VETERANKA held the large-scale forum “Memory Polis”

On January 23, VETERANKA hosted the large-scale forum “Memory Polis” at the Kyiv School of Economics Dragon Capital Building. The event brought together experts and representatives of memory and memorialization initiatives. More than 120 participants joined offline, while over 800 people have already watched the livestream and recording.

Across four panel discussions, we explored how the culture of memory is being shaped today, where commemoration practices in Ukraine are heading, and how different wartime experiences and narratives coexist in the public space.

The forum also addressed the challenges and responsibilities currently facing public authorities in preserving memory, the conflicts that arise around memory politics, and contemporary memorialization practices.

Our partners included the Center for Human Rights and War Memorialization and the Memory Studies and Public History Program at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the Kyiv School of Economics.

We are grateful to all the experts and participants who joined this important conversation. Special thanks to Anton Drobovych, Head of the Center for Human Rights and War Memorialization at KSE, for his support in shaping the forum program.

The event was organized by VETERANKA in partnership with the Center for Human Rights and War Memorialization and the Memory Studies and Public History Program at KSE’s Faculty of Social Sciences.

The forum was made possible thanks to the support of the European Union and the International Renaissance Foundation within the joint initiative “Entering the EU Together.” The content of this publication reflects the views of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official position of the European Union or the International Renaissance Foundation.