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Kar

Társadalomtudományi Kar

Szervezet

TÁTK Nemzetközi és Európai Tanulmányok Tanszék

Kód

NTm34-47

Cím

The present at stake? Contested histories, regional cohesion and conflict in East and Central Europe

Tervezett félév

Tavaszi

ECTS

5

Nyelv

Oktatás célja

The course offers a systematic overview of why history can occupy this seemingly paradox position in the system of international relations and through their analysis of the key historical subjects that were and are present in the region. Thus, it highlights the dynamics of conflict and reconciliation, the ways of integration through politics of memory and the inherent power structures these construct often reflect. Finally, it presents some of the most fascinating developments of the recent year, like de-colonization, Habsburg nostalgia and radical nationalist internationalism through the example of the idea of Central-European reorganization and cooperation. Students are expected to prepare a 1500-2000 word long essay (blogpost) on a topic of their own choice. Working through the class they will understand the significance of history and how history differs from social memory, they will learn the most important historical issues which structured the use of history and also the ways historical narratives can reflect international hierarchies.

Tantárgy tartalma

Vladimir Putin’s aggression against Ukraine was preceded by a long article on Russian and Ukrainian history penned by the president and discussing how Ukraine and Russia were historically a single space. While historians had no hard time to refute its content, the text demonstrates too well how important – literally a matter of life and death – history can be in the relation of states. Putin’s article wasn’t even unique, arguments based on history, action justified by history were and are commonplace in the history of interstate politics of Central and Eastern Europe – and not only there. Although it is often associated with conflict, history as a form of identity In a broad sense shaped the history of the region not always conflictual. What binds these cases is how historical arguments palpably motivate action beyond being cynical justification, despite all claims of the rationality and realism of actors.

Számonkérés és értékelés

Presence and participation in the discussion 25% Research, collection of additional material 25% Finaly essay (blogpost) 50%

Irodalomjegyzék

General reading: cultures-of-history.uni-jena.de - Cultures of History Forum Seminar 1. Politics of history, politics of memory: what is it, how to understand, how it is related to history? Vladimir Putin: On the historical unity of the Russians and Ukrainians Thomas Maissen: ’National History and New Nationalism in the Twenty-First Century Introductory Remarks’. In Niels F. May and Thomas Maissen  (eds.), National History and New Nationalism in the Twenty-First Century A Global Comparison, Routledge 2021, 1–22. Stefan Berger: ’Introduction Historical Writing and Civic Engagement: A Symbiotic Relationship’. In. Stefan Berger (ed.): The Engaged Historian Begrhahn, 2019, 1–33. Christian Oliver: ’France’s Queen for Kiyv has a Lesson for Emanuel Macron’. Politico 26 December 2022. Seminar 2. Historical atttitutdes in East Central Europe: surveys, key historical events and figures Seminar 3. Conflict and history, conflict in history Martin Mevius: ’Defending ‘Historical and Political Interests’: Romanian-Hungarian Historical Disputes and the History of Transylvania’, In Anders Blomqvist, Constantin Iordachi, Balázs Terncsényi (eds.), Hungary and Romania Beyond National Narratives Comparisons and Entanglements, Peter Lang 2013, 569–606. Optional reading Holly Case: Between States. The Transylvanian Question and the European Idea during WWII. Stanford UP, 2009, Chapter 6 and Conclusions Seminar 4. The Holocaust and trauma: traumatization, victimhood and trauma, European memory Timothy Snyder: ’European Mass Killing and European Commemoration’. In Vladimir Tismaneanu, Bogdan Iacob (eds): Remberance, History and Justice. Coming to Terms with Traumatic Pasts in Democratic Societies, CEU Press 2015, 23 – 43. Nadége Ragaru: ’Nationalization through Internationalization. Writing, Remembering, and Commemorating the Holocaust in Macedonia and Bulgaria after 1989’, Südosteuropa 65 (2017), no. 2, pp. 284-315. Analysis: The 'competitive victimhood' behind Poland's Holocaust bill. Lily Galili .January 29, 2018 Analysis: The 'competitive Victimhood' Behind Poland's Holocaust Bill - I24NEWS Seminar 5. Victomhood and oppositions: competitive victimhood, victimization – post Communism Máté Zombory: ’The Anti-Communist Moment: Competitive Victimhood in European Politics’, Revue d’études comparatives Est-Ouest, 51 (2020) 2-3 21–54. Jan-Werner Müller: ’Germany’s Two Processes of “Coming to Terms with the Past” —Failures, After All?’ In Vladimir Tsmaneanu, Bogdan Iacob (eds): Remberance, History and Justice. Coming to Terms with Traumatic Pasts in Democratic Societies, CEU Press 2015, 213–237. Seminar 6. Europe: East and West: oppositions and alignments Stefan Berger: ’National Historical Master Narratives and War Museums in Contemporary Europe A Comparative Analysis’, in Niels F. May and Thomas Maissen  (eds.), National History and New Nationalism in the Twenty-First Century A Global Comparison, Routledge 2021, 23–43. Pakier, Małgorzata, and Bo Stråth. “Introduction: A European Memory?” In A European Memory: Contested Histories and Politics of Remembrance, edited by Małgorzata Pakier and Bo Stråth, Berghahn Books, 2010, 1–20. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9qd3kh.6. Optional reading Stefan Berger, Anna Cento Bull, Cristian Cercel, David Clarke, Nina Parish, Eleanor Rowley, and Zofa Wóycicka: Memory Cultures of War in European War Museums. In Stefan Berger and Wulf Kansteiner (eds.): Agonistic Memory and the Legacy of 20th Century Wars in Europe. Palgrave 2021, 65 – 114. Seminar 7. Historical reconciliation Katarina Kolozova (ed.): Avenues of Cooperation proceedings (2022) Sabine Rutar: ’The Second World War in Southeastern Europe. Historiographies and Debates’, Südosteuropa 65 (2017)  2, 195-220. Ljiljana Radonić: Commemorating Bleiburg – Croatia’s Struggle with Historical Revisionism. DOI 10.25626/0100 Seminar 8. War and history: Yugoslavia, Ukraine Georgiy Kasianov: Memory Crash. The Politics of History in and around Ukraine 1980s–2010s. CEU Press 2022, Chapter 8. Historical Politics: Beyond Borders. 319–386. Florian Bieber: ’The Past that Never Left? Nationalism, Historiography, and the Yugoslav Wars”. In Niels F. May and Thomas Maissen  (eds.), National History and New Nationalism in the Twenty-First Century A Global Comparison, Routledge 2021, 190–203. Vladimir versus Volodymyr: Conflicting Russian and Ukrainian Application of Rus’ Heritage - Cultures of History Forum (uni-jena.de) Vladimir Putin: On the historical unity of the Russians and Ukrainians Seminar 9. Searching for roots: historical myth Jan Ifversen: ’Myth in the Writing of European History’. In Stefan Berger and Chris Lorenz (eds.): Nationalizing the Past Historians as Nation Builders in Modern Europe, Palgrave 2010, 452–479. Ulf Brunnbauer: ’Side Effects of “Phantom Pains”: How Bulgarian Historical Mythology Derails North Macedonia’s EU Accession’, Comparative Southeast European Studies 2022; 70(4): 722–739 Katia Patin: In Hungary, it’s Cantral Asia to the Rescue www.codastory.com Seminar 10. New paradigms: decolonization Konrad H. Jarausch: ’National Pride versus Critical History’. In Niels F. May and Thomas Maissen (eds.), National History and New Nationalism in the Twenty-First Century A Global Comparison, Routledge 2021, 288–301. Dominqiue Reill: Irrelevant Scapegoat: The Perils of Doing European History in Post-Trump America. Contemporary European History (2023), 32, 27–32 doi: 10.1017/S0960777322000571 Timothy Snyder: The War in Ukraine is a Colonial War. Newyorker Seminar 11. New paradigms: multicultural Austria-Hungary, nostalgia, European history Forum. Habsburg History. German History 31 (2013) 2, 225–238. Paul Miller-Melamed, Claire Morelon: ’What the Hapsburg Empire Got Right?’ New York Times 10 Spetember 2019. Caroline de Gruyter: Habsburg Lessons for an Embattled EU Seminar 12. New paradigms: Eastern Europe’s new history from an IR persepctive? Gábor Egry: ’The Greatest Catastrophe of (Post-)Colonial Central Europe? The 100th years anniversary of Trianon and official politics of memory in Hungary’. Institute of Central Europe Yearbook 18 (2020) 2, 123-142. https://doi.org/10.36874/RIESW.2020.2.6 Klaus Richter: ’Economic Empowerment in Empires and Nation States’, Baltic Worlds 2021/4, 7–13. Xosé M. Nunez Seixas: ’Beyond Nation-Building: European National Histories Seen form the Margins’. hypotheses.org

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