Dekodiranje konflikta v Ukrajini
Ko je Rusija februarja napadla Ukrajino, je Hiša evropske zgodovine naročila raziskavo, da bi dobili boljši vpogled v to krizo in da bi lahko obiskovalci bolje razumeli, za kaj pri vsem skupaj gre. Naloga je bila zaupana Kristina Zmejauskaitė, doktorski študentki zgodovine na Univerzi v Dublinu, ki je v tej nedavno končani raziskavi zbrala približno 20 člankov in predavanj na to temo.
S projektom smo želeli obiskovalcem Hiše evropske zgodovine odstreti pogled na vojno, da se lahko seznanijo z zgodovino in vprašanji zgodovinskega spomina, ki so zdaj na kocki.
Zbrano gradivo naj bi predstavljalo različne poglede in naj bi bilo znanstveno zanesljivo, hkrati pa tudi razumljivo širši javnosti. Poleg tega je bilo treba obravnavati specifičen sklop vprašanj: Kako se zgodovina uporablja v aktualnih razmerah? Kdo jo uporablja, za kakšen namen in s kakšnimi rezultati?
Za to raziskavo so bila določena tudi druga merila. Članki in predavanja so morali biti jasno osredotočeni na spomin in zgodovino, razprava pa po možnosti umeščena v vseevropski kontekst. Avtorji so morali biti iz različnih držav, zato so lahko bila besedila napisana v različnih jezikih, so pa morali v njih analizirati razmere in ne podajati osebnih pogledov.
Poleg tega so morali biti dokumenti objavljeni oziroma naloženi v zadnjih petih letih, njihovi viri so morali biti jasno določeni in zanesljivi in vključevati so morali prispevke uveljavljenih zgodovinarjev in akademikov.
Rezultati raziskav so naslednji:
- 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.
Avtorstvo fotografije: Valentin Kundeus prek Adobe Stock – Monument of Independence of Ukraine in front of the Ukrainian flag (Spomenik neodvisnosti Ukrajine pred ukrajinsko zastavo)