{"id":50144,"date":"2025-12-04T22:48:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T22:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=50144"},"modified":"2025-12-04T22:48:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T22:48:27","slug":"panel-discussion-the-gaza-genocide-as-seen-from-east-central-and-south-eastern-europe-between-complicity-silence-and-solidarity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=50144","title":{"rendered":"Panel Discussion: The Gaza Genocide as Seen from East-Central and South-Eastern Europe: Between Complicity, Silence and Solidarity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Panel discussion organised by Pavel Kolar (Konstanz) and Milica Popovic (Vienna)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In cooperation with the lecture series \u2018Talking about Israel & Palestine\u2014Interdisciplinary Approaches\u2019 at the University of Konstanz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

10.12. 2025, 15.15\u201319.15, digital:
https:\/\/uni-konstanz-de.zoom.us\/j\/68392267654?pwd=MB0upSUh37rDhNLkO7bPVMvDniPxFg.1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The panel discussion explores East-Central and South-Eastern European responses to the genocide in Gaza, considering them within their broader historical and societal contexts. We will examine the wide-ranging reactions within the region, first, in spatial terms, looking at how domestic agendas interact with global influence. In temporal terms, we will explore how current dynamics draw on the region\u2019s long-term histories of mass violence, authoritarianism, colonialism and racism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Contributions will focus on the following aspects, among others:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– the legacy of the pre-1989 state socialist policies towards the Middle East conflict, ranging from an official ‘anti-Zionist’ doctrine to popular pro-Palestinian support and a dissenting pro-Israel stance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– the instrumentalisation of memory cultures, particularly with regard to fascism, the Holocaust, occupation and state socialism<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– the role of racism and xenophobia, including anti-Semitism, anti-Gypsyism, anti-Arabism and Islamophobia in local contexts<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– the role of neoliberal populism as a driver of ethno-nationalism, welfare racism and anti-refugee attitudes in responses to the Gaza War and the Israeli occupation of Palestine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– the importance of economic dependencies, such as weapon exports, financial flows and supply chains<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– the weaponisation of anti-Semitism as a tool for authoritarian crackdowns on academia, critical media and the cultural sphere<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– the role of the Russo-Ukrainian War in shaping perspectives on the Gaza genocide and the Middle East conflict, particularly with regard to accusations of war crimes and genocide<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– the emergence of critical and solidarity voices within local academia and social movements<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Programm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

15.15-17.00: Session I
Introduction by Pavel Kol\u00e1\u0159 (University of Konstanz) and Milica Popovi\u0107 (Austrian Academy of Sciences)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nina Paulovicova (Athabasca University): Mnemonic Regimes: Epistemic violence and the Erasure of Palestine in Post-communist Slovakia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yasar Abu Ghosh (Charles University in Prague): Magic and Unthought: Genocide Denial and the Weaponisation of Antisemitism in Czechia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mihai S. Rusu (Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu): All Quiet on the Eastern Flank: Silencing a See-through Genocide in Romania<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17.00-17.15: Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n

17.15-19.00: Session II<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monika Bobako (Adam Mickiewicz University in Pozna\u0144): The Politics and Epistemology of (Not) Seeing the Gaza Genocide. The Case of Poland<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Francesco Trupia (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toru\u0144 & CEU Democracy Institute): The Balkan Gaze on Gaza: Post-Memories and Solidarities<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barbara Rajgelj (University of Ljubljana & The Legal Network for the Protection of Democracy & Grounded Festival): The Role of Civil Society and Academia in Shaping the Pro-Palestinian Stance of Slovenian Authorities<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sanja Horvatin\u010di\u0107 (Institute of Art History in Zagreb): Breaking silence, unveiling complicity: Initiative for Academia of Solidarity and Epistemic Justice in Croatia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Concluding Remarks and Discussion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The ‘Gaza Genocide’ as Seen from East-Central and South-Eastern Europe. Between Complicity, Silence and Solidarity<\/em>, in: H-Soz-Kult, 02.12.2025, https:\/\/www.hsozkult.de\/event\/id\/event-159000<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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https:\/\/www.geschichte.uni-konstanz.de\/en\/research\/kolar\/panel-discussion-the-gaza-genocide-as-seen-from-east-central-and-south-eastern-europe-between-complicity-silence-and-solidarity<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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