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Boston, February 12-13: Workshop on New Approaches to SE Europe
From: "HR-Net News Distribution Manager" <dist@hri.org>
Originally From: dimitris_keridis@Harvard.Edu
The Socrates Kokkalis Graduate Student Workshop
New Approaches to Southeast Europe,
at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies,
27 Kirkland St., Cambridge, MA 02138
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH:
The Workshop begins at 1:45 pm, Lower Auditorium
Panel 1: Imagining the Balkans, 2:00-4:00
Dimiter G. Angelov, Harvard University
The Construction of Byzantinism
Geoffrey Brown, University of Wisconsin at Madison
Issues of Balkanism and Croatian Identity in Krleza's Povratak
Philipa Latinovicza: An Archaeological/Anthropological Excursion
Through the Pannonian Mud
Jessie Labov, New York University
Central and Southeastern Europe in the Journal Cross Currents
Nicole Lindstrom, Syracuse University/Maple Razsa, Fulbright Scholar,
Zagreb
Balkan is Beautiful: Examining the Role of Balkanism in the
Construction of Croatian National Identity
Panel 2: Nation and Identity, 4:15-5:45
Tanya Dunlap, Rice University
ASTRA: Building the Romanian Nation
Jon E. Fox, University of California, Los Angeles
The Duality of Transylvanian Hungarian Identity in Romania
Valsamis Mitsilega, University of Edinburgh
Of Words and Guns: The Securitization of Law and Identity
Formation in Contemporary Greece
Panel 3: The Borders of Cultures and Culture of Borders, 6:00 - 8:00
Liviu Chelcea, University of Michigan
Why Did Banat Become Multicultural? Social Transformations and
Collective Memory in a Pluriethnic Region Under Communism
David S. Frey, Columbia University
Cultural Politics on the Silver Screen. Hungary Floods the
Yugoslav Film Market, 1939-41
David Vernikov, University of Wisconsin at Madison
The Bridge as a Metaphor of Translation and Bosnian Cultural
Identity in the Bridge on the Drina
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13TH:
Panel 4: Politics and History, 9:00- 10:30
George Gavrilis, Columbia University
Democratization Processes and War in the Ottoman Empire and Greece
Yonca Koksal, Columbia University
The Application of the Tanzimat Reforms in Bulgaria, 1830-1878
Peter Stamatov, University of California at Los Angeles
The Making of a Bad Public: Ethnonational Mobilization in
Post-Communist Bulgaria
Panel 5: Religion and Politics, 11:00-12:30
Xavier Bougarel, Institute for Political Studies of Paris
The Need for a New Approach to Balkan Islam
Constantin Iordachi, University of Pittsburgh and Central European
University
Political and Inter-Confessional Strife in Romania. Between
National Ideology and Competition for Resources
Aleksandar Panev, University of Toronto
Orthodoxy and Nationality in Macedonia in the 19th Century
Panel 6: World War II and the Rise of Communism, 3:00-4:30
Jonathan Gumz, University of Chicago
Cleansed Areas vs. Unheard of Bestialities: Wehrmacht Perceptions
of Mass Violence in the Independent State of Croatia
Daniel M. Pennell, University of Indiana
Maniu, the National Peasants, and the Communization of Romania,
1944-1947
Laurie West Van Hook, University of Virginia
Ethnic Tensions and the Leadership Vacuum Within the Yugoslav
Government-in-Exile, 1941-1945
Panel 7: Recent Politics, 4:45-6:15
Tatiana Kostadinova, Florida State University
Electoral Reform in Southeast Europe: Dynamics and Trends
Melanie Ram, George Washington University
Democratization, Domestic Legislation, and Reform Policies
Shinasi A. Rama, Columbia University
Elites and the Democratic Transition: Examining the Albanian
Crisis
The Kokkalis Student Workshop will take place at the Center for
European Studies on February 12 and 13, 1999.
For more information please e-mail to bursac@fas.harvard.edu or call my
assistant Nick Gragoudas 617-4966111.
Sincerely yours,
Dimitris Keridis
Kokkalis Program
Harvard University
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