Historical and Collective Memory in the Middle and Far East

Olga Barbasiewicz, Ph.D., Assistant Prof. at the Institute of Middle and Far East of the Jagiellonian University (JU) in Kraków. She focuses on memory politics, and Japanese-Korean relations.Karolina Rak, Ph.D., Assistant Prof. at the Institute of the Middle and Far East of JU. Her research interests include contemporary Muslim discourse.Michał Lipa, Ph.D., Assistant Prof. at the Institute of the Middle and Far East of JU. He is interested in theories of authoritarianism and democratization.

• practicing collective and historical memory – memory of the Japanese occupation of Korea – the issues of Japanization policies within the Taiwanese society – the role of museums in strengthening Chinese patriotism – the issue of contemporary Japanese extreme nationalists – disintegration as an aspect of public memory evaluation in India