Nach einer Lesung aus dem Gedichtband "Sag Feuer" (Suhrkamp 2 025\, Übersetzung aus dem Bosnischen)\, spricht die Autorin Selma Asotić mit Adna Ruhotina (Universität Basel) über das Buch. \;
\n\nS uhrkamp beschreibt ihre Lyrik als einfach\, bilderreich und prägnant.&nbs p\;
\nAsotić findet eine Sprache für die Zerrissenheit zwischen He imat und Fremdsein\; für Liebe und lesbisches Begehren\; für den generat ionenlangen Weg der Frauen vom Schweigen zum Sprechen - vor allem aber fü r den Krieg als den brutalen ständigen Begleiter\, der sie in ihren Träu men verfolgt und dem sie trotzdem den Kopf hält\, wenn er\, alt geworden und sich um seine Bedeutung sorgend\, erbrechen muss: »Schon gut\, Alter\ , ich erinnere mich noch an dich.« Selma Asotić verdichtet in diesen 37 Gedichten unprätentiös und kunstvoll Erfahrungen\, die nicht aufhören\, sondern sich im Gegenteil immer fortsetzen.
\n\nDie Lesung findet a uf Deutsch\, das Gespräch auf Englisch statt.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news771@osteuropa.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260219T084646 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260526T090000 SUMMARY:«Modernisation and Empire in the History of the Caucasus» DESCRIPTION:Seit 2022 hat das Interesse der westlichen historischen Forschu ng an der Kaukasusregion deutlich zugenommen. Bisher ist die Kaukasusforsc hung jedoch nur schwach institutionalisiert und es bedarf geeigneter Forma te\, um die auf die Region spezialisierten Forschenden stärker miteinande r zu vernetzen. Der geplante Workshop wird dazu einen Beitrag leisten und international renommierte Vertreter:innen der Kaukasusforschung mit Nachwu chswissenschaftler:innen zusammenbringen\, die an Projekten zur Geschichte der Region arbeiten. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Frage\, wie «Modernisierun g» im Kaukasus des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts von politischen Eliten und de r lokalen Bevölkerung imaginiert und erlebt wurde\, womit sich der Worksh op an einer Debatte über die Bedeutung des Konzepts «Modernisierung» f ür die Imperienforschung beteiligt. Die Teilnehmenden werden Diskurse und Praktiken der «Modernisierung» in Bereichen von der Politik-\, Wirtscha fts- und Infrastrukturgeschichte bis zur Umwelt- und Kulturgeschichte erö rtern und diskutieren\, inwiefern als «Modernisierung» interpretierte hi storische Prozesse ein Effekt imperialer Herrschaft\, aber auch eine Herau sforderung für ihren Bestand waren. X-ALT-DESC:Seit 2022 hat das Interesse der westlichen historischen Forsc hung an der Kaukasusregion deutlich zugenommen. Bisher ist die Kaukasusfor schung jedoch nur schwach institutionalisiert und es bedarf geeigneter For mate\, um die auf die Region spezialisierten Forschenden stärker miteinan der zu vernetzen. Der geplante Workshop wird dazu einen Beitrag leisten un d international renommierte Vertreter:innen der Kaukasusforschung mit Nach wuchswissenschaftler:innen zusammenbringen\, die an Projekten zur Geschich te der Region arbeiten. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Frage\, wie «Modernisier ung» im Kaukasus des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts von politischen Eliten und der lokalen Bevölkerung imaginiert und erlebt wurde\, womit sich der Work shop an einer Debatte über die Bedeutung des Konzepts «Modernisierung» für die Imperienforschung beteiligt. Die Teilnehmenden werden Diskurse un d Praktiken der «Modernisierung» in Bereichen von der Politik-\, Wirtsch afts- und Infrastrukturgeschichte bis zur Umwelt- und Kulturgeschichte er örtern und diskutieren\, inwiefern als «Modernisierung» interpretierte historische Prozesse ein Effekt imperialer Herrschaft\, aber auch eine Her ausforderung für ihren Bestand waren.
\n DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260528T180000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news777@osteuropa.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260518T153310 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260526T113000 SUMMARY:Lunch-Talk mit Tamar Koplatadze DESCRIPTION:This talk introduces two interlinked theoretical concepts throu gh which to analyse decolonial cultural movements in Central Asia (and pot entially beyond)\, especially those concerned with ecocritical themes. It first proposes the conceptual framework of “retroactive anticolonialism ” as a marker of the recent turn in Central Asian cultures towards postc olonial revisionism and activism. Building on ecocriticism and ecomusicolo gy\, I further propose the concept of “post-Soviet ecopoetics” – the ecomusical language of environmental solidarity – as a particularly pot ent decolonial manifestation of Central Asia’s supraethnic retroactive a nticolonialism. As a primary case-study\, among other examples\, I will an alyse the ecopoetics of Hamid Ismailov’s novella The Dead Lake (2015)\, showing how inextricably it intertwines identity\, nature and music. While uniquely shaped by Kazakh flora and fauna\, as well as the local traditio ns of akyr zaman\, zar zaman and aitys\, this ecomusical language transcen ds the boundaries of nationality and citizenship\, and evokes solidarity w ith the various human and non-human beings\, and landscapes of Central Asi a. As such\, ‘post-Soviet ecopoetics’ exemplifies how retroactive anti colonialism in Central Asian cultures moves beyond the binaries of colonis ing centre vs. colonised periphery\, dominant language vs. local languages \, human vs. non-human\, and proposes a truly inclusive\, locally develope d decolonial vision in the post-Soviet space.\\r\\nDuring the talk\, a san dwich lunch and coffee will be served.\\r\\nTamar Koplatadze is Associate Professor of Postsocialist Literature and Culture at the University of Oxf ord. She is the author of Postcolonial Identities in Central Asian and Cau casian Literature (OUP)\, the first monograph on postcolonial literature f rom the Caucasus and Central Asia. Her current book\, Post-Soviet Ecopoeti cs examines ecocritical culture from the former post-Soviet space\, notabl y Central Asia and Siberia. Dr Koplatadze's other contributions include th e prize-winning article ‘Theorising Russian Postcolonial Studies’ and appearances on public platforms including the BBC. X-ALT-DESC:This talk introduces two interlinked theoretical concepts thr ough which to analyse decolonial cultural movements in Central Asia (and p otentially beyond)\, especially those concerned with ecocritical themes. I t first proposes the conceptual framework of “retroactive anticolonialis m” as a marker of the recent turn in Central Asian cultures towards post colonial revisionism and activism. Building on ecocriticism and ecomusicol ogy\, I further propose the concept of “post-Soviet ecopoetics” – th e ecomusical language of environmental solidarity – as a particularly po tent decolonial manifestation of Central Asia’s supraethnic retroactive anticolonialism. As a primary case-study\, among other examples\, I will a nalyse the ecopoetics of Hamid Ismailov’s novella The Dead Lake ( 2015)\, showing how inextricably it intertwines identity\, nature and musi c. While uniquely shaped by Kazakh flora and fauna\, as well as the local traditions of akyr zaman\, zar zaman and aitys\, this ecomusical language transcends the boundaries of nationality and citizenship\, and evokes soli darity with the various human and non-human beings\, and landscapes of Cen tral Asia. As such\, ‘post-Soviet ecopoetics’ exemplifies how retroact ive anticolonialism in Central Asian cultures moves beyond the binaries of colonising centre vs. colonised periphery\, dominant language vs. local l anguages\, human vs. non-human\, and proposes a truly inclusive\, locally developed decolonial vision in the post-Soviet space.
\nDuring the t alk\, a sandwich lunch and coffee will be served.
\nTamar Ko platadze is Associate Professor of Postsocialist Literature and C ulture at the University of Oxford. She is the author of Postcolonial I dentities in Central Asian and Caucasian Literature (OUP)\, the first monograph on postcolonial literature from the Caucasus and Central Asia. H er current book\, Post-Soviet Ecopoetics examines ecocritical cultu re from the former post-Soviet space\, notably Central Asia and Siberia. D r Koplatadze's other contributions include the prize-winning article ‘Th eorising Russian Postcolonial Studies’ and appearances on public platfor ms including the BBC.
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260526T130000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news746@osteuropa.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260205T100106 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260608 SUMMARY:Alternative Archives DESCRIPTION:Was geschieht mit Erinnerung dort\, wo Archive fehlen\, manipul iert werden oder bewusst zum Schweigen gebracht sind?\\r\\nDieser Frage ge hen die Studierenden auf der Exkursion zum Seminar Archiv\, Dokument\, Ree nactment. Literatur und Kunst als alternatives Gedächtnis [https://vorles ungsverzeichnis.unibas.ch/de/vorlesungsverzeichnis?id=299413] nach.\\r\\nD as Seminar untersucht Literatur\, Theater und Kunst aus dem (post-)jugosla wischen Raum als Formen alternativen Gedächtnisses – und zugleich als P raktiken\, die das Archiv selbst befragen\, erweitern und transformieren. Statt klassischer Referate entwickeln die Studierenden ein eigenes kleines Archiv und arbeiten projektbasiert an konkreten künstlerischen\, literar ischen und dokumentarischen Fallstudien. Die Exkursion nach Zagreb\, Belgr ad und Pristina im Anschluss an das Seminar ermöglicht direkte Begegnunge n mit Archiven\, Künstler:innen und Initiativen vor Ort und macht sichtba r\, wie künstlerische Gedächtnisarbeit Archive nicht nur ergänzt\, sond ern als soziale\, räumliche und politische Praxis neu konfiguriert.Voraus setzungen: Teilnahme am Seminar und abgeschlossene Proseminarstufe. Sprach kenntnisse sind willkommen\, aber nicht zwingend erforderlich.\\r\\nEinfü hrung: Do\, 19.02.\, 16-18 Uhr oder Fr\, 20.2. 10-12 Uhr (einen auswählen ).Reguläre Sitzungen\, jeweils 16-18 Uhr: 09.03. / 23.03./ 20.04./ 04.05. / 18.05.Exkursion: 8.6.-14.6.2026.\\r\\nKontakt: ADAM / Anna.Hodel@unibas. ch X-ALT-DESC:Was geschieht mit Erinnerung dort\, wo Archive fehlen\, manip uliert werden oder bewusst zum Schweigen gebracht sind?
\nDieser Fra ge gehen die Studierenden auf der Exkursion zum Seminar Archiv\ , Dokument\, Reenactment. Literatur und Kunst als alternatives Gedächtnis nach.
\nDas Seminar untersucht Literatur\, Theater und Kunst au
s dem (post-)jugoslawischen Raum als Formen alternativen Gedächtnisses
– und zugleich als Praktiken\, die das Archiv selbst befragen\, erweiter
n und transformieren. Statt klassischer Referate entwickeln die Studierend
en ein eigenes kleines Archiv und arbeiten projektbasiert an konkreten kü
nstlerischen\, literarischen und dokumentarischen Fallstudien. Die Exkursi
on nach Zagreb\, Belgrad und Pristina im Anschluss an das Seminar ermögli
cht direkte Begegnungen mit Archiven\, Künstler:innen und Initiativen vor
Ort und macht sichtbar\, wie künstlerische Gedächtnisarbeit Archive nic
ht nur ergänzt\, sondern als soziale\, räumliche und politische Praxis n
eu konfiguriert.
Voraussetzungen: Teilnahme am Seminar und abgeschlos
sene Proseminarstufe. Sprachkenntnisse sind willkommen\, aber nicht zwinge
nd erforderlich.
Einführung: Do\, 19.02.\, 16-18
Uhr oder Fr\, 20.2. 10-12 Uhr (einen auswählen).
Reguläre
Sitzungen\, jeweils 16-18 Uhr: 09.03. / 23.03./ 20.04./ 04.05./ 1
8.05.
Exkursion: 8.6.-14.6.2026.
Kontakt: AD AM / Anna.Hodel@unibas.ch
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260614 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news710@osteuropa.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20250903T094447 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260614T090000 SUMMARY:Understanding Ukraine\, Rethinking Europe DESCRIPTION:With Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022\, Ukraine has entered the limelight of world media. Ever since\, there has been a d emand for expertise on Ukraine\, with many more people wishing to go beyon d the headlines to familiarise themselves with Ukraine’s past and presen t. Thus\, the invasion gave an impetus for re-evaluating Ukraine as an aca demic subject\, pushing scholars working in area studies as well as East E uropean and Russian history\, cultural\, literary and social studies\, to reconsider how they teach and write the history of the region. \\r\\nDesp ite the relevance of Ukraine for the general public\, the academic communi ty\, and international affairs\, Ukraine still remains a lesser-known coun try. While there are a few scholarly monographs on Ukraine\, there is no r ecent comprehensive textbook on Ukrainian history that can be used in West ern universities and by the general public. To fill in this gap\, an impor tant scholarly project has been launched in 2024 – the first-ever handbo ok of Ukrainian history\, edited by Olena Palko (University of Basel)\, Fa bian Baumann (Heidelberg University)\, and Börries Kuzmany (University of Vienna)\, to be published in 2028. The handbook is under contract with Ox ford University Press\, the leader in academic publishing in the world.\\r \\nThis conference will become a milestone in this project\, bringing toge ther leading scholars in the field of modern European and Eastern Europea n history\, both from Western academic institutions and Ukraine\, who have agreed to contribute to this handbook survey of Ukrainian history. At Mon te Verità\, they will discuss their individual contributions and identify general patterns in history writing\, as well as the contours shaping our discipline in the future. During the conference\, scholars will benefit f rom small group discussions\, scholarly exchanges\, peer review\, and plen aries\, shaping the resultant Handbook.\\r\\nThe general goal of the event \, as well as the future Handbook\, is to enhance historical understanding \, foster critical thinking about Ukraine\, and revisit the country’s pl ace in Europe and the world. By encouraging dialogue across academic tradi tions\, the conference will identify important aspects of how scholars of Ukraine can influence major scholarly debates\, as well as test potential avenues for applying unorthodox theoretical and methodological models to U krainian studies. X-ALT-DESC:With Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022\, \; Ukraine has entered the limelight of world media. Ever since\, there has b een a demand for expertise on Ukraine\, with many more people wishing to g o beyond the headlines to familiarise themselves with Ukraine’s past and present. Thus\, the invasion gave an impetus for re-evaluating Ukraine as an academic subject\, pushing scholars working in area studies as well as East European and Russian history\, cultural\, literary and social studie s\, to reconsider how they teach and write the history of the region. \;
\nDespite the relevance of Ukraine for the general public\, the a cademic community\, and international affairs\, Ukraine still remains a le sser-known country. While there are a few scholarly monographs on Ukraine\ , there is no recent comprehensive textbook on Ukrainian history that can be used in Western universities and by the general public. To fill in this gap\, an important scholarly project has been launched in 2024 – the fi rst-ever handbook of Ukrainian history\, edited by Olena Palko (University of Basel)\, Fabian Baumann (Heidelberg University)\, and Börries Kuzmany (University of Vienna)\, to be published in 2028. The handbook is under c ontract with Oxford University Press\, the leader in academic publishing i n the world.
\nThis conference will become a milestone in this proje ct\, bringing together \;leading scholars in the field of modern Europ ean and Eastern European history\, both from Western academic institutions and Ukraine\, who have agreed to contribute to this handbook survey of Uk rainian history. At Monte Verità\, they will discuss their individual con tributions and identify general patterns in history writing\, as well as t he contours shaping our discipline in the future. During the conference\, scholars will benefit from small group discussions\, scholarly exchanges\, peer review\, and plenaries\, shaping the resultant Handbook.
\nThe general goal of the event\, as well as the future Handbook\, is to enhanc e historical understanding\, foster critical thinking about Ukraine\, and revisit the country’s place in Europe and the world. By encouraging dial ogue across academic traditions\, the conference will identify important a spects of how scholars of Ukraine can influence major scholarly debates\, as well as test potential avenues for applying unorthodox theoretical and methodological models to Ukrainian studies.
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260616T180000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news711@osteuropa.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20250903T095241 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260910T090000 SUMMARY:Ethnicity\, Economies and (Dis)advantages in the History of Modern Eastern and Southeastern Europe DESCRIPTION:Contemporary research suggests that economic marginalization of ethnic minorities remains a persistent trait in Central\, Eastern\, and S outheastern Europe. From a historical perspective\, economic advantages an d disadvantages were often determined along ethnic lines. This changed wit h the onset of nationalism and the formation of nation-states\, where acce ss to power and economic resources started to be reserved for ethnic major ities\, crucially changing the status many ethnic economic elites had prev iously enjoyed. In the interwar period\, the governments of the new nation -states were eager to take over their countries not only politically and c ulturally\, but also with a focus on the economic sphere. This severely im pacted the former elites\, who were often members of ethnic minorities\, a s well as other ethnic groups\, especially Jews\, who\, while usually not belonging to the elites\, had previously still held crucial positions in t he economic sphere.\\r\\nThis conference seeks to explore the intricate dy namics of ethnicity and economic development in Eastern Europe. By focusin g on historical research with a special emphasis on the late imperial and the interwar period\, this event aims to shed light on how identification and differentiation based on ethnicity have shaped economic experiences an d outcomes in the region. The conference will address topics such as the u nequal concentration of wealth across ethnic lines\, the economic and soci al marginalization of certain ethnic groups\, and the correlation between social and economic inequalities with ethnicity and majority-minority rela tions.\\r\\nKey themes discussed at the conference include the relationshi p between ethnicity and entrepreneurship\, the economic advantages of comm on ethnicity\, and the impact of ethnic (as well as racial) discrimination \, as well as the overall role of ethnicity in economic development. X-ALT-DESC:Contemporary research suggests that economic marginalization of ethnic minorities remains a persistent trait in Central\, Eastern\, and Southeastern Europe. From a historical perspective\, economic advantages and disadvantages were often determined along ethnic lines. This changed w ith the onset of nationalism and the formation of nation-states\, where ac cess to power and economic resources started to be reserved for ethnic maj orities\, crucially changing the status many ethnic economic elites had pr eviously enjoyed. In the interwar period\, the governments of the new nati on-states were eager to take over their countries not only politically and culturally\, but also with a focus on the economic sphere. This severely impacted the former elites\, who were often members of ethnic minorities\, as well as other ethnic groups\, especially Jews\, who\, while usually no t belonging to the elites\, had previously still held crucial positions in the economic sphere.
\nThis conference seeks to explore the intrica te dynamics of ethnicity and economic development in Eastern Europe. By fo cusing on historical research with a special emphasis on the late imperial and the interwar period\, this event aims to shed light on how identifica tion and differentiation based on ethnicity have shaped economic experienc es and outcomes in the region. The conference will address topics such as the unequal concentration of wealth across ethnic lines\, the economic and social marginalization of certain ethnic groups\, and the correlation bet ween social and economic inequalities with ethnicity and majority-minority relations.
\nKey themes discussed at the conference include the rel ationship between ethnicity and entrepreneurship\, the economic advantages of common ethnicity\, and the impact of ethnic (as well as racial) discri mination\, as well as the overall role of ethnicity in economic developmen t.
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260911T180000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR