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Dr. Miłosława Borzyszkowska-Szewczyk (October-November 2015)
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.
 
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.



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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