"Historical Policy-making in Poland and Ukraine: Obstacles Towards Reconciliation" 3700-KON350-AL-OG
Konwersatorium (KON) Semestr letni 2019/20

1. Brief history of Poland-Ukraine relations

2. The main elements of Ukrainian historical policy-making

3. Identity challenge of Ukraine independence: towards the Soviet heritage, Russia and Poland

4. The main elements of Polish historical policy-making regarding Ukraine

5. Ukraine towards the UPA – challenge of internal divisions and threat to relations with the neighbors

6. Controversies around national heroes in Ukraine in the context of Poland-Ukraine relations

7. The massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia from the eyes of Polish and Ukrainian historians: differences and similarities

8. Vistula operation from the eyes of Polish and Ukrainian historians: differences and similarities

9. Ukrainian revolutions in the context of rethinking the history and dealing with identity

10. Current process of decommunization in Ukraine and its wartime historical policy.

11. The concept of nationalism and patriotism in Poland and Ukraine: differences and similarities

12. The role of elites in historical policy-making in Poland and Ukraine: differences and similarities

13. Obsession with history vis-à-vis ignorance: in the search of balance in historical policy-making in Poland and Ukraine

14. Presentation of the students’ works.

Uwaga:

poszczególne tematy mogą być omawiane na więcej niż jednych zajęciach

Prezentacje dotyczące tematów przez prowadzącego zajęcia, dyskusja, analiza i interpretacja tekstów, indywidualne projekty studenckie (praca semestralna, temat do prezentacji na egzaminie ustnym), konsultacje.