Nikolay Koposov

Nikolay Koposov, Visiting Professor of Russian and Eastern European Studies at Emory University, is the author of Memory Laws, Memory Wars: The Politics of the Past in Europe and Russia.

Poland

Memory laws and nationalist lies

23 March 2018, 18:00 PM
A controversial law recently enacted by Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party has attracted a tremendous amount of attention around the world for its criminalisation of expressions like “Polish death camps.” But the law is intended to be much more than a means to get people to mind their language.
23 March 2018, 18:00 PM