JOINT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: Towards a Conceptual History of Central and Eastern Europe in Comparative Perspective: Cultures, Ideologies, Identities, Politics

Institute of Conceptual History Reinhart Koselleck

 International Doctoral School of Conceptual History

Blvd.Vasile Parvan nr.4 (room 156) RO 300223,

Timisoara

ROMANIA

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Dear Professor,

On behalf of the Reinhart Koselleck International Doctoral School of Conceptual History and the Institute of Conceptual History we invite you to the international conference on the topic „Towards a Conceptual History of Central and Eastern Europe in Comparative Perspective: Cultures, Ideologies, Identities, Politics”  to be held in Timisoara, Romania, on 25-27 April 2012.

Please find attached the invitation.

Reinhart Koselleck International Doctoral School of Conceptual History and the Institute for Conceptual History is providing you accommodation and travel expenses.

It would be a great pleasure to have you as a guest lecturer for our conference. In this respect, we kindly suggest the following topic: The Concept of History in Romania and Moldavia after 1989.

Please confirm your participation until the 20^th  January 2012, and send us a short bio and the abstract of your presentation.

Best regards,

Cristina Zanfirescu

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Reinhart Koselleck International Doctoral School of Conceptual History

and Center of Conceptual History, Universitatea de Vest dinTimişoara

Institut für Geschichte, RWTH University Aachen

 

jointly organise in

Timişoara, on 25, 26 and 27 April 2012 

an international conference on the topic:

 

Towards a Conceptual History of Central and Eastern Europe in Comparative Perspective: Cultures, Ideologies, Identities, Politics

 

          Introductory lectures:

Prof.Dr.Dr.H.c. Armin HEINEN

          Institut für Geschichte, RWTH University Aachen

          Prof. Dr. Marcel CORNIS-POPE

         VirginiaCommonwealthUniversity,Richmond

 

Concluding lectures:

          Prof. Dr. Victor NEUMANN

„Reinhart Koselleck“ International Doctoral School/Institute of Conceptual History  Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara

Dr.Dr.H.c. Hans Erich BÖDEKER

          Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Göttingen

 

In September 2009, Victor Neumann and Armin Heinen have convened an international conference in Timişoara, dedicated to the study of Romaniahistory through concepts. The first of its kind, the conference enjoyed a wide and positive press coverage, ranging from mainstream media to academic journals. Based on the proceedings, Neumann and Heinen have edited a collective volume (Istoria României prin concepte. Perspective alternative asupra limbajelor social-politice,Iaşi: Polirom, 2010, 527 pp.), now a landmark in Romanian studies, abundantly reviewed, soon to be published in English with CEU Press.

          Building upon this successful experience, in order to establish stronger links with the relevant international field, and further integrate the study of conceptual history with empirical research in historical studies and in the neighboring disciplines, a follow-up conference is planned. This time, the area under scrutiny is Central andEastern Europe, seen in all its internal complexity, as well as in a wider comparative context.

          The conference will examine key concepts such as:

1. National-subnational-transnational;
2. Ethnicity, nationality, minorities (ethnic, linguistic, confessional etc.);
3. Historical region-regional-transregional;
4. Multiculturality-transculturality-border cultures.