Historical Memory and Contentious Politics in Slovakia: Whose Story?

• In Event: Situating Slovak Society and Politics in Time and Space

Abstract

This paper examines recent memory wars played out in Slovak politics. Such conflicts need not engage with critical historical junctures, but at times focus more minutely on “lessons learned” and conflicting interpretations of momentary conflicts. Do these fall under the meaning of history memory?

Author

• Carol Skalnik Leff, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign