The panel brings together esteemed scholars working on different regions of Central and Eastern Europe. Jessie Barton Hronesova speaks on Explicit and Implicit Memory Mobilization in Eastern Europe in the Wake of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine in the speeches of Central European political leaders. Violeta Davoliute offers a critical reading of the concept of ontological security and of how it has been applied to studies of collective memory in Eastern Europe. Eneken Laanes presents on Baltic Forest Brothers at the Intersections of National and Transnational Memory Regimes. Ksenia Robber explores the de-nationalisation of the memories of post-socialists transitions beyond right-wing appropriations. The panel is chaired by Eneken Laanes. The discussant of the panel is Natalia Aleksiun.
