[Aaus-community-list] [aaus-list] Russia now has Min of Historical Truth

[stephen velychenko]

Domestic policy cannot be changed by foreigners. You want Russians
changing Ukrainian legislation??
All historians can do is laugh at the notion of government
interference in scholarship at conferences and dinner tables.
Could also boycott from all international conferences all the
"historians" related to the Ministry of Historical Truth.

On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Roman Serbyn <serbyn.roman at videotron.ca> wrote:
> This will have a crippling effect not only on Russian historians but on all
> foreign historians who want to do any research or visit Russia. The
> situation is particularly dangerous for Ukrainian historians of the Soviet
> period who frequently go to Russia. Some reaction should come from
> international scholarly bodies, especially organizations of historians.
>
> Roman Serbyn
>
>
> Le 19/05/09 09:04, « stephen velychenko » <velychen at chass.utoronto.ca> a
> écrit :
>
>> http://maidan.org.ua/static/news/2009/1242735723.html
>>
>
>



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Stephen Velychenko
CERES Associate;
Research Fellow,Chair of Ukrainian Studies;
Munk Center
University of Toronto
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