WORLD WARS IN THE CULTURAL MEMORY OF RUSSIA AND GERMANY: RESEARCH PROJECTS OF III INTERNATIONAL SUMMERSCHOOL IN CHELYABINSK
From 17 to August 30, 2015 in Chelyabinsk, the third International Summer School Dictatorship anniversaries? " World War II in Russia and Germany, cultural memory. It was attended by about 30 students participated, graduate and doctoral students from Germany, Switzerland and Russia. Scientific and educational project was devoted to the study of commemorative processes around the world wars in modern societies, especially in Germany and Russia. The reason for choosing the topic began monitoring the transformations of commemoration during the preparation and conduct of the two major anniversaries - the 100th anniversary of the First World War and the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Massive memorial events that took place in 2014-1015 gg. in most European countries and Russia, caused the stormy public debate and a new round of scientific debate about memory problems. Serious achieve memory studies were subjected to regular audits, which was a response to the challenges: the contradictions of globalization and the creation of a united Europe, "cooling" in Russia's relations with Western countries, the rise of nationalism in the post-Soviet states and, as a consequence, the revision in their historical policy.