The Omnipresence of Divergent Historical Narratives in Law and Politics

We are pleased to announce that, as a result of our conference Memory Rights and Memory Wrongs (September 11–12, 2024), held in cooperation with the Academy for European Human Rights Protection, blog posts on the debate The Omnipresence of Divergent Historical Narratives in Law and Politics have been published on Verfassungsblog – On Constitutional Matters.

For contributions - also by KFG director Martin Schulze Wessel and Distinguished Fellow Angelika Nußberger -, please see below.

• Milošević, Ana: Rethinking Remembrance, in: Verfassungsblog. On Constitutional Matters (14.02.2025); https://verfassungsblog.de/rethinking-remembrance/ [15.02.2025].
• Zvereva, Vera: Connective and Disjunctive Memory, in: Verfassungsblog. On Constitutional Matters (13.02.2025); https://verfassungsblog.de/connective-and-disjunctive-memory/ [15.02.2025].
• Yasseri, Taha: The Memory Machine, in: Verfassungsblog. On Constitutional Matters (11.02.2025); https://verfassungsblog.de/the-memory-machine/ [15.02.2025].
• Siddi, Marco: The Politics of Forgetting and Foreign Policy, in: Verfassungsblog. On Constitutional Matters (10.02.2025); https://verfassungsblog.de/the-politics-of-forgetting-and-foreign-policy/ [15.02.2025].
• Schulze Wessel, Martin: Memory-driven Foreign Policy, in: Verfassungblog. On Constitutional Matters (07.02.2025); https://verfassungsblog.de/memory-driven-foreign-policy/ [10.02.2025].
• Mälksoo, Maria: The baltic Politics of Post-War Accountability for Russia, in: Verfassungsblog. On Constitutional Matters (05.02.2025);https://verfassungsblog.de/the-baltic-politics-of-post-war-accountability-for-russia/# [10.02.2025].
• Vermeersch, Peter: Remembering Democracy, in: Verfassungsblog. On Constitutional Matters (04.02.2025); https://verfassungsblog.de/belarus-democracy-revolution-memory/ [10.02.2025].
• Pető, Andrea: Four Reasons Why Illiberal Politics Appropriated the Momory of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, in: Verfassungsblog. On Constitutional Matters (03.02.2025); https://verfassungsblog.de/four-reasons-why-illiberal-politics-appropriated-the-memory-of-1956-hungarian-revolution/ [10.02.2025].
• Gliszczyńska-Grabias, Aleksandra: „Competitive Victimhood“ in Poland, in: Verfassungsblog. On Constitutional Matters (31.01.2025); https://verfassungsblog.de/four-reasons-why-illiberal-politics-appropriated-the-memory-of-1956-hungarian-revolution/ [10.02.2025].
• Belavusau, Uladzislau: Memory Laws and Colonial Reckoning in France and the Netherlands, in: Verfassungsblog. On Constitutional Matters (29.01.2025); https://verfassungsblog.de/the-diversity-of-legal-governance-of-memory-in-europe/ [10.02.2025].
• Nekoliak, Andrii et. al.; The Diversity of Legal Governance of Memory in Europe (28.01.2025); https://verfassungsblog.de/the-diversity-of-legal-governance-of-memory-in-europe/ [10.02.2025].
• Nußberger, Angelika/Rhein-Fischer, Paula: Omnipresent Histories, in: Verfassungsblog. On Constitutional Matters (27.01.2025); https://verfassungsblog.de/omnipresent-history/ [10.02.2025].

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