The way Russia has employed historical references to justify the war against Ukraine has brought conceptions of history once more into the focus of the general public. With these narratives, the Russian state is also addressing Russian speakers beyond its own borders. Still, we know very little about the receiving side of memory politics. In this podcast episode, Félix Krawatzek and Hakob Matevosyan introduce their new research project, which takes a look at how memory is transmitted from one generation to the next in Russian speaking communities abroad. Moving Russia(ns): Intergenerational Transmission of Memories Abroad and at Home, or MoveMeRU for short, is a five year research project funded by the European Research Council under the Horizon Europe framework programme. (Music: “Complete” by Modul is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0-License.)
The way Russia has employed historical references to justify the war against Ukraine has brought conceptions of history once more into the focus of the general public. With these narratives, the Russian state is also addressing Russian speakers beyond its own borders. Still, we know very little about the receiving side of memory politics. In this podcast episode, Félix Krawatzek and Hakob Matevosyan introduce their new research project, which takes a look at how memory is transmitted from one generation to the next in Russian speaking communities abroad. Moving Russia(ns): Intergenerational Transmission of Memories Abroad and at Home, or MoveMeRU for short, is a five year research project funded by the European Research Council under the Horizon Europe framework programme. (Music: “Complete” by Modul is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0-License.)
Speakers:
Félix Krawatzek (ZOiS): https://www.zois-berlin.de/en/about-us/staff/dr-felix-krawatzek
Hakob Matevosyan (ZOiS): https://www.zois-berlin.de/en/about-us/staff/dr-hakob-matevosyan
Johanna Mogwitz (ZOiS): https://www.zois-berlin.de/en/about-us/staff/johanna-mogwitz
Find out more about the MoveMeRU project: https://www.zois-berlin.de/en/research/externally-funded-projects/movemeru
Further reading:
Victory Day 2022: Memory at War, by Travis C. Frederick, ZOiS Spotlight 17/2022, https://www.zois-berlin.de/en/publications/zois-spotlight/victory-day-2022-memory-at-war
Meet the Author | Nina Frieß and Félix Krawatzek, 'States put a lot of time and effort into shaping young people’s values’, 18/10/2022 https://www.zois-berlin.de/en/publications/meet-the-author/states-put-a-lot-of-time-and-effort-into-shaping-young-peoples-values
Constitutional reform of 2020 Russia: Constitutional Reform as Both Safeguard and Risk by Gwendolyn Sasse: https://carnegieeurope.eu/2020/03/11/russia-constitutional-reform-as-both-safeguard-and-risk-pub-81301
Podcast episode with Caroline von Gall, Gwendolyn Sasse and Christian Schaich (in German): https://www.zois-berlin.de/en/podcast-roundtable-osteuropa/die-verfassungsreform-in-russland
This project has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme.