Program 2022 (Archived)
Plenary sessions offer academic exchange on topics relevant to all scholars from the field. Seven discipline-specific sections tackle research questions from a broad variety of topics and methodological approaches. A special time slot is reserved for the presentation of research projects by junior scholars.
Detailed Program of ceecon 22
- Plenary Sessions
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Day 1: Thursday, October 6, 2022 >> HFB/A
13:00–13:30
Opening
Sven Chojnacki, Vice president, Freie Universität Berlin
Ruprecht Polenz, President, German Association for East European Studies (DGO)
13:30–15:00
30 Years of Transition: The Effects of the Political Upheavals on Research in East European Studies
ROUND TABLE
Tomila Lankina, London School of Economics
Martin Schulze Wessel, LMU Munich
Moderation: Michael Rochlitz, University of Bremen
Day 2: Friday, October 7, 2022 >> HFB/A
12:30–14:00
Publish or Perish: Herausforderungen für den Buchmarkt in der Ukraine (Ger/Eng)
ROUND TABLE
Evgenia Lopata, Meridian Czernowitz
Kateryna Mishchenko, Medusa Kyiv
Olga Ponygaiko, Smoloskyp Kyiv
Moderation: Katharina Raabe, Suhrkamp Verlag BerlinThe ”University of New Europe“ and the ”SCIENCE AT RISK Emergency Office“ >> HFB/B
PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
14:00-15:30
Special Panel: Science under Pressure - between War and Dictatorship
ROUND TABLE
Alexander Etkind, Central European University Vienna
Dina Gusejnova, London School of Economics
Andrea Petö, Central European University Vienna / Hungarian Academy of Sciences16:00–17:30
In Front of Closing Doors: Research and Academic Collaboration in Times of War >> HFB/A
ROUND TABLE
Thomas Remington, Harvard University
Gwendolyn Sasse, Centre for East European and International Studies Berlin (ZOiS)
Annette Werberger, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)
Moderation: Alexander Libman, Freie Universität Berlin17:30–17:45
Closing Remarks >> HFB/A
ROUND TABLE
Alexander Libman, Freie Universität Berlin
Gabriele Freitag, German Association for East European Studies (DGO)
- Project Presentations
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Day 2: Friday, October 7, 2022 >> HFB/A
11:00–12:30
ELEVATOR PITCH
Project presentations by junior researchers
Boris Ginzburg, Freie Universität Berlin:
The Concept of Scapegoat RepressionsAnastasiia Marsheva, International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture Giessen:
“Post-Ost”: Between ethnic identities and political interests
Tabitha Redepenning, Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe Marburg:
Urban Authenticity in Szczecin
Sophie Schmäing, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen:
Urban Democracy in the Making: Reshaping state-citizen relations through participatory budgeting in post-Maidan Ukraine
Elisa Satjukow, Leipzig University:
East European Studies in Transition: Epistemic Trajectories after the End of the Cold War in German Academia
Katrin Reder-Zirkelbach, Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe Marburg:
A quantitative approach to street renamings in Poland since 2005
Akudo McGee, Maastricht University:
The Framing Game: How Poland’s PiS Came to (Re-)Define Human Rights and Rule of Law in the European Union
Tamara Kobleva, National Research University Higher School of Economics Moscow:
Circassia in the colonial discourse of the late 18th and 19th centuries
Lucie Hunter, Scuola Normale Superiore Florence:
Voices from the Grey Zone: Artistic Activism in Socialist Czechoslovakia
Oliver Wach, Freie Universität Berlin:
The Enduring Effects of State Repression: Evidence from the People's Republic of Poland
Stas Gorelik, George Washington University, Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen:
When Voters Care about Candidate Disqualifications from Authoritarian Elections? Results of a Survey Experiment from Russia
Moderation: Johannes Kleinmann, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder); Annemarie Polheim, Herder-Institut Marburg
Sections
- Economy
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Environment and Economic Development in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Day 1: Thursday, October 6, 2022 >> OEI 55/302b
15:30–17:00
Energy Consumption and Governance
PAPER SESSION
Miriam Frey-Knoll, University of Bayreuth:
Personal Experience and Residential Energy Consumption: Evidence from Ukraine
Milan Ščasný, Charles University Prague:
Impacts of Fit-for-55 on Energy Sector and the Economy in the Czech Republic
Yana Zabanova, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies Berlin, University of Groningen:
Towards a Geoeconomics of Energy Transition in Central Asia’s Hydrocarbon-Producing Countries
Moderation: Michael Rochlitz, University of Bremen
17:30–19:00
Climate and Energy Policies in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
ROUND TABLE
Kirsten Westphal, H2Global Foundation Hamburg
Angelina Davydova, Media in Cooperation and Transition (MICT) and n-ost Berlin
Maria Polugodina, DIW Econ Berlin
Discussion and moderation: Jacopo Maria Pepe, German Institute for Security and Political Affairs (SWP) Berlin
Day 2: Friday, October 7, 2022 >> OEI 55/302b
9:00–10:30
Pollution
PAPER SESSION
Štěpán Mikula, Masaryk University Brno:
Air Pollution and Migration: Exploiting a Natural Experiment from the Czech Republic
Anna Bartczak, University of Warsaw:
The Health State Impact on the Valuation of Benefits from the Air Pollution Reduction in Poland
Moderation: Olga Popova, Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies Regensburg
14:00–15:30
Sustainable Development
PAPER SESSION
Olexiy Kyrychenko, Nijmegen School of Management, Radboud University:
Temperature and manufacturing production in India: Plant-level evidence for adaptation strategies
Tilman Brück, IGZ, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and ISDC:
Food Insecurity within the Household: Evidence from the Life in Kyrgyzstan Study
Nodir Djanibekov, Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies, Halle/Saale:
Farmers’ Adoption of Sustainable Agricultural Practices in Cotton-Growing Areas of Central Asia
Moderation: Vladimir Otrachshenko, Center for International Development and Environmental Research (ZEU), Justus-Liebig-University Giessen - Geography
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The Interconnected Conflict: Geographical Research on Eastern Europe and the Consequences of Russia’s War against Ukraine
Day 1: Thursday, October 6, 2022 >> OEI 55/101
15:30–17:00
Herausforderungen für eine geographische Osteuropaforschung
KEYNOTE
Sebastian Lentz, Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde (IfL)
17:30–19:00
Borderlands and Sustainability Studies in an Era of Uncertainty
LECTURES
Martin Petrick, Center for international Development and Environmental Research (Justus Liebig University Giessen):
Quo vadis agriculture in post-Soviet Europe?
Henryk Alff, Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development:
Transformation at large (and small): Recent agricultural dynamics in the Kazakhstan-China border region
Sabine von Löwis, Centre for East European and International Studies Berlin (ZOiS):
The Ukrainian-Transnistrian border between fear and trust. Local responses to geopolitical dynamics.
Day 2: Friday, October 7, 2022 >> OEI 55/101
9:00–10:30
Migration, Displacement and Flight in the Focus of Geographical Eastern European Research
LECTURES
Julia Zimmermann, Freie Universität Berlin:
Enemies within the gates. Evidence from Stalin’s ethnic cleansing campaigns
Birgit Glorius, University of Technologie Chemnitz:
Russlands Krieg gegen die Ukraine und die Auswirkungen auf das europäische Asylsystem
Oksana Koshulko, Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS):
Exploring the Fight of Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars for Freedom from Russia in the Light of the Eight-Year Russian War in Ukraine from 2014 to 2022
- History
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Facts and Interpretations: Historians, Media, and the Search for Truth in Times of War
Day 1: Thursday, October 6, 2022 >> OEI 55/A
15:30–17:00
Historians in Times of War: Reflections on Their Role in Media and Public since February 2022
ROUND TABLE
Jan Claas Behrends, Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam
Franziska Davies, LMU Munich
Olesya Khromeychuk, Ukrainian Institute London
Moderation: Moritz Florin, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
17:30–19:00
Russlands Angriffskrieg und das Erbe von Nürnberg
ROUND TABLE
Lilia Antipow, University of Bamberg/Haus des Deutschen Ostens
Martin Aust, University of Bonn
Franziska Exeler, Freie Universität Berlin and University of Cambridge
Moderation: Robert Kindler, Freie Universität Berlin
Day 2: Friday, October 7, 2022 >> OEI 55/A
9:00–10:30
War, Media, and Memory
PAPER SESSION
Iryna Sklokina, Center for Urban History Lviv:
The Representation of the dead in Ukrainian news and social media, 2022
Aliaksei Lastouski, Uppsala University:
Recoding the Nation: Historical politics in Belarus after 2020/22
Guido Hausmann, Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS), Regensburg:
Die Ukraine: Zur Geschichte politischer Führerkulte bei fragmentierter Staatlichkeit
Moderation: Tatsiana Astrouskaya, Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe Marburg
Commentary: Juliane Fürst, Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam
14:00–15:30
Desinformation, Propaganda und Verschwörungserzählungen
PAPER SESSION
Alexander Friedman, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf:
Antisemitismus in der Kriegspropaganda. Russlands Angriffskrieg gegen die Ukraine als Fallbeispiel
Mykola Makhortykh, University of Bern:
Between the online archive and the propaganda factory: The shifting role of social media platforms in Russia’s war in Ukraine
Kai Struve, University of Halle/LMU Munich:
Das Feindbild des “ukrainischen Nationalismus” von Stalin bis Putin
Moderation: Moritz Florin, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Commentary: Corinna Kuhr-Korolev, Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam - Law
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"Zeitenwende": Challenging the Law
Day 1: Thursday, October 6, 2022 >> OEI 55/302a
15:30–17:00
Rechtliche Auswirkungen von Krieg und Sanktionen
ROUND TABLE
Tanja Galander, GvW Graf von Westphalen Berlin
Andreas Knaul, YaPartners Consulting Moscow
Cindy Wittke, Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) Regensburg
Moderation: Alexander Trunk, Kiel University
17:30–19:00
Ostrecht heute und morgen
PAPER SESSION
Herbert Küpper, Institute for East European Law:
Ostrecht und Institutionalisierung: das Institut für Ostrecht im Wissenschaftszentrum Ost- und Südosteuropa Regensburg
Antje Himmelreich, Institute for East European Law:
Ostrecht und Zeitenwende: Russland und Ukraine im Krieg
Tina De Vries, Institute for East European Law:
Ostrecht und Zeitenwende: Rechtsstaatsabbau in Polen und Ungarn
Moderation: Martin Löhnig, Universität Regensburg
Day 2: Friday, October 7, 2022 >> OEI 55/302a
9:00–10:30
Tendencies in Family Law
PAPER SESSION
Codruta Guzei-Mangu, West University of Timisoara:
Beneficiaries of the Right to Marry under Romanian Law
Bartłomiej Swaczyna, Jagiellonian University in Kraków:
Mutterschaft und technisch unterstützte Fortpflanzung im polnischen Recht
Orsolya Ágnes Szeibert, ELTE Budapest:
Recent Changes in Hungarian Family Law
Moderation: Burkhard Breig, Ostfalia – Hochschule Braunschweig / Wolfenbüttel
14:00–15:30
Legal Perspectives for Ukraine
ROUND TABLE
Roksolana Khanyk-Pospolitak, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Hans-Joachim Schramm, University of Applied Sciences Wismar
Volodymyr Venher, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Moderation: Rainer Wedde, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences - Literature and Culture
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The Political between Rhetoric and Literature
Day 1: Thursday, October 6, 2022 >> OEI 55/121
15:30–17:00
Literature and the Political Process
LECTURES
Riccardo Nicolosi, LMU Munich; Anja Tippner, Universität Hamburg :
Begrüßung und Eröffnung der Fachtagung
Oleksandr Chertenko, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen:
"...ihr lebt in einem Land, das wir entworfen haben". Wie postsowjetische Literaturen am politischen Diskurs arbeiten (Prilepin, Andruchovyč et al.)
Ellen Rutten University of Amsterdam:
Literary & Cultural Studies, Public Knowledge Exchange & UNE (The University of New Europe)
17:30–19:00
Literatur und politische Intervention in Belarus
READING AND TALK
Lesung und Gespräch mit Julia Cimafiejeva und Alhierd Bacharevič
Moderation: Nina Weller
Day 2: Friday, October 7, 2022 >> OEI 55/121
9:00–10:30
Diskursive Praktiken in Politik und Journalismus
LECTURES
Ulrich Schmid, University of Sankt Gallen:
Im Spiegelkabinett der Politdiskurse und Geschichtsmythen: Rhetorische Strategien bei Putin und Zelensky
Leonid Klimov, DЕKODER Berlin:
„Freude an der Komplexität: Wie man eine Schnittstelle zwischen Osteuropaforschung und Journalismus aufbauen kann“
14:00–15:30
Politische Rhetorik und Populärkultur
LECTURE AND DISCUSSION
Yaraslava Ananka, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin:
Lasha Tumbai – Russia, goodbye! Wie die Ukraine den Eurovision Song Contest politisierte - Politics and Sociology
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Building Closed Autocracies: The cases of Russia and Belarus
Day 1: Thursday, October 6, 2022 >> OEI 55/105
15:30–17:00
Elections and electoral Manipulations in Modern Autocracies
PAPER SESSION
Evelyn Moser and Galina Selivanova, University Bonn:
Introduction
Derek S. Hutcheson, Malmö University:
Electoral Manipulations and electoral Legitimacy
Svetlana Barsukova, Moscow Higher School of Economics and Elena Denisova-Schmidt, University of St. Gallen:
Electoral Integrity and Malpractice in Russia
Andrei Semenov and Eleonora Minaeva, University of Perm:
Non-Programmatic Electoral Mobilization of Ethnic Minorities: Evidence from Contemporary Russia
17:30–19:00
Opposition and Activism in Autocracies
PAPERS SESSION
Jan Matti Dollbaum, University of Bremen:
A torn party? The KPRF amid cooptation, repression, and incentives to rebel
Christian Fröhlich, Freie Universität Berlin:
Managing Civil Society in Russia and the Political Economy of Public Activism
Alesia Rudnik, Karlstad University:
Telegram and TikTok: empowering opposition or the regimes? Authoritarian responses to protest activism online
Day 2: Friday, October 7, 2022 >> OEI 55/101
9:00–10:30
Modern Autocracies: General Characteristics
PAPER SESSION
Alexander Libman, Freie Universität Berlin:
A Manipulating State? Russian Authoritarianism, Manipulation of COVID-19 Statistics and Its Social Consequences
Tobias Köllner, Witten/Herdecke University, Germany:
Orthodox Christianity, Nationalism, Autocracy and Militarization: Empirical Findings from Contemporary Russia
Boris Ginzburg, Freie Universität Berlin:
The Concept of Scapegoat Repressions
14:00–15:30
Civil Society in Exile
ROUND TABLE
Aliaksei Kazharski, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University Prague
Katsiaryna Lozka, Ghent Institute for International and European Studies, Ghent University
Alexander Morozov, Prazhski Antivoennyi Komitet Prague
Olga Romanova, Rus Sidyashchaya/Russia Behind Bars (Berlin) - Religion
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Religion and Politics in Central and Eastern Europe
Day 1: Thursday, October 6, 2022 >> OEI 55/301
15:30–17:00
Religion and Peace
LECTURES
Iryna Fenno, UKU, Lviv/LMU Munich:
Religions and the War in Ukraine.
Regina Elsner, Zentrum für Osteuropa- und internationale Studien Berlin:
Praying for Peace, Blessing Weapons: Post-Soviet Orthodoxy on War and Peace
Jörg Lüer, Justitia et Pax, Berlin:
Catholic Peace Ethics in Eastern Europe
17:30–19:00
Religion and Populism
LECTURES
Elżbieta Korolczuk, Södertörn University and University of Warsaw:
Linking religion and right-wing populism: the anti-gender campaigns in Europe
Natallia Vasilevic, Centre Ecumena (Minsk)/University Bonn:
Religion and Populism in Belarus
Zoran Grozdanov, University of Zagreb:
We are the (Christian) people! Hijacking and appropriating religion by populist actors in Croatia
Day 2: Friday, October 7, 2022 >> OEI 55/301
14:00–15:30
Religion und Nation
LECTURES
Konrad Clewing, Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS):
War and post-war in Kosovo: a clash of religions?
Piotr Rudkouski, Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies (BISS):
Religion as a para-national identifier. Belarusian case
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