On 13^th February 2023, Dr. Belavusau and Dr. Sadowski were joined by MELA researcher Dr. Castellanos-Jankiewicz, at the School of Judges of the state of Rio de Janeiro (Escola da Magistratura de Estado do Rio de Janeiro). The three presentations analysed legal regulation of historical memory through the lens of its compatibility with freedom of speech, other fundamental rights, and the issues of transitional justice topical both in Europe and Latin America. Dr. Belavusau presented on “Pros and Cons of the Adopting Memory Laws: The European Judicial Experience on the Colonial and Post-Totalitarian Past”, Dr. Castellanos-Jankiewicz’s presentation addressed “The Resurgence of Amnesties in Latin America: Between Remembrance and Renewal in the Context of the MELA Declaration on Law and Memory”, while Mr. Sadowski presented on “Memory Politics in Brazil: Exploring the Proceedings of the National Commission of Memory with regard to International Judicial Norms”.

A full recording of the well-attended workshop can be found here, with interventions from Prof. André Gustavo Corrêa de Andrade (Judge and Professor at Estacio de Sá Law School), Prof. Ariane Trevisian Fiori (Attorney and Professor at Estacio de Sá Law School) and Prof. Carlos Affonso Souza (Professor at UERJ). A similar presentation was also given at the Public Prosecutors Office of the State of Rio de Janeiro (Procuradoria Geral de Estado do Rio de Janeiro) on the 14th February 2023 – a recording of the presentation with Portuguese translations is available online here.

The link in Estonian: https://arhiiv.err.ee/video/vaata/plekktrumm-maria-malksoo

ROUNDTABLE: The Future of (Using) the Past in International Relations

Moderation:

Jade McGlynn (Middlebury Institute of International Studies) and Bartosz Dziewanowski-Stefańczyk (ENRS / Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences)

Participants:

Kathrin Bachleitner (University of Oxford)

Łukasz Kamiński (Ossoliński National Institute / University of Wroclaw)

Marek Kornat (Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences)

Jie-Hyun Lim (Sogang University / University of Warsaw)

Maria Mälksoo (University of Copenhagen)

Video link: https://www.facebook.com/enrs.eu/videos/1189713915231079

On 10^th June 2022, Dr. Uladzislau Belavusau, Principal Investigator for the Dutch team, was invited to present at the three-day 2022 International Scientific Conference at St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia University (Bulgaria). The theme of which was the “Rule of Law – Between Constitutional Transition and Democratic Backsliding: Central and Eastern European Perspectives.” With this in mind, Dr. Belavusau presented his research on the “Rule of Law and Constitutionalism of Memory Politics in Hungary and Russia” based on a forthcoming chapter entitled “Rule of Law and Constitutionalisation of Memory Politics in Hungary and Russia” in Martin Belov (ed.), Rule of Law in Flux (Forthcoming, Routledge, 2023).

A video recording of the event is available here.

Dr. Aleksandra Gliszczyńska-Grabias, Principal Investigator in the MEMOCRACY team at the Polish Academy of Sciences, was invited to present at an event “Combating Holocaust and Genocide Denial: Protecting Survivors, Preserving Memory, and Promoting Prevention”, organized on 17 July 2022 by the United Nations Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect and Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights.

A video recording of the event is available here.

Dr. Maria Mälksoo’s talk “Who Wants to be a Buffer Zone? Russia’s War against Ukraine and the East European Agency” at the University of Alberta, Kule Institute for Advanced Study Webinar “Russia’s War Against Ukraine and the World”, 17 March 2022.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUMm_SzfK5U