THURSDAY, 23.2.2017
12.45 Registration
13.00 Welcome + Introduction (Miloš Řezník, Raphael Utz, Juliane Tomann, Sabine Stach)
13.30-15.30 LIVING HISTORY & REENACTMENT – NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
(1) Kamila Baraniecka-Olszewska (Warsaw): Polish Historical Reenactment: Between Hobby and Mission
(2) Melinda Harlov (Budapest): The Scope of Living History examples in Hungary
(3) Ignat Stoychev (Sofia): Living History in the Bulgarian Context
Chair: Juliane Tomann (Jena/Princeton)
15.30-15.45 Coffee break
15.45-17.45 ART PERFORMANCES & HISTORY
(1) Maria-Alina Asavei (Prague): Performing History and Living Memory in Recent International Art Exhibitions in Romania
(2) Caterina Preda (Bucharest): Living Statues: The Role of Art of Memory in Post-communist Romania
(3) Nela Milic (London): Performing Nostalgia: Yugo Yoga
Chair: Annika Wienert (Warsaw)
18.00 Vanessa Agnew (Duisburg/Essen): Reenacting Genocide
19.30 Reception
FRIDAY, 24.2.2017
9.00 Andreas Körber (Hamburg): Living History – Place, Purpose or Topic of Historical Learning?
9.45-11.45 DEALING WITH A VERY RECENT PAST – PERFORMATIVE PRACTICES IN SOUTH-EASTERN EUROPE
(1) Sanela Hodžić (Sarajevo): The White Bands: Living an Ignored History
(2) Nena Močnik (Ljubljana): Acting Out the Painful Past: Community Theatre from Overcoming the Trauma to Embracing Forgiveness after the Conflict
(3) Elma Selman (Sarajevo): Performing Temporary Monuments, Addressing the Past: Regional Theater Initiatives in South-Eastern Europe
Chair: Bryce Lease (London)
11.45-12.00 Coffee break
12.00-14.00 (RE)STAGING MEMORY: DIFFICULT HERITAGE BETWEEN COMMODIFICATION, NATION BRANDING & RITUALIZATION
(1) Nataša Jagdhuhn (Jena): Re-visiting Yugoslavia’s Day of Republic in Jajce: The Stage and the Script
(2) Jovana Vukčević (Podgorica): The Price of Memory: Commodifying Legacies of Unwanted Heritage in the Balkans
(3) Tanja Schult (Stockholm): Remembering together – POLIN’s Daffodil Campaign and Holocaust Memory
Chair: Sabine Stach (Warsaw)
14.00-15.00 Lunch
15.00-17.00 POLISH IDENTITY POLITICS FROM A PERFORMATIVE PERSPECTIVE
(1) Ralf Hoppadietz/Karin Reichenbach (Leipzig): Archaeological Open-air Museums and Prehistory Reenactment in Germany and Poland. From 20th Century Politicizations to Current Attempts of Nationalist Appropriations
(2) Bryce Lease (London): Affective Encounters, Disavowed Narratives: POLIN & the Warsaw Uprising Museum from a performative perspective
(3) Zuzanna Bogumił (Warsaw): The Museum Effect: from Religious Ritual to Performative Experience – The case of Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko museums
Chair: Iwona Kurz (Warsaw)
17.00-17.15 Coffee break
17.15-18.15 Roundtable (Iwona Kurz, Kamila Baraniecka-Olszewska, Andreas Körber, Vanessa Agnew)