An choimhlint san Úcráin a dhíchódú

Tar éis ionradh na Rúise ar an Úcráin i mí Feabhra, choimisiúnaigh Áras Stair na hEorpa (HEH) taighde chun léargas a thabhairt ar an ngéarchéim agus chun cabhrú le lucht féachana HEH tuiscint níos fearr a fháil ar a bhfuil i dtreis san Úcráin. Tá an taighde, a rinne Kristina Zmejauskaitė, mac léinn PhD staire in Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath, curtha i gcrích le déanaí nuair a bailíodh thart ar 20 alt agus léacht.

Ba é aidhm an tionscadail léargas a thabhairt do lucht féachana HEH ar an gcogadh trí thuiscint a fháil ar na saincheisteanna staire agus cuimhne atá i gceist.

Bhí ar na míreanna a bailíodh a bheith il-pheirspictiúil agus fónta go hacadúil, ach fós ar fáil do lucht féachana ginearálta. Ina theannta sin, bhí orthu aghaidh a thabhairt ar shraith shonrach ceisteanna
amhail: Cén úsáid a bhaintear as an stair sa chomhthéacs reatha, cé hiad iad na gníomhaithe, cad lena aghaidh a úsáidtear í agus cad iad na torthaí?

Socraíodh paraiméadair bhreise don taighde. Bhí ar ailt agus léachtaí fócas soiléir a bheith acu ar chuimhne agus ar stair, agus an díospóireacht a dhéanamh i gcomhthéacs uile-Eorpach, más féidir. B’éigean dóibh teacht ó dhaoine a bhí lonnaithe i dtíortha éagsúla agus, dá bhrí sin, d’fhéadfaí iad a scríobh nó a tháirgeadh i dteangacha éagsúla agus b’éigean dóibh a bheith anailíseach seachas a bheith ceartaiseach.

Ina theannta sin, bhí orthu a bheith foilsithe nó a bheith uaslódáilte le cúig bliana anuas, b’éigean dóibh teacht ó fhoinsí a sainaithníodh go soiléir agus a bhí iontaofa agus b’éigean rannchuidithe ó staraithe agus acadóirí bunaithe a bheith san áireamh.

Seo iad torthaí an taighde:

• Presentation ‘The History of Ukraine is Different from the History of Russia’ by Carl Bildt - June 7, 2018.
• Lilia Shevtsova, “Russia’s Ukraine Obsession,” Journal of Democracy 31, no. 1 (2020): 138–47 - January 2020.
• Ivan Kurilla, ‘Nationalizing Russian (War) Memory Since 2014’, PONARS Eurasia - July 6, 2020.
• Anna Chebotarova, ‘Memory and Military Conflict: Politics of History and its Societal Perception in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine’, Euxeinos, Vol. 10, No. 29 / 2020.
• Jade McGlynn, “Moscow Is Using Memory Diplomacy to Export Its Narrative to the World,” Foreign Policy - June 25, 2021.
• Marylia Hushcha, International Institute for Peace, ‘Thirty years on – is there still ‘post-soviet’ space?’ - December 13, 2021.
• PBS News Hour ‘How Russia is trying to control history in bid for geo-political strength’ - December 28, 2021.
• Today Explained, ‘The Real and Imagined History of Ukraine’ with Timothy Snyder - February 25, 2022.
• Marlene Laruelle and Ivan Grek, ‘Decoding Putin’s Speeches: The Three Ideological Lines of Russia’s Military Intervention in Ukraine’ - February 25, 2022.
• Leo Goretti, ‘Putin’s Use and Abuse of History: Back to the 19th Century?’, IAI Istituto Affari Internazionali - March 1, 2022.
• Podcast series ‘Then & Now’ by the UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy. Special two-part episode ‘Ghosts of the Past in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine’ with Benjamin Nathans and Arch Getty - March 2, 2022.
• IARCEE Russian invasion of Ukraine Roundtable (Speakers: Tanya Lokot, Maciej Curpyś, Róisín Healy, Aneta Stępień, Maria Falina. Panel chaired by John Paul Newman) - March 9, 2022.
• The War in Ukraine and Universal Values.’ Public conversation with Serhii Plokhii and Timothy Snyder - March 11, 2022.
• Vladimir Putin and the Weaponization of History.’ Wilson Center NOW, online webinar with Izabella Tabarovsky and Katie Stallard - March 16, 2022.
• Podcast series ‘Then & Now’ episode ‘Understanding Ukraine Past and Present: A Conversation with Jared McBride’ - March 17, 2022. 
• Ukrainian Voices: The War Against a ‘non-existent’ language.’ Lecture by Natalya Kobchenko. Part of a series of lectures organized by the HEPP research group and the Aleksanteri Institute, at the University of Helsinki - April 5, 2022.
• Körber-Stiftung News article ‘War and Memory in the Post-Soviet Space: Weaponization without Limits?’ by Tatiana Zhurzhenko - April 14, 2022.
• Timothy Snyder, ‘The War in Ukraine Is a Colonial War’, The New Yorker - April 28, 2022. Additional: ‘Historian Timothy Snyder: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Is a Colonial War.’ In Democracy Now - May 5, 2022.
• Weaponizing the Past: the Role of Memory Politics in the Russian War in Ukraine.’ Lecture by Alina Mozolevska. Part of a series of lectures organized by the HEPP research group and the Aleksanteri Institute, at the University of Helsinki - April 21, 2022.

Teideal creidiúna na híomhá: Valentin Kundeus trí Adobe Stock ‘Séadchomhartha Neamhspleáchais na hÚcráine os comhair bhratach na hÚcráine’