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Right-wing populism and the far right have once again become a central political force − in Europe and across the globe. Over the last two decades, right-wing populist and far-right parties have been elected into regional and national parliaments, and have formed governments in an alarming number of countries.
A core element of their politics is the attempt to revise and redefine history. However, there are few comparative works on how right-wing and radical right populists interpret, reinterpret and instrumentalize the past in pan-European and global perspectives.
This is the topic of the annual conference of the Leibniz Research Alliance “Value of the Past” and its cooperation partners: the institutes of the Max Weber Foundation and the Heinrich Böll Foundation.
The following guiding questions will frame the discussion:
- What historical narratives and visions of the past are promoted by right-wing populist and far-right actors in different national and transnational contexts?
- How are right-wing counter-narratives, denialism, apocalyptic thinking, and myth-making strategically employed?
- What role do media and digital platforms play in disseminating right-wing historical interpretations?
- What similarities and differences can be observed in the uses of history among right-wing movements in Europe and beyond?
- How can academia, civil society and politics effectively respond to the appropriation and revision of history by the far right?
Program: https://zzf-potsdam.de/wissenstransfer/veranstaltungen/konferenz-geschichtsbilde...
On the public opening evening ( 8 September 2025) of the conference, Volker Weiß will deliver a keynote titled "Historical Revisionism Today" (In German with simultaneous translation.) https://zzf-potsdam.de/wissenstransfer/veranstaltungen/rechte-geschichtsmythen-e...
A public panel discussion will follow, exploring history as a political resource for both right-wing populist and democratic movements:
With:
- Volker Weiß (historian and journalist)
- Frank Bösch (historian and director of the Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam) https://zzf-potsdam.de/institut/personen/mitarbeiter_innen/frank-boesch
- Constanze Itzel (director of the House of European History Brussel)
- Katja Meier (Member of the Saxon State Parliament and former Saxon State Minister for Justice, Democracy, Europe, and Equality, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen)
Organisers: Leibniz Research Alliance "Value of the Past" https://www.leibniz-wert-der-vergangenheit.de/en/, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Max Weber Foundation.
Information on participating / attending:
Please register free of charge via the online registration form: https://calendar.boell.de/en/civi_register/161507
Date:
09/08/2025 13:30 - 09/10/2025 13:15
Event venue:
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung -
Bundesstiftung Berlin
Schumannstr. 8
10117 Berlin
Berlin
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
History / archaeology, Politics, Social studies
Types of events:
Conference / symposium / (annual) conference
Entry:
09/02/2025
Sender/author:
Marion Schlöttke
Department:
Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event79939
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