CfP: Re-Inventing Eastern Europe, Belgrade , Serbia, 27 – 28 January 2017

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Dear Colleagues,

Please find below the Call for Papers for The Sixth Euroacademia
International Conference =E2=80=98Re-Inventing Eastern Europe=E2=80=99, to =
be held in
Belgrade, Serbia on 27th - 28th of January 2017. Feel free to forward and
disseminate this call to all your colleagues and peers who might be
interested. Thank you in advance!





*Euroacademia* cordially invites you to

*The Sixth Euroacademia International Conference*

*=E2=80=98Re-Inventing Eastern Europe=E2=80=99*



Call for Papers

The Sixth Euroacademia International Conference

Re-Inventing Eastern Europe



27 =E2=80=93 28 January 2017, Belgrade, Serbia



Deadline for Paper Proposals: 10 December 2016



Conference Description:

The Sixth Euroacademia International Conference =E2=80=98Re-Inventing Easte=
rn
Europe=E2=80=99 aims to make a case and to provide alternative views on the
dynamics, persistence and manifestations of practices of alterity making
that take place in Europe and broadly in the mental mappings of the world. =
It
offers an opportunity for scholars, activists and practitioners to
identify, discuss, and debate the multiple dimensions in which specific
narratives of alterity making towards Eastern Europe preserve their
salience today in re-furbished and re-fashioned manners. The conference
aims to look at the processes of alterity making as puzzles and to address
the persistence of the East-West dichotomies.



Not a long time ago, in 2010, a British lady was considered bigoted by
Gordon Brown upon asking =E2=80=98Where do all these Eastern Europeans come=
 from?=E2=80=99.
Maybe, despite her concern with the dangers of immigration for Britain, the
lady was right in showing that such a question still awaits for answers in
Europe. The ironic thing however is that a first answer to such a question
would point to the fact that the Eastern Europeans come from the Western
European imaginary. As Iver Neumann puts it, =E2=80=98regions are invented =
by
political actors as a political programme, they are not simply waiting to
be discovered=E2=80=99. And, as Larry Wolff skillfully showed, Eastern Euro=
pe is an
invention emanated initially from the intellectual agendas of the elites of
the Enlightenment that later found its peak of imaginary separation during
the Cold War.

The Economist, explicitly considered Eastern Europe to be wrongly labeled
and elaborated that =E2=80=98it was never a very coherent idea and it is be=
coming a
damaging one=E2=80=99. The EU enlargement however, was expected to make the=
 East =E2=80=93
West division obsolete under the veil of a prophesied convergence. That
would have finally proven the non-ontologic, historically contingent and
unhappy nature of the division of Europe and remind Europeans of the wider
size of their continent and the inclusive and empowering nature of their
values. Yet still, 20 years after the revolutions in the Central and
Eastern European countries, Leon Mark, while arguing that the category of
Eastern Europe is outdated and misleading, bitterly asks a still relevant
question: =E2=80=98will Europe ever give up the need to have an East?=E2=80=
=99

Eastern Europe was invented as a region and continues to be re-invented
from outside and inside. From outside its invention was connected with
alterity making processes, and, from inside the region, the Central and
Eastern European countries got into a civilizational beauty contest
themselves in search of drawing the most western profile: what=E2=80=99s Ce=
ntral
Europe, what=E2=80=99s more Eastern, what=E2=80=99s more Ottoman, Balkan, B=
yzantine, who is
the actual kidnapped kid of the West, who can build better credentials by
pushing the Easterness to the next border. A wide variety of scholars
addressed the western narratives of making the Eastern European other as an
outcome of cultural politics of enlightenment, as an effect of EU=E2=80=99s=
 need to
delineate its borders, as an outcome of its views on security , or as a
type of =E2=80=98orientalism=E2=80=99 or post-colonialism. Most of these ty=
pes of
approaches are still useful in analyzing the persistence of an East-West
slope. The region is understood now under a process of convergence,
socialization and Europeanization that will have as outcomes an =E2=80=98ev=
er
closer union=E2=80=99 where the East and the West will fade away as categor=
ies. Yet
the reality is far from such an outcome while the persistence of categories
of alterity making towards the =E2=80=98East=E2=80=99 is not always dismant=
led. The
discourse on core-periphery, new Europe/old Europe is rather gaining
increasing ground in the arena of European identity narratives often voiced
by the EU.



The conference is organized yet by no means restricted to the following
panels:

The Agenda of the Enlightenment: Inventing Eastern Europe ~ Europe East and
West: On the Persistence of the Division ~ Reviewing Alternative
Modernities: East and West ~ Writing About the East in West ~ Writing about
the West in East ~ The Eastern European =E2=80=98Other=E2=80=99 Inside the =
European Union ~
Mental Mappings on Eastern Europe ~ People-ing the Eastern Europeans ~
Geopolitical Views on the East-West Division ~ Post-colonial readings of
Eastern Europe ~ Making Borders to the East: Genealogies of Othering ~
Inclusion/Exclusion Nexuses ~ Myths and Misconceptions on Eastern Europe ~
Core Europe/Non-Core Europe ~ Central Europe vs. Eastern Europe ~ Reading
the Past: On Memory and Memorialization ~ Eastern Europe and the Crises ~
Assessing Convergence in Eastern Europe ~ Explaining Divergence in Eastern
Europe ~ Central and Eastern Europe and the EU ~ Scenarios for the Future
of Eastern Europe ~ Eastern Europe and Asymmetries of Europeanization ~
Axiological Framings of Eastern Europe ~ Eastern Europe in Western
Literature ~ Re-making Eastern Europe: Pushing the Easterness to the Next
Border ~ From the Ottoman Empire to Russia: Cultural Categories in the
Making of Eastern Europe ~ Go West! Migration from Eastern Europe and
Experiences of =E2=80=98Othering=E2=80=99 ~ Lifestyles and the Quotidian Pe=
culiarities of
the Invented East ~ Visual Representation of Eastern Europe in Film: From
Dracula to Barbarian Kings ~ Guidebooks for the Savage Lands:
Representations of Eastern Europe in Travel Guides ~ Urban Landscapes in
Eastern Europe ~ Changing Politics and the Transformation of Cities ~
Eastern Europe and Artistic Movements



DEADLINE FOR 300 WORDS ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION IS 10TH OF DECEMBER 2016



For on-line application and complete information on the event, please see:

http://euroacademia.eu/conference/6th-reinventing-eastern-europe/



The 300 words titled abstract and details of affiliation can also be sent
to [email protected]
<http://91.206.206.28/horde/imp/message.php?index=3D3489> with the name of
the conference specified in the subject line. We will acknowledge the
receipt of all proposals. In case you received no confirmation in one day
after applying on-line, please re-send your abstract by e-mail as well.

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<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">Dear
Colleagues,</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">Please find
below the Call for Papers for The Sixth Euroacademia International Conferen=
ce
=E2=80=98Re-Inventing Eastern Europe=E2=80=99, to be held in Belgrade, Serb=
ia on 27<sup>th</sup>
- 28<sup>th</sup> of January 2017. Feel free to forward and disseminate thi=
s
call to all your colleagues and peers who might be interested. Thank you in
advance!</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span lang=3D"EN-US">=C2=A0</span></b></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span lang=3D"EN-US">=C2=A0</span></b></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"color:navy" lang=3D"EN-US">Euroaca=
demia</span></b><span lang=3D"EN-US"> cordially invites you to </span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span lang=3D"EN-US">The Sixth Euroacademia Inter=
national Conference</span></b></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span lang=3D"EN-US">=E2=80=98Re-Inventing Easter=
n Europe=E2=80=99</span></b></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-indent:35.4pt"><b><span lang=3D"EN-US"=
>=C2=A0</span></b></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"IT">Call for Papers</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"IT">The Sixth Euroacademia Internation=
al
Conference</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"IT">Re-Inventing Eastern Europe</span>=
</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"IT">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"IT">27 =E2=80=93 28 January 2017, Belg=
rade, Serbia</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"IT">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"IT">Deadline for Paper Proposals: 10 D=
ecember 2016</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"IT">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span lang=3D"IT">Confe=
rence Description:</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-indent:35.45pt"><sp=
an lang=3D"EN-US">The Sixth Euroacademia International
Conference =E2=80=98Re-Inventing Eastern Europe=E2=80=99 aims to make a cas=
e and to provide
alternative views on the dynamics, persistence and manifestations of practi=
ces
of alterity making that take place in Europe and broadly in the mental mapp=
ings
of the world. </span><span lang=3D"IT">It offers an opportunity for scholar=
s,
activists and practitioners to identify, discuss, and debate the multiple
dimensions in which specific narratives of alterity making towards Eastern
Europe preserve their salience today in re-furbished and re-fashioned manne=
rs.
The conference aims to look at the processes of alterity making as puzzles =
and
to address the persistence of the East-West dichotomies.</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><span =
lang=3D"IT">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><span =
lang=3D"IT">Not a long time ago, in 2010, a British lady was
considered bigoted by Gordon Brown upon asking =E2=80=98Where do all these =
Eastern
Europeans come from?=E2=80=99. Maybe, despite her concern with the dangers =
of
immigration for Britain, the lady was right in showing that such a question
still awaits for answers in Europe. The ironic thing however is that a firs=
t
answer to such a question would point to the fact that the Eastern European=
s
come from the Western European imaginary. As Iver Neumann puts it, =E2=80=
=98regions are
invented by political actors as a political programme, they are not simply
waiting to be discovered=E2=80=99. And, as Larry Wolff skillfully showed, E=
astern
Europe is an invention emanated initially from the intellectual agendas of =
the
elites of the Enlightenment that later found its peak of imaginary separati=
on
during the Cold War.</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-indent:35.45pt"><sp=
an lang=3D"IT">The Economist, explicitly considered Eastern Europe to be wr=
ongly labeled
and elaborated that =E2=80=98it was never a very coherent idea and it is be=
coming a
damaging one=E2=80=99. The EU enlargement however, was expected to make the=
 East =E2=80=93 West
division obsolete under the veil of a prophesied convergence. That would ha=
ve
finally proven the non-ontologic, historically contingent and unhappy natur=
e of
the division of Europe and remind Europeans of the wider size of their
continent and the inclusive and empowering nature of their values. Yet stil=
l,
20 years after the revolutions in the Central and Eastern European countrie=
s,
Leon Mark, while arguing that the category of Eastern Europe is outdated an=
d
misleading, bitterly asks a still relevant question: =E2=80=98will Europe e=
ver give up
the need to have an East?=E2=80=99</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify;text-indent:35.45pt"><sp=
an lang=3D"IT">Eastern Europe was invented as a region and continues to be =
re-invented
from outside and inside. From outside its invention was connected with alte=
rity
making processes, and, from inside the region, the Central and Eastern Euro=
pean
countries got into a civilizational beauty contest themselves in search of
drawing the most western profile: what=E2=80=99s Central Europe, what=E2=80=
=99s more Eastern,
what=E2=80=99s more Ottoman, Balkan, Byzantine, who is the actual kidnapped=
 kid of the
West, who can build better credentials by pushing the Easterness to the nex=
t
border. A wide variety of scholars addressed the western narratives of maki=
ng
the Eastern European other as an outcome of cultural politics of enlightenm=
ent,
as an effect of EU=E2=80=99s need to delineate its borders, as an outcome o=
f its views
on security , or as a type of =E2=80=98orientalism=E2=80=99 or post-colonia=
lism. Most of these
types of approaches are still useful in analyzing the persistence of an
East-West slope. The region is understood now under a process of convergenc=
e,
socialization and Europeanization that will have as outcomes an =E2=80=98ev=
er closer
union=E2=80=99 where the East and the West will fade away as categories. Ye=
t the
reality is far from such an outcome while the persistence of categories of
alterity making towards the =E2=80=98East=E2=80=99 is not always dismantled=
. The discourse on
core-periphery, new Europe/old Europe is rather gaining increasing ground i=
n
the arena of European identity narratives often voiced by the EU. </span></=
p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"IT">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">The
conference is organized yet by no means restricted to the following panels:=
</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"IT">The Agenda of the Enlightenment: I=
nventing
Eastern Europe ~ Europe East and West: On the Persistence of the Division ~=
 Reviewing
Alternative Modernities: East and West ~ Writing About the East in West ~ W=
riting
about the West in East ~ The Eastern European =E2=80=98Other=E2=80=99 Insid=
e the European Union
~ Mental Mappings on Eastern Europe ~ People-ing the Eastern Europeans ~ Ge=
opolitical
Views on the East-West Division ~ Post-colonial readings of Eastern Europe =
~ Making
Borders to the East: Genealogies of Othering ~ Inclusion/Exclusion Nexuses =
~ Myths
and Misconceptions on Eastern Europe ~ Core Europe/Non-Core Europe ~ Centra=
l
Europe vs. Eastern Europe ~ Reading the Past: On Memory and Memorialization=
 ~ Eastern
Europe and the Crises ~ Assessing Convergence in Eastern Europe ~ Explainin=
g Divergence
in Eastern Europe ~ Central and Eastern Europe and the EU ~ Scenarios for t=
he
Future of Eastern Europe ~ Eastern Europe and Asymmetries of Europeanizatio=
n ~ Axiological
Framings of Eastern Europe ~ Eastern Europe in Western Literature ~ Re-maki=
ng Eastern
Europe: Pushing the Easterness to the Next Border ~ From the Ottoman Empire=
 to Russia:
Cultural Categories in the Making of Eastern Europe ~ Go West! Migration fr=
om
Eastern Europe and Experiences of =E2=80=98Othering=E2=80=99 ~ Lifestyles a=
nd the Quotidian
Peculiarities of the Invented East ~ Visual Representation of Eastern Europ=
e in
Film: From Dracula to Barbarian Kings ~ Guidebooks for the Savage Lands:
Representations of Eastern Europe in Travel Guides ~ Urban Landscapes in
Eastern Europe ~ Changing Politics and the Transformation of Cities ~ Easte=
rn
Europe and Artistic Movements</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"IT">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">DEADLINE
FOR 300 WORDS ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION IS 10TH OF DECEMBER 2016</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align:justify"><span lang=3D"IT">For o=
n-line
application and complete information on the event, please see: </span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"IT"><a href=3D"http://euroacademia.eu/=
conference/6th-reinventing-eastern-europe/"><span style=3D"color:windowtext=
;text-decoration:none">http://euroacademia.eu/conference/6th-reinventing-ea=
stern-europe/</span></a>
</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"IT">=C2=A0</span></p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">The 300
words titled abstract and details of affiliation can also be sent to </span=
><span lang=3D"IT"><a href=3D"http://91.206.206.28/horde/imp/message.php?in=
dex=3D3489" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"color:windowtext;text-decorati=
on:none" lang=3D"EN-US">[email protected]</span></a></span><span =
lang=3D"EN-US"> with the name of the conference
specified in the subject line. </span><span lang=3D"IT">We will acknowledge=
 the
receipt of all proposals. In case you received no confirmation in one day a=
fter
applying on-line, please re-send your abstract by e-mail as well.</span></p=
>

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