Symposium 'Women and Body Politics in Twentieth Century Czech Republic and Central Europe

Veranstaltungsort: Ludwig Boltzmann-Institut für Europäische Geschichte und Öffentlichkeit, Nußdorfer Straße 64, 5. Stock, 1090 Wien

Datum: Dienstag, 14. Mai 2013, 09:00-18:30

TeilnehmerInnen:

 

The Border Within: The Internalization of Difference in Central Europe and the Middle East

Ein internationaler Workshop, der von 28.-29. April 2013 an der Universität Tel Aviv stattfindet

Borders, according to conventional wisdom, are a necessary aspect of any society. On the individual level, they allow for personal autonomy and establish guidelines that regulate daily interaction. On the social level, they often help forge a sense of belonging and community. And, on the political level, borders mark and establish the limits of sovereignty that grant 
polities the justification to act in the name of their subjects.

Internationale Konferenz

Silence and Voices of Dissent. Communist Intellectuals in Societies of the Soviet Type

Veranstaltungsort: Berlin, Centre Marc Bloch 

Termin: 14-15 June 2013

Organisatoren: Die Konferenz wird organisiert vom Centre Marc Bloch (Berlin), dem CERCEC (EHESS, Paris), dem ISP-CNRS (Université de Paris-Ouest) und dem Ludwig Boltzmann-Institut für Europäische Geschichte und Öffentlichkeit (Wien), unter Teilnahme des CIERA (Frankreich).

 

Veranstaltungsort: St. Gertrud (http://www.sanktgertrud.se/konferens/), Malmö, Schweden

Organisatoren:

• Ludwig Boltzmann-Institut für Europäische Geschichte und Öffentlichkeit, Wien
• Malmö University: Department of Global Political Studies (GPS) and
  Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM), Malmö
   

Thema:

The acute and seemingly perennial Eurozone crisis has been front-page news for more than a year now, and shows no sign of receding anytime soon. The current crisis raises several questions of how it should be viewed in relation to previous crises and whether or not it signifies a decline of Europe vis-à-vis other regions in the world. This conference grapples with these questions within one specific field, namely the perceptions, politics and policies of migration.
In this context, questions for the conference are: Who is blamed for today’s negative developments in Europe? Are they attributed to minority groups, to migrants, to politicians in charge, to the EU as such, to individual EU countries or to all of the above? The perspective ushers in arguments about scapegoating, conspiracy theories and political myth-making, but also political strategies of attaining legitimacy, agenda power and the dynamics of mainstream politics. What political strategies are devised to meet popular perceptions of a relative decline? What are the popular responses; do new social movements arise or is increased passivity the most common response? What successes do populist-party strategies obtain in this setting?
However, in dealing with these questions it is important not to lose sight of the historical reference points and make comparisons to other periods in the past of Europe. Among the topics that will be highlighted in this regard are the historically shifting perceptions of migration in Europe, for instance on immigration between European countries from late 19th to mid-20th century, as compared to today’s EU regime of internal movement, labour migration and refugee immigration.

Programm

Thursday, 29 November
10:00-10:30	Coffee
10:30-10:45	Introduction by the organizing committee
10:45-11:00	Welcome by Stefan Bengtsson, Vice-chancellor of Malmö University (TBC)
11:00-11:45	Keynote by Prof. John Solomos (City University, London)
11:45-13:00	Lunch
13:00-15:00	Paper session 1
15:00-15:30	Coffee
15:30-17:30	Paper session 2
Friday, 30 November
09:00-09:45	Keynote by Prof. Umut Özkirimli (Lund University)
09:45-10:00	Coffee
10:00-12:00	Paper session 3
12:00-13:00	Lunch
13:00-14:40	Paper session 4
14:40-15:00	Concluding remarks
15:00	Coffee

 

Paper session 1: Crisis and integration - Thursday, 29 November, 13:00-15:00

• Sarah Scuzzarello (City University, London): Policy actors’ narrative constructions of migrants’ integration in Malmö
• August Gächter (Zentrum für Soziale Innovation, Vienna): Change of fortune, change of mind? European views on migration 2002-2010
• Gianni D’Amato (University of Neuchâtel): Social cohesion challenges in Europe
   

Paper session 2: Crisis and migration policies - Thursday, 29 November, 15:30-17:30

• Peter Kraus (University of Augsburg): Europeanization, complex diversity and the changing frame of migration politics
• Christos Nikas (University of Western Macedonia): Recession and return emigration: The case of Greece
• Peo Hansen (Linköping University): Immigration Without Incorporation? EU Migration Management, the Current Crisis and some Lessons from the Past

 

Paper session 3: Crisis and attitudes towards migrants - Friday, 30 November, 10:00-12:00

• Lynda Ng (Oxford University): Economic Power and Cultural Prestige: The changing fortunes of Chinese migrants in Europe
• Phil Triadafilopoulos (University of Toronto): The Economic Crisis and Anti-Immigrant Politics in Greece: The Rise of the Golden Dawn Party
• Andrea Bohmann (Umeå University): Articulated antipathies

 

Paper session 4: Crisis and European self-images - Friday, 30 November, 13:00-14:40

• Gaia Giuliani (University of Bologna): European self-representation(s) in a time of crisis
• Lars Jensen (Roskilde University): The Localisation and Interconnectedness of Crises in Postcolonial Europe: Denmark and Portugal

 

Wir möchten Sie auf folgende Veranstaltung hinweisen:

Les activités artistiques à travers les dossiers de la Stasi: position et prises de positions dans les dossiers de la Stasi
 

Datum: 28. September 2012, 14:00 - 17:00

Veranstaltungsort: Centre Marc Bloch, Berlin, Friedrichstrasse 191, 10117 Berlin

Chair: Jérôme Bazin (Université de Paris-Est)

Diskutant: Jens Gieseke (ZZF, Potsdam)

 

Thema der Konferenz: Everyday Life and Domination Practices in 20th Century Central Europe

Veranstaltungsort: Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institut für Europäische Geschichte und Öffentlichkeit, Nußdorfer Straße 64, 5. Stock, 1090 Wien

Datum: Dienstag, 19. Juni 2012, 09:00-17:45

Teilnehmer: Muriel Blaive (LBI-EHP), Benita Blessing (University of Vienna ), Gerhard Botz (LBI for Historical Social Sciences), Paulina Bren (Vassar College), Ben Frommer (Northwestern University), James Krapfl (McGill University), Mary C. Neuburger (University of Texas), Libora Oates-Indruchová (LBI EHP), Michal Pullmann (Charles University), Philipp Ther (University of Vienna).

Weitere Informationen finden Sie im Programm.

Bitte beachten Sie, dass die Seminarvorträge von Shawn Clybor (ursprünglich geplant für den 29. Mai) und von Barbara Falk (geplant für den 12. Juni) im Rahmen einer Konferenz, die am 12. Juni 2012 an unserem Institut stattfindet, gehalten werden.

Thema der Konferenz: Dissenters and Collaborators: Revisiting Cold War Binaries

Veranstaltungsort: Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institut für Europäische Geschichte und Öffentlichkeit, Nußdorfer Straße 64, 4. Stock, 1090 Wien

Datum: Dienstag, 12. Juni 2012, 09:00-17:45

 

Seminar: 'Wer braucht Migranten? Arbeitsmigration im europäischen Vergleich'

Veranstaltungsort: Bruno-Kreisky-Forum für internationalen Dialog, Armbrustergasse 15, 1190 Wien

Christiane Hintermann (LBI EGÖ) wird als Diskutantin an dieser Veranstaltung teilnehmen. Nähere Informationen finden Sie hier.

 

Machteld Venken präsentiert ihr Buch Straddling the Iron Curtain? Immigrants, Immigrant Organizations, War Memories' am Niederländischen Institut für Kriegsdokumentation in Amsterdam.

Weitere Informationen (in Holländisch) finden Sie hier.

 

Veranstaltungsort: Katholische Universität Leuven (KULeuven), Belgien

Dr. Machteld Venken, Lise-Meitner-Fellow, präsentiert ihr Buch "Straddling the Iron Curtain? Immigrants, Immigrant Organisations, War Memories"
kürzlich erschienen im Peter Lang Verlag