Dark events are organised events linked to death, disaster and suffering, and this
conceptual study provides a new framework that can be used in their analysis. The …

ABSTRACT Central and Eastern European (CEE) public has the lowest level of political trust
in the EU, is sceptical about democracy, is more open to welfarism, but not to gender …

At the end of the Cold War, the geopolitical struggle for the shaping of reunified Europe, the
rise of populism, and the reemergence of neo-nationalism on both sides of the old Iron …

Over the past few years, scholars from a broad range of disciplines have started to explore
the role that emotions play in the collective memory of social movements. Against this …

A considerable number of Eastern European migrant authors of Jewish origin are currently
lifting Holocaust memory to a new level. Writing in German about events taking place in …

This introduction to the issue establishes the overlapping theoretical and historical context
for the contributions to follow, including the enduring ideological separation of Holocaust …

Post-1991 attempts to integrate the Russian-speaking population in Estonia failed to
address a significant identity aspect: their collective memory. The application of the …

The book about competing memories in European border towns is attached to three lively
fields of research: borderland, urban, and memory studies. Immediate and complex relations …

Post-communist countries' processes on their way to the European Union (EU) have
extensively proceeded simultaneously with their transition from communism to democracy …

In the aftermath of the Second World War, a number of Polish concentration camp survivors
came to Sweden as part of a rescue action. The Polish Research Institution (PIZ), collecting …