EIGHTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE SIEF WORKING GROUP ON THE RITUAL YEAR: MIGRATIONS

Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum - BAS

Plovdiv University Paisii Hilendarski
& Center for Anthropological and Ethnosociological Studies

EIGHTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE SIEF WORKING GROUP
ON THE RITUAL YEAR

MIGRATIONS

26th – 29th June 2012

Plovdiv, BULGARIA

TUESDAY, 26 JUNE

10:00 – 10:40

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

JURIJ FIKFAK | Slovenia

ACTORS AND NETWORKS

11:00 – 13:00

Panel 1 Ritual Year of Migrant Communities I

Chair: Emily Lyle | UK

LAURENT SÉBASTIEN FOURNIER | France

                THE RITUAL GAMES OF THE SCOTTISH DIASPORA IN THE UNITED STATES

DAVID STANLEY | USA

                RITUALS AND CUSTOMS IN AN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY

KATYA MIHAYLOVA | Bulgaria

                THE RITUAL YEAR OF THE POLISH MIGRANT COMMUNITY IN BULGARIA

JAKA REPIC | Slovenia

                THE ROLE OF RITUALS, CELEBRATIONS AND FESTIVITIES IN SLOVENE DIASPORIC COMMUNITY IN ARGENTINA

14:00 – 15:30

Panel 2 Rituals of Resettlers and Migrants on Two Sides of Bulgarian-Turkish Border

Chair: Laurent Sébastien Fournier | France

VALENTINA GANEVA-RAYCHEVA & NIKOLAI VUKOV | Bulgaria

COMMEMORATING CASES OF FORCED RESETTLEMENTS: A COMPRATIVE VIEW ON RITUALS OF MEMORY AMONG BULGARIAN REFUGEES FROM EASTERN AND WESTERN THRACE, AND THE BULGARIAN TURKS RESETTLERS TO TURKEY

MEGLENA ZLATKOVA | Bulgaria

INHABITING DIVIDED TERRITORIES – “COMING HOME” AND “RETURNING IN THE HOMELAND”. HEIRS AND RITUALS ON THE TWO SIDES OF BULGARIAN-TURKISH BORDER

LINA GERGOVA | Bulgaria / Estonia

NATIONAL COMMEMORATIVE MEETING ON PETROVA NIVA, BULGARIA: LOCAL/NATIONAL & TRADITIONAL/MODERN

15:30 – 16:00

Book presentation

Migration and Identity. Historical, Cultural and Linguistic Dimensions of Mobility in the Balkans

Ed. by Petko Hristov, Sofia: IEFSEM-BAS, 2012. 

WEDNESDAY, 27 JUNE

9:00 – 9:40

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

EMILY LYLE | UK

THE “LIFE CYCLE” OF CROPS IN RELATION TO THE RITUAL YEAR

10:00 – 12:30

Panel 3 Migration of Rituals & Ideas I

Chair: Dobrinka Parusheva | Bulgaria

KAMILA VELKOBORSKÁ | Czech Republic

 TO DRAW A SILVER CIRCLE I: Issues and explanations of migration and the spreading of Wicca

LÉON VAN GULIK | Netherlands

TO DRAW A SILVER CIRCLE II: Narrating the Dutch Migration of Wicca through   an in-depth interview with Morgana Sythove

KATARINA EK-NILSSON | Sweden

 LUCIA, LUSSI, LILIT. FEMALE REPRESENTATIONS IN THE SWEDISH MIDWINTER TRADITION WITH ROOTS IN CENTRAL EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST

ANA STEFANOVA | Bulgaria

                NESTINARSKI RITUAL COMPLEX IN STOMANOVO VILLAGE – A NEW PLACE FOR AN OLD TRADITION

IRINA STAHL | Romania

SAINT NECTARIOS, ‘THE MIGRANT SAINT’: HEALING RITUALS IN POSTCOMMUNIST ROMANIA

13:30 – 16:40

Panel 4 Ritual Year of Migrant Communities II

Chair: Nancy Cassell Mcentire | USA

PETKO HRISTOV | Bulgaria

                SEASONAL LABOUR MIGRATIONS (GURBET) AND THE RITUAL CYCLES

BOŻENA GIEREK | Poland

                CELEBRATING THE FESTIVAL OF BRIGID

AIGARS LIELBĀRDIS | Latvia

                CALENDAR CUSTOMS IN LATVIAN VILLAGE TIMOFEYEVKA IN SIBERIA     

TATIANA MINNIYAKHMETOVA | Russia

                THE RITUAL CALENDAR OF MIGRANTS

NADEŽDA PAZUHINA | Latvia

TRADITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF TRADITION CELEBRATING CHURCH FEASTS: THE EXPERIENCE OF RUSSIAN OLD BELIEVERS IN LATVIA

EKATERINA ANASTASOVA | Bulgaria

                THE RITUAL YEAR AND THE BULGARIANS IN NITRA, SLOVAKIA

17:00 – 19:00

Panel 5 Rituals & Representations

Chair: Stoyan Antonov | Bulgaria

MARE KÕIVA & ANDRES KUPERJANOV | Estonia

                THE VIEW FROM THE MIGRANT’S WINDOW

INESE RUNCE | Latvia

                THE HALLOWEEN CELEBRATION TRADITION IN MODERN LATVIA

RACHEL SHARABY |Israel

CROSSING BOUNDARIES. BETWEEN ABSORBERS AND ABSORBED IN ETHNIC HOLIDAY

SKAIDRE URBONIENE | Lithuania

COMMEMORATION OF WELL-KNOWN LITHUANIAN EMIGRANTS: SIGNS AND RITUALS

THURSDAY, 28 JUNE

9:00 – 9:40

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

IRINA SEDAKOVA | Russia

                TIME AND SPACE IN THE BALKAN AND SLAVIC RITUALS OF SEPARATION

10:00 – 12:00

Panel 6 Rituals in Comparative Perspective

Chair: Evy Johanne Håland | Norway/ Greece

MARLENE HUGOSON | Sweden

RITUAL HEALING ON TWO CONTINENTS: NATURE, TRADITION, AND BELIEF (Part One)

NANCY CASSELL MCENTIRE | USA

RITUAL HEALING ON TWO CONTINENTS: NATURE, TRADITION, AND BELIEF (Part Two)

NIKOLEMMA POLYXENI DIMITRIOU | UK

FAIRIES IN THE RITUAL YEAR IN SCOTLAND AND GREECE

CHIARA QUAGLIARIELLO & SABINE LAMOUR | France

WOMEN TRADITIONS AND BODY PRACTICES IN A MIGRATORY CONTEXT

13:00 – 15:30

Panel 7 Migration of Rituals & Ideas II

Chair: Irina Sedakova | Russia

EVY JOHANNE HÅLAND | Norway/ Greece

IN THE HANDS OF THE WOMEN, THE BABO DAY: MID-WINTER FESTIVAL IN GREEK MACEDONIA AND BEYOND

VIHRA BAEVA | Bulgaria

THE MIGRATION OF A CULT: LOCAL VENERATION OF ST. ZONE IN BULGARIA AND GREECE

OLGA PASHINA | Russia

THE "HARROW" RITUAL OF EASTERN SLAVS: MIGRATION OF SEASONAL RITUAL SONGS IN THE CALENDAR

GRIGOR GRIGOROV | Bulgaria

THE CONTEMPORARY SPORT AWARDS CEREMONY – GENEALOGICAL ANALYSIS

MANOËL PÉNICAUD | France

THE MIGRATION OF THE SEVEN SLEEPERS’ MYTH FROM EPHESUS TO BRITTANY: A CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM PILGRIMAGE CASE

FRIDAY, 29 JUNE

9:00 – 9:40

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

ISTVÁN POVEDÁK | Hungary

                IDENTITY PRESERVING STRATEGIES

10:00 – 12:30

Panel 8 Rituals & Integration

Chair: Mare Kõiva | Estonia

BOŽIDAR JEZERNIK | Slovenia

ST VITUS DAY: CREATING OR DISMANTLING YUGOSLAVIA

MARIA KISSIKOVA-PETROVA | Bulgaria

MIGRATION AND RITUAL: RELIGIOUS IDENTITY IN A NEW CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT

JANIKA ORAS | Estonia

SONG FIGHTS IN CONTEMPORARY ESTONIAN WEDDINGS – EXPERIENCES AND MEANINGS

MARIE-LAURE BOURSIN | France

THE HITIMA OR HATIM, CELEBRATION AND RITE OF PASSAGE FOR YOUNG MUSLIM OF FRANCE AND BULGARIA: THE CHALLENGES OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR MINORITY IN EUROPE

13:30 – 15:30

Panel 9 Ritual & Modernity

Chair: Léon van Gulik | Netherlands

MIHA KOZOROG | Slovenia

THE VILLAGE OF TOPOLÒ: A PALIMPSEST OF TRADITION, MINORITY POLITICS, MIGRATIONS, AND THE AVANT-GARDE

LINA MIDHOLM | Sweden

MIDSUMMER AS CULTURE HERITAGE WHAT HAPPENS WITH A RITUAL IN A DIVERSIFIED SOCIETY?

KARINE MICHEL | France

LEARNING ITS JEWISHNESS THROUGH RITUALS AND FESTIVITIES IN FORMER EAST GERMANY TODAY

MĀRA KIOPE | Latvia

ONE YEAR IN LATVIA: RITUAL AS THE MODEL OF MIGRATION-OPEN SOCIETY

16:00 – 17:30

Panel 10 Rituals & Political Change

Chair: István Povedák | Hungary

MARIJA KLOBČAR | Slovenia

THE ASH WEDNESDAY IN KAMNIK AS A MIGRATION OF IDEOLOGY

HELENA RUOTSALA | Finland

“THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL” – THE ROLE OF SPORT AND ITS RITUALS IN CULTURAL INTERACTIONS IN A CROSS-BORDER REGION OF TORNIO-HAPARANDA

ARBNORA DUSHI & ARBEN HOXHA | Kosovo

THE ALBANIAN FLAG DAY: AN ANNUALLY RITUAL OF KOSOVAR ALBANIANS BETWEEN TRADITION AND MODERN

17:30 – 18:30

General Meeting of SIEF Working Group on the Ritual Year