This talk was held on 19 June 2018 in the framework of the Prisma Ukraïna Workshop “When the Muses are not Silent: Intellectuals’ and Artists’ Responses to the Ukraine-Russia Conflict and post-Maidan Developments in Ukraine”.
In the face of Russia’s references to history to justify and legitimize the annexation of Crimea and the support of pro-Russian “separatists” in the east of Ukraine, some Ukrainian historians started their own initiatives in response to Russian information activities. Those historians act either in the framework of state initiatives, realized by the Ministry of Information and the Institute of National Remembrance, or on an individual basis and even in opposition to state policies. The presentation will focus on the Likbez project which brought together historians of the Institute of History of Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.