Content related to Armenia Should governments butt out of history? Eric Heinze examines how states limit speech in order to control public awareness about the past. Why the EU’s “harmonisation machine” should stay away from history Claus Leggewie and Horst Meier explain why memory laws are the wrong way for Europeans to remember and debate their difficult pasts. France’s Armenian genocide law In January 2012, the French Senate approved a law criminalising the denial of any genocide recognised by the state, writes Clementine de Montjoye.
Should governments butt out of history? Eric Heinze examines how states limit speech in order to control public awareness about the past.
Why the EU’s “harmonisation machine” should stay away from history Claus Leggewie and Horst Meier explain why memory laws are the wrong way for Europeans to remember and debate their difficult pasts.
France’s Armenian genocide law In January 2012, the French Senate approved a law criminalising the denial of any genocide recognised by the state, writes Clementine de Montjoye.