[ALBSA-Info] Conference on Past and Present in Germany

[Agron Alibali]

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 Institut fur Geschichte und Biographie 
Dr. Alexander v. Plato 
Tel. 02351-24580 / Fax: 39973 
E-mail: Alexander.vonPlato at Fernuni-Hagen.de 

Call for Papers 
The Presence of the Past 
Transformation and Dealing with the Past in Eastern and Central Europe 
Conference May 23 - 25, 2002 in Berlin 

The Institute for History and Biography at the Open University in Hagen, as 
the German representative of the "International Oral History 
Association", supported by the "Stiftung Aufarbeitung der SED Diktatur" in 
Berlin, will hold a conference on the transformation process in Central and 
EasternEurope. 

Subjects of the conference will be: individual and collective remembrances 
of the time before, during and after the transformation process, subjective 
dealing with the "new time", the investigation and archival and judicial 
treatment of the past. The conference aims to compare several countries in 
this region. 

Two scholars of each country are invited to present papers. One of them 
should give an overview of the historical, political and judicial 
developments in his or her country, and the other paper should focus on a 
concrete example of the experience of this process, and of dealing with the 
past, within different social groups - elites, parties, public service, 
churches, intellectuals etc. 

The main theme of the conference is thus the "Ungleichzeitigkeit" 
(non-simultaneity) of political structures andmental orientations at times 
of system transformation. 

Beside a keynote speech and the mentioned overviews to historical and 
political developments the preliminary program includes the following 
sections: life story and personal continuities, problems of new 
orientations, changes in family and every-day-life, oppression and 
opposition. The conference will be closed by a panel discussion. The 
conference also offers some social events in its program. 
If you are interested, please send us a single-page proposal including 
an outline of your paper, also mentioning the empirical or theoretical 
basis and the following details: name, affiliation, postal address, e-mail 
address, phone and fax numbers. Proposals must be received by mail, fax or 
email by September 30, 2001. 


For those participants whose papers will be accepted, travel and 
accommodation expenses will be paid by the organisers. The conference 
will take place in Berlin, May 23 - 25, 2002. 

For further information please contact: 
Dr. Alexander von Plato 
Institut fur Geschichte und Biographie 
der Fernuniversitaet Hagen 
alexander.vonplato at fernuni-hagen.de


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