Dr.
Miłosława Borzyszkowska-Szewczyk (October-November 2015)
Uniwersytet Gdański, Instytut Filologii Germańskiej
Pracownia Badań nad Narracjami Pamięci Pogranicza
Uniwersytet Gdański, Instytut Filologii Germańskiej
Pracownia Badań nad Narracjami Pamięci Pogranicza
Spheres of the Self
and the Other. Autobiographical writing of authors of
Jewish descent from Pomerania after 1945.
Jewish descent from Pomerania after 1945.
The project
explores ascriptions of the Self and the Other, as well as spheres showing an
overlapping/hybridization of both categories in autobiographical texts written
by authors of Jewish descent from Pomorze/Pomerania. This implies a
reconstruction of Jewish topographies related to Pomorze (Eastern Pomerania and
Pomerelia) and a close examination of narrative strategies in these texts. The
corresponding constructions of identity are analysed in the context of
narratives of Jewish lifeworlds already at work in the German-Polish border
region.
Dr.
Agnieszka Latocha (October-November 2015)
Institute
of Geography and Regional Development, University of Wrocław
Demographic, Land
Use and Landscape Changes in Klodzko Countryfrom the Second Hald of the 18th
century until present
The aim of the
project is to assess the patterns, trends, scale and spatial diversity of demographic,
land use and landscape changes, which occurred in the Kłodzko county (former
Grafschaft Glatz) since the second half of the 18th century until present. They
include analysis of the changes of both land use and land cover, as well as the
settlement network (vanished villages, deserted farmsteads, new holiday and
single-family housing, new tourist infrastructure). The comparative analysis of
population and land use changes within the entire region will be based on
statistical and cartographic data, while for the selected sites, the analysis
of landscape changes will be based on the comparison of old and modern pictures
(photographs, postcards, paintings, aerial images). A special focus will be on
the interpretation and promotion of the preserved cultural landscapes from the
past, which are well suited to foster regional education and knowledge about
the complex history of the border region. I plan to present the final results
in two types of books: a scientific monograph and a popular-science book, which
could be easily used by readers with no scientific background but who are
interested in the local history and landscape changes.
Dr. Anna Mazanik (October-December 2015)
Central European University, Budapest
Discipline and
Serve -The Politics of Urban Public Health in Late Imperial Russia
My project studies urban public health reforms in late-imperial Russia. The project focuses on Moscow between the mid-1870s and 1905 – the time, when the municipalities were the highest elected political bodies in the empire.Looking not only at the outcomes, but also at the processes of decision-making and the motivations behind the health reforms, the project aims to explore the relations between scientific knowledge, social policy and political culture in Russia. This project is based on my doctoral dissertation which studied sanitary reforms in late-imperial Moscow (ozdorovleniye – making healthier, “Gesundung”) in urban, political, medical, social and environmental contexts. At the current stage of my work I would like to engage further with the debates on Russian liberalism, political culture and civil society as well as with the broader discussions on knowledge production and the relations between science and politics in non-Western Europe.
My project studies urban public health reforms in late-imperial Russia. The project focuses on Moscow between the mid-1870s and 1905 – the time, when the municipalities were the highest elected political bodies in the empire.Looking not only at the outcomes, but also at the processes of decision-making and the motivations behind the health reforms, the project aims to explore the relations between scientific knowledge, social policy and political culture in Russia. This project is based on my doctoral dissertation which studied sanitary reforms in late-imperial Moscow (ozdorovleniye – making healthier, “Gesundung”) in urban, political, medical, social and environmental contexts. At the current stage of my work I would like to engage further with the debates on Russian liberalism, political culture and civil society as well as with the broader discussions on knowledge production and the relations between science and politics in non-Western Europe.
Gaelle Fisher (February-March 2016)
University College London
Locating
Germanness:Bukovina and Bukovinians afer the Second World War
My project, “Ethnic German
Minorities and the Transition of 1989” deals with the West German approach to
the situation of ethnic German minorities in Central and Eastern Europe in the
period before and after 1989. In particular, I investigate the policies towards
and the public representations of the issues of “ethnic migration” and “German
culture in Central and Eastern Europe” and trace their evolution in light of
political changes in the region. I aim to show that that the situation of
ethnic German minorities was not only shaped, but also contributed to shape
understandings of the transition in Europe at the end of the Cold War.
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