Dear list,

Prompted by the message announcing "Stalin's Cultural Legacy"
conference, which is going to take place in Bristol UK (15.-16.03.03)
I would like to draw your attention to inappropriateness of such
conjunction. "Cultural legacy" is a neutral term with positive
overtones and using this term to describe the outcome of Stalin's
activities in the sphere of culture without any qualification is
insulting to the memory of his victims and eventually can help
eradicate this memory rather than keep it alive.

Yours faithfully

Piotr Kopszak

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Piotr Kopszak, Ph.D.
Polish Art Gallery, National Museum in Warsaw
-----------------------------> http://kopszak.mnw.art.pl/

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Message sent:

From: Mike O'Mahony <mikeomahony3yahoo.co.uk>
Date: 30 Jan 2003 14:11:31 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Conference Announcement

CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
Stalin's Cultural Legacy
Organised by CREECS (Centre for Russian and East
European
Cultural Studies) and BASEES (British Association
for Slavonic and East European Studies)
University of Bristol

(...)

http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/ArtHistory/stalinsculturallegacy.html