Area Studies in a Globalized World.

New Approaches to East and Southeast European Studies

2013 Summer School of the
Graduate School for East and Southeast European Studies (Munich/Regensburg)
in collaboration with Pasts Inc. (CEU Budapest)

16-20 September 2013
CEU Budapest (Ndor ut. 9)

Area Studies contribute to a nuanced, differentiated and decentered understanding of globalization
processes and the entanglements between different parts of the world. East and Southeast European
Studies are a case in point: on the one hand, they have experienced a paradigm shift thanks to the
incorporation of transnational approaches. On the other hand, they are indispensable for the context-
sensitive analysis of historical and present developments in Eastern and Southeastern Europe. One of
the particularly promising avenues of East and Southeast European Studies today is the discussion of
trans-regional entanglements in order to highlight the specific positioning of the region in the world. This
includes also an emphasis on entanglements and relationships within the region.

This Summer School will consider new approaches in Area Studies with a focus on Eastern and
Southeastern Europe. It is a joint enterprise of the Graduate School for East and Southeast European
Studies, which is run by the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and the University of Regensburg,
and Pasts Inc. at the Central European University. Faculty from Budapest, Regensburg and Munich will
lead discussions about new approaches in Area Studies in different subject areas, such as history,
literature, and linguistics. Doctoral students will have a chance to present from their own work.
Discussion sessions are clustered around major topics of the Graduate School:

Migration and cultural transfers
Infrastructure and knowledge
Cultural representations and perceptions
Memory and mental maps

The Summer School will also include keynote talks by four eminent scholars in the field:

David Lane (University of Cambridge): Explaining the Transformation from State Socialism
Don Kalb (CEU, Budapest): Critical Junctions: Notes on Region and Method in the Global Age
Viktor Karady (CEU, Budapest): Jews, Germans and other Christians in Competition:
Situational and Ethnic Inequalities of Modernization in the Carpathian Basin During the Long
19
th
Century
Jutta Scherrer (EHESS, Paris): Was There a Better Bolshevism than Lenins? An unpublished
Gorkij-Bogdanov Correspondence in the Light of Post-Soviet Historiography


Participation in the Summer School is free of charge and will earn credits. If you are interested to
participate, please sign up with:

Central European University (CEU), Past inc., Center for Historical Studies
1051 Budapest, Ndor u. 11, Rm 215 /
Phone: +36 1 327 3000/2699
Fax: +36 1 327 3191 /
E-mail: pasts@ceu.hu