Friday, June 8, 2018
9:15 Welcome and Introduction
Nicola Spakowski and Simon Wendt
9:30-12:00 Panel 1: The Heroization of Workers in the Soviet Union and the United States, 1946-2000
Chair: Michael Goodrum (Christ Church Canterbury University)
- Dietmar Neutatz (University of Freiburg): Heroes of Labor in the Late Soviet Union and its Successor States: Changing Patterns of Heroization
- Simon Wendt (University of Frankfurt/University of Freiburg): Work, Workers, and the Heroization of Everyday Life in Cold War America
12:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-15:30 Panel 2: Print Media, Propaganda, and Labor Heroes in China, 1950-1960
Chair: Dietmar Neutatz (University of Freiburg)
- Alexander Schröder (University of Freiburg): “Collective Heroism” and Labor in Shanghai: A Praxeological Analysis of Public Narratives in the Labor News (1951-1959)
- Haiyan Zhou (Nanjing University/University of Freiburg): Labor Hero Propaganda as Ritual: A Case Study of the Newspaper Reading Groups
15:30-16:00 Tea and Coffee
16:00-18:00 Panel 3: Romanian and American Interpretations of Heroism and Class before and after 1945
Chair: John Price (Goldsmiths, University of London)
- Michael Goodrum (Christ Church Canterbury University): The World As It Is And Could Be: Class and the Creation of Superheroes
- Constantin I. Iordachi (Central European University, Budapest): Heroes and Villains: Stakhanovites, Social Transformation, and the Fight against Class Enemies in Communist Romania
Saturday, June 9, 2018
9:00-11:00 Panel 4: Labor Heroism and Gender in China and the Soviet Union during World War II
Chair: Haiyan Zhou (Nanjing University/University of Freiburg)
- Nicola Spakowski (University of Freiburg): Women Labor Models in Yan’an and the Birth of the “Women of New China”
- Irina Tibilova (University of Freiburg): The Glorification of a Weaver in the Soviet Film Svetly Put (The Bright Path) by Grigory Aleksandrov
11:00-11:15 Tea and Coffee
11:15-12:45 Final Panel and Concluding Discussion
Chair: Simon Wendt (University of Frankfurt/University of Freiburg)
- John Price (Goldsmiths, University of London): Heralding Industrial Heroism: The Recognition of Workplace Bravery in Britain after 1918