International Conference<\/p>\n
Sixty-Five Years After: World War II and its Legacy for Contemporary Europe<\/strong><\/p>\n This year marks the sixty-fifth anniversary of the end of World War II and twenty years since the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe, two events that each in their own way radically transformed the\u00a0landscape of contemporary Europe and Russia. \u00a0This fall thus offers a timely occasion to step back and reflect upon the legacy of World War II for the politics, society, and cultures of Europe and Russia.<\/p>\n With this in mind, the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies; the Centre for\u00a0European Studies, the Department of History, the Department of Political Science, and the Max and Tessie Zelikovitz Centre for Jewish Studies have organized an international conference \u201cSixty-Five Years After: World War II and its Legacies for Contemporary Europe and Russia\u201d to be held at Carleton University on November 11, 2010, from 8:30 am -4:30 pm. \u00a0The conference aims to bring together an interdisciplinary group of scholars to reflect upon these momentous events in the recent European past and to discuss their continuing relevance for us today.<\/p>\n The conference will consist of three panels:<\/p>\n \u2022 The First Panel \u201cConfronting War and Genocide\u201d will focus on the experience of the war and the impact of encounters with violence and genocide for contemporaries.<\/p>\n \u2022 The Second Panel \u201cJustice and Remembrance\u201d will explore the interrelationship between memory and the pursuit of justice in the aftermath of the war with an eye towards its contemporary relevance to post-Communist societies and cultures.<\/p>\n \u2022 The Third Panel \u201cLessons Learned?\u201d will address the fact that the end of World War II and the end of the Cold War did not bring an end to war, violence and genocide. The panel will reflect on contemporary areas of conflict in the region and around the world and what lessons might be Support for this event has been provided by a generous donation from the Kinross Gold Corporation.<\/p>\n
\nlearned from past experiences.<\/p>\n