CALL FOR PAPERS
Europe 1000-2000: A thousand years of
civitas, communitas et universitas
A conference organized by
Central European University, History Department and
European Review of History/Revue européenne d'histoire
co-sponsored by the European Cultural Foundation
Budapest, 27-29 April 2001
The European construction under way can only be
comprehended in its
full diversity when the commonly held values of Europe
are set in their
proper historical context. This conference aims to
charter the notion of
a transnational commonwealth in Europe during the past
millennium. It
will explore the manner in which local, regional,
national and
international loyalties and identities were
established and either led to
conflicts or to broader interdependence and
integration. Key terms will be
the universalism of the past (empire, Christendom,
humanist values), the
communities which have shaped the cultural and
political diversity of
the present (religion, ethnicity), and the different
definitions of
citizenship which make any political construction such
a complicated
enterprise. The conference sets an agenda which
crosses the multitude of
sub-disciplines in history, enables real and
meaningful interdisciplinary
work and broad comparisons, and encourages further
research. The or!
ganization of the conference will aim at crossing
period boundaries and
enabling debate and discussion between several
generations of scholars.
Over twenty established historians have agreed to
participate as
keynote speakers and session chairs, and we expect
about forty junior
scholars to join them.
The structure of the conference reflects these aims:
(I) Two plenary lectures (Norman Davies, Roger
Chartier) will address
the central issues from diverse perspectives.
(II) In workshop sessions, senior scholars (see names
in brackets)
chair the discussion of papers presented by their
younger peers, organized
according to three themes:
Theme 1: Symbolic geography, regional space and
identities
- Dichotomies revisited: the north-south and west-east
axis of Europe
(Sorin Antohi, Bucharest and Budapest)
- The liminal space of Europe and identity in
borderland societies
(Drago Roksandic, Zagreb and Budapest)
- Europe and the world (Robert Bartlett, Saint
Andrews)
- Language, literacy, culture and identity (István
György Tóth,
Budapest)
Theme 2: Identity and the polity: state and empire
- From patriotism to nationalism (Maurizio Viroli,
Princeton)
- Nation states, multi-national states and multi-state
nations (Peter
Vodopivec, Ljubjana)
- Power, charisma, symbols and identity (Frantisek
Smahel, Prague)
- The empires of Europe; the dream of an European
Empire (Wolfgang
Weber, Augsburg )
Theme 3: Multiple identities and social strata
- Local, national and supra-national identity
(Zdzislaw Mach, Cracow)
- Identities shaped by religion and education (Carolyn
Steedman,
Warwick)
- Class and internationalism (Tom Ericsson, Umeĺ)
- Gender identities and forms of social construction.
(Pauline
Stafford, Liverpool)
(III) In final round-tables, under the common title
European identities
through the ages, the chairs of the workshop sessions
and the plenary
speakers will be asked to respond to pre-circulated
papers on
chronologically and methodologically broad topics.
Papers and responses will be
followed by general discussion.
Theme 4: European identities through the ages
- Christian universalism and local particularism (TBA)
- The Enlightenment commonwealth of Europe (Hans-Erich
Bödeker,
Göttingen)
- Europe as laboratory of modernity (Peter Gatrell,
Manchester)
- Empires and borderlands (Alfred J. Rieber, Budapest)
- Towards an European citizenship (Michel Dumoulin,
Louvain)
The organizers invite proposals for maximum 25 minute
papers by
historians recently established in their career or
still working on their
dissertation, to be read in either of the sessions of
themes 1 to 3 in unit
II. Please send proposals (in English or French, max.
300 words, e-mail
attachment is acceptable) not later than 31 January
2001 to either of
these addresses:
László Kontler, History Department, Central European
University,
Budapest, Nádor u. 9. 1051 Hungary, fax: (36-1)
327-3191, e-mail:
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Bertrand Taithe, School of History, Faculty of Arts,
University of
Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, e-mail:
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This call for papers, with further information and a
registration form,
is also accessible at CEU's website
http://www.ceu.hu.
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