12th Genealogies of Memory Conference
History and Memory in International Relations

26 October 2022
9.15-11.00
WELCOME
Keynote lecture: Georges Mink (College of Europe, Natolin), Geopolitics, History and Memory Games: Jumping from the 20th to the 21st Century
Moderation: Rafał Rogulski (ENRS)

11.00–11.30
Break

11.30–13.45
PANEL: THEORY & METHODOLOGY
Moderation: Ewelina Szpak (ENRS / Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences)
Bartosz Dziewanowski-Stefańczyk (ENRS / Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences), History in Foreign Affairs. Theoretical Approaches and Their Practical Implications
Douglas Becker (University of Southern California), On Statism and Constructivism: Memory Conflicts and Contestations in the Construction of Memory
Itai Apter (University of Haifa), Memory in International Norm-making Forums – International Relations and International Law Perspectives
Bradley Reynolds (University of Helsinki), What’s So Critical about 'Critical Oral History'
Comments: Beata Ociepka (University of Wrocław)

13.45–14.30
Lunch Break

14.30–17.00
PANEL: ACTORS, COMMUNICATION AND NARRATIVES
Moderation: Félix Krawatzek (Centre for East European and International Studies, Berlin)
Krzysztof Wasilewski (Koszalin University of Technology), Cross-border Politics of Memory – Definition, Actors, and Actions
Rafał Rogulski (ENRS), ENRS as an Example of Conducting Politics of Memory
Gábor Danyi (ENRS / OSA-OSUN), Soft Power and Competing Historical Narratives: Radio Free Europe and the Memory of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution
Gruia Bădescu (University of Konstanz), Reshaping Space, Reshaping Memory: International Actors and the Post-war Reconstruction of Cities
Tomasz Cebulski (Jagiellonian University, Polin Travel), Auschwitz as a Subject of Polish and Israeli Politics of Memory
Comments: Zheng Wang (Seton Hall University)

17.00–17.30
Break

17.30–19.45
HERITAGE, MEMORY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Moderation: Annemarie Franke (ENRS)
Jan Rydel (Pedagogical University of Cracow), The Commemoration of KL Gusen and Its Victims as an Issue Fuelling International Controversies
Alena Pfoser (Loughborough University), Memory Diplomacy in Tourism: Navigating Contested Pasts in Russian Post-imperial Tourism
Iuliia Eremenko (University of Warsaw), Memories and World Heritage Status: The Impact of Local Expertise
Vjeran Pavlaković (University of Rijeka), The Muralization of War Memories: Bilateral Relations and Memory Politics in the Yugoslav Successor States
Comments: Christine Sylvester (University of Connecticut)

20.00–22:00 Dinner

27 October 2022
9.30–11.00
Keynote lecture: Beata Ociepka (University of Wrocław), History in International Relations: A Roadmap or Just a Context?
Moderation: Bartosz Dziewanowski-Stefańczyk (ENRS / Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences)

11.00–11.30
Break
11.30–14.00
PANEL: STUDIES ON MEMORY IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: CASES AND APPROACHES
Moderation: Jade McGlynn (Middlebury Institute of International Studies)
Marek Cichocki (College of Europe, Natolin), The Impact of Memory about the End of the Cold War on International Politics after 30 Years
Monika Albrecht (University of Vechta), Postcolonial Memory and Europe-Africa Relations
Paula Rhein-Fischer (University of Cologne), Ahead to the Past: How the Future Will Govern Memory of the Past
Harutyun Marutyan (Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute), How the Holocaust Is Part of Universal Memory While the Armenian Genocide Is Not
Christoph Teubner (Bonn University), A Clash of Memories? The Impact of Memory and History on the Diplomatic Relationships between West Germany and the Arab States Following the Commencement of West German–Israeli Relations in 1965
Comments: Félix Krawatzek (Centre for East European and International Studies, Berlin)

14.00–14.45
Lunch Break

14.45–17.15
PANEL: THE POLITICS OF THE PAST IN POST-SOCIALIST SPACES
Moderation: Vjeran Pavlakovic (University of Rijeka)
Tamar Karaia (Tbilisi State University), Foreign Policy Priorities as a Factor in the Formation of the Memory Policy in Post-Rose Revolution Georgia
Ivo Juurvee (International Centre for Defence and Security), History in IR: The Case of Russia and Estonia
Aijan Sharshenova (OSCE Academy in Bishkek), Zarina Adambussinova (American University of Central Asia in Bishkek), Memory Sites: Post-Soviet Nostalgia in Bishkek and Russian Public Diplomacy
Marat Iliyasov (University of Wisconsin-Madison), The Clash of Collective Memories in Post-war Chechnya
Dimitrije Matić (Institute of Resent History of Serbia), The Role of Russia and the EU in Shaping Serbian Memory of the Second World War (2000–2014)
Comments: Dovile Budryte (Georgia Gwinnett College)

17.15–17.45
Break

17.45–20.00
PANEL: RUSSIA – UKRAINE: MEMORY WARS
Moderation: Burkhard Olschowsky (Federal Institute for Culture and History of the Germans in Eastern Europe)
Tina Peresunko (М. S. Hrushevsky Institute of Ukrainian Archeography and Source Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine), I SING, THEREFORE I AM. How Ukraine Struggled for International Recognition and Independence from Russia 100 Years Ago Through the Means of Cultural Diplomacy
Nadija Honcharenko (Institute for Cultural Research of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine, Kyiv), A Deconstruction of the Soviet Mythology of the Second World War in Ukrainian Memory Policy
Oleksandr Svyetlov (Museum of Soviet Occupation, Kyiv), Weapons of Mass Delusion: Russia´s Anti-Ukrainian Policy in Discourse and Practice
Jade McGlynn (Middlebury Institute of International Studies), Ukrainian and Russian Memory Diplomacy in Wartime: A Comparative Study
Comments: Tomasz Stryjek (Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences)

28 October 2022
9.30–11.00
Keynote lecture: Zheng Wang (Seton Hall University), Historical Memory and Wars: From Ukraine to Taiwan
Moderation: TBA

11.00–11.30
Break

11.30–13.45
PANEL: MEMORY, INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND DISINFORMATION
Moderation: Łukasz Kamiński (Ossoliński National Institute / University of Wrocław)
Eric Langenbacher (Georgetown University, Washington D.C.), German Memory Orthodoxy in the Aftermath of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Paweł Surowiec (University of Sheffield), Philip Arceneaux (Miami University), The Hijacking of Public Diplomacy Issue: Misinformation, Populism, and the International Dispute Over Strategic Narratives of Holocaust Memory
Félix Krawatzek (Centre for East European and International Studies, Berlin), Piotr Goldstein (Centre for East European and International Studies, Berlin), Historical Awareness, Local Legacies, and Attitudes towards Refugees among Young Poles
Ana Stevanović (University of Belgrade), The Misuse of the Culture of Remembrance and Deterioration in International Relations between the Countries of the Western Balkans
Comments: Michał Łuczewski (University of Warsaw)

13.45–14.30
Lunch Break

14.30–16.45
PANEL: TOWARDS AN ETHICS OF POLITICAL COMMEMORATION
Moderation: Zuzanna Bogumił (The Institute for History of Material Culture, Polish Academy of Sciences)
David Wood (Seton Hall University), Commemorating to Transform Conflicts: Rightsizing Justice and Peace
Nour A. Munawar (Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, Qatar), Commemoration Practices and Heritage Re-making in the Middle East
Hans Gutbrod (Ilia State University / Seton Hall University), The Ethics of Political Commemoration as a Paradigm
Timothy William Waters (Indiana University), How Good We Were: Yugoslav War Crimes Trials as Memory
Comments: Małgorzata Pakier (ENRS)

16.45–17.15
Break

17.15–18.45
ROUNDTABLE: The Future of (Using) the Past in International Relations
Moderation: Jade McGlynn (Middlebury Institute of International Studies) and Bartosz Dziewanowski-Stefańczyk (ENRS / Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences)
Kathrin Bachleitner (University of Oxford)
Łukasz Kamiński (Ossoliński National Institute / University of Wroclaw)
Marek Kornat (Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences)
Jie-Hyun Lim (Sogang University / University of Warsaw)
Maria Mälksoo (University of Copenhagen)

18.45–19.00
CLOSING REMARKS
Jade McGlynn (Middlebury Institute of International Studies) and Bartosz Dziewanowski-Stefańczyk (ENRS / Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences)

ORGANIZER:
European Network Remembrance and Solidarity (ENRS)

PARTNERS:
Centre for East European and International Studies, ZOiS, Berlin
Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Seton Hall University
College of Europe, Natolin
Oxford School of Global and Area Studies
Sociology Faculty, University of Warsaw