Junior Visiting Fellows' Conference Winter 2020

Conferences and Workshops

Morning Session

Moderator: Iryna Sklokina


10:00–10:40
Monstrous Europe. Opicinus de Canistris and the Collective Body of Late Medieval Christianity
Michał Pospiszyl
Adjunct of Philosophy and Cultural Studies, Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences
Discussant: Tomasz Rakowski (University of Warsaw)

10:40–11:20
Borderlands and the Central Europe of the 21st century
Magdalena Brodacka
PhD candidate in Polish Studies, Jagiellonian University Krakow
Discussant: Marci Shore (Yale University)

11:20-12:00
Post-Neoliberalism and External Financial Liberalization: Comparing Inclusionary and Exclusionary Populism
Pedro Perfeito Da Silva
PhD candidate in Political Science, CEU Budapest
Discussant: Bela Greskovits (Central European University)



Afternoon Session

Moderator: Michał Pospiszyl


14:00–14:40
Prague Interwar Architecture from German speaking Architects
Lenka Kerdová
Academic researcher, Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Department of Theory and History of Art
Discussant: Matthias Boeckl (University of Applied Art, Vienna)

14:40–15:20
Holy Places and Leisure Spaces: World War II Memorial Sites as Tourist Destination in the USSR
Iryna Sklokina
Researcher, Center for Urban History of East Central Europe
Discussant: Tatiana Zhurzhenko (University of Vienna)

15:20–16:00
Aesthetic Anthropology and Aesthetic Politics
Eric Reinhart
MD-PhD candidate at Deptartment of Anthropology, Harvard University and School of Medicine, University of Chicago
Discussant: Azeen Khan (Darthmouth College)


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