Politics of Memory as the Constitutional Factor of New Identity during the Transition from Authoritarian Regimes

What was the main tool used for promoting the project publications written within its framework. However, visiting lectures in foreign academic centres were an equally important instrument of the dissemination of its results. Thus, Prof. Joanna Marszałek-Kawa, the grant director, promoted the achievements of the project in, among others, the scientific institutions of Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Portugal, Anna Ratke-Majewska, PhD, at the universities in Chile and Portugal, while Patryk Wawrzyński, PhD, in the RSA, Chile, Romania, Iran, and Lithuania.

What was of the key importance for the promotion of the research were also Polish and international scientific conferences in which members of the research team took part. The most important of them are listed below:

13.09.2016: Toruń (Poland) – 2nd PPSY Seminar “The State of Democracy in Poland” [participants: Prof. J. Marszałek-Kawa, A. Ratke-Majewska, PhD, P. Wawrzyński, PhD]

06.09.2016: Toruń (Poland) – 1st PPSY Seminar “Remembrance and Political Transitions” [participants: Prof. J. Marszałek-Kawa, A. Ratke-Majewska, PhD, P. Wawrzyński, PhD]

23-28.07.2016: Poznań (Poland) – 24th IPSA World Congress of Political Science. Speech title: Models of the remembrance policy during democratization: a report from the comparative study [author: P. Wawrzyński, PhD, co-authors: Prof. J. Marszałek-Kawa, A. Ratke-Majewska, PhD]

17.06.2016: Porto (Portugal) – IX Conference Cycle of CEI. Speech title: Politics of memory during democratization: similarities and differences [Prof. J. Marszałek-Kawa, A. Ratke-Majewska, PhD, P. Wawrzyński, PhD]

18-20.05.2016: Toruń (Poland) – 3rd International Asian Congress. Speech title: Polityka pamięci w Polsce w okresie transformacji ustrojowej [Prof. J. Marszałek-Kawa]; Models of Transitional Justice – Theory and Practice [A. Ratke-Majewska, PhD]; General model of transitional remembrance policy: lessons for democratization in Asia [P. Wawrzyński, PhD]

23-26.09.2015: Giardini Naxos (Italy) – IX Pan-European Conference on International Relations „The Worlds of Violence”. Speech title: The role of emotions and commitment in state's remembrance policy [P. Wawrzyński, PhD]

20.11.2014: Toruń (Poland) – International Scientific Conference „Antropologia Narodu”. Speech title: Naród Tęczy czy Naród Mandeli? Nelson Mandela jako heros i spoiwo tożsamości w demokratycznej Południowej Afryce [P. Wawrzyński, PhD]

14-15.11.2014: Durban (South Africa) – II Annual Memory Studies Conference “Memory in Africa”. Speech title: Past, Reconciliation and Forgiveness: transitional politics of memory in South Africa and Poland. A comparative study [P. Wawrzyński, PhD]

03-05.10.2014: Kaunas (Lithuania) – 4th International Congress of Belarusian Studies; Speech title: New Identity during the Democratic Transition. Politics of Memory in the Post-Soviet Area [J. Piechowiak-Lamparska, PhD]

27.06.2014: Toruń (Poland) – International Scientific Conference „Colour Revolutions in the Perspective of Past Decade. Multidimensionality of System Transition in the Post-Soviet Area”. Speech title: Role of Western Players in the Rose Revolution [J. Piechowiak-Lamparska, PhD]

15-16.05.2014: Toruń (Poland) – I Międzynarodowy Kongres Azjatycki; Speech title: Georgia in Transition. Influence of Politics of Memory on Shaping Political System [J. Piechowiak-Lamparska, PhD]

28-29.04.2014: Unieście (Poland) – Nationwide scientific conference POLAND W EUROPIE 1989-2014. 25 LAT PO PRZEMIANACH. Speech title: Rola polityki historycznej w relacjach polsko-gruzińskich [J. Piechowiak-Lamparska, PhD]; Hiszpańskie i chilijskie wzorce w polityce historycznej Polski okresu tranzycji ustrojowej [A. Ratke-Majewska, PhD]

25.04.2014: Lwów (Ukraine) – International Conference „Modern Trends in International Relations: Politics, Economics, Law”; Speech title: Transition on the Post-Soviet Area as a Process. Case of Ukraine and Georgia [J. Piechowiak-Lamparska, PhD]

26.02.2014: Toruń (Poland) – International Kazakh-Polish Seminar „The Main Problems of Post-Soviet Area. Politics – Society – Security”; Speech title: Politics of Memory on the Post-Soviet Area. Cases of Estonia, Georgia and Poland Georgia [J. Piechowiak-Lamparska, PhD]

27-28.06.2013: Łódź (Poland) – Nationwide scientific conference Mity polityczne – wyobrażenia zbiorowe – polityka historyczna – spotkanie VI. Speech title: Nowa tożsamość Gruzinów? Polityka historyczna podczas Rewolucji Róż [J. Piechowiak-Lamparska, PhD]; Pacto del Olvido – hiszpańskie zapomnienie win bez rozliczenia przeszłości jako sposób kreacji świadomości historycznej społeczeństwa [A. Ratke-Majewska, PhD]

16–17.05.2013 Toruń (Poland) – 7th International Scientific Conference „Asia in the 21st Century. Challenges, Dilemmas, Prospects”. Speech title: Politics of Memory as a Part of the Contemporary Political Game in Georgia [J. Piechowiak-Lamparska, PhD]

14–15.05.2013: Luck (Ukraine) – International scientific-practical conference „ІНФОРМАЦІЙНЕ ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯ ТРАНСКОРДОННОГО СПІВРОБІТНИЦТВА УКРАЇНИ” (I International Scientific and Practical Internet Conference “Information for Cross-border Cooperation of Ukraine”). The presentation of deliberations on the shaping of Spain’s image in the 21st century and the influence of the politics of memory of José Luis Rodríguez’s government on the historical awareness of societies. Ukrainian speech title: Транскордонне проникнення явищ і поглядів в рамках створення образу Іспанії в ХХІ столітті. Вплив історичної політики уряду Сапатеро на історичну свідомість суспільства [A. Ratke-Majewska, PhD]

18.04.2013: Toruń (Poland) – 1st International Conference „Pamięć i Polityka Historyczna” entitled Pamięć o walce z totalitaryzmem i zniewoleniem. Między martyrologią a triumfalizmem. Speech title: Przemiany polityki historycznej i pamięci zbiorowej w Hiszpanii [A. Ratke-Majewska, PhD]

12.02.2013: Lviv (Ukraine) – International scientific-practical conference „Міжнародні відносини в умовах ХХІ ст.: сучасна теорія і практика” („International Relations in 21st Century: Modern Theory and Practice”). The presentation of the politics of memory as an element of the state’s foreign policy. Ukrainian speech title: Історична політика як елемент зовнішньої політики держави [A. Ratke-Majewska, PhD]