Narrating Power. Institutionalised Memory and Interference Strategies
Bashir Bashir
Grzegorz Rossolinski-Liebe
Jie-Hyun Lim
Saturday
12.09.2026
16:00–17:30
Atelier 2
Who determines which histories become part of public memory? And how can dominant narratives be challenged where political power shapes the boundaries of remembrance? This panel examines how institutions, political interests, and public conflicts regulate the ways history is narrated, remembered, and contested.
Collective memory is continuously negotiated through institutions, political interests, and public conflicts. Across the world, competing historical narratives are mobilised to legitimise political agendas, define collective identities, and shape the boundaries of what can be publicly remembered and discussed. Bringing together perspectives from history, political theory, and memory studies, this panel explores how institutions and dominant cultures of remembrance shape public memory, how political interference transforms historical discourse, and how silenced or contested perspectives challenge established narratives.
The panel investigates strategies of silencing and interference, asking how communities develop practices that intervene in established cultures of remembrance, expand the boundaries of public memory, and contest memory regimes where political power determines which versions of the past are acknowledged and which remain marginalised.
Moderated by Margarita Tsomou.