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Boston, February 12-13: Workshop on New Approaches to SE Europe

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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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