Call for Proposals -- Student Conference:
Cultural and Political Developments during the Socialist Regime in the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe
Conference date: 24-26 April 2009
Organizing Institution: Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest,Romania
Deadline for submitting the abstract via e-mail: the 10th of March 2009
Website - http://fspubconference2009.wordpress.com/
The shape taken by the opposition against the state structures or the submission towards the Socialist Regime has varied across Central and Eastern Europe. The definition given to the concept of "new man" presents a series of relevant differences. In addition, the profile of the individual behavior gets further complicated due to the presence of a double identity: an official and a private dimension. Under these circumstances, various questions arise: what kind of "new man" is born in each state? Which are the faces of the opposition, up to which point do people adhere to the social norms, how does the civil society react and act?
The revolutionary wave that we faced in the late '80 has generated important social, political, cultural and economic changes, as diverse as the manifestation of Socialism in Central and Eastern Europe. It is equally important to study and analyze the "transition" period and the successive transformations, bearing in mind the cross- regime tendencies. Are the new institutions and political customs "re-founded" after 1989, as Stark (1996) noticed, not "on the ruins, but with the ruins of communism"?
The event addresses the students currently enrolled in the advanced years of study for a Bachelor degree, as well as the ones attending a Master programme. We invite participants from the field of Social Sciences and Humanities: Political Science, Ethnology, Law, Sociology, Economics, Journalism. The conference will take place at the Institute for Political Research, 8 Spiru Haret str., 010175, Bucharest 1,
Romania.
We are particularly interested in the papers that might generate starting points for an interdisciplinary dialogue regarding the fallowing aspects:
- Popular and Official Culture under the Socialist Regime;
- Projects of Social Change in the Socialist Society;
- Practices on the Socialist Political Scene;
- The Effects of the Political and Cultural Socialism on the Contemporary World.
Scientific Committee:
Cristian PREDA, Department of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Alexandra IONESCU, Department of Political Science, University of Bucharest
Damiana OÞOIU, Department of Political Science, University of Bucharest, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Centre d'Etude de la Vie Politique (CEVIPOL)
Cãlin COTOI, Department of Sociology and Social Assistance, University of Bucharest
Cãlin GOINA, Department of Sociology and Social Assistance, Babeº-Bolyai University, Sociology Department, University of California, Los Angeles
In order to attend the conference, please send an abstract of 300 up to 400 words, in addition to a short CV, until the10th of March 2009, at the following e-mail addresses:
bocse.alexandra- maria@fspub. ro
negulescu.ralucamar iana@fspub. ro
spinu.daniela- mihaela@fspub. ro
The abstract, as well as the final paper, can be written in Romanian, English or French.
We will contact the authors of the selected papers until the 20th of March 2009. In addition, the participants have to send (until the 15th of April 2009), the paper (20 000- 25 000 characters). The participant papers will be later on forwarded to all the participants and will be published in the Proceedings of the Conference.
Contact details:
Bocºe Alexandra bocse.alexandra-maria@fspub.ro
Raluca Negulescu negulescu.ralucamariana@fspub.ro
Spînu Daniela spinu.daniela-mihaela@fspub.ro
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