From Peoples Into Nations Writing East European History

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Central Europe Seminar Series with John Connelly, recorded via Zoom Wednesday 4th November 2020.

Experts agree: Eastern Europe is not a region characterized by "ancient hatreds." But what is it then? I say it's a place in the shadow of empires where people possess particular disturbing knowledge: that in the course of history, nations come and go. Some disappear. Nationalism – human efforts to maintain the coherence of a nation and its culture – appears therefore not as good or evil but as necessity. The question is : how do people from places without this acute knowledge of history's destructive energies write East Europe's history?

This event was organised by the SSEES Central Europe Seminar Series, in collaboration with 'Rethinking Modern Europe' seminar, Institute of Historical Research.

Please note only the talk was recorded and not the Q&A that proceeded it.

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