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Call for Papers Theme: Continuities and Ruptures Subtitle: Reflections on Crucial Concepts Type: 6th Berlin Program Summer Workshop Institution: Program for Advanced German and European Studies, Free University of Berlin Location: Berlin (Germany) Date: 28.–30.6.2017 Deadline: 15.2.2017 __________________________________________________ Contention over moments of ‘continuity’ and ‘rupture’ have fundamentally shaped scholarly debates not only in German Studies but also in a range of other national historiographies and fields of inquiry. Establishing narratives of developments have made these concepts indispensable to scholarly analysis. In history, for example, both terms have proven essential given the need for periodization. At the same time, they have also often proved problematic in capturing both complex interactions of ‘strands’ of continuity and rupture and processes of more evolutionary change. This workshop seeks to advance critical reflection on these concepts, their usefulness and potential limits as narrative devices in a broad array of disciplines that intersect with German Studies, including Anthropology, Art History, Film Studies, Gender Studies, History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Sociology. Examples of suitable topics include, but are by no means limited to work that reflect on: - Questions of periodization - Themes of continuity and rupture in literature and literary movements - Questions of continuity and rupture of pre- and post-war histories with the period of the Third Reich - Use of continuity and rupture as narrative devices/nuanced uses of the term - Continuity and rupture in political and social movements, both within Germany and comparatively - Continuity and rupture in the structuring of national and international institutions FORMAT: The event serves as a forum for Berlin Program fellows and alumni, but invites participation of all other scholars. During the workshop, scholars will present for ten minutes on papers that participants will have read prior to the beginning of the workshop. A substantial period of time will be reserved at the end of the panels for discussion of the papers. APPLICATION & DEADLINE: Please submit a 250-word abstract and a two-page CV by February 15, 2017 to: bprog...@zedat.fu-berlin.de REQUIREMENTS: Presenters are required to submit a 25-page paper or an existing publication of similar length and a one-page bio for circulation to workshop participants by (deadline). All workshop participants are asked to read these submissions prior to the workshop. A selection of two or three optional background readings may also be circulated. WORKSHOP TIMELINE: - Feb 15: Deadline abstract (250 words) and two-page CV - March 15: Notification of acceptance or rejection emailed - April 15: Circulation of our preliminary program and general readings - May 31: Deadline for full-length essays (max. 25 pages) and bio (one page max) - Early June: Essays distributed to workshop participants Contact: Karin Goihl, Wissenschaftliche Koordinatorin Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies Freie Universität Berlin Ehrenbergstr. 26/28 14195 Berlin Germany Tel: +49 30 838 56671 Fax: +49 30 838 456671 Email: bprog...@zedat.fu-berlin.de Web: http://www.fu-berlin.de/bprogram __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: https://interphil.polylog.org InterPhil List Archive: https://www.mail-archive.com/interphil@list.polylog.org/ __________________________________________________
