John-Paul Himka (invited faculty). Alexey Miller (invited faculty). Jutta Scherrer (
invited faculty). Martina Steer (invited faculty). Andrii Zaiarniuk (invited faculty).
ReSET Challenges Project “Towards a New Cultural History of Eastern and Central Europe. Critical Issues and Reappraisals” SUMMER SESSION 2012
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Reassessing Power, Resistance and Negotiation: Cultural Hegemony, Social Discipline, and Technologies of Power
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Religious Identities and Confessionalization in Early Modern and Modern EastCentral Europe
Dates/ period: 14–28 July, 2012 Location: Lviv – Slavske, Ukraine Resource faculty: Maciej Janowski (core faculty) Ostap Sereda (core faculty) Philipp Ther (core faculty) Yuriy Zazulyak (core faculty) John-Paul Himka (invited faculty) Alexey Miller (invited faculty) Jutta Scherrer (invited faculty) Martina Steer (invited faculty) Andrii Zaiarniuk (invited faculty) Main forms of activities I.
Seminars led by faculty members
The aim of such seminars is not only to present particularly interesting case studies but to reflect in general on how historians may engage with the conceptual repertoire of cultural history in order to discover new perspectives and insights on the traditional topics of political and social history. In all cases seminars are based on newly-finished research projects, published monographs, or university courses that are taught in the region. In order to avoid lecture-like format of interactions between participants and faculty members, and to focus discussion on exchange of scholarly experience, participants are asked to choose a topic from a proposed range of modules, which is closest to his/her field of expertise and to prepare in advance a list of useful bibliography or make a short presentation of a research-base case that can be further used in undergraduate teaching. Seminars during this session will cover the following themes: Reassessing Power, Resistance and Negotiation: Cultural Hegemony, Social Discipline, and Technologies of Power Mapping the “Social,” Shaping the “Self”: Social Science, Politics and Identity (Andriy Zayarnyuk) How to Approach the Legitimization of Power? (Maciej Janowski) 1
ReSET Challenges Project “Towards a New Cultural History of Eastern and Central Europe. Critical Issues and Reappraisals” Royal Representation as Invented Tradition in Empire-Nations (Alexey Miller) Architecture of Monarchs, Nations and Empires (Maciej Janowski) History and Film (John-Paul Himka) Cultures of Lordship and Violence: Noblemen and Peasants in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Yuriy Zazulyak) Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony in the City? How Railway Workers Shaped Urban Space in Early Twentieth Century Lviv (Andriy Zayarnyuk) Begriffsgeschichte of the Russian Empire: introducing new conceptual repertoire to the imperial history (Alexey Miller) Socialism and "proletarian culture": debates among the first generation of the Bolshevik intelligencija, 1906-1917 (Jutta Scherrer) Use and abuse of the notion of "humanism" in Soviet and post-Soviet political culture. The history of a concept (Jutta Scherrer) From the late Cold War Period to the "New Europe". The Transformation in Historical Perspective (Philipp Ther)
Religious Identities and Confessionalization in Early Modern and Modern East Central Europe Eastern Christian Iconography: Confessionalization, “Tradition,” and Identity (John-Paul Himka) Confessionalisation in Europe: The Case of Judaism (Martina Steer) Making and Crossing Confessional Borders in the Early Modern Poland-Lithuania: A Case of the Basilian Order (Yuriy Zazulyak) Confessional Identity and Nation-Building in the 19th-Century Eastern Europe: GreekCatholic Church and Cult of National Poets among Galician Ruthenians (Ostap Sereda) Religion, Culture and Power: The Case of “Heavenly Letters” (Andriy Zayarnyuk) Religion in Modern Eastern Europe. A Comparative Approach (Maria Falina)
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ReSET Challenges Project “Towards a New Cultural History of Eastern and Central Europe. Critical Issues and Reappraisals” II.
Round tables
The purpose of the series of round tables is to engage project members into a discussion on several key issues of historiography, historical memory and cultural history in general. Every project participants will have to act as contributor for at least two round tables, to review in advance texts suggested by a faculty member and/or to contribute his/her own bibliography by using the project’s web-site. All faculty members will participate at all events as discussants. New Trends, Brands and Bestsellers in the Current Historical Writing: From Personal Experiences to Preliminary Generalizations Mass symbols of political rituals in contemporary Eastern Europe - georgievskaja lentochka, svicha pamiati, krzyz smolenski Methods and Challenges in Teaching Cultural History: Undergraduate Classroom, Administrative and Organizational Challenges Can “Hegemony” Work in Eastern Europe? Speaking About the Same Things in Different Ways? Differences and Intersections in the Basic Concepts of the Cultural History of Power and Religion III.
Mega-syllabus: group presentations and discussion
IV. Meetings in smaller groups V.
Field trip to Mukachevo and Berehove (Zakarpatska oblast, Ukraine): “Multicultural Legacies and National Representations in Urban Space”
Tentative schedule of activities July 14 (Saturday) Participants’ arrival in Lviv (hotel “George”, pl. Mitskevycha 1; www.georgehotel.com.ua) 19.30 Welcome dinner (restaurant “Kupol”, vul. P.Chaikovskoho 37) July 15 (Sunday) Bus transfer to Slavske (Lviv oblast, Skole raion, “Alpiiskyi dvir,” www.alpenhof.com.ua) Lunch Opening Meeting: Re-Introducing Faculty and Participants. “Reports from fields” Coffee-break Meetings in smaller groups – preliminary discussion on mega-syllabus: “Early modern cultural history” “Urban cultural history” “Cultural history of Soviet society” 19.30 Dinner 10:00 14:00 16:00 17:00 17:30
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ReSET Challenges Project “Towards a New Cultural History of Eastern and Central Europe. Critical Issues and Reappraisals”
July 16 (Monday) 10:00 Mapping the “Social,” Shaping the “Self”: Social Science, Politics and Identity (Andriy Zayarnyuk) 13:30 Lunch 15:00 How to Approach the Legitimization of Power? (Maciej Janowski) 17:00 Coffee-break 17:30 Roundtable “New Trends, Brands and Bestsellers in the Current Historical Writing: From Personal Experiences to Preliminary Generalizations” 19:30 Dinner July 17 (Tuesday) 10:00 Eastern Christian Iconography: Confessionalization, “Tradition,” and Identity (John-Paul Himka) 13:30 Lunch 15:00 Cultures of Lordship and Violence: Noblemen and Peasants in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Yuriy Zazulyak) 17:00 Coffee-break 17:30 John-Paul Himka, “History and Film” (film screenings: Night and Fog (dir. Alain Resnais, 1955; 32 minutes) Au Revoir Les Enfants (dir. Louis Malle, 1987; 104 minutes). 19:30 Dinner July 18 (Wednesday) 10:00 13:30 15:00 17:00 17:30
Royal Representation as Invented Tradition in Empire-Nations (Alexey Miller) Lunch Architecture of Monarchs, Nations and Empires (Maciej Janowski) Coffee-break John-Paul Himka, “History and Film” (film screenings: Eisenstein's Oktyabr and Dovzhenko's Arsenal) 19:30 Dinner July 19 (Thursday) 10:00 13:30 15:00 17:00 17:30
History and Film (John-Paul Himka) Lunch Discussion on Mega-syllabus Coffee-break Roundtable “Political symbols in contemporary Eastern Europe - georgievskaja lentochka, svicha pamiati, krzyz smolenski” 19:30 Dinner
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ReSET Challenges Project “Towards a New Cultural History of Eastern and Central Europe. Critical Issues and Reappraisals”
10:00 Begriffsgeschichte of the Russian Empire: Introducing New Conceptual Repertoire to the Imperial History (Alexey Miller) 13:30 Lunch 15:00 Roundtable “Methods and Challenges in Teaching Cultural History: “Undergraduate Classroom. Administrative and Organizational Challenges” 17:00 Coffee-break 17:30 Individual consultations 19:30 Dinner July 21 (Saturday) 10:00 Socialism and "proletarian culture": debates among the first generation of the Bolshevik intelligencija, 1906-1917 (Jutta Scherrer) 13:00 Lunch 15:00 Free time 19:30 Dinner July 22 (Sunday) 10:00 Field trip to Mukachevo and Berehove: “Multicultural Legacies and National Representations in Urban Space” July 23 (Monday) 10:00 Use and abuse of the notion of "humanism" in Soviet and post-Soviet political culture. The history of a concept (Jutta Scherrer) 13:30 Lunch 15:00 From the late Cold War Period to the "New Europe". The Transformation in Historical Perspective (Philipp Ther) 17:00 Coffee-break 17:30 Meetings in smaller groups – discussion on individual syllabi: “Early modern cultural history” “Urban cultural history” “Cultural history of Soviet society” 19:30 Dinner July 24 (Tuesday) 10:00 Confessionalisation in Europe: The Case of Judaism (Martina Steer) 13:30 Lunch 15:00 Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony in the City? How Railway Workers Shaped Urban Space in Early Twentieth Century Lviv (Andriy Zayarnyuk) 17:00 Coffee-break 17:30 Roundtable “Can “Hegemony” Work in Eastern Europe?” 19:30 Dinner
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ReSET Challenges Project “Towards a New Cultural History of Eastern and Central Europe. Critical Issues and Reappraisals” July 25 (Wednesday) 10:00 Religion in Modern Eastern Europe. A Comparative Approach (Maria Falina) 12:00 Making and Crossing Confessional Borders in the Early Modern Poland-Lithuania: A Case of the Basilian Order (Yuriy Zazulyak) 13:30 Lunch 15:00 Confessional Identity and Nation-Building in the 19th-Century Eastern Europe: GreekCatholic Church and Cult of National Poets among Galician Ruthenians (Ostap Sereda) 16:00 Religion, Culture and Power: The Case of “Heavenly Letters” (Andriy Zayarnyuk) 17:00 Coffee-break 17:30 Roundtable “Speaking About the Same Things in Different Ways? Differences and Intersections in the Basic Concepts of the Cultural History of Power and Religion” 19:30 Dinner July 26 (Thursday) 10:00 Meetings in smaller groups – discussion on research projects: “Early modern cultural history” “Urban cultural history” “Cultural history of Soviet society” 13:30 Lunch 15:00 Meetings in smaller groups – discussion on megasyllabus: “Early modern cultural history” “Urban cultural history” “Cultural history of Soviet society” 17:00 Coffee-break 17:30 Closing session: general discussion on future planning 19:30 Dinner July 27 (Friday) 10:00 13:30 15:00 19:30
Transfer to Lviv (hotel “George”) Lunch Free time Farewell dinner
July 28 (Saturday) Departures
Administration: Ostap Sereda (project co-director) Yuriy Zazulyak (project co-director) Daiva Terescenko (project coordinator) Serhiy Tereshchenko (project manager) 6
