Memory Politics

Photo on the cover: Shahidlyar Khiyabany (Alley of Martyrs), Baku, 2015. Photo by Sevil Huseynova

A Tool Of Propaganda: Thirty Years Of Memory Politics In Independent Azerbaijan

The article analyses the main trends of the memory politics in contemporary Azerbaijan. The author focuses on the specifics of the memorialisation of the events and heroes of the 'First Republic' (1918-1920); the events of January 1990 as the most important site of memory; the personality cult of the previous president Heydar Aliyev; and the memory politics with regard to the Karabakh conflict, including the commemoration of the Second Karabakh War (autumn 2020) unfolding in front of our eyes.

By Sevil Huseynova

Boys are playing in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Politics of Memory In Independent Georgia

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked a global-historical transformation, and as a result, the Soviet system unraveled, and new nation-states emerged.

By Giorgi Maisuradze

the statue in armenia, photo: Levon Abrahamyan

Memory Politics Of The Republic Of Armenia

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By Lusine Kharatyan and Gayane Shagoyan

ეკლესია ქუთაისში და ის ტერიტორია, სადაც კათოლიკური სკოლა იყო

History of Other Heroes

What values can the representation of minority cultures in the teaching of history promote among young people? What can be the importance of studying the history of Georgia as a place of meeting and fusion of different cultures?

By Sophie Zviadadze

Cover of the publication, representing different women from late soviet period

Women and History

The publication was prepared as a result of a joint project Women and History implemented by the Heinrich Boell Foundation offices in Kyiv and Tbilisi.

By Olga Gnydiuk, Tamar Qeburia, Olena Styazhkina and Alla Parunova

A Short Report of the 2021 South Caucasus Regional Conference on Memory Politics

On October 11-12, 2021, the Heinrich Boell Stiftung/Foundation (hbs) Tbilisi Office – South Caucasus Region, together with Ilia State University and the Soviet Past Research Laboratory (SOVLAB), organized the South Caucasus Regional Conference on Memory Politics to address the foundations and legacy of the first independent republics (1918-1920/21) in the South Caucasus (SC).

The First Republics (1918-1920/21) in the South Caucasus: Brief Experiences of Statehood

The Heinrich Boell Foundation Tbilisi Office – South Caucasus region, together with Ilia State University and the Soviet Past Research Laboratory (SOVLAB), organizes the South Caucasus Regional Conference on Memory Politics to address the foundations and legacy of the first independent republics in the South Caucasus (SC).

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