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Anton Drobovych, Director of the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, 'How Does Memory Become Poison? An Overview of Political Irresponsibility with Far-Reaching Consequences'
While the politics of memory and the way through which some versions and interpretations of history become prioritised in official political discourses have engaged a broad range of actors in the past, it is in the most traumatic moments of history such as today in Ukraine that they are particularly in flux, with old sites of memory acquiring new layers of meaning and new ones emerging from the sites of war and destruction.
21 July 2023
10:10 AM - 11:10 AM
Online
- Public
- Workshop
- Department of History
Andy Wood, Durham University, 'Landscape and Memory'
While the politics of memory and the way through which some versions and interpretations of history become prioritised in official political discourses have engaged a broad range of actors in the past, it is in the most traumatic moments of history such as today in Ukraine that they are particularly in flux, with old sites of memory acquiring new layers of meaning and new ones emerging from the sites of war and destruction.
21 July 2023
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Online
- Public
- Workshop
- Department of History
Istvan Rev, Director of the Open Society Archives in Budapest, 'The Sequel of a Trumped-Up Past'
While the politics of memory and the way through which some versions and interpretations of history become prioritised in official political discourses have engaged a broad range of actors in the past, it is in the most traumatic moments of history such as today in Ukraine that they are particularly in flux, with old sites of memory acquiring new layers of meaning and new ones emerging from the sites of war and destruction.
22 July 2023
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Online
- Public
- Workshop
- Department of History
'Thinking Collaboratively with Ukraine at the Time of War: Outcomes, Challenges and Future Directions of the Twinning Project with Zaporizhzhia National University
The Durham University Ukrainian Talk series returns with this roundtable, in which our panellists from Zaporizhzhia National University and Durham University discuss the outcomes, challenges and future prospects of collaborating between British and Ukrainian institutions today.
01 December 2023
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Chemistry Building, Arthur Holmes Lecture Theatre (or attend online via registration link above)
- Partnerships & Collaboration
- Public
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences
- Department of History
Histories of Scottish Politics in the Age of Union, c.1700-1945
Join us for two days of stimulating discussion about the place of politics and the meaning of the political in modern Scotland, a period of massive political, constitutional, economic, environmental, religious and social change in Scotland, the UK and the empire. The conference features 40 paper presentations, a keynote on ‘Where did the nineteenth century go?’ and a roundtable on ‘The future of Scottish political history?’. Registration is now open.
23 July 2024 - 24 July 2024
Collingwood College Penthouse Conference Suite, Durham University
- Research event
- Talks, training, seminars & conferences