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Program Announced for the interdisciplinary symposium "Posthistoricity in Central and...

On September 4, the Lithuanian Institute of History is organizing a virtual interdisciplinary symposium titled “Post-Historicity in Central and Eastern Europe.” The event will be held in English.

A link to the symposium will be sent to all registered participants. The registration deadline is August 31; please register here

Programme: 

14:00  Introduction

14:30 – 16:15  Theorising Posthistoricity

  • Zoltan Simon (Lithuanian Institute of History) – The End of History and the End of the World
  • Mykhailo Minakov (Lithuanian Institute of History) – When History Cannot End: Exhaustion, Posthistoire, and the Depletion of Historical Agency
  • Arpad Szakolczai (Cork University) – History Beyond Modernity: Revisiting the Renaissance

16:15 – 16:30 Break

16:30 – 18:30 Current Posthistorical Issues

  • Paul O’Connor (UAE University) – Narratives of Decline and the Contemporary Socio-Historical Imaginary
  • Susann Worschech (European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)) – Post-Transformation and the Civil Sphere: Exploring Ambivalence
  • Laurynas Peluritis (Vilnius University) – Political Problems with Historical Memory
  • Neringa Klumbytė (Lithuanian institute of History) – Russian Army Looting and Robbery in Occupied Territories of Ukraine

18:30 Closing remarks

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