Final History Unit Presentation: Art, Strength, and Continuity

With just a couple of months left until History Unit ends, we're presenting our final collection of stories. This time, there's a strong focus on art and culture, with half of the publications covering Ukrainian topics – a priority we set for our last open call.

On November 19, at 5 pm CET, join us for the presentation of eleven new journalistic projects about queer history – spanning Nazi times to the present day, examining artistic legacies, community memory, and resilience amid ongoing war.

History is shaped by which stories are remembered and which remain untold. History Unit gathers journalists and activists from Belarus, Germany, Poland, and Ukraine to document queer histories and address present realities.

During the presentation, you'll hear about the journalists' approaches to their subjects, the sources they worked with, and the practical obstacles they encountered. There will be time for questions and direct discussion with the authors.

Here are the topics and authors of the publications:

• History and resilience of queer Ukrainians - Anna Romandash for Ukrainska Pravda

• History of queer people in Belarus -  podcast by Uladzislau Karotki, Viktoriya Vdovina on Eastern Queerope

• Safeguarding LGBTQIA+ memory in wartime Ukraine - Finbarr Toesland for Gaytimes

• Queer Jewish Art history - podcast by Hani Esther Indictor Portner

• Conversion practices in Germany - Antonia Groß for taz

• Trans* сulture and aesthetics in Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova at the turn of the 21st century - Dmitry Ermalovich-Dashchynski for gpress.info

• Queer communities in the Donetsk region 1991-2014 - Marko Krapka for Vilne Radio

• Paradoxes of homosexual desire in the Third Reich - Evgenia Skvortsova, Nikolai Nakhshunov for Gasp Magazine

• Homophobia at the core of Putinism - Lesia Bidochko for Spilne

• Body in public space and the Belarusian queer protest movement - Cristina Grekova

• Ukrainian women rebuilding their lives in Bucharest’s beauty salons - Mariia Krychevska, Teodorina Constantin for Scena9, TyKyiv

The presentation will take place online on November 19 at 5 pm CET. Working language: English.

To join the session, register here

The project is funded by the Foundation Remembrance, Responsibility and Future (EVZ) and the Federal Ministry of Finance (BMF) as part of the Education Agenda on NS-Injustice.