{"id":226,"date":"2024-11-01T11:29:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T11:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/war-memories\/?page_id=226"},"modified":"2025-06-03T10:33:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T08:33:17","slug":"frontpage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/war-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Memory, War, and Social Coherence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Memory, War, and Social Coherence:<br>Bringing Together and Tearing Apart<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 5-6, 2025<br>Mikkeli, Finland<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference will address the role played by collective, individual, and institututional memories of wars in escalating, but sometimes also moderating political and social conflicts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The call for papers is closed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to attend the conference, please register <a href=\"https:\/\/registration.contio.fi\/uef\/Registration\/Login?id=8804-T_8804-10194\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<div id=\"accordion-block_f38237fbd536763b6b1f9dca6452ef6a\" class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-3968\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-3968\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tConference Programme\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-control-3968\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-3968\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>A printable version is available <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/war-memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/526\/2025\/06\/Mikkeli-Conference-Final-Schedule.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Thursday, June 5<\/h4>\n<h5><strong>8:45-9:00 Welcome, Opening Remarks and General Information<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>9:00-10:30 Session I:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Event-based Memory<\/strong><\/h5>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Location: <\/strong>Auditorium (P\u00e4\u00e4majasali)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chair:<\/strong> Natalija Majsova (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)<\/p>\n<p>Peter Vermeersch (KU Leuven, Belgium) and Ana Devic (Aix-Marseille University, France)<br \/>\n<strong>National commemorations versus the dynamics of local citizen-led commemorative practices: the case of Vukovar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Simona Mitroiu and Camelia Gradinaru (AI Cuza University of Iasi, Romania)<br \/>\n<strong>Weaponisation of Memory. A World War I Cemetery and the Mobilization of the Distant-Past by a Romanian Populist Party<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rachel Merrill Moss (Colgate University, USA)<br \/>\n<strong>Daffodil Diplomacy: Affective Performances of Politicized Historical Memory at the 80th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h5>10:45-12:15 Keynote I | <strong>Location:<\/strong> <strong>Auditorium (P\u00e4\u00e4majasali)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<blockquote>\n<h5><strong>Shared Past: The Roadmap to War? The Russian-Ukrainian Case<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/war-memories\/georgiy-kasianov\/\">Georgiy Kasianov<\/a>, Head of the Laboratory of International Memory Studies at the Institute of International Relations, Maria Curie-Sk\u0142odowska University<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h5><strong>12:15-13:30 Lunch <\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5>13:30-15:30 Session II: Parallel panels<\/h5>\n<p><strong>Panel II.1:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Memory and National Narratives<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Location: <\/strong>Auditorium (P\u00e4\u00e4majasali)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chair: <\/strong>Francesco Biasi (University of Salerno, Italy)<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Foster (University of East Anglia, UK)<br \/>\n<strong>The Absent Stage Manager: How the Security State Invented the First World War in Popular Memory<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Deniz Kilincoglu (Leibniz-Zentrum Moderner Orient, Germany)<br \/>\n<strong>Military History as Collective Memory: The Formative Role of War in Turkish National Self-Narratives<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aytac Yurukcu (University of Eastern Finland)<br \/>\n<strong>An Imperial War Bringing the Finnish Community Together during the National Movements: Finnish Soldiers Letters to the Fennoman Newspapers in 1877\u20131878<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ilya Solomeshch (Independent Scholar)<br \/>\n<strong>Re-inventing Finland as an Enemy. Image of Finland vis-\u00e0-vis Memory Politics and State Propaganda in Russia, 2014\u20132025<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Panel II.2: Persistence of Memory<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Location: <\/strong>Cabinet<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chair:<\/strong> Pawel Dobrosielski (University of Warsaw, Poland)<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Reed (University of Helsinki, Finland)<br \/>\n<strong>Russia\u2019s Penitentiary Pasts: Identity in Official Memories of the Gulag and War<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alexander Osipov (University of Eastern Finland)<br \/>\n<strong>In the Shadow of the Great Patriotic War: The Elusive Memory of the Civil War<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Malkhaz Toria (Ilia State University, Georgia)<br \/>\n<strong>The Instrumentalization of History as a Tool of Exclusion: Identity Politics and Post-Colonial Memory Regimes in Breakaway Abkhazia Region of Georgia<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h5>16:00-17:30 Session III: Parallel panels<\/h5>\n<p><strong>Panel III.1: Memory Lapses<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Location: <\/strong>Auditorium (P\u00e4\u00e4majasali)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chair:<\/strong> Michael Cude (Schreiner University, USA)<\/p>\n<p>Eliza Ablovatski (Kenyon College, USA)<br \/>\n<strong>No Periphery: Wartime and Postwar Violence against Civilians \u2013 Expanding Memorial Narratives?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Olga Simonova (University of Turku, Finland)<br \/>\n<strong>The Memorization of Female Participants in the Civil Wars on the Fringes of the Russian Empire: The Red Heroines from the 1920s to the Present<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taylor McConnell (JGU Mainz, Germany)<br \/>\n<strong>Living with memory abuse: social divisions and war memory in post-conflict environments<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Panel III.2: Memory and Media<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Location: <\/strong>Cabinet<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chair:<\/strong> Vjeran Pavlakovi\u0107 (University of Rijeka, Croatia)<\/p>\n<p>Yuliya V. Ladygina (Pennsylvania State University, USA)<br \/>\n<strong>The Past and Its Presence: Historical Memory and Political Rhetoric in Akhtem Seitablaev\u2019s &#8220;87 Children\u201d (2017)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Frederic Worthington (University of Exeter, UK)<br \/>\n<strong>&#8220;Should Germany be rearmed?&#8221; Wartime Memories and the Debate on Post-WWII West German Rearmament on the BBC German Service<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pawel Dobrosielski (University of Warsaw, Poland)<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cI survived the Nazis, I will survive the Rashists\u201d. The Second World War and the Holocaust in the Current Ukrainian Discourse on the Ongoing Russian-Ukrainian War<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h5><strong>17:30 Reception<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Friday, June 6<\/h4>\n<h5><strong>9:00-10:30 Session IV:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Coming to Terms with Existing Memories<\/strong><\/h5>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Location: <\/strong>Auditorium (P\u00e4\u00e4majasali)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chair:<\/strong> Ilya Solomeshch (Independent Scholar)<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Etkind and Johanna Gautier Morin (Central European University, Austria)<br \/>\n<strong>Catastrophic Learning: Does Cultural Memory Help Us Survive the Anthropocene?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anastasiya Pshenychnykh (Loughborough University, UK)<br \/>\n<strong>Russia-Ukraine memory wars over monuments: social media and public perspectives<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Olga Davydova-Minguet and Olga Filippova (University of Eastern Finland)<br \/>\n<strong>Russian-speaking and Ukrainian immigrants relating to Finnish War Memory: immigrating into history?<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h5>10:45-12:15 Keynote II | <strong>Location:<\/strong> <strong>Auditorium (P\u00e4\u00e4majasali)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<blockquote>\n<h5><strong>Affective practices, difficult histories and peace education: Teachers\u2019 Affective Dilemmas in Ethnically Divided Cyprus<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/war-memories\/michalinos-zembylas\/\">Michalinos Zembylas<\/a>, Professor of Educational Theory and Curriculum Studies at the Open University of Cyprus<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h5><strong>12:15-13:30 Lunch<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5>13:30-15:00 Session V: Parallel Panels<\/h5>\n<p><strong>Panel V.1: Mnemonic Aesthetics and Strategies of War and Transition in Popular Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Location: <\/strong>Auditorium (P\u00e4\u00e4majasali)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chair:<\/strong> Simona Mitroiu (AI Cuza University of Iasi, Romania)<\/p>\n<p>Owen Kohl (Grinnell College, USA)<br \/>\n<strong>The Stakes of Storytelling and Solidarity\u2019s Multimodality<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Natalija Majsova (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)<br \/>\n<strong>Wartime Agency and Post-Yugoslav Film: Implication as a Posthuman Category<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vjeran Pavlakovi\u0107 (University of Rijeka, Croatia)<br \/>\n<strong>The Muralization of War:\u00a0 A Comparative Approach to Graffiti, Murals, and Memory Politics<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Panel V.2:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Russia\u2019s Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine and the Reshaping of Memory<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Location: <\/strong>Cabinet<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chair: <\/strong>Malkhaz Toria (Ilia State University, Georgia)<\/p>\n<p>Sergii Pakhomenko (Mariupol State University, Ukraine \/ University of Latvia)<br \/>\n<strong><span lang=\"EN-US\">Decolonisation? &#8220;Defensive&#8221; Nationalism? Counterpropaganda?: Ukrainian response to Russian\u00a0 narratives<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tetiana Nahirniak (University of Eastern Finland)<br \/>\n<strong>The Impact of War on Ukrainians&#8217; Meaning and Memories of the Soviet Past<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vlada Sabadash (V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University)<br \/>\n<strong>Distorted Mirror: Constructing the Image of Russia in Contemporary Ukrainian Media Discourse<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h5>15:15-16:45 Session VI: Parallel Panels<\/h5>\n<p><strong>Panel VI.1<\/strong><strong>: Individuals\u2019 Agencies in Memory<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Location: <\/strong>Auditorium (P\u00e4\u00e4majasali)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chair: <\/strong>Aytac Yurukcu (University of Eastern Finland)<\/p>\n<p>Michael Cude (Schreiner University, USA)<br \/>\n<strong>Woodrow Wilson and the Contested Legacy of International Reform<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kristina Vugdelija (University of Zagreb, Croatia)<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cWar is Finally Over, Let Us Turn to the Future\u201d \u2013 The Making of the Exemplary Warrior Hero in Post-War Croatia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Francesco Biasi (University of Salerno, Italia)<br \/>\n<strong>War Memories and Identity Narratives: The Murattian Generals between 1814 and 1821<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Panel VI.2:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Directing Memory Through Literature and Art<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Location: <\/strong>Cabinet<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chair: <\/strong>Sergii Pakhomenko (Mariupol State University, Ukraine \/ University of Latvia)<\/p>\n<p>Duccio Colombo (University of Palermo)<br \/>\n<strong>The Panorama of the Battle of Stalingrad and the late-Soviet &#8220;Novel-Panorama&#8221;: Modes of Representation and the Reappropriation of War Memory<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sofia Schulgin (University of Eastern Finland)<br \/>\n<strong>The War Poetics of Vera Bulich<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Anne Rothfeld (Independent)<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cEve Tucker versus Restitution Policy in U.S. occupied Austria\u201d <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h5><strong>16:45-17:00 Closing Remarks | Location: Auditorium (P\u00e4\u00e4majasali)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5><strong>Optional evening program<\/strong><\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-865\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-865\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tTraveling to Mikkeli\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-control-865\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-865\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>The easiest way to reach Mikkeli from Helsinki airport is by train, or, rather, two trains.<\/p>\n<p>Once you arrive at the airport, pick up your luggage and follow the signs to the train platform. You will need to take the commuter train P to Tikkurila station. These trains run every eight minutes, and you can buy the ticket by card or cash at one of the ticket machines on the platform. Chose the ticket for zones BC &#8211; it costs \u20ac3,20. The ride is short &#8211; only three stops, and takes about eight minutes. You can verify the schedule on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsl.fi\/en\"><span class=\"Yh5dPc\">Helsinki Regional Transport Authority<\/span> website<\/a> (a useful resource if you plan to explore the city before or after the conference).<\/p>\n<p>From Tikkurila, you will change to a train that runs to Mikkeli. You can check the schedules and buy tickets on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vr.fi\/en\">Finnish railways website<\/a>. <strong>The price of the tickets increases as the travel date approaches, so it&#8217;s best to buy them in advance.<\/strong> You will need a ticket from Tikkurila (Vantaa) station to Mikkeli station. Right now the cheapest one-way tickets are only \u20ac10.80. The journey from Tikkurila to Mikkeli takes less than 2,5 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Participants coming from European countries might consider <a href=\"https:\/\/global.flixbus.com\/\">Flixbus<\/a> as an eco-friendly alternative for traveling to Helsinki.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about planning your trip to Mikkeli, please feel free to email us at warmemories2025 at gmail dot com and we will be happy to help!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-3151\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-3151\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAccomodation Options in Mikkeli\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-control-3151\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-3151\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mikkeli offers several different accommodation options, most of which are listed below.\u00a0For some of these hotels we been able to negotiate a discount for conference participants. Feel free to also check sites such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airbnb.com\/\">AirBnB<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.booking.com\/\">Booking.com<\/a> for alternative housing options.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sokoshotels.fi\/en\/hotels\/mikkeli\/original-sokos-hotel-vaakuna\">Original Sokos Hotel Vaakuna<\/a> (****)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>0,9 km from the conference venue\/0,3 km from the railway station<\/p>\n<p>When booking, use the code BMEMORY2025 to secure the following prices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>118,93 \u20ac \/ night \/ Standard-class room<\/li>\n<li>139,41 \u20ac \/ night \/ Standard-class room for 2<\/li>\n<li>144,84 \u20ac \/ night \/ Superior-class room<\/li>\n<li>165,57 \u20ac \/ night \/ Superior-class room for 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scandichotels.com\/hotels\/finland\/mikkeli\/scandic-mikkeli\">Scandic Mikkeli<\/a> (***)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>0,3 km from the conference venue\/0,5 km from the railway station<\/p>\n<p>When booking, use the code CGRO to secure the following prices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>from 97 \u20ac \/ night \/ Standard single<\/li>\n<li>from 113 \u20ac \/ night \/ Standard for 2<\/li>\n<li>from 108 \u20ac \/ night \/ Superior<\/li>\n<li>from 122 \u20ac \/ night \/ Superior for 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A number of family rooms is also available.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/huoneistohotellimarja.fi\/en_US\"><strong>Apartment hotel Marja<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1,3 km from the conference venue\/1,3 km from the railway station.<\/p>\n<p>This option is particularly good if you are looking for something a bit more homelike. Also great if you travel with others and don&#8217;t mind sharing a room; they have both a small aparthotel as well as a small hostel.<\/p>\n<p>When booking, use the code \u201c UEF \u201c to get a 10% discount from the list prices.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uusikuu.fi\/fi-fi\/in-english\/303\/\">Hotel Uusikuu<\/a> (**)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1,3 km from the conference venue\/1,8 km from the railway station<\/p>\n<p>Prices vary from 74\u20ac (for one) to 114\u20ac for up to four persons a night.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you are traveling by car, plenty of interesting housing options are available within 10km of the center of Mikkeli. For example, the somewhat posh mansion <a href=\"https:\/\/tertinkartano.fi\/en\/home\/\">Tertin kartano<\/a>, located 6 km from the center.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-8573\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-8573\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThings to do in Mikkeli\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-control-8573\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-8573\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-469 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/war-memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/526\/2025\/02\/Neitvuori_MikkeliDoku2019_kuva_kontrastia_PihlaLiukkonen-20-THIS-ONE-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/war-memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/526\/2025\/02\/Neitvuori_MikkeliDoku2019_kuva_kontrastia_PihlaLiukkonen-20-THIS-ONE-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/war-memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/526\/2025\/02\/Neitvuori_MikkeliDoku2019_kuva_kontrastia_PihlaLiukkonen-20-THIS-ONE-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/war-memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/526\/2025\/02\/Neitvuori_MikkeliDoku2019_kuva_kontrastia_PihlaLiukkonen-20-THIS-ONE-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/war-memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/526\/2025\/02\/Neitvuori_MikkeliDoku2019_kuva_kontrastia_PihlaLiukkonen-20-THIS-ONE-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/war-memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/526\/2025\/02\/Neitvuori_MikkeliDoku2019_kuva_kontrastia_PihlaLiukkonen-20-THIS-ONE-2048x1151.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/war-memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/526\/2025\/02\/Neitvuori_MikkeliDoku2019_kuva_kontrastia_PihlaLiukkonen-20-THIS-ONE-992x558.jpg 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mikkeli (pop. 52,000), named after Archangel Michael, is located on the banks of Lake Saimaa, Finland\u2019s largest lake. Because of its beautiful nature and an abundance of smaller lakes, the area around the town is a popular summer vacation destination.<\/p>\n<p>During WWII, Mikkeli was the location of Finnish army headquarters, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/muisti.org\/en\/muisti-centre-of-war-and-peace\/\">Muisti Centre of War and Peace<\/a> as well as the <a href=\"https:\/\/jalkavakimuseo.fi\/en\/\">Infantry Museum<\/a> tell about this part of its history.\u00a0The <a href=\"http:\/\/salonkivaunu.mikkeli.fi\/\">saloon car used by Commander-in-Chief Mannerheim<\/a> and his personnel in 1939-1946 is open to the public once a year, on Marshal\u2019s birthday, which conveniently falls on the day before the opening of our conference.<\/p>\n<p>Those interested in an easy nature hike might want to check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitmikkeli.fi\/en\/palvelut\/multipurpose-trail-at-kalevakangas\">Kalevakangas<\/a> multi-purpose trail located within walking distance of the Muisti Center, or the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outdooractive.com\/en\/poi\/mikkeli\/kaihunharju-esker-terrain\/37754345\/\">Kaihu trail<\/a> located in the southern part of the town.\u00a0From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitmikkeli.fi\/palvelut\/naisvuori\">Naisvuori observation tower<\/a>, which also houses a caf\u00e9, you can enjoy a nice view of the town.<\/p>\n<p>Mikkeli has several public beaches, and those visiting Finland often come across the opportunity to go the sauna, so bringing along a swimming suit might be a good idea.<\/p>\n<p>If you are traveling by car, check out the many unique natural sights located in the area such as the Astuvansalmi <a href=\"https:\/\/saimaageopark.fi\/en\/astuvansalmi-rock-paintings\/\">prehistoric rock paintings<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/etelasavonmuseot.fi\/en\/museums\/municipalities-of-southern-savo\/mikkeli\/the-pien-toijola-open-air-museum\">the Pien-Toijola Open-Air Museum<\/a>, or a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitmikkeli.fi\/en\/palvelut\/saimaa-geopark-site-enkelinpesa\">legendary boulder<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more ideas of things to do during your visit, take a look at the official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitmikkeli.fi\/\">Mikkeli Tourist Information website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-474\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/war-memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/526\/2025\/02\/Pitkajarvi_MikkeliDoku2019_kuva_kontrastia_PihlaLiukkonen-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/war-memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/526\/2025\/02\/Pitkajarvi_MikkeliDoku2019_kuva_kontrastia_PihlaLiukkonen-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/war-memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/526\/2025\/02\/Pitkajarvi_MikkeliDoku2019_kuva_kontrastia_PihlaLiukkonen-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/war-memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/526\/2025\/02\/Pitkajarvi_MikkeliDoku2019_kuva_kontrastia_PihlaLiukkonen-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/war-memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/526\/2025\/02\/Pitkajarvi_MikkeliDoku2019_kuva_kontrastia_PihlaLiukkonen-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/war-memories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/526\/2025\/02\/Pitkajarvi_MikkeliDoku2019_kuva_kontrastia_PihlaLiukkonen-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>Photos by Pihla Liukkonen<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion accordion-js\">\n\t\t\t\t<button class=\"accordion__button\" aria-controls=\"content-5905\" aria-expanded=\"false\" id=\"accordion-control-5905\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"accordion__heading\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCall for Papers\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion__content\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"accordion-control-5905\" aria-hidden=\"true\" id=\"content-5905\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Memory, War, and Social Coherence:<br \/>\nBringing Together and Tearing Apart<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>June 5-6, 2025<br \/>\nMikkeli, Finland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In today\u2019s Europe, collective memory plays a crucial role in political decision-making (M\u00e4lksoo 2015). Conflicting memories increasingly influence international politics, but also national and regional policies. Populist politicians, government agents and individual activists use differing narratives of the past to escalate dormant conflicts and pit ethnic, religious, or linguistic groups against each other. Yet, memory can also be an instrument of reconciliation, helping conflict-ridden societies come together (Zembylas 2012). How societies deal with their past through museums, history books, art and other manifestations of memory culture is highly relevant for understanding how conflicts breed, develop and unravel. The past \u2013 real or imagined \u2013 is an important element of any contemporary society.<\/p>\n<p>Memory wars can precede, and often escalate during, physical warfare.\u00a0 Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 was preceded by a memory war of differing narratives of recent and ancient history (Pakhomenko et al. 2018; Kasianov 2022). The role of memory is no less important in the post-war situation: unresolved memory conflicts complicate transition to peace (Klem 2018). Yet, memory conflicts do not require actual wars or war-like conditions. Societal conflicts caused by inequality, cultural differences or power imbalance can fuel conflicts in which the role of collective memory becomes crucial.<\/p>\n<p>We call for papers examining and exploring various aspects of memory and war. We understand war broadly from world wars to civil wars and regional clashes. The proposed papers can range from individual case studies to methodological considerations. Possible themes include, but are not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>controversial war memorials and places of remembrance<\/li>\n<li>the role of history teaching or textbooks in memory conflicts<\/li>\n<li>populist parties using narratives of war or their aftermath<\/li>\n<li>postcolonialism and conflicting memories of war<\/li>\n<li>intersections of memory cultures and politics related to war<\/li>\n<li>art and literature concerning war and post-war remembrance<\/li>\n<li>examples of post-war reconciliation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The official conference language is English. The conference is planned as an in-person event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keynote speakers<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/war-memories\/georgiy-kasianov\/\"><strong>Georgiy Kasianov<\/strong><\/a> (Maria Curie-Sk\u0142odowska University, Lublin), author of <em>Memory Crash: Politics of History in and around Ukraine, 1980s\u20132010s<\/em> (2022) and <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/war-memories\/michalinos-zembylas\/\"><strong>Michalinos Zembylas<\/strong><\/a> (Open University of Cyprus), author of <em>Emotion and Traumatic Conflict: Reclaiming Healing in Education <\/em>(2015).<\/p>\n<p>Applications should include an abstract (300 words) indicating the theme and approach of the proposal (20-minute proposal format), along with a short biography (100 words). Applications should be sent via <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/KWZTEm8jSK9CSWQH6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">this google form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We also welcome other types of contributions like complete panels, roundtables, small workshops and other types of input. In such cases, please contact the organizers directly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The deadline for submissions<\/strong> is January 7<sup>th<\/sup>, 2025. Decisions will be announced in the second half of January.<\/p>\n<p>The conference venue is <a href=\"https:\/\/muisti.org\/en\/muisti-centre-of-war-and-peace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Muisti<\/a> \u2013 The Center of War and Peace in Mikkeli, focusing on preserving and displaying experiences of war and promoting peace. During the Second World War, Finnish army headquarters were located in Mikkeli leaving many sites and museums still to be visited. The town of Mikkeli is located in beautiful lakeside Finland and easily accessible by trains from the Helsinki airport.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a modest conference fee to cover lunches and coffee breaks. The fee will be waived for presenters in case new funding opportunities open up.<\/p>\n<p>Conference convenors are Simo Mikkonen and Tamara Polyakova, University of Eastern Finland. <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.uef.fi\/war-memories\/warmemories2025@gmail.com\">Contact email<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">References:<\/h5>\n<p>Kasianov, G. (2022). <em>Memory Crash. Politics of History in and around Ukraine, 1980s\u20132010s<\/em>. CEU Press.<\/p>\n<p>Klem, B. (2018). The problem of peace and the meaning of \u2018post-war.\u2019 <em>Conflict, Security &amp; Development,<\/em> 18(3).<\/p>\n<p>M\u00e4lksoo, M. (2015). Memory Must Be Defended. <em>Security Dialogue,<\/em> 46(3).<\/p>\n<p>Pakhomenko, S., Tryma K., Francis J. (2018). The Russian\u2013Ukrainian War in Donbas. Sayapin et al. <em>The Use of Force against Ukraine and International Law<\/em>. Springer.<\/p>\n<p>Zembylas, M. (2012). Suffering, memory and forgiveness: Derrida, Levinas and the pedagogical challenges of reconciliation in Cyprus. In P. Ahluwalia, S. Atkinson, P. Bishop, P. Christie, R. Hattam &amp; J. Matthews (Eds.), <em>Reconciliation and pedagogy<\/em> (pp. 45-64). New York: Routledge<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cover image: John Singer Sargent, <em>Gassed<\/em>, 1919, oil on canvas, Imperial War Museum, London<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Memory, War, and Social Coherence:Bringing Together and Tearing Apart June 5-6, 2025Mikkeli, Finland The conference will address the role played by collective, individual, and institututional memories of wars in escalating, but sometimes also moderating political and social conflicts. 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