Explore the intricate tapestry of memory and heritage in Eastern Europe with this compelling collection of scholarly articles. From the politicization of historical events in post-communist Hungary to the dynamics of urban cultural policy in Polish cities, these essays offer diverse perspectives on commemorating pivotal moments and figures.

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Kinga Anna Gajda is an Associate Professor and a head at the Institute of European Studies, Jagiellonian University. She is a professor of cultural studies, and holds a doctorate in literary studies. Her research interests include memory and heritage, with a particular focus on Eastern Europe in the post-communist era, including nuclear memory, and intercultural competencies.

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Kinga Anna Gajda: Introduction - Miros aw Natanek: European Values after 30 Years of Poland's Membership to the Council of Europe: Protecting the Rights of National and Ethnic Minorities in Europe as an Example of Europe's Common Heritage - Jan Kv tina: Instrumentalisation of Democracy in Central European Interwar Authoritarian Discourse: The Case of Czechoslovakia - Kinga Anna Gajda & Piotr Michäowski: Eastern Europe's Colonial Heritage: Beyond Western Perspectives and Russia's Imperial Aspirations - Kinga Anna Gajda, & Michä Kury owicz: Enduring Wounds: Exploring the Legacy of Russian Labor Camps and the Strained Ukrainian- Russian Relationship in Post- Soviet Eastern Europe - Michä Kury owicz: Between Canon and Archive: The Memory of Communism in the Recollections of Polish Mountaineers - Francesco Trupia: Whose Heroes? The Paradox of Non- Commemoration of the Interwar Period in Bulgaria and Ukraine - Andrea Schmidt: The Past Living with Us, the Politicization of National Holidays (the Changing Memory of 1956) - Jan Bure: The President as the Culprit? Edvard Bene and February 1948 in the Context of History Textbooks - Ladislav Cabada: Symbolic Displacement of Austrian Symbols and Austria in Czech Political and Public Discourse - Petr Körfer: From Regional to National Consciousness: The Wallenstein Festival in Eger/ Cheb - Piotr Michäowski: Times of Change: The (Non- )Commemoration of Heritage Within the Context of Poland after 1945 and the Former German Cities - Case Studies of Wroc aw and Contemporary Museums in Germany Dedicated to the Memory of Migrations - Christoph Meißner: From Diplomacy to Brick and Mortar: The Implementation of the Housing Programme in the Soviet Troop Withdrawal from Germany - Kamil Glinka: Does Urban Governance Really Matter? The Cultural Policy of the
Capital Cities of the Provinces in Poland - Vita Zel e: Discourses about Dismantling the Monument to the Soviet Victory in Riga in the Public Media of Latvia - Krzysztof Köbiä: The Memory of the "cursed eights" in Czech Society: Between Myth and Monumental Event - Agnieszka Gawlas- Zaj czkowska: Holocaust Politics of Memory in Opposition to Testimonies and Research in Poland (2015- 2023) - Tadeusz Kopy : Central European National Heritage: The Hungarian Diaspora in Argentina