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
Urban Transformation in a Post-Socialist Society: From Unity to Separation
This paper argues for a specific understanding of the Post-socialist city, where city is defined by architectural singularities that emerged as consequence of often individual, opportunistic ideas. Nevertheless, these building types are not autonomous objects but rather interdependent entities that reshaped public life and urban conditions in all of these cities.
A Diaspora Phenomena Turns to a Hobby – German Choirs in Crimea/Ukraine
The German minority in Crimea was given the opportunity to go and live in Germany. Most of them did so. Nowadays, only 3000 ethnic Germans still live in Crimea. But the German choirs stayed alive, there are still people singing in these choirs. I found out and describe how the population (Russians, Ukrainians, Tatars, Poles etc.) “took over” these choirs after the leaving of the German minority and why people sing in a German singing choir without knowing German.
The Sound of Change: Jewish Music in Post-Communist Poland
The present convergence in Poland of three factors—a conducive geopolitical environment, increased economic resources and incentives, as well as an ideological proclivity on a national level, has opened a new space for engaging with the country’s multicultural heritage. While initiatives such as the Jewish Culture Festival in Cracow began just before the demise of the communist regime in 1989, many smaller communities have only more recently started to explore the multicultural aspects of their collective past.
The Curious Case of Martha Graham in Romania
Two of Martha Graham’s biographers asserted in their books that Romania was the only communist country ever toured by the famous dancer, positioning the alleged visit during the first State Department tour of Graham to Eastern Europe in 1962. As my research demonstrates, the statement is incorrect, as Graham did not dance in Romania neither then, nor later.
Creating Common Ground Among Minority and the Majority Through Artistic Practice in Estonia
The presentation uses the case of Estonia as an example to explore the relations between two main ethnic or language speaker groups, Estonians and Russians. Estonia with other East European countries has often been labelled in terms of nationalism particularistic and ethnic. However, the concept is rather political than analytical.
Bertolt Brecht and the Socialist Origins of West German Theater
West German theaters also mobilized their audiences, involved them in participatory scenes, staged dramas in alternative locations, and championed the collective theater model pioneered by Brecht. This paper argues that what has long been considered an avant-garde West German theater aesthetic was in fact fundamentally Brechtian with its very foundation in GDR culture.
Impact of Cultural Trauma References in Political Discourse: Trianon and the Genesis of Status and Citizenship Laws in Hungary and Slovakia
Trianon trauma and reactions to it color the Slovak-Hungarian relations, having led to a cycle of reinforcing reactions from the side of the Slovak and Hungarian political elites, culminating in introduction of double citizenship for Hungarians living abroad and the Slovak reaction of introducing automatic withdrawal of Slovak citizenship from those who voluntarily obtain citizenship of another state.
The Process of Lustration in Republic of Macedonia: Facing the Past or Facing Political Opponents
This paper attempts to reveal the approach chosen by the political elites toward the lustration process. While doing that, we will rely on the method of analysis, historical, normative and political method. The overall conclusion is that the decision to begin the lustration process came too late and that in the Macedonian model of lustration prevails the moment of political confrontation of the ruling party with its political opponents.
History, Memory, and Religion in the Czech Lands
The paper deals with the role of religion in the process of defining Czech national identity. Its theoretical background is based on the combination of K. Dobbelaere’s concept of secularization with the sociopolitical conflict model as defined by P. S. Gorski.
Politics of Othering: Anglo-American Politicians and Intellectuals and the Representation of Socialist Yugoslavia
This paper seeks to thematize this observation by exploring how the Western, in particular Anglo-American, intellectuals and politicians imagine Socialist Yugoslavia and how Yugoslavs challenge, or even negate, Western imageries of themselves.
