Wilson Center Experts

James Mark


Expertise:
Cold War
;
Democracy
;
Democratic Transition
;
History
;
Communism
;
Declassification
;
Society and Culture
;
Europe
;
Czech Republic
;
Eastern Europe
;
Germany
;
Hungary
;
Slovakia
Affiliation:
Professor of History, University of Exeter, UK

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1989 After 1989: Memory in Transition in Central and Eastern Europe

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The eastern European revolutions of 1989 were a watershed in global history. Despite this, in the two decades since, their meaning has become a source of debate. While they have been promoted as a founding myth for a newly unified Europe, eastern Europeans have repeatedly represented them as a moment of betrayal, martyrdom, liberation, victory, disappointment, loss, colonization, or nostalgia. more

1989 After 1989: Memory in Transition in Central and Eastern Europe

March 14, 2013 // 12:00pm — 1:00pm
The eastern European revolutions of 1989 were a watershed in global history. Despite this, in the two decades since, their meaning has become a source of debate. While they have been promoted as a founding myth for a newly unified Europe, eastern Europeans have repeatedly represented them as a moment of betrayal, martyrdom, liberation, victory, disappointment, loss, colonization, or nostalgia.
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