{"id":14611,"date":"2019-04-30T07:53:27","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T07:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=14611"},"modified":"2019-04-30T07:53:27","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T07:53:27","slug":"call-for-papers-universities-and-their-contested-pasts-conference-11-12-september-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/historiografija.hr\/?p=14611","title":{"rendered":"Call for Papers: Universities and their contested pasts (Conference: 11 & 12 September 2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poziv za prijavu na konferenciju o povijesti sveu\u010dili\u0161ta koristimo kao jo\u0161 jednu prigodu za upu\u0107ivanje na me\u0111unarodna istra\u017eivanja povijesti sveu\u010dili\u0161ta koja su bila poticaj za pozivanje hrvatske historiografije na \u0161ire bavljenje temom sveu\u010dili\u0161ta u predgovoru \u201cPovijest sveu\u010dili\u0161ta \u2013 novo podru\u010dje hrvatske historiografije\u201d zborniku radova \u201cSveu\u010dili\u0161na nastava povijesti u Hrvatskoj\u201d (2018).<\/p>\n

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Conference: 11 & 12 September 2019. Deadline for abstracts: 31 May.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Samuel Alexander Building, University of Manchester (U.K.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For many years, universities and their pasts were seen as a benign backwater \u2013 histories of institutions of public benefit of interest to alumni, staff and academic historians. However, in recent years, attention has been drawn to the uncomfortable past of some of these institutions.<\/p>\n

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Protests around the world have prompted universities associated with colonialism, slavery and inequality to face up to, and reconsider, their own histories. Presently, institutions are subject to calls from inside and outside their own walls to answer uncomfortable questions about: where their funding has its origins, the land they occupy and the provenance of their cultural and heritage collections.<\/p>\n

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This two-day event seeks to understand universities\u2019 uncomfortable pasts (both distant and recent) and how we should deal with them. We invite papers that consider themes such as slavery and colonialism; racism, sexism and discrimination; research and the curriculum; university museums and collections; the connection between universities and the state. Papers may address questions such as:<\/p>\n