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Past Meets Present: Navigating the Relevance of History in Today’s Context

Thu, September 12, 1:00 to 2:15pm, Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, Floor: Ground floor, Room 1.13

Session Submission Type: Pre-arranged Panel

Abstract

Mass violence and political repression leave an enduring imprint on individuals, families, and societies, with echoes that may resonate for decades. Sociopsychological legacies and memories can be passed down across generations, their contours seemingly shaped and sometimes distorted by events that follow. The remembrance of mass violence may be impacted by subsequent cycles of violence but also by transitional justice mechanisms. In some instances, the legacies of war leave deep scars that continue to plague generations, while in others, history is glorified, celebrated and passed down from parents to children as nostalgia. The presentations in this panel will discuss four different case studies where the violent or repressive past impacts the present decades later. Lucie Pentakova will focus on the psychosocial legacies of political repression in Czechia, while Amra Zeric will investigate these legacies in relation to the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Subsequently, Maarten van Munster will analyze how a state-led reconciliation initiative shapes post-civil war society in Angola, focusing on public perception, after which Maartje Weerdesteijn will look at the different manifestations of Yugonostalgia across the former Yugoslav region. The presented research relies on a wide array of research methods, encompassing literature reviews, surveys, field research and qualitative interviews.

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