Area Studies in a Globalized World. New Approaches to East and Southeast European Studies

2013 Summer School of the Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies (Munich/Regensburg)

in collaboration with Pasts Inc. (CEU Budapest)

16-20 September 2013 CEU Budapest (Nádor ut. 9)

Area Studies contribute to a nuanced, differentiated and decentered understanding of globalization processes and the entanglements between different parts of the world. East and Southeast European Studies are a case in point: on the one hand, they have experienced a paradigm shift thanks to the incorporation of transnational approaches. On the other hand, they are indispensable for the context-sensitive analysis of historical and present developments in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. One of the particularly promising avenues of East and Southeast European Studies today is the discussion of trans-regional entanglements in order to highlight the specific positioning of the region in the world. This includes also an emphasis on entanglements and relationships within the region. This Summer School will consider new approaches in Area Studies with a focus on Eastern and Southeastern Europe. It is a joint enterprise of the Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies, which is run by the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and the University of Regensburg, and Pasts Inc. at the Central European University. Faculty from Budapest, Regensburg and Munich will lead discussions about new approaches in Area Studies in different subject areas, such as history, literature, and linguistics. Doctoral students will have a chance to present from their own work. Discussion sessions are clustered around major topics of the Graduate School:

Migration and cultural transfers

Infrastructure and knowledge

Cultural representations and perceptions

Memory and mental maps The Summer School will also include keynote talks by four eminent scholars in the field:

David Lane (University of Cambridge): “Explaining the Transformation from State Socialism”

Don Kalb (CEU, Budapest): “Critical Junctions: Notes on Region and Method in the Global Age”

Viktor Karady (CEU, Budapest): “Jews, Germans and other Christians in Competition: Situational and Ethnic Inequalities of Modernization in the Carpathian Basin During the Long 19th Century”

Jutta Scherrer (EHESS, Paris): “Was There a Better Bolshevism than Lenin’s? An unpublished Gor´kij-Bogdanov Correspondence in the Light of Post-Soviet Historiography”

Participation in the Summer School is free of charge and will earn credits. If you are interested to participate, please sign up with: Central European University (CEU), Past inc., Center for Historical Studies 1051 Budapest, Nádor u. 11, Rm 215 / Phone: +36 1 327 3000/2699 Fax: +36 1 327 3191 / E-mail: pasts@ceu.hu