Name: Reclaiming the Past: Decolonising Memory in Ukraine
Start: 2025-04-03T12:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-04-03T13:30:00+02:00
Location: Litteraturhuset

Reclaiming the Past: Decolonising Memory in Ukraine

In the time where history is both contested and weaponized, how can museums foster a more inclusive and honest vision of the past among the younger generations and shape democratic societies we live in?
The MUCIT project – a collaboration between the European Wergeland Centre and European parters – invite to a conversation on these issues.
WHEN: 03.04.2025 – 12:00-13:30
WHERE: Litteraturhuset – “SKRAM”
The event will be held in English. Free entrance but registation required.
REGISTRATION: https://shorturl.at/Y3Qpc
PROGRAMME:
12:00 – 12:10 Openings remarks by Iryna Sabor, EWC’s Head of Early Childhood and School
12:10 – 13:00 Panel Discussion
SPEAKERS:
Lars Rowe, Norwegian Armed Forces Museum (Oslo)
Jana Sverdljuk, National Library of Norway (Oslo)
Ihor Poshyvailo, MAIDAN Museum (Kyiv)
Monika Koszynska, POLIN Museum (Warsaw)
13:00 – 13:30 Q&A session
Moderated by Nataliya Yeremeyeva, Senior Adviser, EWC
This panel explores the challenges of decolonization in Ukraine and beyond, looking into how democratic societies navigate controversial histories and resist flows of disinformation and fake news. A special focus will be laid on how museums address younger audiences to invite them to reclaim suppressed voices, reinterpret historical sites, and foster critical engagement with the past. How can museums and memorial sites ensure that history education serves as a tool for justice rather than manipulation?
Join us for a timely discussion on decolonization, democracy, and memory.
--------------------------------
“MUCIT: Museums as Sites of Citizenship,” is a two-year project that unites the European Wergeland Centre, National Museum of the Revolution of Dignity – Maidan Museum in Ukraine, POLIN –Museum of Polish Jews, and Utøya in Norway.
Want to get the latest news about the project? Sign up to the EWC newsletter or visit the MUCIT facebook page.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.