The Winter Academy “Beyond History and Identity” will be held from 2 to 12 December 2015. We invite you to attend the public events of our academy:
Wed 25 Nov 2015
Winter Academy “Beyond History and Identity”—Public Program
Fragmentation and Translation. Language and Literature in Ukraine
Reading and discussion, 4 December 2015, 7 pm
Literarisches Colloquium Berlin, Am Sandwerder 5, 14109 Berlin
How do engaged writers react to the current political situation in Ukraine? How do they deal with the highly complex situation of bilingualism and the political division? Is their poetry able to intervene?
With: Liubov Jakymchuk, Aleksandr Kabanov, Marianna Kijanowska, Serhiy Zhadan
Moderation: Susi K. Frank (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
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Understanding Violence in Post-Socialist Europe
Roundtable, 7 December 2015, 11.15 am to 1 pm
Europa-Universität Viadrina, Große Scharmstraße 59, 15230 Frankfurt/Oder, Hauptgebäude/Senatssaal
Claudia Weber (Europa-Universität Viadrina), Andrii Portnov (Forum Transregionale Studien/Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin), Chair: Alexander Wöll (Europa-Universität Viadrina)
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How Space Becomes Place: Russia’s Eurasian Trajectories
Lecture by Jane Burbank, 8 December 2015, 6.30 pm
Osteuropa-Institut, Freie Universität, Garystr. 55, 14195 Berlin, Hörsaal A
Jane Burbank (New York University/Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin)
Moderation: Andreas Eckert (Forum Transregionale Studien/Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
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EuroMaidanTahrir: Trajectories of Revolution and Violence in Eastern Europe and the Arab World
Berliner Seminar, 9 December 2015, 5 pm
Forum Transregionale Studien, Wallotstr. 14, 14193 Berlin
Mayssun Succarie (King’s College London/Affiliated EUME Fellow 2015/2016)
Nataliya Gumenyuk (Journalist, Kyiv/Visiting Fellow Berlin-Brandenburg Ukraine Initiative)
Moderation: Cilja Harders (Freie Universität Berlin/Member of EUME)
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The Winter Academy was conducted in support of the Berlin-Brandenburg Ukrainian Initiative, a new project initiated by Andrii Portnov (Forum Transregionale Studien/Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin) to proliferate and re-think the current debates in the field of East European Studies.
The Winter Academy was part of the strategic cooperation between the Forum Transregionale Studien and the Max Weber Stiftung – Deutsche Geisteswissenschaftliche Institute im Ausland. It is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung, BMBF).
More information on the Winter Academy: academies.hypotheses.org
Contact: initiatives(at)trafo-berlin.de
