The conference brought together researchers and practitioners from around the world to explore the employment of historical narratives in current socio-political contexts.
It fostered discussions on how contested narratives are mobilized in local settings while situated within a global framework. Themes included, among others, the memories of the Srebrenica genocide and holocaust memory in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the use of the term “Nazi” by Russia in the war against Ukraine, and rising antisemitism and hate speech in South Africa.
The seminar was part of the Dynamics of Hate: Local Manifestations of a Global Phenomenon project, led by the senior researcher Vibeke Moe Bjørnbekk.
