Department Spotlights

In recent years, Hungary has been portrayed as a negative example of memory politics, exercising political influence over the study, interpretation, and emphasis or concealment of past events. Hungary is seen as a starting point for the paradigm shift in the memory politics of World War II.

In the lecture published in the journal Baltic Worlds, Prof. Andrea Pető shares her story of being forced to leave Hungary when the Central European University (CEU) was shut down because of the government’s decision; and her search for better stories, good endings, and how to turn acts intended to repress into an opportunity to express one’s own views and take a stand.