Reconciling with the Past

Annika Frieberg is Assistant Professor at San Diego State University. She studied Modern and Central European History at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. She has taught courses in 19th and 20th century European and East European history. Her research and teaching interests center on war and genocide, conflict resolution, media, national, and transnational questions in Central Europe. She has published several articles, including "Reconciliation Remembered. Early Activists and the Polish-German Relations" in Re-Mapping Polish-German Memory, which was published by Indiana University Press in 2011. Dr. Frieberg is currently working on her book manuscript, Costly Reconciliation: Transnational Networks and Media in post-war Polish-German Relations.C. K. Martin Chung is Assistant Professor in the Department of Government and International Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University. Previously he was Research Assistant Professor of the European Union Academic Programme Hong Kong, and Lecturer at the University of St. Joseph (Macau). He holds a PhD from the University of Hong Kong (2014) and conducts research on political reconciliation and “coming to terms with the past” in Europe (CornellUniversity Press; Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht) and East Asia (Franz Steiner Verlag;Nomos).

• Notes on contributorsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Resources for Reconciling with the PastPART I: RECONCILIATION RESOURCES AND OBSTACLES1. South Africa’s Reconciliation Process: Tools, Resources and Obstacles in the Journey to Deal With Its Atrocious Past Amity Symbolism as a Resource for Conflict Resolution. The Case of Franco-German Relations 2. Forget and Forgive? Central European Memory Cultures, Models of Reconciliation and Polish-German Relations 3. Apology and Confession: Comparing Sino-Japanese and German-Jewish Intellectual Resources for Reconciliation 4. Ruist Traditions of Revenge and Alternative Resources for Ruist-inspired Reconciliation 5. Tanabe Hajime on Repentance and Reconciliation: An Analysis of Philosophy as MetanoeticsPART II: REGIONAL EXPERIENCE AND COMPARISON6. Reconciliation Theory and the East Asian Context 7. Challenges of Teaching International Reconciliation in Japan and Korea: A Comparative Perspective 8. Altered States of Consciousness: Identity Politics and Prospects for Taiwan-Hong Kong-Mainland Reconciliation 9. Wrestling with the Past: Reconciliation, Apology and Settling History in Australia and New Zealand 10. Comparing Polish-German and Polish-Russian Reconciliation Efforts 11. France and Algeria: Conflict, Cooperation and ConciliationIndex