CfP: THE BALKANS. SPACES, SOCIETIES, HISTORY
Deadline is extended until February 28th 2023...
CfP: Le memorie della Shoah: forme narrative e discorsi culturali nell’Europa centro-orientale, sud-orientale ed orientale
11-12 maggio 2023 Padova-Venezia Call for Paper Deadline: 18 dicembre 2022 In un articolo del 2008, Omer Bartov individua due problemi negli studi sulla Shoah e l’Europa orientale. Il primo è la divisione in due blocchi e le dinamiche della Guerra fredda, che ha limitato l’accesso agli archivi e, per estensione, alle aree centro-, sud- ed orientale europee; il secondo sono le narrazioni politico-culturali di tipo socialista che ha...
CfP: Post-Memories of Communism: Genealogy, Knowledge, and Significance in Southeast Europe
Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has revitalized a re-exploration and rediscovery of the socialist past among the youngest generations. The current turmoil in Eastern Europe has taken its toll on the Southeast European societies, showing how specific legacies play a significant role in the political landscape. Memories of socialism are currently being re-discussed, shedding light on new nuances and distinctions of historical...
CfP: Populism and Illiberalism in East, Central and Southeast Europe
2022 Annual Conference of the Irish Association for Russian, Central and East European Studies 15-17 September 2022, Maynooth, National University of Ireland Maynooth Writing about what defines illiberal democracy, A. Applebaum (2021) observes “illiberal oneparty state is not a philosophy. It is a mechanism for holding power, and it functions happily alongside many ideologies. It works because it clearly defines who gets to be the...
CfP: Ten Years of Hopes for a New Europe: Moscow and Brussels from 1985 to 1994
Deadline: 31 maggio 2022 To be held on 26-27 January, 2023 Department of Political Science, University of Pisa The conference is organised by the Department of Political Science of the University of Pisa in the context of the University Research Project «Ten Years of Hopes for a New Europe: Moscow and Brussels from 1985 to 1994» The main research question to be answered is to what extent the current crisis in relations between the...
CfP: Cold War Borderlands in Europe and Northeast Asia, 1944-1991
STUDYING REGIONS ALONG THE IRON CURTAIN APPROACHES TO NEW RESEARCH Workshop in Udine, Italy 9-12 March 2023 link >> Jointly organized by the University of Udine, Cold War Studies/Harvard University, and Friuli Storia This workshop will bring together scholars from various countries to discuss key issues pertaining to Cold War borderlands in Europe and Northeast Asia (i.e., regions along the dividing line between East and West...