Quest for a Suitable Past
Edited by Claudia-Florentina Dobre and Cristian Emilian Ghiţă The past may be approached from a variety of directions. A myth reunites people around certain values and projects and pushes them in one direction or another. The present volume brings together a range of case studies of myth making and myth breaking in east Europe from the nineteenth century to the present day. In particular, it focuses on the complex process through...
CfP: Resistance and Collaboration in Occupied Europe
deadline December 15, 2017 Resistance and Collaboration in Occupied Europe An interdisciplinary graduate student conference sponsored by the Memory Studies in Modern Europe Working Group Yale University, Monday April 2nd, 2018 The Yale University Memory Studies in Modern Europe working group invites doctoral students from all disciplines to share their research in a conference devoted to the topics of resistance and...
Convegno L’Adriatico tra sogno e realtà
Data: 18-19 Ottobre 2017 Luogo: Università degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara, Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Culture Moderne, Viale Pindaro n. 42, Pescara; Fondazione Pescarabruzzo, C.so Umberto I n. 83, Pescara. Organizzatore: Università degli Studi “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara, Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Culture Moderne
Oltre Adriatico e ritorno. Percorsi antropologici tra Italia e Sudest Europa
Zaira Tiziana Lofranco e Antonio Maria Pusceddu Descrizione: L’ultimo ventennio ha visto la rinascita, all’interno nell’antropologia italiana, di un interesse per il Sudest Europa, in linea con una diffusa attenzione dell’opinione pubblica, stimolata dai drammatici accadimenti successivi alla fine della Guerra fredda. Il volume è un inedito tentativo di riflettere sulle ragioni di questo rinnovato interesse, attraverso percorsi di...
The memory of Communism: actors, norms, institutions
Segnaliamo l’uscita del numero 6 della rivista Nationalities Papers The Journal of Nationalism and Ethnicity dedicata alla memoria del comunismo Vai alla lettura, clicca qui >> Nationality Papers: vol. 45/6. Special Section: The memory of Communism: actors, norms, institutions (edited by Georges Mink) Georges Mink, “Introduction”, p. 989-991 Laure Neumayer, “Advocating for the cause of the “victims of Communism” in the...
A Modern History of the Balkans: Nationalism and Identity in Southeast Europe
Thanos Veremis The history of the Balkans has been a distillation of the great and terrible themes of 20th century history-the rise of nationalism, communism, fascism, genocide, identity and war. Written by one of the leading historians of the region, this is a new interpretation of that history, focusing on the uses and legacies of nationalism in the Balkan region. In particular, Professor Veremis analyses the influence of the...