The EUROPAST podcasts focus on complicated spaces of public memory, including the Museum of Occupation and Humboldt Forum, varying memory laws between East and West and monuments characterised by competing histories.
The EUROPAST podcasts focus on complicated spaces of public memory, including the Museum of Occupation and Humboldt Forum, varying memory laws between East and West and monuments characterised by competing histories.
Guests: Dr. Rasa Antanavičiūtė, Živilė Miežytė.
Hosts: Rūta Vyšniauskaitė, Ignė Rasickaitė.
In the fifth episode of the EUROPAST Podcast, project researchers Rūta Vyšniauskaitė and Ignė Rasickaitė sat down with Rasa Antanavičiūtė and Živilė Miežytė, the curators of Vilnius Musem, where an exhibition "Inconvenient Vilnius" takes place. How does one curate an exhibition on the unspoken stories of marginalized people, and why is it important to highlight the beliefs that make life in the city inconvenient?
Guest: Prof. Emilia Koustova.
Host: Prof. Violeta Davoliūtė.
In the fourth episode of the EUROPAST Podcast, Professor Violeta Davoliūtė talks with Emilia Koustova from the University of Strasbourg about the European Gulag Memories project and her experience learning about and researching Soviet repressions in Eastern Europe. What is the state of oral history research into Soviet repressions and the Gulag system? How can oral history help change our understanding about Central and Eastern Europe? What is the state of the relations between Russian scholars and scholars in the West?
Guest: Prof. Maria Mälksoo.
Host: Dr. Viktorija Rimaitė-Beržiūnienė.
In the third episode of EUROPAST Podcast, Viktorija Rimaitė-Beržiūnienė talks with Professor Maria Mälksoo from the University of Copenhagen about the intersection of war and memory. Why is memory so important for politics today? What is the autobiography of a state? How does it relate to practices of public history? These are the questions that will be answered in the podcast.
Guest: Prof. Jonathan Brent.
Host: Prof. Violeta Davoliūtė.
In the second episode of the EUROPAST Podcast, Violeta Davoliūtė talks with Jonathan Brent, CEO and executive director of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. They cover the relevance of the past to the present, ideologies of hate and hope in public history, and the critical role of archives in the historiography of the Cold War.
Guests: Prof. Violeta Davoliūtė, Prof. Barbara Törnquist-Plewa, Dr. Thomas Cauvin, Dr. Juliane Fürst.
Host: Dr. Dora Komnenovic.
In the pilot episode of the EUROPAST Podcast, hosted by Dr. Dora Komnenovic, the EUROPAST project team introduces itself and the project. Prof. Violeta Davoliūtė, Prof. Barbara Törnquist-Plewa, Dr. Thomas Cauvin, and Dr. Juliane Fürst discuss the creation of the research consortium, the preparation of the project proposal, the main goals of EUROPAST, and its plans for the future. Tune in and listen to a lively virtual coffee talk!
