Historians and Populism: Regional Perspectives and Entanglements

In light of the recent solidifying of what could be named as ‘populist international’, we are opening a conversation on one of the first areas and people that were targeted: history and historians. Populist regimes and their supporters feed themselves on historical myths, distortions and subversion of the public debate on historical themes. The responsibility is both on those who participate in the making of populist abuses of history as professional researchers, as well as on those who engage with public history as social commentators and public figures.

Program

Part 1: "Walking on eggshells: historiography in the populist contexts”
(moderated by Lucija Balikić, CEU)

Tjaša Konovšek (Institute for Contemporary History Ljubljana)
Réka Krizmanics (University of Leipzig)
Vita Zalar (Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts)

Part 2: "Pundits, megaphones and marches: struggles over public history”
(moderated by Vita Zalar, Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts)

Orsolya Sudár (Central European University)
Florian Bieber (University of Graz)
Lucija Balikić (Central European University)