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<\/span>Comparative workshop on the recent history of <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n <\/span>Prague<\/span>, May 20-22, 2011<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n Mission<\/span><\/u> Statement<\/span><\/u><\/font><\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/u>Two decades after the fall of In recent years, we have Adopting the perspective of To encourage a comparative as a) The development of b) The major public political <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n The organizers, therefore, <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n The – – – – – <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n Major – – – – <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n The abstract of the suggested <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n Please, indicate your The workshop working language
\npolitical and social thought in East Central Europe<\/span><\/font><\/p>\nCALL FOR PAPERS<\/span><\/font><\/h3>\n
\nstate socialist regimes in East Central Europe most of the important features
\nof the so-called transition period seem to be accomplished. Furthermore, it
\nseems that the very concept of \u2018transition\u2019 has lost its explanatory force,
\nboth as an analytical tool and as a political term structuring the public
\ndiscourse and the temporal self-perception of political actors. What was once called
\nthe \u2018transition period\u2019 thus requires a thorough historicization. <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
\nwitnessed the questioning of not only the \u2018transition paradigm\u2019 as a viable
\nanalytical concept in the academic sphere, but also several transformations in
\nthe political structures that dominated the first decades after the regime
\nchanges: the rise of populist and radical political movements in the political
\nsphere challenging the fundamental \u2018liberal consensus\u2019 of the 1990s and the
\nearly 2000s; the re-negotiation of post-war peace settlements in the Balkans;
\nthe rise of new political themes; and last but not least, the emergence of a
\nnew generation into the public sphere which lacks direct experience with communist
\nrule. Despite different temporalities in the individual countries and
\nsub-regions, all these features seem to delineate the post-communist period in
\nthe history of East Central Europe as a specific historical era. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
\nintellectual history, the Prague
\nworkshop aims to contribute to a more complex reflection of the post-socialist
\n\u2018transition period\u2019 in East Central Europe and its historicization. History of
\npolitical and social thought, especially with regard to the post-89\/91 period,
\nhas so far been a neglected discipline whose subject is diffused into several
\nexpert fields including political sociology, philosophy, political theory, political
\nscience, and historiography. Moreover, its subject has been treated mostly
\npragmatically, thus lacking the necessary distance of a historically informed
\napproach. <\/span>Therefore, the main aim of the
\nworkshop is to gather those working in and on the broadly defined region of
\nEast Central and South East Europe to create a network of scholars engaged in
\nthe research of recent intellectual history in one way or another. An additional
\nintended result of the workshop is a first collective volume of the
\ncontemporary history of political and social thought of East Central Europe
\nbased on the presented papers and discussions. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
\nwell as interdisciplinary perspective, the panels and debates shall not be
\norganized according to national or geographic logic. Instead, a combination of
\ntwo main axes forming the analytical focus of the individual papers should help
\nto facilitate the common discussion. They are the following:<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
\npolitical and ideological traditions with emphasis on their longer-term
\n(pre-)history and the impact of path-breaking \u2018great texts\u2019 or specific debates
\nin the evolution of the political traditions after 1989\/91. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
\ndebates and controversies shaping the character of the political discourses and
\ndelimitating the borders of specific political languages. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
\nencourage the future participants to suggest a paper for one of the following
\npossible panel sections. Topics going beyond the suggested scheme,
\nnevertheless, shall also be considered. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
\ndevelopment of major political traditions:<\/span><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Reconstitution of liberalism in the post-socialist era<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Varieties and metamorphoses of conservatism<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>In search of the Left<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Populism and democracy in East Central Europe<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Alternative politics and challengers of the \u2018liberal
\nconsensus\u2019<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
\ndebates and controversies <\/span><\/b><\/font><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Key political debates\/concepts of the \u2018transition
\nperiod\u2019 (civil society, antipolitics, nation and nationalism, gender as
\npolitical category, church and politics, Europeanization vs. national interest
\netc.)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2018Democratic transition\u2019 paradigm and its challengers
\n(critique of neo-liberal economic transition, transition politics vs.
\nhistorical parties, etc.)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>Politics of memory and political divisions
\n(post-opposition political spectrum, lustrations, de-communization policies, \u2018wars
\nover history\u2019 and legalization of the past, etc.)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span>\u2018We and Europe\u2019 (\u2018Comeback to Europe\u2019
\ndiscourse and its implications, EU- and NATO integration and its critiques, the
\nde-politization and \u2018democratic deficit\u2019 of integration process, etc.)<\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
\npresentation along with a short CV should be sent to Michal Kopecek (Institute
\nof Contemporary History, Prague), kopecek@usd.cas.cz<\/a>,
\nand Luka Lisjak Gabrijelcic (CEU, Budapest), lisjak-gabrijelcic_luka@ceu-budapest.edu<\/a>,
\nnot later than January 10, 2011<\/b><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
\npotential need of travel allowance as only limited amount of travel subsidies
\ncould be provided. <\/span><\/font><\/p>\n
\nis English. In order to facilitate the discussion the participants will be
\nasked to send the paper in advance. <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n