----- Original Message ----- From: "Serguei Alex. Oushakine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 2:35 AM Subject: [e-nass] CFP: Underground Publishing and the Public Sphere. Comparative and Transnational Perspectives
> CFP: Underground Publishing and the Public Sphere. Comparative and > Transnational Perspectives > > 06.09.2005 Mauelshagen, Franz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Druckversion > > The Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, the Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung > and the Historical Seminar of the University of Zürich will jointly hold a > conference on Underground Publishing and the Public Sphere. We invite > international scholars to present original research relating to the > subject > in July, 2006, at WZB, Berlin. > > The conference will consist of key-lectures, panels presenting original > research, and a concluding round table. > > Theme of the conference: > > Absolute monarchies as well as modern dictatorships of the twentieth > century > strove for far reaching control of the public sphere. To achieve this > goal, > they used censorship and the agencies of their political police against > opposition and non-conformist groups that would not bow to state-control > of > the public sphere. We assume that in both – absolute monarchies and modern > dictatorships – specific cultures of underground publishing emerged. As > has > been suggested by recent historical research on the public sphere, the > conference seeks to carry out large-scale diachronical comparison. We > assume > that political underground literature in both the systems of the Ancien > Regime and the totalitarian state was surrounded by a “web of discourse” > and > (cross-border) networks of writers, printers, and distributes, thus making > it a field of transnational history. The literary underground was, > however, > not isolated from the ruling classes of the “Leviathan”. We believe that > underground publishing had a greater impact on the development of > societies > than the generally low circulation of its products may suggest. > > The planned international WZB-conference is a first-time attempt at > investigating the phenomenon of political underground literature in a > comparative and transnational perspective. The enterprise seeks to bring > together experts on the theory of the public sphere, historians of > absolutism and experts on underground publishing in modern dictatorships > such as Nazism and Communism. The geographical framework for case studies > shall reach roughly from France to Russia, but is open to include > non-European cases such as Communist China or Apartheid South Africa. > Senior > experts and young scholars will be given the opportunity to present new > original research. National surveys are as much in demand as detailed > studies on social, intellectual, and cultural aspects of underground > publishing or on theoretical questions concerning the structural change of > the public sphere. The influence of “counter-publics” on the revolutions > of > 1789 and 1989 may also be a question of debate. > > Research questions: > > From a comparative and transnational perspective we seek to address the > following questions: > > - What role did underground publishing play in different authoritarian > systems? Did it undermine political governance? Or can – in some > circumstances, at least – stabilizing effects be attributed to it? How did > it relate to the official political discourse? > > - By which means did political authorities react to the challenges of > underground literature? How did the relationships between > “counter-publics”, > censors and police-states develop? > > - Can the change of discourses, reading cultures, and conditions of > governance from the Ancien Regime to modern dictatorships by both their > attempts at dominating the public sphere be described as a process? What > was > “modern” about the totalitarian state? What are the structural > similarities > with pre-modern systems of rule? > > - How did underground reading cultures develop? Which were the > transregional > or transnational networks of production and distribution that emerged? How > were the book markets—in which underground literature became > established—structured? And how did the structures and cultural practices > of > book markets affect the chances for underground publishing? > > - How important did the literary underground become for the public sphere > of > certain societies at certain times? Can we speak of a counter-public > sphere, > and how did it relate to official discourse? > > - Who were the authors of underground literature? Which role did they play > within their societies? How closely were they tied with groups of > political > resistance? Which risks did they take? > > - What were the means and tools – not least the literary ones (e.g. > cryptography) – used by authors of underground literature? Can some of > them > be called “pre-modern”, others “modern”? > > Papers should present original research on Underground Publishing in the > modern age (1500-2000). They are not geographically restricted to Europe. > Indeed, we encourage submission of proposals considering European as well > as > Asian, African or South American history. Conference languages will be > both > English and German. > > If you wish to participate, please send a one-page proposal summarizing > your > contribution and a CV to > Dr. Franz Mauelshagen, Historisches Seminar der Universität Zürich, Karl > Schmid-Str. 4, CH – 8006 Zürich > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (email transmission preferred) > > by October 15, 2006. The conveners will be able to provide travel expenses > and accomodation for most participants. > > Kontakt:Dr. Franz Mauelshagen > Historisches Seminar der Universität Zürich > Karl Schmid-Str. 4 > CH – 8006 Zürich > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Typ:CfP > Land:Germany > Sprache:English > Klassifikation:Regionaler Schwerpunkt: Regional übergreifend > Epochale Zuordnung: Neuere und Neueste Geschichte (1500-1945), 20. > Jahrhundert, Zeitgeschichte (1945-) > Thematischer Schwerpunkt: Vergleichende Geschichte > > URL zur Zitation > dieses Beitrages:http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/termine/id=4344 > > > > > > > e-nass • e-Network of Academia in Social Sciences > "Scientia est potentia" "Aþk imiþ her ne var âlemde / Ýlim bir kýyl-ü-kâl > imiþ ancak" > This e-network aims to deepen communication to prompt further > inter/trans/multi-disciplinary dialogue within academic community of > social sciences, including professionals and students. 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