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Europast

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In the EUROPAST Podcast, we explore Europe"s most pressing challenges of public history. We investigate the complex and contested spaces of public memory, memory activism and best practices for engaging the public in a dialogue about the past.EUROPAST is an EU-funded network focused on producing valuable research on public history and building capacities in academic institutions (Grant Agreement No. 101079466). EUROPAST brings together four international academic partners: Vilnius University

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Mini Series: FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM | Episode 3

Europast ·

2025/11/16

Host: Janine Funke Guests: Abigail Scripka, David Jishkariani,Production: Tim Schleinitz In the 3rd episode of the mini-series,, titled “Ethnic Conflicts and Struggles for Freedom,” we turn to Central Asia and the South Caucasus to explore how the legacies of empire, resistance, and identity continue to shape the region today. Abigail Scripka (Central European University & ZZF) guides us through key moments of protest in Kazakhstan — from the 1986 student uprising in Almaty to Bloody January

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Mini Series: FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM | Episode 2: Attempts...

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2025/11/11

In the second episode of the mini series "Fights for Freedom", EUROPAST podcast turns to Poland and the Baltic states in the 1980s to explore how grassroots movements challenged Soviet rule during the final decade of the USSR. Florian Peters, historian of Central and Eastern Europe at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, joins our host, Janine Funke, to discuss the Polish uprising of 1980 and examines how workers, intellectuals, and ordinary citizens mobilised to demand social and political

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51:32

Mini Series: FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM | Episode 1:...

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2025/11/07

In this episode, the first of the mini series "Fights for Freedom", EUROPAST team heads Violeta Davoliūtė and Juliane Fürst join the podcast to introduce a new thematic mini-series on the contested memories of uprisings against Soviet rule in Eastern Europe. They discuss how memory, already a sensitive and contested terrain, has become an increasingly politicised battleground in light of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The conversation highlights how the EUROPAST project navigates these

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Ep. 14: The Battle for Memory: Pluralism vs. Populism...

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2025/10/23

Guest: Jan KubikHosts: Violeta Davoliūtė, Dovilė BudrytėIn this episode of the Europast podcast, hosts Professor Violeta Davoliūtė ((Vilnius University, Lithuanian Institute of History) and Professor Dovilė Budrytė (Vilnius University / Georgia Gwinnett College / Vytautas Magnus University) are joined by renowned political scientist Professor Jan Kubik (Rutgers University) to explore the critical intersection of political populism and the misuse of history. Professor Kubik revisits his influential

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Ep. 13: Reclaiming the Past: Folklore and Local...

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2025/10/07

Guest: Odeta RudlingHost: Violeta DavoliūtėIn this episode of the EUROPAST podcast, Violeta Davoliūtė speaks with historian Odeta Rudling (Lund University) about her research on folklore, tourism, and nation-building in Soviet Lithuania. Rudling’s recent book, Von der nationalen Form zum nationalen Inhalt ("From National Form to National Content", Harrasowitz Verlag, 2023), explores how Soviet policies unintentionally fostered a sense of national identity, leading to the cultural revival that fueled

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Ep. 12: War Unending: A Journey Through Love, Guilt,...

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2025/08/04

Disclaimer. We’re sorry for the less-than-perfect sound in the first minute and a half. Rest assured, the rest of the conversation has our usual clear audio. Thank you for your understanding and for listening!Guest: Rita GabisHost: Violeta DavoliūtėIn this episode of the EUROPAST podcast, Violeta Davoliūtė holds a conversation with author and poet Rita Gabis to mark the tenth anniversary of the publication of her critically acclaimed memoir: A Guest at the Shooters’ Banquet: My Grandfather’s SS

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Ep. 11: Išsaugoti ar griauti? Salomėjos Nėries...

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2025/06/18

[English below]Svečiuose: prof. Dovilė Budrytė, Džiugas SiaurusaitisEpizodo vedėja: prof. Violeta Davoliūtė Pirmajame lietuviškame EUROPAST tinklalaidės epizode projekto vadovė prof. Violeta Davoliūtė kalbina du žinomus Lietuvos žmones – Džiugą Siaurusaitį, aktorių, laidų vedėją, filmų įgarsintoją, ir prof. Dovilę Budrytę, Džordžijos Gvineto koledžo politologę, EUROPAST komandos narę. Dovilę ir Džiugą sieja buvimas bendraklasiais Salomėjos Nėries vidurinėje mokykloje besibaigiant sovietmečiui,

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Ep. 10: Who Owns the Past? Public History Without...

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2025/04/30

Guest: Prof. Thomas CauvinHosts: Prof. Violeta Davoliūtė, Rūta Vyšniauskaitė, Giorgio RuggeriWhat happens when historians step outside the archive and into the world? In this EUROPAST episode, Professor Thomas Cauvin invites us into the evolving world of public history—a way of doing history that is participatory, collaborative, and rooted in the present. We talk about the challenges of teaching public history and the powerful potential of working beyond institutional walls. Thomas Cauvin is a

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Ep. 9: The Power of Participation: Documenting...

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2025/04/07

Guest: Prof. Machteld VenkenHost: Rūta VyšniauskaitėIn this episode, EUROPAST team member Rūta Vyšniauskaitė joins Prof. Machteld Venken to discuss participatory source creation amid Russia‘s war against Ukraine. Prof. Venken is a Professor of Contemporary Transnational History at the Centre for Contemporary and Digital History of the University of Luxembourg and one of the leaders of the project U-CORE, that documents the testimonies of displaced Ukrainians.The podcast conversation delves into the

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Ep. 8: Burying the Past? Germany, Lithuania, War,...

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2025/02/20

Guest: Dr. Corinna Kuhr-Korolev;Host: Prof. Violeta Davoliūtė.In this episode, Prof. Violeta Davoliūtė speaks with Dr. Corinna Kuhr-Korolev, historian and curator at the Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam. Their conversation explores the role of cemeteries as sites of memory and education, focusing on the German War Cemetery in Kaunas.They discuss the challenges and ethical dilemmas of curating exhibitions on such sensitive locations, given their complex and controversial legacies. The

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Bonus Ep.: Historical Perspectives: An Interview with...

Europast ·

2025/01/30

Guest: Prof. Saulius SužiedelisHost: Dr. Indra EkmanisEUROPAST podcast brings you a bonus episode from our colleagues at Baltic Ways, a podcast by the Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies, produced in collaboration with the Baltic Initiative at the Foreign Policy Research Institute.Join Baltic Ways for a discussion with Dr. Saulius Sužiedelis, professor emeritus of history at Millersville University of Pennsylvania and a leading expert on the history of World War II and the Holocaust in

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Ep. 7: Democracy and Memory: Liberal Approaches in...

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2024/11/29

Is the past alive in the present? How have different European countries dealt with their past, and what implications have these approaches had on the state of their societies in the present? How can the recent U.S. elections affect memory regimes and the state of democracy in Central and Eastern Europe? The EUROPAST project lead, Prof. Violeta Davoliūtė, discussed these questions with Michael Bernhard, a professor in democratisation and development at the University of Florida, for the EUROPAST

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Ep. 6: Destigmatizing the Roma: the Most Forgotten...

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2024/11/21

Guest: Agnieška Avin;Hosts: Rūta Vyšniauskaitė, Ignė Rasickaitė.In the 6th episode of the EUROPAST Podcast, project researcher Rūta Vyšniauskaitė sat down with Agnieška Avin, a PhD candidate at the Institute Of Sociology At The Lithuanian Centre For Social Sciences. She is also an activist for Roma integration, working as an educator at the integrative children’s day-care centre “Padėk Pritapti”.The episode focuses on Agnieška's engagement in social sciences and interest in the Roma community in

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Ep. 5: Inconvenient Past: Curating the Unspoken...

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2024/11/21

Guests: Dr. Rasa Antanavičiūtė, Živilė Miežytė.Hosts: Rūta Vyšniauskaitė, Ignė Rasickaitė.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?Hear a conversation about it in in the 5th Episode of the EUROPAST podcast in which project esearchers Rūta Vyšniauskaitė and Ignė Rasickaitė are joined by Rasa Antanavičiūtė and Živilė Miežytė from Vilnius Museum where an exhibition titled

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Ep. 4: Oral History Research on Soviet Repressions:...

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2024/11/21

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

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Ep. 3: Europe, War, Memory. How Is Memory Implicated...

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2024/11/21

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.In the EUROPAST Podcast, we explore Europe's most

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Ep. 2: The Power of Archives and the Aims of Public...

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2024/11/21

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.In the EUROPAST Podcast, we explore Europe's most pressing challenges of public history. It investigates the

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Ep. 1: Introduction

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2024/11/21

Guests: Prof. Violeta Davoliūtė, Prof. Barbara Törnquist-Plewa, Dr. Thomas Cauvin, Dr. Juliane Fürst.Host: Dr. Dora Komnenovic.The EUROPAST Podcast series focuses on Europe's most relevant public history issues. It explores complex and contested spaces of public memory in Europe, different memory laws in various European countries, monuments representing competing interpretations of history and much more.In the pilot episode of the EUROPAST Podcast, hosted by Dr. Dora Komnenovic, the project team

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