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Contested history(ies): Interdisciplinary memory research in the context of global, anti-democratic backlashes

  • Date: 12/17/2025
  • Time: 18:15
  • Place: UNI:Lokal, Wilhelmsstraße 21

Kick-off event and project presentation of the knowledge network "Contested History(ies)"

 

18:15: Opening
Prof. Dr. Jan-Henrik Witthaus (Vice Dean, Faculty 02 Humanities and Cultural Studies, University of Kassel)
Dr. Ferran Ferrando Melià (Director Instituto Cervantes Frankfurt)
Prof. Dr. Kristina Dietz (University of Kassel, CELA)

 

18:45: 
Discussion with Prof. Dr. Till Kössler (University of Cologne) on his book Franco, the Eternal Fascist (C.H. Beck, 2025)

 

Panel discussion Contested history(ies) in the new cultural struggle of the political right. Comparative perspectives on revisionism in the culture of memory in Germany, Argentina and Spain

with Prof. Dr. Till Kössler (University of Cologne) and the founding members of the network "Umkämpfte Geschichte(n)" 
Prof. Dr. Tina Brüning (Philipps University of Marburg) on Germany 
PD. Dr. Patrick Eser (Universidad Buenos Aires/Uni Kassel) on Argentina
Prof. Dr. Stefan Peters (Justus Liebig University Giessen/CAPAZ-Bogotá), moderator

 

Afterwards: Reception

 

 

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