On 18 & 19 May, Karoline Edtstadler, the Austrian Federal Minister for the EU and the Constitution, the historians Niall Ferguson and Olivette Otele, the author Geert Mak, among others, discussed today's crises from a historical perspective at this year's Körber History Forum.
In Belarus, citizens have been demonstrating for democratic reforms since August 2020. The government and authorities are taking massive action against the protests and the rest of Europe remains predominantly in the role of spectator. Belarusian philosopher Olga Shparaga on protests, democracy and diaspora.
Historian Stephan Malinowski on the role of the German nobility in establishing Nazi rule, the myths surrounding the resistance of 20 July 1944 and the current debate sparked by the restitution claims of the House of Hohenzollern.
Historian Jörn Leonhard discusses the conflicted past and current relations between France and Germany. To what extent does the image of a Franco-German lead in the EU still hold up today? And, apart from high-flying emotions, how much political calculation defines the political agendas between Paris and Berlin?
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