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30.01.2009 Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Kansas Central Europe 1989: Lessons and Legacies Lawrence, KS, October 16-18, 2009 As part of a semester-long commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the fall of Communism in East Central Europe, the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Kansas announces a conference, "Central Europe 1989: Lessons and Legacies," to be held in Lawrence, KS, October 16-18, 2009. We invite 250-word abstracts dealing with the question of transition and change in Central Europe as it relates to discourses, narratives, myths of identity in a variety of areas, including but not exclusively culture, literature and film, gender, ethnicity, civil and state structures, environment, economy. Historical and political contextualizations of the "Turn" are also welcome. Please email your abstract by May 1, 2009, to: crees@ku.edu (and put "CE1989" in the subject line), or mail to: CE1989, CREES, University of Kansas, 320 Bailey Hall, 1440 Jayhawk Blvd., Lawrence, KS 66045. Possible topics include: meanings of revolution (society, arts, science, technology, environment, etc.) transition (and its discontents) myths of identity discourses of change thinking and rethinking history (re)defining Central Europe stocktaking on the transition structures of political change institutional design Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies University of Kansas 320 Bailey Hall 1440 Jayhawk Blvd. Lawrence, KS  66045-7574 tel.: 785-864-4236 fax: 785-864-3800 http://www.crees.ku.edu « back to News archive print this page email this page