果冻影院

These two linked workshops will constitute a major 鈥榮tate of the field鈥� discussion on Area Studies, in general, and East European studies, in particular.

Monday 9 November: Area Studies in the 21st Century聽

The first day of the conference brings together international experts to exchange views on the future of Area Studies through keynote papers and discussion.聽

It features academics working on a range of geographical 鈥榓reas鈥�, including:聽

• Professor Mark Beissinger (Princeton University)聽on Russia
• Professor Theodore C. Bestor (Harvard University)聽on Japan
• Professor Wendy Bracewell (果冻影院 SSEES)聽on Eastern Europe
• Professor Robert Gleave (University of Exeter)聽on the Middle East
• Dr Susan Hodgett (University of Ulster) on Area Studies

Read the detailed rationale here (PDF) >

Tuesday 10 November: Eastern Europe Without Borders

The second day of the conference is devoted specifically to Eastern Europe. It will ask how East European studies can engage with a world of people, objects, ideas and practices in motion.聽 How does attention to connections, transfers, and networks beyond the borders of states and nations enrich the possibilities of this field? What are the practical implications for research, teaching and training? And how does such work in East European studies speak to scholars in other fields?聽

Speakers聽 include:

• Dr Micha艂 Murawski聽聽(SSEES, 果冻影院)
• Dr Carmen Popescu (Sorbonne)
• Dr Vladimir Kuli膰 (FAU Miami)
• Dr Bernard Struck (St Andrews)
• Dr Jan Grill (Manchester)
• Dr Anca Parvulescu (Washington University St Louis)
• Prof聽聽Martin Schulze Wessel (Munich)
• Dr 艁ukasz Stanek (Manchester)
• Prof James Mark (Exeter)
• Prof David Crowley (RCA London)
• Prof Diana Mishkova (Sofia)
• Dr Maciej Maryl (Warsaw)
• Dr Klara Kemp-Welch (Courtauld London)

Further information on Eastern Europe Without Borders (PDF)

Area Studies in the 21st Century / Eastern Europe without Borders is supported by the AHRC as part of the programme

Academic contacts: Zoran Milutinovic (z.milutinovic@ucl.ac.uk) and Wendy Bracewell(w.bracewell@ucl.ac.uk)
Administrative contact: Anna Tremain (ssees-ceelbas@ucl.ac.uk)