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Prisma Ukraïna / War, Migration and Memory

Радянська зброя на п’єдесталі. Військова техніка-пам’ятники під час російської війни в Україні – Частина 1

Денис Шаталов та Микола Гоманюк. В есе досліджується роль пам’ятників військовій техніці в Україні, зокрема під час російсько-української війни. Пам’ятники, такі як танки та бронемашини, розміщені на п’єдесталах, часто встановлені для вшанування радянських військових зусиль або демонстрації радянської влади, були перепрофільовані або зазнали впливу поточного конфлікту. Автори досліджують, як ця радянська традиція меморіалізації переплелася з сучасною війною, використовуючи як історичний аналіз, так і польові спостереження, зосереджуючись на впливі війни на ці символічні структури.

Prisma Ukraïna / War, Migration and Memory

Soviet Weaponry on a Pedestal: Military Equipment Monuments in the Time of the Russian War in Ukraine – Part 1

By Denys Shatalov and Mykola Homanyuk. The essay examines the role of military equipment monuments in Ukraine, particularly during the Russo-Ukrainian war. Monuments, such as tanks and armored vehicles placed on pedestals, often erected to honor Soviet war efforts or display Soviet power, have been repurposed or impacted by the ongoing conflict. The authors explore how this Soviet tradition of memorialization has been intertwined with modern warfare, using both historical analysis and field observations, focusing on the war’s influence on these symbolic structures.

re:constitution / Rule of Law Reflections

Bridging Brexit and the Values Crisis: From Constitutional Resistance to Deliberation?

By Oliver Garner. It may have seemed that the EU’s “Rule of Law crisis” was finally being resolved as 2023 commenced. For the first time since 2015, action by the EU institutions induced both Hungary and Poland to adopt legislation on the organisation of their judiciaries. The decisive factor appears to have been the use of financial pressure through the withholding of EU funds. Nevertheless, problems on a number of fronts suggest that this will not be the silver bullet to solve the values crisis.

Issues / MECAM

State–Society Relations and Sustainable Growth in Tunisia Post-2011  

By Mohamed Ismail Sabry. In the post-2011 Revolution years, ideological polarisation and political instability weakened the Tunisian state, freeing much space for business tycoons to largely dominate the political realm. Such “state capture” had a deep impact on the enactment and/or implementation of various policies that would significantly affect inclusive and sustainable growth. After 2011, tycoons benefitted from the lax and discretionary implementation of policies.

Conversations / MECAM

The Genesis of the Modern European State between Bourdieu and Weber: A Methodological Perspective

Reflecting on his methodological approach to researching Hamas and Ennahda during his recent fellowship with MECAM, Palestinian political scientist Imad Alsoos, in this conversation with Julius Dihstelhoff, explores how the intersection of symbolic power and social consent shapes the legitimacy of these movements. He emphasizes the role of embedded social practices in gaining public support for political authority.

EUME / Issues

On ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ and the War on Palestine: Gender Violence, and the Struggle for Transnational Feminist Solidarity 

By Fatemeh Shams. In this article, the author reflects on seemingly disconnected events, such as “the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban” (2021), the rise of the “Women Life Freedom” Movement in Iran (2022) and the ongoing war in Gaza, under the lens of transnational feminist solidarity.

re:constitution / Rule of Law Reflections

Copyright as a Rule of Law Challenge

By Viktoria Kraetzig. The copyright/free speech conflict is inherent in copyright law: copyright grants its owners a limited monopoly on a work, which is also a communication content. If third parties copy the work, they might infringe copyright while invoking their fundamental right of free speech. The conflict arises because free speech doctrine does not distinguish whether someone speaks with own or other people’s words, whether something has been said for the first, second or hundredth time: speaking is speaking. And so is copying.

Prisma Ukraïna / Rethinking East European Studies in Times of Upheaval

An Angry Ukrainian Syndrome: Stereotypes About War, Peace, and Injustice

By Olena Komar. In this article, the author aims to demonstrate that a set of prejudices exists in Western countries against Ukrainians, which she terms the “Angry Ukrainian Syndrome” (similar to the “North African Syndrome”). This is a set of biases that have emerged through the way Ukrainians communicate about the war and how they meet the stereotypical expectations of Westerners. Furthermore, these prejudices are colonial, stemming from an inability to see Ukrainians as independent people, distinct from Russians.

Prisma Ukraïna / Rethinking East European Studies in Times of Upheaval

Синдром злих українців: несправедливість та стереотипи про війну і мир

Олена Комар. У цій статті я демонструю низку упереджень щодо українців у західних країнах, які я називаю «синдромом злих українців» (за аналогією з «північноафриканським синдромом»). Ці упередження виникли через те, як українці розповідають про війну і як їх сприймають у зв’язку зі стереотипними очікуваннями західноєвропейців. Крім того, ці упередження мають колоніальну природу, що випливає з нездатності бачити українців як незалежний народ, відмінний від росіян.

Conversations / EUME

When Writing Stutters: Adania Shibli and Zeina Halabi in Conversation

Listening to Adania Shibli, one feels herself in the presence of a storyteller like no other. The writer begins by diving into an idea and supplements it with a story in which she summons thinkers and turns them into fictional characters, then casts a light on marginal figures that places them at the core of the historical event. Shibli effortlessly moves between the written and the aural, between abstraction and narration, and she does it ever so playfully, ultimately distilling narrative into theory. A Conversation with Zeina G. Halabi.