Stories

Article: Why Should Museums Workshop Memories of Postsocialist “Transitions”

By Andrei Zavadski In the late 1980s–1990s, radical political, economic, and cultural changes took place across the Soviet and Soviet-affiliated parts of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Following the collapse of state socialism, the newly postsocialist states began to transition towards democracy and implemented a series of neoliberal reforms. Often referred to as “postsocialist transitions,” […]

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Article: “A ‘reunification’ of memories? An analysis of German media’s coverage of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.”

In their article “A ‘reunification’ of memories? An analysis of German media’s coverage of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall,” authors Andrei Zavadski and Anna Litvinenko delve into German media narratives around the 30-year milestone since the fall of the Berlin Wall to understand prevailing attitudes towards ‘reunification.’ Through an exploration

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Workshop on Dialogic Memory: Memories of Transition in Germany

On Saturday, 6th May 2023, we had the honour of hosting a workshop at the Humboldt Labor in the Humboldt Forum in cooperation with an international team from the research group “Reconstituting Publics through Remembering Transitions”. Our workshop titled “Memories of the Transition Period” provided a platform for sharing and understanding diverse experiences of the

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