Antifascism in a Transnational and Comparative Perspective
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SCIENCE AND RESEARCH CENTRE KOPER Institute for Historical Studies ZNANSTVENO-RAZISKOVALNO SREDIŠČE KOPER Inštitut za zgodovinske študije International conference ANTIFASCISM IN A TRANSNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE online, 27–28 May 2021 PROGRAMME AND ABSTRACTS SCIENCE AND RESEARCH CENTRE KOPER Institute for Historical Studies ZNANSTVENO-RAZISKOVALNO SREDIŠČE KOPER Inštitut za zgodovinske študije International conference ANTIFASCISM IN A TRANSNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE online, 27–28 May 2021 PROGRAMME AND ABSTRACTS Koper 2021 International conference ANTIFASCISM IN A TRANSNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE Programme and Abstracts Editor: Mateja Režek Technical Editor: Alenka Obid Design and layout: Alenka Obid Publisher: Science and Research Centre/Znanstveno-raziskovalno središče Koper, Institute for Historical Studies/Inštitut za zgodovinske študije, Annales ZRS For the publisher: Rado Pišot Online edition, available on: http://www.zrs-kp.si/index.php/research-2/zalozba/ monografije/ J6-9356 Antifascism in the Julian March in a Transnational Perspective, 1919–1954 and the The conference is organisedP6-0272 within Mediterranean the framework and Slovenia of the research project research programme , co-financed by the Slovenian Research Agency. Kataložni zapis o publikaciji (CIP) pripravili v Narodni in univerzitetni knjižnici v Ljubljani COBISS.SI-ID 63271683 ISBN 978-961-7058-64-2 (PDF) CONTENTS 7 FOREWORD 9 PROGRAMME ABSTRACTS 15 Jože Pirjevec Fascism Hate Speech in the Eastern Adriatic Area from Irredentism to 16 Vesna Mikolič Fascist Measures The Discourse of the Slovenian Community in Italy in Response to 17 Kasper Braskén inA DireFinland Warning to All Ethnic Minorities of Europe? Transnational Responses against Italian Fascism in the Swedish-Speaking Minority 18 Egon Pelikan Anti-fascism of Slovenian and Croatian Clergy in the Julian March Jesperduring theJørgensen Interwar Period – a View from the Vatican Against Fascism and in Defense of the USSR: Transnational 20 MartaAnti-fascism Verginella in a Danish Perspective 1933–1938 21 Persevering on the Ramparts of the Nation: Anti-fascism of Educated Women, Feminists and Activists in the Littoral in the 1920s Gorazd Bajc 22 Were Women TIGROnly a Support to Men, Who Acted against Italian Fascism? Women Engagement within the Secret Anti-fascist MichaelOrganization Wedekind 23 SabrinaOccupation P. Ramet Policies and Antifascism in the Alpine-Adriatic Region 25 White Rose The Anti-fascism of Hans & Sophie Scholl: Intellectual Sources of the Klaus Tragbar 26 From the Bauhaus to Buchenwald and to Berlin: Anti-fascism and ThomasCareer in Porenathe Life of Franz Ehrlich 27 BorutOskar Juranić:Klabjan A Biography of an Anti-fascist “Traitor” Antifascism in Stone: 28 Memory Activism and Slovene Antifascist BojanResistance Godeša in the 1930s 29 The Bazovica Partisan Brigade – a Symbolic Continuity between Pre-war Antifascist Tradition and Liberation Struggle in Slovenian StéfanieLittoral Prezioso 30 Giustizia e Libertà and Partito D‘azione WarAntifascism II Italy in a Transnational Perspective: History, Memory and Public Use of in Post-world Pontus Järvstad 31 Post-war Nordic Anti-fascist Organizing and International Solidarity Manuel Loff 32 BožoAntifascism Repe vs. Anti-antifascism: The Portuguese and Spanish Debate 34 Shaping Collective Memory of Anti-fascism after World War II in VidaSlovenia Rožac and Darovec Its Revision 36 HugoMemory García Practices in Slovenia through the Lens of Public Opinion 38 RogerThe Promises Griffin and Perils of New Antifascist Studies 39 The Instrumentalization of Antifascism by the Populist Right and the Far Left ANTIFASCISM IN A TRANSNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE FOREWORD ANTIFASCISM IN A TRANSNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE Antifascism as one of the core values on which the political identity of post-war Europe was built on was a frequent topic of academic research, while after 1989 this paradigm conspicuously withdrew into the back- ground, prompting some historians to declare a “crisis of antifascism”. How- ever, over the past decade, we have witnessed a renewed and growing inter- est in research into antifascism, particularly its political, social and cultural characteristics in different, though interconnected, European environments, highlighted with approaches of transnational history. The conference fol- lows contemporary academic debates, as well as delves deeper into antifas- cism and examining the selected cases more in detail. The conference examines the antifascist network of relationships from its very beginning after the First World War until the present. It is focused on transnational entanglements of antifascist movements, as well as on the formation of collective memories and the politicalVenezia Giulia/Julijskauses of antifascism krajina) after the Second World War. One of the focuses is the role of antifascism in border regions, such as the former Julian March ( , a multiethnic northern Adriatic region, where debates on fascism and antifas- cism still play a crucial role in present-day discussions on the history and memory of the region and its population. Considering new sources and research perspectives, the goal of the confe- rence is to launch a broad academic debate that provides novel insights into the1) following issues: ideological, political, social and national premises of antifascism in different European environments; 2) different practices of antifascist engagement from theoretical, po- litical, intelligence and artistic activities to organized armed resistance in a comparative perspective; 7 ANTIFASCISM IN A TRANSNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 3) transnational interactions, cross-fertilizations, and cooperation of antifascist groups, organizations, parties, and individuals; 4)5) women’s emancipation within the antifascist movement; formation of collective memories of antifascism after the Second World War. ORGANISER: Science and Research Centre Koper, Institute for Historical Studies Znanstveno-raziskovalno središče Koper, Inštitut za zgodovinske študije PROGRAMME COMMITTEE: Jože PIRJEVEC Egon PELIKAN Borut KLABJAN Mateja REŽEK 8 ANTIFASCISM IN A TRANSNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE PROGRAMME International Conference ANTIFASCISM IN A TRANSNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE online, 27–28 May 2021 THURSDAY, 27th May 9:10–9:15 Online meet-and-greet(CEST) 9:15–9:30 Opening remarks(CEST) Rado Pišot, Director of the Science and Research Centre Egon Pelikan, Head of the Institute for Historical Studies 9:30–11:00 (CEST) Jože PirjevecChair: Mateja Režek (Science and Research Centre): Hate Koper) Speech in the Eastern Adriatic Area from Irredentism to Fascism (Science and Research Centre Koper Vesna Mikolič Trieste): The Discourse of the Slovenian Community in Italy in Response to (Science andFascist Research Measures Centre Koper & University of 9 ANTIFASCISM IN A TRANSNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE Kasper Braskén Å A Dire Warning to All Ethnic Minorities of Europe? Transnational Responses against Italian Fascism in the( bo Swedish-Speaking Akademi University, Minority Turku): in Finland Discussion 11:30–13:30 (CEST) Egon PelikanChair: Ana Cergol Paradiž (University of Ljubljana) Anti-fascism of Slovenian and Croatian Clergy in the Julian March during the Interwar Period (Science– a and View Research from the Centre Vatican Koper): Jesper Jørgensen Against Fascism and in Defense of the USSR: Transnational(The Anti Workers-fascism’ Museum in a Danish & The perspective Labor Movement 1933–1938’s Library and Archive, Copenhagen): Marta Verginella : Persevering on the Ramparts of the Nation. Anti-fascism of Educated Women, Feminists and Activists in the (UniversityLittoral of Ljubljana) in the 1920s Gorazd Bajc : Were Women only a Support to Men, Who Acted against Italian Fascism? Women Engagement within the Anti- (Universityfascist of Maribor) Organization TIGR Discussion 15:00–17:00 (CEST) MichaelChair: Wedekind Nancy: Occupation Wingfield ( PoliciesNorthern and Illinois Antifascism University) in the Alpine- Adriatic Region Sabrina P. Ramet The Anti-Fascism of Hans & Sophie Scholl:(Norwegian Intellectual University Sources of ofthe Science White andRose Technology & Science and Research Centre Koper): 10 ANTIFASCISM IN A TRANSNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE Klaus Tragbar From the Bauhaus to Buchenwald and to Berlin. Anti-fascism and Career in the Life of Franz Ehrlich (University of Innsbruck): Thomas Porena Oskar Juranić. A Biography of an Anti-fascist “Traitor” (Humboldt University of Berlin): Discussion FRIDAY, 28th May 10:00–12:00 (CEST) Chair: Milan Radošević (Institute for Historical and Social Sciences HAZU, Borut Klabjan Rijeka/Pula) Antifascism in Stone. Memory Activism and Slovene Antifascist Resistance in the 1930s (Science and Research Centre Koper): Bojan Godeša The Bazovica Partisan Brigade – a Symbolic Continuity between Pre-war Antifascist Tradition (Institute and Liberationof Contemporary Struggle History, in Slovenian Ljubljana): Littoral Stéfanie Prezioso Antifascism in a Transnational Perspective: History, Memory and Public Use of Giustizia e Libertà and Partito (Universityd‘Azione in of post-World Lausanne): War II Italy Pontus Järvstad Post-war Nordic Anti-fascist Organizing and International Solidarity (University of Iceland): Discussion 11 ANTIFASCISM IN A TRANSNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE 13:00–15:00 (CEST) ) ManuelChair: Loff Vanni D‘Alessio (University of Naples Federico II Antifascism vs. Anti-antifascism: the Portuguese and