History and Historians in the Post-Truth Era. Fourth Conference in Memory of Arseny Roginsky. Day 2

The Fourth Conference in Memory of Arseny Roginsky "History and Historians
in the Post-Truth Era: Monopoly, Polyphony, Cacophony?" will be held on April 12-13, 2024 in Berlin. Program and details at 30marta.memo.ngo.
In a situation of authoritarian control over the past, a propaganda version of history, stylized as scientific research and supported by the authority of the state or another powerful propaganda machine, can overpower any serious research and expert analysis. What should a researcher and expert do in the situation of "post-truth" and overproduction of historical knowledge?
Highlights of the second day of the Readings, April 13:
10:00 - 13:00 CET
Panel 4: History Written to Order... Historians to Arms! Mobilizing History and Historians
Sevil Huseynova (Germany) Common Historical Myths before and after the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
Iryna Ramanava (Belarus) The Genocide of the Belarusian People: A Useful Concept for the Regime
Kseniia Kuzina (Ukraine/France) Occupied Education: Textbooks on the History of the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic"
14:00-17:00 CET
Panel 5: The Historian in the Context of Polyphony and the Competition of Memories
Nicolas Offenstadt (France) Histories and memories of the GDR: Historiographical debates and political tensions
Tetiana Pastushenko (Ukraine/Germany) Ukrainian Historians amidst the War: Current Problems and Challenges
At 17:20 we shall continue with a round table “Means and forms of resistance: On the (im)possibility of independent public history in contemporary Russia”
Organized by:
Zukunft Memorial e.V. and International Memorial Association with the support of the Federal Foundation for Research on the Communist Dictatorship of the SED (Die Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur), the NADAV Foundation, and the Gerda Henkel Foundation