Deconstructing and Negotiating Center and Periphery in European History International workshop
10:00‐18:00, Saturday , 4 February 2017
Supposed centrality of Europe in world history is based on a center-perophery construction in European history itself that is an integral part of the teleological vision of historical development. This international workshop intends a critical analyze of center - periphery (spatial, regional, intellectual, etc.) construction in European history.
| Date/Time | 4 February 2017 (Sat.) 10:00‐18:00 |
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| Venue | Institute of Foreign Affairs of Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
(Asahicho 3-11-1, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, 183-8534) Access |
| Program | Session 1. (10:00-12:00) "Centrality" of Europe in World and Human History
Taku SHINOHARA (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies): Europe as a canon and obsession in its borderlands. Lucy RIALL (European University Institute, Florence): How Global was European Colonialism? Takeshi ITO (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies): Postmodern Nature in Japan's Northernmost Zoo Discussant: Rin ODAWARA (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) Session 2. (13:40-15:40) "Center - Periphery - Borders" in European History Matthias RIEDL (Central European University, Budapest): Does Europe have a Centre? The Debate on „Eccentric Culture" Balázs TRENCSÉNYI (Central European University, Budapest): What can We Learn from the Conceptual History of European Meso-regions? Jan HENNINGS (Central European University, Budapest): Centres Beyond the Periphery: The First Russian Resident Embassy in Istanbul in the Early Eighteenth Century. Discussant: Yukiko TATSUMI (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) Session 3. (16:00-17:30) The Place of Communist Past in European History Kenta SUZUKI (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies): Yugoslavia and the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe: mass movements and the intra-party confrontations in the socialist federation in late 1988 Pavel KOLÁŘ (European University Institute, Florence): Communism: Centre or Periphery of European History? General Discussion (17:30-18:00) |