Embracing the New, Preserving the Old: Studying Fascism, Communism, and Totalitarianism in the 2020s - Instytut Pileckiego

Embracing the New, Preserving the Old: Studying Fascism, Communism, and Totalitarianism in the 2020s

October 14-15, The Pilecki Institute, Sienna 82, Warsaw, Poland

More than thirty years after the end of the Cold War, the categories through which the twentieth century was once understood are being reactivated, revised, and (re)contested. In an era marked by misinformation, digital transformation, geopolitical tumult, and neo-imperialism, the legacies of fascism and communism once again occupy a central place in public and academic debate both within and beyond Central & Eastern Europe. The conference asks how these frameworks—and the scholarship around them—are being reimagined, reappropriated, or resisted today.