Bringing together the work of social scientists and historians, this book explores the politics of memory in Ukraine and Poland, presenting studies of the creation of memory in education, mass media and on a local level, and considering the implications of changing national historical cultures for relations between the states.
Bringing together the work of sociologists, historians, and political scientists, this book explores the increasing importance of the politics of memory in central and eastern European states since the end of communism, with a particular focus on relations between Ukraine and Poland. Through studies of the representation of the past and the creation of memory in education, mass media, and on a local level, it examines the responses of Polish and Ukrainian authorities and public institutions to questions surrounding historical issues between the two nations. At a time of growing renationalization in domestic politics in the region, brought about by challenges connected with migration and fear of Russian military activity, this volume asks whether international cooperation and the stability of democracy are under threat. An exploration of the changes in national historical culture, The Politics of Memory in Poland and Ukraine will appeal to scholars with interests in memory studies, national identity, and the implications of memory-making for contemporary relations between states.
Introduction: how historical cultures change and how we can study this
Part I: Past roots and contemporary manifestations of differences in the
historical cultures of Poland and Ukraine
1. Polish-Ukrainian historical
controversies: an overview
2. Politics of memory in Ukrainian-Polish
relations: Polands hyper-activeness and Ukraines reactiveness
3. Towards an
intellectual genealogy of the conservative turn in contemporary Poland: the
case of Arcana magazine
4. Contemporary social actors of memory, vis-a-vis
the 193947 Polish-Ukrainian conflict: typology and interactions Part II:
State historical education: goals, values, content, performers, and
mechanisms
5. What history? What homeland? The nationalization of history in
the school education before the breakthroughs in 201415 and after
6.
Scholar, organizer, witness, and more: multiple roles of history teachers in
contemporary Ukraine
7. Nation-building and school history lessons in Ukraine
after 2014
8. Culture of peace in development and regression: Ukrainian
culture in Polish culture in the twentieth century and today
9. Opponents in
battle, allies in suffering: a dualistic picture of Poland and Poles in
Ukrainian history textbooks Part III: Media as a creator and a transmitter of
representations of the past
10. History and the media: historical discourse
in the Polish media on the 100th anniversary of Polands independence
11.
Historical references in Ukrainian media Part IV: History, collective memory,
and social actors in the local communities
12. Memory capital in a local
community: the Wchock case study
13. The Chyhyryn remembrance node Afterword
Tomasz Stryjek is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Research on Eastern Europe's History and Memory at the Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland.
Joanna Konieczna-Saamatin is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Sociology at the University of Warsaw, Poland.
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