February 22, 2014

Timothy Snyder, "Disjuncture Between History and Memory in Ukraine and Eastern Europe"


Video Title: Timothy Snyder, "Disjuncture Between History and Memory in Ukraine and Eastern Europe." Source: UkeTube. Date Published: November 3, 2012. Description:
"Disjuncture between History and Memory in Ukraine and Eastern Europe" a lecture by Timothy Snyder, 31 March 2011. Audio courtesy of University of Cambridge, R.E. Finnin, & Timothy Snyder. 
"Twenty years after the fall of the Berlin wall, to revert to that cliche, there really isn't European history yet. And, more strikingly, it's not clear that there's even been that much progress made towards European history, with the exception of some books which are in fact exceptional, like Tony Judt's Postwar for example. It's also the case that there isn't really European memory, whether that be a good thing or a bad thing is another question." - Timothy Snyder [7:37 - 8:02].