On August 25-27, 2017 the Center for Urban
History will host a conference "The
Ins and Outs of Socialism: Visions and Experiences of Urban Change in the
Second World."
This conference aims at
bringing together scholars who study different time periods and cities where
socialist projects were either launched or collapsed in the 20th century, as well as those that are still
in place. The theme of transition into and out of socialism and
the (un-)making of socialist cities serves as entry points into broader
discussions about the specificity of urban change in the Second World and its
relationship to similar currents in the global North and South. The conference
examines the content of the socialist city – its "ins and outs" – from power
grids and housing stocks to museums and places of worship at these points of
transition. Looking at the series of junctures that produced new forms of
urbanity can help create a fresh narrative of socialist urban experiences and
visions at the crucial moments of their realizations and reconceptualizations
as both the future and the past of the socialist project
Deadlines:
The conference selection committee will announce its selection of papers for the conference by February 15, 2017
http://www.lvivcenter.org/en/conferences/conferences/2250-17-08-26-the-ins-and-outs-of-socialism/
