SESSION 4

4. Politics of Memory and Identity in a Post-Socialist Context


History and National Identity in the Post-Socialist Context (Lecture and Discussion, 14.30–15.50)

Forms of Nationalism in East-Central Europe (Lecture, 16.05–17.25)

Gender and Generation: Enduring Traditions of Exclusion (Lecture and Discussion, 17.40–19.00)


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