Debating communism at the European institutions. By Laure Neumayer

Laure Neumayer, University Paris 1 PanthĂ©on Sorbonne Cover picture: Tunne Kelam MEP (EPP Group, Estonia) speaking in the commemoration of the Baltic deportations at the European Parliament in Strasbourg | EPP Group Since their inception, European organisations such as the Council of Europe and the European Union (EU) have celebrated the common past of their …

The international spread of state interventionism in history and historical memory

Cover picture: Lyon Armenian Genocide Memorial was erected in 2006 in central Lyon, France. It was designed by Leonardo Basmadyian and includes 36 white concrete pieces supported by stones from Armenia. Poems of Kostan Zarian are written on the concrete pieces | EUROM By Georges Mink, senior researcher emeritus at the Institut des Sciences Sociales …

European Remembrance Policies

Picture: Plenary hall of European parliament in Strasbourg, April 16, 2013 | Ikars, Shutterstock.com   By Markus J. Prutsch, Fellow of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities and the University of Heidelberg, leader of the international research project Science, Numbers and Politics   Introduction One of the most powerful tools in welding political identity is …

“Citizens’ engagement is at the core of the Europe for Citizens programme”

Picture: Johan François © European Commission EACEA.   Interview to Gilles Pelayo, Head of Unit of the programme Europe for Citizens, Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)   What is the specific role of the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency?   The European Commission delegates the management of some EU programmes to Executives …