From: Slawomir Lotysz [mailto:[log in to unmask]]

Sent: 02 February 2014

Subject: announcement

 

 

Call for panelist(s)

I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen. The technology of reality in socialistic science fiction films.

 

For the upcoming meeting in Brasov I would like to organize a session about the somewhat paradoxical role of technology in the socialistic/Eastern European/Comecon science-fiction films between 1945 and 1989. On the one hand in the predominant interpretation of Marx in the Comecon world “the technology” was regarded as a mean of change, of transformation or “transition” towards better future. On the other hand – in the official narrative of that times – the better future have already arrived in form of socialistic system. That delineates a field of very own even if problematic interpretations of technology. The Czechoslovak film “I killed Einstein, Gentlemen” from 1970 would be a great example.

 

I would like to invite all researchers with the same or similar interests or “just fans” of Eastern European/socialistic sci-fi films to submit abstracts of 250-300 words and brief academic CV until 16th February 2014 to me ([log in to unmask] ).

 

The topics may cover all aspects of the historical sci-fi film productions from Eastern European/socialistic countries, the comparison between East and West, or “just remembering” your own experiences as long as the technology stays in the focus of your presentation.

 

 

 

Dr. Slawomir Lotysz

Chair of the Programme Committee ICOHTEC 2014

Institute of Civil Engineering

University of Zielona Gora

ul. prof. Z. Szafrana 1

65-516 Zielona Góra, POLAND

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