Central Europe 1989: Lessons and Legacies, October 16-18, 2009

[crees]

As part of a semester-long commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the
fall of Communism in East Central Europe, the Center for Russian, East
European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Kansas announces a
conference, "Central Europe 1989: Lessons and Legacies," to be held in
Lawrence, KS, October 16-18, 2009. We invite 250-word abstracts dealing
with the question of transition and change in Central Europe as it
relates to discourses, narratives, myths of identity in a variety of
areas, including but not exclusively culture, literature and film,
gender, ethnicity, civil and state structures, environment, economy.
Historical and political contextualizations of the "Turn" are also
welcome. Please email your abstract by May 1, 2009, to: crees at ku.edu
(and put "CE1989" in the subject line), or mail to: CE1989, CREES,
University of Kansas, 320 Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS
66045.

Possible topics include:

1. meanings of revolution (society, arts, science, technology,
environment, etc.)

2. transition (and its discontents)

3. myths of identity

4. discourses of change

5. thinking and rethinking history

6. (re)defining Central Europe

7. stocktaking on the transition

8. structures of political change

9. institutional design

 

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Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies
University of Kansas
320 Bailey Hall
1440 Jayhawk Blvd.
Lawrence, KS  66045-7574

tel.: 785-864-4236
fax: 785-864-3800

http://www.crees.ku.edu


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