Contemporary Cultural Processes: Events

In tandem with initiatives in the other thematic areas of CEELBAS, a number of seminars, workshops, series and single-speaker events have taken place or are in planning for the academic year 2007-08. These are interdisciplinary in character, and touch on different aspects of culture in Eastern Europe.

Forthcoming events:

These events are open to all and free of charge to attend. Registration not necessary. For further information, please contact Robert Pyrah 

Other events in planning include collaborative seminars with other CEELBAS postdoctoral fellows, particularly on foreign and on social policy themes. Given the remit of this particular strand, the intention is also to involve cultural practitioners within the academic framework of CEELBAS. Other events under active consideration include theatre performances and literary readings.

Past events (archive):

• 25 - 26 February 2010 INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP: ‘Beyond Nationalism? Cultural Processes in East-Central Europe, 20th-21st Centuries’.The L'viv Center for Urban History of East Central Europe: programme and event detailsSee Conference Report and article in Ukrainian journal Krytyka, March - April 2010 (in Ukrainian).

• 20 October 2009 'The Corporate State and Patriotism in 16th Century Hungary'
  Central European Seminar at the University of OxfordPublic lecture by Dr Benedek Varga: Director General, Semmelweis Museum, Library and Archives of the History of Medicine, Budapest

• 7-9 September 2009 'Spaces of Nationhood: Landscape and Identity after Communism'
  University of Birmingham See Workshop Report

• 8 June 2009 'Legacies and Prospects' - Poland 1989: 20 Years On
  Nissan Lecture Theatre, St Antony's College, University of Oxford See Conference Report

• 6 February 2009 CEELBAS CULTURE, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN SEMINAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD presents a new series of themed workshops on CULTURE AND IDENTITY IN EAST-CENTRAL EUROPEPART ONE: History Faculty, University of Oxford: 'Central European Historiography' (presentations by country)

• 19 June 2008 CEELBAS CULTURE, WITH SUPPORT FROM THE UKRAINIAN INSTITUTE, HOLLAND PARK, LONDON presents a panel-led discussion involving contemporary Ukrainian writers and commentators, based in Ukraine and Britain: 'The Writer and Society in Post-Soviet Ukraine' 18.45 at the Ukrainian Institute, Holland Park, London. A full report and record of the event is available.

• 21 January 2008 CEELBAS CULTURE SEMINAR in association with the CENTRAL EUROPEAN SEMINAR at the University of Oxford - 'Constructing Myth in Central Europe: Bram Stoker's Dracula'. Special guest lecture by Dr Rebecca Haynes (UCL SSEES) Chair: Dr Marius Turda Discussant: Dr Robert Pyrah 12pm at the History Faculty, George St., Oxford.

• 22 November 2007 CEELBAS CULTURE SEMINAR
  'Consumerism and Literature in Russia and Eastern Europe' Dr. Tim Beasley-Murray (UCL SSEES) and Dr. Oliver Ready (Oxford) 5pm at the Taylor Institution, St. Giles, Oxford.

• 10 November 2007 Prof. E. Judge, Leeds Metropolitan and Warsaw Open Universities CEELBAS CULTURE SEMINAR, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN SEMINAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD - The Polish Occupation and Diaspora, 1939-1945: Personal Connections and Methodological Reflections. Chaired by Mrs. Nina Taylor-Terlecka (Tutor in Polish Language and Literature, University of Oxford). 2pm in the Buttery, Wolfson College, Oxford.

• 25 October 2007 Dr. Steven Beller, Washington DC CEELBAS CULTURE SEMINAR, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN SEMINAR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD - The Jews of Vienna and Central Europe. 5pm at the Taylor Institution, St. Giles, Oxford.

• 18 September 2007 Dr Maria Bucur, University of Indiana (IL) CEELBAS CULTURE: GUEST LECTURE ‘Cultural Memory Politics in East-Central Europe’ 3pm at the Taylor Institution, St. Giles, Oxford

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