A question on a relation between the history and the politics is as old as these categories. It is still considered and discussed. However, currently we have a number of reasons to investigate this relation from a new perspective of contemporary phenomena and new research results; the history of science and its relation with social and political changes have been studied in past few decades with a careful attention. The significance of history-politics question is also based on processes of the rebirth of nationalism after the collapse of communism, the erosion of collective identities and identity-conflicts in the European Union. This relation is strengthened by a revolution in communication, and a necessity to redefine relations between government and masses, or state and society. Finally, new framework is sharpened by ongoing globalization.

The aim of the summer school is to deepen an interdisciplinary discussion on relations between history as a science, collective memory, and state’s narratives about the past. It considers it in two dimensions: internal and international. The work of the summer school is divided into four work groups:

1. Using History in Post-Modern Times: Between Entertainment and Legitimation

2. Uses and Abuses of the Past: Politics and Alternative Histories

3. Imperial Traditions and Making Politics in (Soviet)Russia/Eastern Europe

4. History and Memory: Conflicting Memories of the 20th Century
a) Ukrainian-Polish (World War II)
b) Jewish-Lithuanian-Polish (Holocaust and Collaboration)
c) Polish-Lithuanian (Vilnius-Wilno)

The Summer School is addressed to PhD students of all humanistic disciplines.
Every participant of the Summer School will be actively working in a discussion group under the guidance of a CGS fellow. The fellows will deliver the preparatory reading.

The results of the event will be published in a reviewed volume of the “CGS Studies” scientific series, at the Cambridge Scholars Publishing House (UK). Every participant will be invited to deliver a paper related to the topic and inspired by the event.

The working language is English – all discussions will be held in English and papers for the book have to be prepared in this language as well.

Admission fee:
110 €/450 PLN (with accommodation)
90 €/370 PLN (without accommodation)

The fee covers:
- accommodation with breakfast and full board,
- participation in the working groups’ discussions and other related events,
- summer school materials,
- publication of the paper in English in a book of the series “CGS Studies”.

More information:
www.cgs.umk.pl
Contact:
cgs@umk.pl

Administration:

Chairs:
Prof. Ralph Schattkowsky (Nicolaus Copernicus University Toruń/University of Rostock)
Prof. Milos Reznik (German Historic Institute in Warsaw)

Secretary:
Adam Jarosz, PhD (University of Zielona Góra)