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> Marie Curie Conferences and Training Courses:
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> European Protest Movements since 1945
>
> Organizers: Kathrin Fahlenbrach (University of Halle), Martin Klimke
> (HCA Heidelberg),
> Joachim Scharloth (University of Zurich)
>
>
> Call for Papers / Travel Grants:
>
> Confronting Cold War Conformity – Peace and Protest Cultures in
> Europe, 1945-1989
> Summer School at the Charles University Prague, August 18 – 25, 2008
>
> with the support of the European Commission
>
>
> Conveners: Martin Klimke (University of Heidelberg), Joachim
> Scharloth
> (University of Zurich), Kathrin Fahlenbrach (University of Halle),
> Milŏs Havelka, Michal
> Pullmann, Zdenek Nebrensky, (Charles University in Prague)
>
>
> Jointly hosted/organized by the Charles University in Prague &
> Heidelberg Center for American
> Studies, University of Heidelberg
>
> Location: Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in
> Prague, Czech
> Republic
> Date: August 18-25, 2008
>
>
> The year of 2008 will mark the 40th anniversary of the Prague Spring,
> the French May events, as well as numerous other protest movements
> which
> attempted to bring about domestic change and transform the
> geopolitical
> confines of the Cold War. Due to this occasion, the
> Marie-Curie-Conference and Training Courses on “European Protest
> Movements since 1945” invite applications for an international
> summer
> school in Prague on European peace and protest cultures from
> 1945-1989.
>
> We will take the anniversary and the historical location as an
> opportunity to discuss the contributions of protest movements to
> processes of political participation and transformations of culture
> and
> value systems in European societies from an interdisciplinary
> perspective. Our goal is to examine the variety of political, social,
> cultural and aesthetical forms of protest and social dissent by
> including all sides of the political spectrum. Particular emphasis
> will
> be laid on the impact of peace and protest cultures for the
> development
> of a European transnational civil society and for the international
> diffusion of alternative lifestyles and cultural practices.
>
> Though mainly focusing on the years of the Cold War, our aim is
> also to
> analyze the influence of longer historical trajectories reaching into
> the first half of the century, as well as to make the connection to
> more
> recent forms of social dissent and protest phenomena in the era of the
> internet. By bringing together innovative approaches to phenomena of
> social change, protest movements and cultures of dissent in Europe
> during the Cold War from a variety of disciplines, the summer school
> wants to offer a more comprehensive view of historical and cultural
> transformations in the 20th century.
>
> Thematically, we therefore invite applications from scholars whose
> research is focused on:
> - aesthetic and literary avant-gardes (e.g. DADA, surrealism,
> situationism, etc.)
> - anarchist and autonomous movements
> - nationalist and conservative movements
> - fascist and neo-fascist movements
> - peace movements
> - workers’ and peasants’ protest
> - labor and trade union activism
> - 1968 in East and West
> - sexual politics
> - new social movements (women’s / environmental movement, etc.)
> - the revolutions of 1989
> - recent nationalist or right-wing movements
> - terrorist movements and violence
> - cyber-protest / dissent in the age of the internet
>
>
> We especially encourage applications implementing perspectives on:
> - media strategies of protest movements
> - alternative lifestyles within countercultural movements
> - transnational networks and communication
> - transfer and re-contextualization of cultural practices
> - languages of dissent and protest
> - emotions
> - constructions of race and class
> - the impact of protest movements on international relations
> - the perception of the superpowers and the Cold War
> - aesthetics and artistic dimensions of protest from the field of
> cultural studies
>
>
> The organizational format of the summer school will feature various
> workshops with leading scholars of different disciplines, panel
> discussions on overarching themes and innovative approaches, as
> well as
> oral presentation by the participants. The aim is to foster an
> academic
> dialogue across disciplinary boundaries while at the same time
> providing
> ample space for discussion and mutual exchange.
>
> Applications from postgraduate students, early stage researchers
> (PhD-students), postdocs and young scholars from all disciplinary and
> national backgrounds are strongly encouraged and form the main,
> although
> not exclusive, target group for this event.
>
> Successful applicants will be provided with a travel grant and a
> living
> allowance that should cover all necessary expenses.
>
> Although the conference language will mainly be English, we also
> invite
> proposals in Czech, French, Spanish, Dutch, German and Polish, if a
> short summary in English is provided.
>
>
> DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: December 15, 2007
>
> SELECTIONS WILL BE MADE BY: January 15, 2008
>
> PLEASE USE ONLINE APPLICATION AT: www.protest-research.eu
>
> FURTHER QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS: mail@???
