On Mon, 04 Oct 1999 19:47:58 +0200 International
Sociological Association <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> To: Members of the International Sociological Association
>
> Call for Papers
>
> International conference on Intellectual Migration and Cultural
> Transformation.
> The Movement of Ideas from German-speaking Europe to the
> Anglo-Saxon World
> Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom
> 25-28 September 2000
>
> Organised by the Institute Wiener Kreis (Vienna) and the Centre
> for German-Jewish Studies (University of Sussex)
>
> The enforced migration of writers and intellectuals from
> Nazi-occupied Europe has been the subject of intensive
> historical research. The aim of this conference will be to
> extend the focus to take account of a wider 20th-century
> context, analysing both the dynamics of the original ideas and
> values and the transformations which resulted from their
> assimilation to a different cultural environment. Now that the
> life stories of so many migrants have been documented through
> both personal testimony and empirical research, this conference
> will break new ground by investigating the complex evolution of
> thought patterns and intellectual paradigms, associated in
> notable instances with specific groups or institutions.
>
> The primary focus will be on migration to Britain, but proposals
> for comparative papers dealing with the movement of ideas to the
> United States and other English-speaking countries will also be
> welcome. There may also be scope for comparisons with migration
> to other language areas, for example Switzerland or Turkey.
> Comparative perspectives may help to distinguish the more
> complex implications of intellectual migration from the
> immediate impact of the political crisis.
>
> Papers may focus both on evolutionary patterns of development
> and on the creative displacements which resulted from cultural
> re-contextualization, including processes of depoliticization
> imposed by the conservatism of British institutions, which
> tended, perhaps to a greater extent than in the States, to
> encourage conformity. The need to rethink intellectual positions
> in another language constitutes a further dimension of this
> process of readjustment.
>
> The sequence of papers will be organized in thematic clusters
> which will include fields such as Art History, Psychology and
> Psychoanalysis, the Influence of the Vienna Circle, and the
> Function of Institutions (for example, the Frankfurt School, the
> Warburg Institute and the Society for Protection of Science and
> Learning). The exodus of the Vienna Circle may serve as a model
> for the intricate relations between individual biographies,
> institutional histories and the evolution of theoretical
> concepts which accompanied the process of social adaptation and
> cultural transformation. A section devoted to questions of
> Theory and Methodology will also take account of voluntary
> migration, and there will be scope for concluding reflections on
> the longer-term implications of intellectual migration for
> cross-cultural creativity.
>
> The language of the conference will be English, and papers will
> be restricted to a maximum of 30 minutes to allow ample time for
> discussion. Further information is available from the address
> given below, and proposals for papers, accompanied by a one-page
> synopsis, should be sent to by 31 January 2000 to:
>
> Andrea Hammel, Research Administrator, e-mail: [log in to unmask]
> Centre for German-Jewish Studies
> University of Sussex, Falmer/Brighton, BN1 9QN, United Kingdom
> Tel 44 (0)1273 877178, Fax +44 (0)1273 678495
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