anniversary of 1989, and last but not least 10th anniversary of the enlargement of the European Union to include former communist bloc countries. Thus, the theme of the European Remembrance Symposium 2014 was: 'Europe between War and Peace 1914-2004. Turning Points in 20th Century European History'.

The goal of European Remembrance Symposium is to exchange experiences and establish methods and forms of cooperation between institutions from different countries. Representatives of European historical institutions are invited to discuss the challenges facing Europe’s idea of culture of remembrance. The meetings are open to all professionals dealing with 20th-century European history.

The workshop was a part of European Remembrance Symposium in Prague on 11 April 2014.

Year 2014 marked the round anniversaries of some of the most important turning points in European history: 100th anniversary of the Great World War, 75th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, 25th anniversary of 1989, and last but not least 10th anniversary of the enlargement of the European Union to include former communist bloc countries. Thus, the theme of the European Remembrance Symposium 2014 was: 'Europe between War and Peace 1914-2004. Turning Points in 20th Century European History'.

The goal of European Remembrance Symposium is to exchange experiences and establish methods and forms of cooperation between institutions from different countries. Representatives of European historical institutions are invited to discuss the challenges facing Europe’s idea of culture of remembrance. The meetings are open to all professionals dealing with 20th-century European history.

A workshop hosted by Imperial War Museum during the European Remembrance Symposium in Prague on 11 April 2014.

Year 2014 marked the round anniversaries of some of the most important turning points in European history: 100th anniversary of the Great World War, 75th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, 25th anniversary of 1989, and last but not least 10th anniversary of the enlargement of the European Union to include former communist bloc countries. Thus, the theme of the European Remembrance Symposium 2014 was: 'Europe between War and Peace 1914-2004. Turning Points in 20th Century European History'

The goal of European Remembrance Symposium is to exchange experiences and establish methods and forms of cooperation between institutions from different countries. Representatives of European historical institutions are invited to discuss the challenges facing Europe’s idea of culture of remembrance. The meetings are open to all professionals dealing with 20th-century European history.