Visions of Socialism(s) in Eastern Europe

 Visions of Socialism(s) in Eastern Europe: Visual Cultures and the Writing of History December 13, 2012 9.30 am -­‐ Welcome address by Christian Lequesne, director of CERI-­‐Sciences Po. 9.40 am -­‐ Introduction by Nadège Ragaru, CERI-­‐Sciences Po. 9.45-­‐11.00 Panel I – Socialism(s) as Future-­‐Past: Inhabiting Utopia. Panel Chair: Thomas Lindenberger, Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam (ZZF), head of department 'Communism and Society' The Visual in Autobiography: Seeing Socialism in Competition Memoirs from Nowa Huta Katherine Lebow, Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, Vienna Imagining the Cybernetic Future in 1960s Czechoslovakia Sarah Marks, UCL Centre for the History of Psychological Disciplines, London Discussant: Grégory Dufaud, Labex TEPSIS Coffee break 11.00-­‐11.15 11.15-­‐13.00 Panel II – Back to the Future: The Mysteries of Socialist Science Panel Chair : Anne-­‐Marie Losonczy, EPHE & Université libre de Bruxelles An Oracle in the Vicinity of Todor Zhivkov ? Baba Vanga’s Visions in Bulgarian Late Socialism Galia Valtchinova, University of Toulouse-­‐Le-­‐Mirail Imaginer le possible, calculer l'insaisissable, voir le futur: la catastrophe, les scientifiques et la ville au Kazakhstan soviétique Marc Elie, CNRS, EHESS Discussant: Sophie Houdart, CNRS, Laboratoire d'Ethnologie et de Sociologie comparative, Nanterre Lunch break 13.00-­‐14.30 14.30-­‐16.00 Panel III – “Seeing like a State”: Building Socialism and/or the Nation? Panel Chair: Thomas Lindenberger, Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam (ZZF), head of department 'Communism and Society' Performing the Nation: Music Historiography, the Canon, and the Construction of the Socialist Citizen in the early GDR Elaine Kelly, University of Edinburgh Au théâtre de la nation. Les façonnages hungaro-­‐roumains du théâtre à Oradea (Roumanie) Antonela Capelle-­‐Pogăcean, CERI-­‐Sciences Po Discussant: Larissa Zakharova, EHESS 1 Coffee break 16.00-­‐16.15 16.15-­‐18.00 Panel IV – Looking beyond East and West: Towards a Connected History of Socialisms? Panel Chair and discussant: Yves Cohen, EHESS, CRH Picturing third World students in the USSR: The Social Representations of Race during Socialism Constantin Katsakioris, University of Athens Beyond East and West: Film Festivals and International Solidarity with the South Caroline Moine, University Versailles Saint-­‐Quentin-­‐en-­‐Yvelines L’UNIATEC ou comment les échanges techniques ont pu avoir lieu entre l’Europe de l’Ouest et l’Europe de l’Est Clémence Schmitt, University of Paris IV-­‐La Sorbonne December 14, 2012 Morning session 9.30-­‐11.00 Panel I – Visions as Rememoration: The Multifold Temporalities of Socialism Panel Chair and discussant: Elisabeth Anstett, IRIS-­‐EHESS Imagining and Remembering Lenin’s Body Alexei Yurchak, University of California Façonner des macédonités transfrontalières : les voyages du théâtre de Gorna Dzhumaya dans les pliures du temps Nadège Ragaru, CERI-­‐Sciences Po Cinema in an earlier time: post-­‐Soviet movie talk as a site of cultural memory Sudha Rajagopalan, University of Utrecht Coffee break 11.00-­‐11.15 11.15-­‐13.00 Panel II – Visions and Knowledge: Sight, Sound and Touch in Writing the History of East European Socialisms Panel Chair: Larissa Zakharova, EHESS Comment penser l’articulation entre le son et l’image dans les cultures visuelles ? Réflexion à partir de la sonorisation du cinéma dans l’URSS des années 1920-­‐1930. Valérie Pozner, CNRS, ARIAS, University of Paris III Beyond Images: Soviet Times and Spaces under Moscow's Streets. Gabor Rittersporn, CNRS/EHESS, CERCEC Discussant: Jérôme Bazin, University of Paris Est Créteil 2 Lunch break 13.00-­‐14.15 14.15-­‐15.45 Panel III – Beyond Eastern Europe: Images and Acts of Seeing in the Writing of History. A debate between Stéphane Van Damme, Centre d’histoire de Sciences Po Camille Lefevbre, CNRS-­‐CEMAf Paris Anner Kerlan, CNRS-­‐IHTP Kristian Feigelson, University of Paris III Coffee break 15.45-­‐16.00 16.00-­‐17.15 Documentary Screening Stuf (The Reed) by Titus Mesaros, 1966. Mai Multi Vinovati si o victima (Several Culprits and a Victim) by Oviviu Bose Pastina, 1983. Both documentaries will be introduced by Alina Popescu, University of Paris Ouest Nanterre-­‐La Défense. 3