Euroacademia Conferences
Europe Inside-Out: Europe and Europeanness Exposed to Plural Observers (9th Edition)April 24 - 25, 2020
Identities and Identifications: Politicized Uses of Collective Identities (9th Edition)June 12 - 13, 2020
8th Forum of Critical Studies: Asking Big Questions AgainJanuary 24 - 25, 2020
Re-Inventing Eastern Europe (7th Edition)December 13 - 14, 2019
The European Union and the Politicization of Europe (8th Edition)October 25 - 26, 2019
Identities and Identifications: Politicized Uses of Collective Identities (8th Edition)June 28 - 29, 2019
The European Union and the Politicization of Europe (7th Edition)January 25 - 26, 2019- 7th Forum of Critical Studies: Asking Big Questions AgainNovember 23 - 24, 2018
Europe Inside-Out: Europe and Europeanness Exposed to Plural Observers (8th Edition)September 28 - 30, 2018- Identities and Identifications: Politicized Uses of Collective Identities (7th Edition)June 14 - 15, 2018
Papers
Western Confessionalization of Eastern Europe as Practiced in the Former Yugoslavia
I will demonstrate how many policies and interventions of the European Union and other “Western” political, educational, humanitarian and media agencies, putatively termed confessionalization (Reinhard and Schilling), contributed to the petrification of confessional segmentation and buttressed conservative political attitudes of religious leaders and institutions.
Czech Modernity As Secular Modernity
In my paper, I would like to suggest how the conceptual framework of multiple secularities inspired by Shmuel Eisenstadt and elaborated by a German sociologist Monika Wohlrab-Sahr can help us in our efforts to understand the Czech case.
The Shrine in Licheń: Redefining Religiosity and Entertainment
While the Polish Church played an undeniably significant role in overthrowing Communist rule, it, too, has been forced to rethink its role in post-1989 Poland. Thus, an example of this change can be found in a brand new shrine built in a small town, Licheń in 2004.
A Very Reserved Westernism: Ukrainian National Project in Late Russian Empire
The proximity of Ukrainian and Russian national projects, as well as convoluted relations between them show a particularly interesting case of East/West discourse analysis.
The Western Imaginary and the Imagined Strategies Against It in the Eastern European Countries and the Margins of Eastern Europe
The following paper discusses how the Western imaginary or the way “the West looks East” reinforces the construction of “unstable” or ambivalent identities in the Eastern European countries, as well as the margins of Eastern Europe.
Eastern Poland and its “Eastern” Aspects of Regional Identity
The paper will discuss the ways the stigma of the Eastern Europe functions and is dealt with on a regional level. The specific case study will be Eastern Poland and its regional identity discourses.
The Romanian Avant-garde – Eastern Modernity With (a) Western Touch(es)
The present study aims to discuss some of the intricate relationships established between the Romanian avant-garde artists and their Western counterparts, in the wider context of Romania’s sociopolitical and cultural modernization.
Uncovering Romania by Geography. A Study on How Geography in Romania Cultivated Lands and Romanians
This paper primarily seeks to question how Romanian geography became a science with which to cultivate both lands and people.
Eastern Europe as an Anthropological Construct. Hierarchies of Knowledge and Power in the Foundation of East European Ethnology
The paper looks at the ways Eastern Europe is described in Western anthropological literature. It is visible that so-called ‘native anthropologists’ almost do not exist in Western works and give the power of their representation to Western colleagues.
How Different? The Political Participation of Ethnic Minorities in Eastern Europe
This paper seeks to address this gap in the literature by answering two research questions: how does the political participation differ in the case of ethnic minorities (compared to the majority population) and what factors enhance it? The study is carried at individual level using data from the Candidate Study of Electoral Systems (CSES). It includes three Eastern European countries with relevant ethnic minorities (i.e. relevance according to several criteria) and provides a cross-national analysis.
