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May 31, 2026Monatshefte0 citations

Introduction: Multidirectional, Transnational, and Postauthoritarian Memories and the Literatures of Europe’s Eastern Borderlands (from the Baltic to the Caucasus)Einleitung: Multidirektionale, transnationale und postautoritäre Erinnerungen und die Literaturen der “Borderlands” Osteuropas (vom Baltikum zum Kaukasus)”

AHAura HeydenreichCNCarl Niekerk

Key Points

  • This work aims to analyze the political and cultural dynamics within Europe's Eastern borderlands, influenced by historical memory.
  • Literary analysis of Omer Bartov's 2022 text 'Tales from the Borderlands'.
  • Exploration of historical and cultural contexts specific to Eastern Europe.
  • Argues for a richer understanding of the region's complexities through the lens of multidirectional and transnational memories.
  • Insights into postauthoritarian narratives that shape contemporary identities in Eastern borders.

Abstract

In his 2022 Tales from the Borderlands , Omer Bartov proposes the term “borderlands” to come to a better understanding of the political and cultural specifics of the geographical part of Europe that has long been called its “East.”11 It is an area the history of which, so Bartov shows,

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Heydenreich et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1bd03d5783ba022b6fc05ehttps://doi.org/10.3368/m.118.1.1
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