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Afghanistan, the Cold War and the End of the Soviet Union
Workshop, Helmut-Schmidt-Universität Hamburg
14-16 March 2013
The conference is open to the public. Registration is not necessary
Conference Program
Thursday, 14 March 2013: Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung
20.00: Opening
Rodric Braithwaite (London): This Time it will be Different: The Russians in Afghanistan, 1979-1989
Vortragsankündigung HIS
Friday, 15 March 2013: : Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Thomas-Ellwein-Saal
9.45-10.15 Welcome
10.15-11.45 Rhetorics and Politics of the Cold War
Martin Deuerlein (Tübingen): The Bear Trap? Iran, Afghanistan and the Prelude to Invasion, 1978-1979
Roman Krawielicki (Tübingen): “Sovietnam”? Reagan Rhetoric and Politics in relation to the Soviet War in Afghanistan
Discussant: Claudia Weber (Hamburg)
11.45-12.30 Coffee Break
12.00-13.30 Everyday Lives I: Within the Soviet Army
Alena Maklak (Potsdam): “United Friendly Family”? Cohesion and Disintegration among Soviet Soldiers in Afghanistan
Serguei Oushakine (Princeton): Notes of War and Despair. Rewriting Military History with Songs
Discussant: Klaas Voß (Hamburg)
13.30-14.30 Lunch
14.30-16.00 Everyday Lives II: Resistance and Migration in Afghanistan
Robert Johnson (Oxford, UK): Counter-Revolution or People’s War: The Mujahideen Insurgency, 1979-1989
Conrad Schetter (Bonn): Patterns of Migration in Afghanistan
Discussant: Florian Kühn (Hamburg)
16.00-16.60 Coffee Break
16.30-18.00 The Self and the Other: Perceptions of Afghans and Soviets
Martha Vogel (Basel): Afghan Visual Propaganda. The Self and the Other
Elena Senyavskaya (Moscow): Afghanistan in the Eyes of the Limited Contingent of Soviet Forces
Discussant: Rudolf Mark (Hamburg)
Saturday, 16 March 2013: Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Thomas-Ellwein-Saal
9.45-11.15 The Aftermath: The Soviet War Veterans
Nataliya Danilova (Nottingham): Veterans of the Soviet Afghan War: Gender Crisis and Re-Invention of Identity
Vejune D. Gota (Vilnius): The Aftermath of War: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Social Support, and Alcohol Consumption in Lithuania
Discussant: Manfred Zeller (Hamburg)
11.15-11.45
Afghanistan, the Cold War and the End of the Soviet Union. Perspectives for new research
For further information please contact Dr. des. Esther Meier - [log in to unmask]
Organizers
PD. Tanja Penter, Dr. des. Esther Meier, Laura Sembritzki, M.A. (HSU)
Dr. Claudia Weber (HIS)
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