CFP: Central Europe 1989: Lessons and Legacies

[edith clowes]

Central Europe 1989: Lessons and Legacies
October 16-18, 2009
Call for Papers #2
March 30, 2009

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. Keynote speakers 
will be Ivan Klima, Veronika Ambros, and Jan Kubik.

We invite 250-word abstracts dealing with the question of transition 
and change in Central European countries and cultures, as it relates 
to discourses, narratives, myths of identity in a variety of areas, 
including but not exclusively literature and film, gender, ethnicity, 
civil and state structures, environment, and 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

-- 
Edith W. Clowes, Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Director, 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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