The Politics of (Non) Memory (Communist and post-Communist Monuments in Bulgaria)
Tuesday, November 1st, 2016
| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday, November 1, 2016 | 2:00PM - 4:00PM | Seminar Room 208N, 1 Devonshire Place |
Description
The presentation is a survey of the expanding “politics of memory” in Bulgaria during three periods of the country’s recent history: the Stalinist period, the period of Communist Nationalism the Post-Communist period. The older cultural symbols reveal the ideological agenda of the time — they represent the infamous style of the monumental propaganda known as “socialistic realism”. The more recent, totally different in spirit and style Post-Communist memorials have been created in order to keep the memory of people who were victims during communism – yet, they are almost invisible.
Evelina Kelbcheva is a historian at the American University in Bulgaria. She received her PhD from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia, Bulgaria.
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