Culture of Memory and Politics of History in Lithuania in 1989–2018

• Authors: Alvydas Nikžentaitis

Abstracts

EN

This article aims to analyse the transformation of the culture of memory in Lithuania and the most important directions of Lithuanian politics of history in the period from 1989 to 2018. While discussing these questions, special attention is paid to the role of political factors (internal and external) and interstate relations, as well as to changes in the relationship between Lithuania’s culture of memory, and the cultures of memory and identity of the national minorities in Lithuania. The paper emphasises the processes of transformation of the Lithuanian culture of remembrance which started around 2005, when it was most recently updated. The research material presented herein shows that Lithuania’s culture of memory is full of contradictions and conflicts, and that its central figure has changed.

Keywords

EN

culture of memory; politics of history; identity; inter-state relations; national minorities

• Publisher: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej, Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu
• Journal: Institute of National Remembrance Review
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 1
• Pages: 119-163

Contributors

author

Alvydas Nikžentaitis

• The Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius, Lithuania

Identifiers

DOI

10.48261/INRR190105

Biblioteka Nauki

1956291