The Second History Student Conference of Higher School of Economics
USABLE PASTS
February 4-5, 2016
National Research University Higher School of Economics, Saint Petersburg
deadline for registrations 15 January
History undergraduate and graduate students are welcome to submit paper proposals for
the International History Student Conference ‘Usable Pasts’, organized by
Department of History, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Saint Petersburg. It is a part of International Students Forum to be held in NRU HSE,
Saint Petersburg on 4-5 February 2016.
The
conference aims at exploring the dynamic field of history featuring
both the efforts of various disciplines in dealing with the pasts and
interdisciplinary approaches within the discipline of history. The
conference embraces a broad variety of research themes, which deal
with material objects in history and their meanings within the framework
of heritage and memory studies on the one hand, and the politics of
circulation of historically formed discourses of identity and legitimacy
in present-day society, on the other hand.
-- historical
memory and historically-informed discourses of public politics, identity
politics nationalism, cultural heritage and nationalization of the
past,
-- comparative history of the imperial pasts, imperial diversity and imperial legacy;
-- symbolic representations of history in post-imperial and post-colonial societies,
-- studies of collective trauma and historical justice,
--
cultural, natural and industrial heritage, including public museums,
media space, use of nature in
historical narratives and memory;
--
history in interaction with other disciplines: environmental history,
history of science, technological history, urban history, economic
history, history and law.
The conference will take place in Saint Petersburg on
February 4-5, 2016.
The working language of the conference is
English.
The application should be in
English and consists of an
extended abstract of the paper (
no more than 800 words including references) and an
application form.
You can register for the conference, fill the form, and load extended abstract of your paper here:
http://www.hse.ru/pasts/expresspolls/poll/166849955.html
before
January 15, 2016
You are very welcome to ask questions, sending your queries to the address:
usable.pasts2016@gmail.com
and to Alexandra Bekasova (
abekasova@hse.ru)
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