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Memory Politics in Poland - Interview with Dr. Beata Halicka

Dr. Beata Halicka, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań in an interview on memory politics. This interview is part of the interview series " Expert Voices on Memory Politics" realized with the financial support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Kanada and Erasmus+ Program of the European Union. The interviews were recorded during the October 2022 conference "Addressing the Past - Shaping the Future at the University of Victoria. Dr. Beata Halicka explores the unique way memory politics unfolds in Europe, particularly in Poland. From the post-war period onwards, two dominant ways of memorizing have existed. On the one hand, memory created in dialogue, on the other hand antagonistic memory, which plays with the dichotomy between those ‘who belong to us’ and those ‘who do not belong’. Memory under the conservative government is also antagonistic in the way that it creates adversarial relations to neighbours such as Germany. Dr. Halicka highlights the aggressive manner in which the conservative Polish government has demanded Germany for reparations. As a source of hope, Dr. Halicka turns to the democratizing way grassroots movements and civil societies present memory. Organizing at the local level allows societies (on both sides of history) to collectively engage in meaningful and open dialogue on the history of central Europe. It is this sense of substantive collaboration where Dr. Halicka finds hope. EUCAnet (Europe Canada Network) is a hub for experts primarily located in Canada that work on European and Canadian current issues from a transatlantic perspective. These experts offer commentary and expertise and are available for media interviews and public talks. We are a public outreach platform – that makes scholarly knowledge available and meaningful to the public in times when the need for evidence based knowledge and public debate is crucial. Our goal is to foster the Canada Europe Transatlantic Dialogue with the aim of supporting the process of informing public policy making. Focus on : Transatlantic Studies, Global Studies, Issues of Democracy, Populism, Memory Politics, Migration. Official Site: http://www.eucanet.org