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Conference "Public sphere, Ideology, Transformation of Power"
Doctoral College European Historical Dictatorship and Transformation
Research University of Vienna, Department of Contemporary History
The conference will take place on November 24-25, 2011 at the
University of Vienna
Deadline for Proposals: April 30, 2011
The conference Public Sphere, Ideology, Transformation of Power
represents the second part of the conference organized by the
Doctoral College European Historical Dictatorship and Transformation
Research located at the Department of Contemporary History,
University of Vienna .
The key words of the conference title correspond to crucial aspects
for the formation, functioning, and fighting for political hegemony
of authoritarian regimes while being under pressure of adjusting to
constantly changing external and internal factors in a fast-paced
20th century Europe.
The conference aims to address the field of ~public sphere, the
category ~ideology and the process ~transformation of power in a
twofold approach: On the one hand, strategies of the regime's
representatives to maintain their once gained power will be
illuminated as state-driven approaches of shaping public opinion in
order to achieve the regime's goals. Top-down perspectives should
broaden our understanding of structural mechanisms and the functions
attributed to (non-)formal means of communicating within these
political frameworks.
Complementary, bottom-up initiatives introduced by social groups as a
response to authoritarian state rule will be examined. Investigating
mobilisation processes within different social settings a society
helps identifying key opinion leaders and recognizing social needs
the regime itself is not able to fulfill from above. Moreover, by
analyzing factors of social coherence of people under authoritarian
regimes processes of individual and collective identity are to be
explored. Therefore, we are interested in papers that might include,
but are not limited to, the following questions in light of European
pre and post war authoritarian regimes in the 20th century:
Cluster A - Public sphere:
Which formal mechanisms were available to regimes in order to restore
order? Which functions had an informal participating public sphere
according to elite groups and regime? Which spheres were occupied by
resistance or resistant behaviour? Where can borders be delineated
between public and privacy?
Cluster B - Ideology:
Which social/ elite groups are recognized as bearer of ideology? Do
they represent a support for the regime or are they seen as
antagonising factor? In which sphere is hegemony of interpretation
being negotiated? Public vs. private? To what extent does
transnational influence play a decisive role? Which values are
attributed to national ideology? Questioning of the past or
justification of the present as motivational theme in ideology?
Cluster C - Transformation of Power:
Which social groups are identified in the processes of transformation
of power? In which spheres does political power undergo
transformation? Which extrinsic/ intrinsic factors can be detected as
trigger of change?
Working language of the conference: English
The conference is intended for young faculty, doctoral students and
senior post graduate students in political science, sociology,
history and other related disciplines from Austrian and international
universities. We invite both contributions discussing methodological
approaches and case studies. We encourage comparative/ transfer
analytical and interdisciplinary approaches; priority will be put on
papers that include more than one of the mentioned key aspects and
highlight the interdependence of these questions.
Please send your 300 words proposal, together with your contact
details and a short CV, to florian.kuehrer@univie.ac.at by April 30,
2011.
Successful candidates will be informed per e-mail by May 31, 2011.
Travel and accommodation expenses for candidates with accepted
presentations up to a limited amount will be covered by the
organizers of the conference.
Conference "Public sphere, Ideology, Transformation of Power"
Doctoral College European Historical Dictatorship and Transformation
Research University of Vienna, Department of Contemporary History
The conference will take place on November 24-25, 2011 at the
University of Vienna
Deadline for Proposals: April 30, 2011
The conference Public Sphere, Ideology, Transformation of Power
represents the second part of the conference organized by the
Doctoral College European Historical Dictatorship and Transformation
Research located at the Department of Contemporary History,
University of Vienna .
The key words of the conference title correspond to crucial aspects
for the formation, functioning, and fighting for political hegemony
of authoritarian regimes while being under pressure of adjusting to
constantly changing external and internal factors in a fast-paced
20th century Europe.
The conference aims to address the field of ~public sphere, the
category ~ideology and the process ~transformation of power in a
twofold approach: On the one hand, strategies of the regime's
representatives to maintain their once gained power will be
illuminated as state-driven approaches of shaping public opinion in
order to achieve the regime's goals. Top-down perspectives should
broaden our understanding of structural mechanisms and the functions
attributed to (non-)formal means of communicating within these
political frameworks.
Complementary, bottom-up initiatives introduced by social groups as a
response to authoritarian state rule will be examined. Investigating
mobilisation processes within different social settings a society
helps identifying key opinion leaders and recognizing social needs
the regime itself is not able to fulfill from above. Moreover, by
analyzing factors of social coherence of people under authoritarian
regimes processes of individual and collective identity are to be
explored. Therefore, we are interested in papers that might include,
but are not limited to, the following questions in light of European
pre and post war authoritarian regimes in the 20th century:
Cluster A - Public sphere:
Which formal mechanisms were available to regimes in order to restore
order? Which functions had an informal participating public sphere
according to elite groups and regime? Which spheres were occupied by
resistance or resistant behaviour? Where can borders be delineated
between public and privacy?
Cluster B - Ideology:
Which social/ elite groups are recognized as bearer of ideology? Do
they represent a support for the regime or are they seen as
antagonising factor? In which sphere is hegemony of interpretation
being negotiated? Public vs. private? To what extent does
transnational influence play a decisive role? Which values are
attributed to national ideology? Questioning of the past or
justification of the present as motivational theme in ideology?
Cluster C - Transformation of Power:
Which social groups are identified in the processes of transformation
of power? In which spheres does political power undergo
transformation? Which extrinsic/ intrinsic factors can be detected as
trigger of change?
Working language of the conference: English
The conference is intended for young faculty, doctoral students and
senior post graduate students in political science, sociology,
history and other related disciplines from Austrian and international
universities. We invite both contributions discussing methodological
approaches and case studies. We encourage comparative/ transfer
analytical and interdisciplinary approaches; priority will be put on
papers that include more than one of the mentioned key aspects and
highlight the interdependence of these questions.
Please send your 300 words proposal, together with your contact
details and a short CV, to florian.kuehrer@univie.ac.at by April 30,
2011.
Successful candidates will be informed per e-mail by May 31, 2011.
Travel and accommodation expenses for candidates with accepted
presentations up to a limited amount will be covered by the
organizers of the conference.
