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
The Historical Dimension of the “Battle for the Right to be Russian” between Ukrainian and Russian Intellectuals
The matter of this paper concerns with the current state of Russian-Ukrainian relations. I will make an attempt to analyze the usage of historical arguments to shape actual visions of the opposite nations. More specifically, the paper deals with the questions what Russian nation is and which people belong to it.Re/Constructing ‘We’ and the ‘Other’ in the Context of Europeanization in Georgia
In this presentation, I will try to trace the process of Europeanization/European integration in Georgia as a post-Soviet country, yet, it identifies itself ‘as a part of Europe’ in order to reveal which norms, ideas and beliefs influence the Georgian path towards Europe. This presentation will rely on the data obtained during the field research in Tbilisi, Georgia in 2014, 2015 and 2016 with the political party members, academicians and civil society organizations.Abolitionist Europe? The EWL, the Nordic Model and the Shaping of Norms Regarding Prostitution
By advocating for the Nordic Model on the European level, where prostitution has been left to the discretion of Member States, the European Women’s Lobby is cultivating a set of new collective European values. This paper aims to provide further insight into this process by looking at the development of the abolitionist lobby in Europe through the lens of emotions. More specifically, we will look at how EWL advocacy for the Nordic Model has shaped emotional norms regarding prostitution in Europe.Self/Other and Nation-State Identities: The Case of the Special Relationship and the Syrian Conflict
This paper examines nation-state identity construction through the lens of the Self and Other nexus. In doing so, we have chosen to focus on the Special Relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom and how the Syrian conflict configures Self-Other identity constructions of the alliance. Although taken for granted, the UK-US alliance is neither unproblematic nor uncontestable, particularly during times of conflict or crisis. Three conceptual approaches are employed.Identity as Anti-Structure in Russian Performance Art in 2000s
The presentation is devoted to the analysis of the identity of the performer and its formation process in Russian performance art on the example of works of 2000s. Our main hypothesis is that the performance art, being an art genre that responds brighter and faster than others to the social challenges in society, driven by the political history of Russia in 2000s chose as the main theme search for an imaginary community.Teenagers’ Selfies: Between Identity Construction and Meeting Hegemonic Norms : An Analysis of Selfies with the Documentary Method of Interpretation
In this paper the analysis of selfies with the documentary method of interpretation is illustrated. The purpose of this reconstructive qualitative approach is to gain access to the modus operandi or collective patterns of orientations embedded in pictures as implicit knowledge.Archaeological Perspectives on the Materiality of Urban Space: Identity and Structure of Historic Built Environment
This paper takes a long-term comparative perspective on historical urban settlements. Specifically it is analysed how their spatial placement played a crucial role in defining urban identities. Patterns observable from a comparative viewpoint are highlighted on case studies of European and African cities.The Culture of Urban Violence, Regression, and Subversive Individualism: Global Generation X and their Identity-Making Practices
Violence was not simply an act of rebellion, but an art method that informed the rise of alternative distortive music genres (grunge), literary disruptions (Palahniuk), and highly subversive cinematic genres. I argue that this subversive production articulated the deep identity crisis experienced by the generation whose formative years coincided with the end of the Cold War and subsequent massive geopolitical shifts.Fire In The Whole: Redressing Mr. Harding In Barbados’ Crop Over
Several now prominent artists invoked the guise of ‘Mr. Harding’ in their award winning creative works, and subsequently provoked a significant public discourse on modern Afro-Caribbean identity politics. This paper will address themes of resistance, rebellion and revolution encoded within various art forms in contemporary Barbados.Only of Local Significance? The German Artist Otto Hettner (1875-1931) between Dresden and Europe
This paper aims to discuss critically this construction / deconstruction of an artist’s local, national and international identity using Otto Hettner as a significant example. Furthermore, this example highlights a general process of national art around 1900 in Europe shaping a nation’s identity: through appropriation and transformation of French and Italian influences especially German artists such as Hettner sought not only to develop an individual artistic style, but also, in contradiction to their transnational biography and in competition with other nations, creating a specific national one.
