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CALL FOR PAPERS: Thinking in/after Utopia. East-European and Russian
Philosophy before and after the Collapse of Communism

27-30 October, 2005

Organizer: The Havighurst Center for Russian & Post-Soviet Studies, Miami
University of Ohio (Oxford, OH)

The Havighurst Center's Site:
http://casnov1.cas.muohio.edu/havighurstcenter/

Plenary speakers: Mikhail Epstein (Emory University) and Vladimir
Tismaneanu (University of Maryland)

The 2005 annual Havighurst young researchers' conference is dedicated to
exploring

.     The state of East-European and Russian philosophy today
.     How philosophical ideas contributed (or didn't contribute) to the
process of dismantling of the Communist system
.     The effects that the collapse and Communism had on shaping new
configurations/movements of philosophical ideas in Eastern Europe and
Russia

The conference is conceived of as a forum where young researchers in the
field of East-European and Russian studies/philosophy come, from all over
the world, and share their views and the outcomes of their research,
interact with senior researchers in the field, and with Miami University
faculty and students.

We are interested in bringing together papers that deal not necessarily
with philosophical problems/topics taken in themselves, but especially
with the sophisticated, ever-changing interplay that took place in the
Communist countries between philosophy and politics, philosophy and
ideology, philosophy and social life, philosophy and the other
humanities,
philosophy and the arts. What role (if any) did various philosophical
practices (teaching, research, philosophically-informed cultural
journalism or philosophically-inspired civic movements, etc) play in
undermining the Marxist ideology in East-Europe and Russia? On the other
hand, how precisely did philosophy (Marxism included) permeate the
(societal, intellectual, cultural) life in the Communist regimes? What
happened with philosophy =AD and with the net of relationships that it ha=
d
established with politics, ideology, social life, etc. =AD when the syste=
m
collapsed? What happens with the life of mind when one school of thought
(Marxism) becomes the only accepted school of though? What happens with
that school of thought itself under such conditions? What happened with
all the Marxist philosophers of Eastern Europe and Russia in the 90'?
What
have become of them? What are, in general, the sources of the
post-communist Russian and East-European philosophy? To what extent the
"dissident philosophers" (Patocka, Havel, and others) can be seen as
practitioners of the ancient conception of "philosophy as a way of life"?
These are only some of the issues to be addressed in the course of the
conference.

Call for papers:
Young scholars (ABDs, Post-docs, Assistant-Professors, etc.) working in
the field of East-European and Russian thought are hereby cordially
invited to submit abstracts on these or any other issues related to the
conference's topic.

Funding:
Those selected to present papers will be provided with accommodation for
the duration of the conference, ground transportation from/to the
airport,
and partial travel funding (up to $250
for domestic travel and up to $500 for international travel).

Publication:
We plan to publish the conference papers in an edited volume with a major
US academic press.

Deadline for abstracts: 10 April, 2005. Email submissions are strongly
encouraged.

Please send abstracts (no longer than 300 words) and a copy of your CV
to:

Dr. Costica Bradatan,
Havighurst Fellow & Conference Coordinator
Department of Philosophy,
221 Hall Auditorium,
Miami University,
Oxford, OH-45056
USA

Email: bradatc@muohio.edu







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