National History : Construct or/and Reality?
Part of : Historein : a review of the past and other stories ; Vol.1, 1999, pages 93-102
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A workshop addressing the general theme “National History. Construct or/and Reality” was held at the European University Institute (Florence) on the 2nd and 3rd of May 1997. Professor Miroslav Hroch (European University Institute and University of Prague) organised and conducted this project which aimed at a comparative approach of the formation of national histories mostly within Central and Eastern Europe. The first two sessions (Friday, May 2nd, morning and afternoon) were devoted to the exploration of “The Concept of our National History”. The following scholars (according to the order of presentation) focused their analysis on certain cases of national histories:A. First session- Professor Otto Dann (University of Köln) - Germans.- Professor Miroslav Hroch (EUI and University of Prague) and Dr. Jitka Maleckova (University of Prague) - Czechs.- Professor Ottar Dahl (University of Oslo) - Norwegians.- Professor Marjatta Hietala (University of Tampere) - Finns.B. Second session- Dr. Eva Ring Agh (University of Budapest) - Hungarians.- Dr. Bronislav Hronec (University of Bratislava) - Slovaks.- Dr. Effi Gazi (University of Crete) - Greeks. The third session (Saturday, May 3rd 1997) comprised a general discussion of the theme "Reality and Myth in Understanding National History". Professor Georg Iggers (Distinguished Professor, University of Buffalo) and Professor Stuart Woolf (University of Venice) also participated in this session. We are presenting a summarised version of this debate which constitutes an interesting exchange of ideas on controversial issues such as nationalism, national identity, historiography, state policy, cultural politics etc. In addition, as a general guidance to the directions of the workshop, Professor Miroslav Hroch's and Dr Jitka Maleckova's paper on the case of the Czech national history is also included in this section.
