Lessons of History

Klas-Göran Karlsson is Professor of History at Lund University. Throughout his career, he has led large research projects, including the on-going project Lessons of Communist and Nazi History: A Genealogical Approach and, from 2001-2008, The Holocaust and European Historical Cultures. A specialist in Russian and Soviet history, genocide history, and the uses of history in Europe, his recent publications include; Perspectives on the Entangled History of Communism and Nazism (co-editor, Lexington 2015) and Lessons of History: The Holocaust and Soviet Terror as Borderline Events (Academic Studies Press, 2024).

“This book updates a classical theme around the pedagogic uses of historical research covering its moral, legal, political, and cultural effects. It does so through a collection of well-argued papers that cover, from complementary angles, the rationale, the conditions, and the effects of the practice of history other than those confined to historical research.” • José María Rosales, University of Málaga“This is an interesting and timely book that addresses a key set of questions. Do we learn from history? If so, what kind of lessons have been learnt or, potentially, can be learnt? The book has a good balance of theoretical and empirical reflection on the questions it poses… All the contributions have something interesting to say..” • Bill Niven, Nottingham Trent University

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Understanding Historical LessonsKlas-Göran Karlsson and Maria KarlssonChapter 1. On Historical Lessons: Theoretical and Analytical PerspectivesKlas-Göran KarlssonChapter 2. Phronesisand Historical Lessons: Ethics, Politics, PraxisBjörn BaderstenChapter 3. “Historylessness” as a Lack of Historical Learning: A Conceptual ApproachJohan StenfeldtChapter 4. Christianity and Crisis: Religion and Ideology in Modern EuropeJayne SvenungssonAvailable open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) with support from Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (M22-0018).Chapter 5. Representing Rivalling States, Remembering Munich:Learning from History in DiplomacyChrister JönssonChapter 6. Topographies of Terror: Or How to Read Landscapes in Twentieth-Century East Central EuropeKarl SchlögelChapter 7. The Reparative Quest: Can “Doing History” Further Reconciliation in Post-Soviet Russia?Nanci AdlerChapter 8. Dark Lessons: The Holocaust between Dilemmas of Representation and Learning from the PastMaria KarlssonChapter 9. Mediating the Darkest Lessons of History on Film: The Case of the Polish Film “Hatred”Barbara Törnquist-PlewaChapter 10. “We Are Appalled to Have These False Beliefs Associated with Our Campus”: Holodomor, Trigger Warnings, and Free Speech at the University of AlbertaPer Anders RudlingChapter 11. Bandera Reaffirmed: Scrutinizing Lessons of a Nationalist Symbol in Struggling UkraineEleonora NarvseliusConclusion: Historical Lessons in History and History CultureKlas-Göran Karlsson and Maria KarlssonIndex