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Rewriting history, undermining democracyThe role of the New Right in South Korean memory politics
This case study examines the evolution of the South Korean New Right over the past two decades in its revisionist assaults on mainstream historiography and the country’s consolidating transitional justice paradigm. Analysing the most salient areas of contention, the author finds that far-right memory politics in South Korea represents a calculated effort to distort national memory for political ends, posing serious risks to the country’s democratic integrity.
- Year 2025
- Author(s) Hannes B. Mosler
Between nostalgia and apocalypseWhite nationalist remembrance of the past and fear of the future in post-apartheid South Africa
This case study explores mobilisations framed around remembrance in white nationalist movements in post-apartheid South Africa, with a particular focus on the AfriForum. The authors draw on the concepts of restorative nostalgia and apocalyptic anticipation to analyse how the opposition to policies aimed at redressing past inequalities related to colonialism and apartheid often relies on racial stereotypes, fear, and, at times, hatred.
- Year 2025
- Author(s) Malose Langa, Peace Kiguwa
Glorification, whitewashing, erasureThe populist challenge to dealing with the past in Lithuania
This case study explores the populist instrumentalisation of history in Lithuania since 2014, the year Russia invaded Ukraine. The author documents how far-right and populist actors in Lithuania increasingly turn to the experience of the Second World War and its aftermath to propagate simplistic narratives that rely on antisemitic tropes, whitewash historical crimes, and turn victims into villains and perpetrators into victims, with the ostensible aim of strengthening patriotic sentiment.
- Year 2025
- Author(s) Violeta Davoliūtė
Endangered cultural memoryThe impact of far-right discourses and practices on human rights related to the dictatorship in Chile
In light of the recent rise of the Chilean far right, this case study explores far-right revisionist discourses on the military dictatorship. To do so, the authors analyse both far-right discourses expressed on X (formerly Twitter) as well as discourses and practices expressed in relation to the desecration of human rights memorials. The paper reveals how transitional justice initiatives and even the broader human rights framework are coming under increasing scrutiny in Chile.
- Year 2025
- Author(s) Carolina Aguilera, Manuela Badilla
The rise of far-right memory politicsA global perspective
The rise of the far right is a global phenomenon, with anti-democratic parties and authoritarian leaders gaining influence not only in Europe but worldwide. A defining characteristic of far-right politics is a revisionist engagement with the past. By challenging established historiography and remembrance culture, far-right actors promote distorted historical narratives that fuel hate speech, xenophobia, racism, and political polarisation.
- Year 2025
National Dialogue and peacemaking
This eight-week online course provides an in-depth understanding of National Dialogues and how to prepare, conduct and implement them.
- Course Sept 2025
Dialogue for social cohesionIntercultural dialogue for conflict transformation briefs series
At a time when division threatens the fabric of societies, dialogue offers a path forward. The Dialogue for Social Cohesion brief, developed by UNESCO in collaboration with the Berghof Foundation and Search for Common Ground, blends real-world case studies with practical recommendations.
- Year 2025
At and around the tableUncovering the diversity of roles played by women from resistance and liberation movements in peace processes
This paper, the fourth in our policy insight series on gender-inclusive conflict transformation, examines the formal and informal roles played by women in and associated with resistance and liberation movements (RLMs) during peace processes. We conducted focus group discussions, interviews and peer-learning workshops with women from South Africa, Northern Ireland, Colombia, the Philippines, Kosovo and other contexts in Latin America, Europe and Southeast Asia who contributed to peace processes either as formal negotiators or informal peace leaders.
- Year 2025
- Author(s) Claudia Cruz Almeida, Fee Högner
The rise of far-right memory politicsHow the past is instrumentalised across the globe
A new collection of research papers and a policy brief highlight the global misuse of history by far-right actors and offer strategies to counter their influence.
- feature 16 Apr 2025