Specialist conference
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„Remembrance is a therapeutic process. It is the only way to learn.” Along these lines of Joachim Gauck, the first Federal Commissioner for the Stasi Archives, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in Ukraine and Institute of Political Education have been educating young Ukrainian historians, political scientists, journalists and civil society representatives how to remember in order not to forget. In numerous seminars throughout the country, controversial perspectives on the Ukrainian history have been presented and historical documents have been discussed. International speakers have provided an insight into the perception of history in their countries and their methods of coming to terms with the past. Politics of history and politics of remembrance today and their possible configuration in future have been the major point for discussion between the participants.
The international conference “Remembering the Past – Building a Future” is meant to outline the key questions of the previous seminar discussion and to offer a broader view on them. It brings together prominent Ukrainian and international historians, political scientists, journalists and civil society representatives to talk with their next generation representatives.
Working language: English and Ukrainian
Programme Draft
19 May 2010
10:00-10:30
Registration and Coffee
10:00-10:30
Press briefing
10:30-11:00
Opening
Welcoming Words
- Nico Lange, Country Director Ukraine, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
- Andriy Strannikov, Director, Institute of Political Education
- Vladyslav Verstiuk, Deputy director of the Ukrainian National Memory Institute
- Christiane Hullmann, Head of the Department for Legal and Consular Affairs, German Embassy Kyiv
Keynote Speech
Introduction
- Adrian Karatnycky, Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, Founder and Co-Director of the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter Initiative
- Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize winner for the book "Gulag: A History", columnist for the Washington Post and Slate Magazine
Moderation
- Nico Lange, Country Director Ukraine, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
- Ihor Yukhnovsky, Director of the Ukrainian National Memory Institute
- Mykola Riabchuk, Ukrainian author and journalist
- Balázs Jarábik, Country representative to Belarus and Ukraine, Pact, Inc. and Associate Fellow at the European Think Tank for Global Action FRIDE
- Yuriy Shapoval, Professor, Head of Department of Ethno-Political Science, Head of the Centre of Historical Political Science at I.F. Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
▪ Examples of civil resistance: What is their outcome for individuals and for the state?
▪ Recovering from dictatorships, establishing democracies - new values and instruments of rebuilding common identities
13:30-15:00
Lunch
15:00-16:30
Moderation
- Alti Rodal, Founder and Director of the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter Initiative
- Svjatoslav Sheremeta, Secretary in charge of the State Interdepartmental Commission for Perpetuating the Memory of the Victims of War and Political Repression
- Helmuth Frauendorfer, Political education advisor at the Berlin-Hohenschönhausen Memorial
- Ljudmyla Grynevych, Institute of History Of Ukraine, National Academy Of Sciences Of Ukraine, Expert on Ukrainian-Jewish Relations
- Mihai Neamtu, Scientific Director of the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes in Romania (IICCR)
▪ How are societies in transformation dealing with their past?
▪ Who to blame and who to admire? - the validity of friends and foes.
16:30-17:00
Coffee break
17:00-18:30
Moderation
- Andriy Strannikov, Director, Institute of Political Education
- Volodymyr Serhiychuk, Professor of history at the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv
- Vladyslav Grynevych, Senior Research Associate, Department of Theory and History of Political Science, I.F. Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Fulbright-Kennan Scholar
- Myroslav Marynovych, Vice Rector for University Mission of the Ukrainian Catholic University and the President of UCU’s Institute of Religion and Society, Founding member of the Ukrainian Helsinki Group and Ukrainian Association of Amnesty International
- Adrian Karatnycky, Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, Founder and Co-Director of the Ukrainian-Jewish Encounter Initiative
▪ Do we forgive and forget when we remember?
▪ Can we formulate a common European narrative respecting different European memories?
18:30
Cocktail
