“In studies of a common European past, there is a
significant lack of scholarship on the former Eastern Bloc countries. While
understanding the importance of shifting the focus of European memory eastward,
contributors to this volume avoid the trap of Eastern European exceptionalism,
an assumption that this region’s experiences are too unique to render them
comparable to the rest of Europe. They offer a reflection on memory from an
Eastern European historical perspective, one that can be measured against, or
applied to, historical experience in other parts of Europe. In this way, the
authors situate studies on memory in Eastern Europe within the broader debate
on European memory.”
