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Conference
"From Samizdat to Tamizdat: Dissent Media Crossing Borders Before and After 1989"
Vienna, 12-15 September, 2006
Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, Vienna
in co-operation with Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung, Potsdam

Drawing from the disciplines of history, literature, political science, anthropology, sociology, and media studies, this conference takes as its starting point the movement of printed material between Eastern and Western Europe (as well as across the Atlantic) during the Cold War. Beyond taking a closer look at the cultural transfer between East and West, we will focus on the impact of censorship on media and the ensuing emergence of dissident/underground media. We will debate the role of individuals and institutions involved in the archiving of samizdat/tamizdat, and discuss future strategies for the preservation and circulation of relevant source material. The project will deliberately expand the traditional definition of samizdat and tamizdat and use it as a marker of cultural transfer for the analysis of a broad variety of cultural projects that cross ideological, political or cultural borders. In order to establish a link to today's media, we propose to compare underground circulation of uncensored texts during the Cold War with evolving forms of journalism after 1989, looking at new media and new forms of underground or unofficial communication today.

For more details see conference website at http://www.samizdatportal.org

IWM (Austria), ZZF (Germany)

CALL FOR PAPERS
The European Career School in Pozna?
invites to participation in a conference
The Ways to Freedom
in the Culture of Central and Eastern Europe 1956-2006
5-7 November 2006

Patronage of Seym Marshal Marek Jurek
The aim of the conference is to exchange experiences and opinions on forms of culture beyond censorship and control of the communist government. Various forms of resistant culture, more or less evident, functioned in the area of publishing activity, literature, theatre, photography, music. Despite many of them entered durably European and world culture, their richness, range and forms are not well known in their native societies. There is also a deficiency of a synthetic embrace indicating historical variability and numerous resemblances of independent movements in the area of Central and Eastern Europe.
This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the workers’ strike in Pozna? in June 1956 and Hungarian October 1956. The memory of the events, expressed in the independent literature, theater, songs was a significant feature shaping social awareness. Organizers of the conference kindly invite persons who make research on independent culture or were active in the field of independent culture and would like to share their valuable experiences.
The conference will commence the activity of the Center for Research of Dissident Movements in Central and Eastern Europe in the 20th Century, founded by the European Career School and Foundation “Solidarity Archives in Wielkopolska”.
We look forward applications to the conference until August 30th 2006.

On behalf of Organizers’ Committee:
Rector of the European Career School Rector’s assistant
Prof. Bogus?aw Baku?a, Ph.D. Dr Monika Talarczyk-Guba?a
Chairman of the Committee Conference secretary

APPLICATION CARD

Name, surname, scientific degree: ................................................................
Name of institution: ................................................................
Address: ................................................................
Phone: ................................................................
E-mail: ................................................................
Title of a lecture: ................................................................

Information:
A lecture should take not more than 20 minutes, up to 12 pages (1800 signs per page), edition: Word 95-2000.
All information about participation in the conference should be sent until 15th September to:
The European Career School, ul. P.Mansfelda 4, 60-855 Pozna?,
tel. 0048 618479155, fax 0048 616632064
www.kde.edu.pl
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(In German)
E i n l a d u n g
Fachhochschule für europäisches Fachpersonal in Pozna?
lädt zur internationalen wissenschaftlichen Konferenz

Wege zur Freiheit in der Kultur von Ost-und Mitteleuropa 1956-2006
von 5.11. bis 7.11 2006

Das Ziel der Konferenz ist Austausch der Erfahrungen und Einsichten über viele Formen der bestehenden Kultur au?er Zensur und ständiger Kontrolle des kommunistischen Staates. Es sind viele Formen der mehr oder weniger offensichtlichen Widerstandskultur entstanden, die mit der politischen oder künstlerischen Aktivität verbunden sind, sowohl in der Ausgabenpolitik, Literatur, Theater, Fotografie, Musik als auch Plastik . Viele von ihnen sind ein Stammelement der europäischen und der Weltkultur geworden,, aber ihr Reichtum, Ausdehnung und Methoden der Existenz sind in heimlichen Gesellschaften nicht gut bekannt. Es fehlen synthetische Begriffe, die weder auf die historische Abwechslung der Widerstandskulturformen noch auf viele ?hnlichkeiten in der unabhängigen Aktivität auf dem Gebiet ganz Mittel- und Osteuropa hindeuten. In diesem Jahr feiern wir das 50. Jahresfest des Aufstandes der Arbeiter von Posen und des Ungarischen Oktobers’56. Die Erinnerung an diese Ereignisse war in der unabhängigen Literatur, Theater, Plastikform, Liedern sichtbar und bildete ein soziales Bewusstsein.
Die Organisatoren laden zur Konferenz die Personen ein, die auf dem Gebiet der unabhängigen Kultur tätig waren und wollen ihre persönlichen wertvollen Erfahtrungen zu übermitteln.
Die Konferenz soll der erste Schritt in der Tätigkeit der Forschungsstelle für dysydentische Bewegungen in Mittel-und Osteuropa im XX Jh. sein, die von der Fachhochschule für europäisches Fachpersonal und der Stiftung “Solidarität-Archiv in Wielkopolska“ berufen wurde.
Teilnahmeerklärungen werden bis zum 15. September 2006 entgegengenommen.

Für Organisationskomitee
Rektor der Fachhochschule für europäisches Fachpersonal
Prof. Dr. hab. Bogus?aw Baku?a (Vorsitzender)
Dr. Monika Talarczyk-Guba?a ( Koordinator der Konferenz)
TEILNAHMEERKLÄRUNG

Vor- und Zuname, wissenschaftlicher Titel ........................................................
Name der Institution ........................................................
Anschrift ........................................................
Telefon (Telefon in der Arbeit, Haustelefon, Mobiltelefon) ........................................................
E-mail ........................................................
Titel des Vortrags ........................................................

Organisationsinformationen:
Die Zeit des Aussprechens bis 20 Minuten. Die Grö?e - bis 12 Seiten der Maschinenschrift (1800 Zeichen auf einer Seite). Editor: Word 95 -2000
Alle Fragen an unten angegebene Anschrift schicken:
Wy?sza Szko?a Zawodowa “Kadry dla Europy”
Mansfeldastr. 4 60-855 Pozna?.
Tel. 004861 8479155, fax 0048 6632064, www.kde.edu.pl
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The European Career School in Pozna?, Poland

Call for applications to attend the CRC session
The 1956 Revolution in Perspective
4 -- 11 November, 2006
OSA ARCHIVUM, CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY, Budapest, Hungary
The joint CRC session organized in cooperation with the Central European University History Department and the OSA Archivum (Budapest, Hungary) aims to bring scholars and experts with significant teaching and research experience to discuss how the 1956 revolution and its crack-down influenced and altered dissident thinking within the Soviet bloc during its afterlife, and how these experiences might be compared to the lessons of similar events, with a special focus on the Polish events in 1966, and Prague Spring and Fall,1968.
The session offers an optional workshop entitled "1956 Revolution and opposition movements under totalitarian regimes' and a round table discussion on the evening of the exhibition opening (November 4) devoted to the art works of Endre Rozsda on the pre-history of the revolution. Participants will also have a chance to get acquainted with the new virtual collection at OSA Archivum on 1956.
Deadline for applications: 1 October, 2006
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For more information on forthcoming events organized by CURRICULUM RESOURCE CENTER at CEU please see http://www.ceu.hu/crc/
Application form: DOC http://www.samizdatportal.org/subscription/2006/CRC_applform.doc
CRC Fall 2006 Sessions Announcement DOC http://www.samizdatportal.org//subscription/2006/AnnounceFall2006.doc
OSA Archivum

The INTERNATIONAL SAMIZDAT [RESEARCH] ASSOCIATION (IS[R]A) NEWSLETTER
calls on all IS[R}A members and other researchers and specialists working on topics related to samizdat, dissent, opposition and protest movements in the XX century to submit items for our summer issue. We welcome announcements on archival and museum acquisitions, news regarding the processing of collections, calls for papers, project updates, and announcements on new publications and exhibitions.
We also invite articles on the themes above.
Please email your submissions to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it by September 15, 2006
Zaslavskaya Olga
IS[R]A Newsletter Co-Editor