From Maribor to Istanbul protests and social movements have shaken the political systems of Southeastern Europe in recent years. These heterogeneous movements represent part of a larger wave of social movements that have been characteristic of the Mediterranean region. Protests in SEE have tackled a range of issues and concerns including austerity, the privatization of public space, the (non) provision and privatization of welfare and public utilities, poverty, corruption, bureaucratic inefficiency, environmental concerns and authoritarian tendencies. The conference will bring together scholars and activists to discuss the impact of the protest, how they mobilized citizens and their role in the larger international context of social movements. This conference is the third in the series Southeast European Dialogues organized by the Centre for Southeast European Studies of the University of Graz. The first conference entitled Debating the End of Yugoslavia took place in November 2011 with eyewitnesses, journalists and scholars participating. The second conference Leaving Europes Waiting Room. The Crisis of EU Enlargement in the Western Balkans took place in November 2012 and included a key note speech by the President of Macedonia Gjorgji Ivanov and other high profile policy makers and analysts. Location: Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz Resowi, Universitätsstraße 15, Bauteil A, 2.OG Graz, Austria Organizer: Centre for Southeast European Studies suedosteuropa.uni-graz.at/en The conference is open to the public. Registration by sending a short email including affiliation by December 5th to [email protected] Programm: Thursday, 12.12.2013 15.30-15.45 Conference Opening Peter Scherrer (Vice-Rector for Research, University of Graz) Joseph Marko (Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Graz) Florian Bieber (Director, Centre for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz) 15.45-17.15 Panel 1: An Activists Perspective Moderator: Igor Štiks (University of Edinburgh) Emir Hodžić (Sarajevo), Konstantin Pavlov (Sofia), Gregor Stamejčič (Maribor), Erdem Yörük (Istanbul) 17.15-17.30 Coffee Break 17.30-18.30 Panel 2: Mapping the Protests of 2012-3 (part 1) Chair: Kerem Öktem (Oxford University) Cirila Toplak (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia): The Maribor Protests: Specifics and Patterns from the Perspective of Political Science Valentina Gueorguieva (University of Sofia St.Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria): From the protection of public goods and reactive mobilizations to antigovernmental rallies: Street protests in Bulgaria from 2012 and 2013 Friday, 13.12.2013 9.00-10.45 Panel 3: Mapping the Protests of 2012/3 (part 2) Chair: Norbert Mappes-Niediek (independent journalist, Graz) Catalin Augustin Stoica (The National School for Political and Administrative Studies, Bucharest, Romania): Does the Polenta Explode? The Romanian Protests of January-February, 2012 Asim Mujkić (University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina): On The Way To Bosnian Multitude. Review of JMBG Protests of June 2013 Ali Türünz (Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic): A Cultural Sociological Perspective on Gezi Park Protests 10.45-11.00 Coffee Break 11.00-12.45 Panel 4: The International Context Chair: Christian Pippan (University of Graz) Mark Kramer (Harvard University, USA): The International Context of Mass Political Unrest in The Balkans Jaroslav Chodak (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland): Time of People Power. Recent Waves of Global Revolutionary Activity Heiko Wimmen (German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin, Germany): Divided they Stand: The Dilemma of Non-formal Political Activism in a Divided Society 12.45-13.45 Lunch Break 13.45-15.30 Panel 5: Political Activism and Protest Movements Chair: Igor Stiks (University of Edinburgh) Vedran Horvat (Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Croatia): Leapfroging Toward/Beyond Rebelution in the Western Balkans Astrid Reinprecht (University of Vienna, Austria): Moving Democracy: Student Activism in Croatia and Serbia Emin Eminagić & Pavlina Vujović (Members of Front Slobode Organization, Bosnia and Herzegovina): Breaking the Silence - A Map of Protests in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Contexts, Methods and Ideas Towards a De- Ethnicized Politics 15.30-15.45 Coffee Break 15.45-17.30 Panel 6: Who are the people? Chair: Rory Archer (University of Graz) Gal Kirn (Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany): Urban Contours of Socioeconomic Crisis in Maribor (from 1988 to 2012) and Re-invention of Political Category of People in The Recent Uprising in Slovenia Giorgos Katsambekis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece): The Movement of the Greek Aganaktismenoi: Somewhere Between the Multitude and the People, or Beyond? Mariya Ivancheva (Central European University in Budapest, Hungary): Commonism after Communism? The Bulgarian Protest Cycle of 2012-2013 21.00 Vernissage of the Exhibition Location: CuntRa - La Kunsthure Jakoministrasse 8, 8010 Graz Saturday, 14.12.2013 9.30-11.00 Panel 7: Protest Triggers Chair: Andreas Ernst (Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Belgrade) Ana Dević (Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey): Trees and ID Cards as Triggers of Protest, or on the Generations Without Identifications: The Politics of Political Exclusion in Turkey and Bosnia-Herzegovina Marius Ioan Tatar (Univeristy of Oradea, Romania): Mapping Protest Politics: The Roots and Patterns of Elite-Challenging Actions in Post-Communist South-Eastern Europe Chiara Milan (European University Institute, Italy): Seeing the Forest through the Trees: From Single-Issue Protest to Resonant Mass Movements in Greece, Turkey, and Bosnia Herzegovina 11.00-11.15 Coffee Break 11.30-13.00 Panel 8: Social Mobilization and Profiles of Protests Chair: Karl Kaser (University of Graz) Kostis Plevris (Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France) : The Spatiality of Social Mobilizations in Greece During the Crisis Period Kivanc Atak (European University Institute, Italy): The Politics of Local Resistance in Gezi Protests Lora V. Koycheva (University College London, UK): Between Chaos and the Ordinary: Language, Politics and the 2013 Protests in Bulgaria 13.00-14.00 Lunch Break 14.00-15.30 Panel 9: Representing Protests Chair: Marion Hamm (University of Graz) Ksenija Berk (Ljubljana, Slovenia: At the Crossroads of Cultural and Ideological Exchange - Behind the Posters of Protest in Maribor and Ljubljana Uprisings Giorgio Stamboulis (University of Florence, Italy): Imagining a Manifestation Željka Lekić-Subašić (Sarajevo School of Science and Technology, Bosnia and Herzegovina ): Social media and
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