The “Balkan Ethnology” Department is organizing the international conference
„Balkan and Baltic States in United Europe: History, Religion, Cultures II“ to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria, October, 1-3, 2014 at the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum.
Both the region of Еastern Europe, defined as Balkans, and the Baltics, consist of diverse states with a great variety of ethnic and religious communities and cultures. The study of the dynamic national, ethnic, religious and migration processes in the regions mentioned above is of a particular interest for scholars coming from those regions, as well as for researchers in other EU countries. We have been observing processes of national consolidation, on the one hand, and of revealing ethnic and religious diversity, on the other. While there have been endeavours for maintaining “the most conservative” elements of the national, ethnic and religious cultures, at the same time dynamic processes of innovations and emergence of new “foreign” elements and cultures occur.
Considering the specifics of the various communities and cultures, we believe that there are certain commonalities in the processes and developments in the individual nation-states that allow us to talk, on the one hand, about regions (based on common historical heritage and recent developments) and, on the other hand, about comparison of the two regions in the course of the state-building and Euro-integration process after 1989.
The conference continues the discussions which began in Sofia at the Institute of Folklore, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, dedicated to the processes of Euro-integration in the regions of the Balkans and the Baltics during the conference „Balkan and Baltic States in United Europe: History, Religion, Cultures“
(October 2009).
The programme of the conference is available at:
http://www.balkanethnology.org/files/PROGRAMME.pdf
P R O G R A M M E
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
9.00 – 10.00 RegistrationIEFSEM, Moskovska 6 A, Second floor
Opening session, Hall N 19
10.00 – 10.30 Words of Welcome
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
Panel I. History, Hall N 19
11.00 – 12.00 Session I. History and Its Interpretations, Hall N 19
Chair: Petko Hristov
Discussant: Galina Lozanova
Ilze Boldāne, University of Latvia, Riga. The Interpretation of Latvian History in the School Textbooks and Interviews
Evgenia Troeva, IEFSEM – BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria. National Genealogy and Festivalization of the Past
Ivaylo Markov, IEFSEM – BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria. Cultural Heritage, Collective Memory and Ethnic Boundaries: The Case of Albanians from Republic Macedonia
Dimitar Atanassov, IEFSEM – BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria. Imagining the Past: Visual Narrative and Ideology
12.00 – 12.30 Discussion
12.30 – 14.00 Pause
14.00 – 15.00 Session II. “Others” – History, Memory, and Identity, Hall N 19
Chair: Ilze Boldāne
Discussant: Evgenia Troeva
Hristo Kyuchukov & Gyulsum Islak, Free University of Berlin, Germany. The Mehter Roma of Bulgaria – Who Are They?
Каспарс Зеллис, Университет Латвии, Рига. Воспоминания геноцида: истребление цыган/рома в годы Второй мировой войны в коммуникативной культуре общины рома Латвии
IneseRunce, University of Latvia, Riga. Jewish Religious Congregations in Latvia during the Times of Authoritarian Regime of Kārlis Ulmanis: 1934 -1940 and Contemporary Historical Memory
Петко Христов, ИЭФЭМ – БАН, София, Болгария. Роль праздничного календаря в конструировании идентичности в диаспоре (на примере украинцев в Софии и болгар в Одессе)
15.00 – 15.30 Discussion
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.15 Session III. Post-Modern Identities, Hall N 19
Chair: Piret Voolaid
Discussant: Каспарс Зеллис
Olga Brusylovska, I. I. Mechnikov Odessa State University, Ukraine. Post-Communist Identities and Their Transformations: Cases of Poland and Romania
Венета Янкова, Шуменский университет „Епископ Константин Преславский”, Болгария. О татарах в Литве – проблемы идентификации
Edin Smailović, Bosniak Council of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro. Muslims from Bijelo Polje in Turkey: History and Relation to Homeland
Мария Галанова, ИЭФЭМ – БАН, София, Болгария.Традиционные стереотепные представления и современные медийные образы этнических меньшинств в Болгарии
17.15 – 17.50 Discussion
Panel 2. Culture – Traditions and Innovations, Hall of Mirrors
11.00 – 12.00 Session I, Hall of Mirrors
Chair: Ekaterina Anastasova
Discussant: Valeriia Kolosova
Rasa Račiūnaitė-Paužuolienė, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania. Change of Identity in the Bulgarian and Lithuanian Families in the Beginning of the 21st Century
Рачко Попов, ИЭФЭМ – БАН, София, Болгария. Имена святых и их праздники в традициях балканских народов
Reet Hiiemäe, Estonian Literary Museum, Tartu. Food and Magical Thinking: Dietary Ways to Protect the Body and the Self
Irma Šidiškienė, Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius. Contemporary Culture: Professions Days in Lithuania
12.00 – 12.30 Discussion
12.30 – 14.00 Pause
14.00 – 15.00 Session II, Hall of Mirrors
Chair: Rasa Račiūnaitė-Paužuolienė
Discussant: Reet Hiiemäe
Anete Karlsone, University of Latvia, Riga. The Ttraditional Craft Skills in Modern Latvian Cultural Environment
Андрей Тонев, ИЭФЭМ – БАН, София, Болгария. Западно-европейские монеты в болгарских украшениях (ХVII – XIX вв.)
Petya Bankova, IEFSEM – BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria. An Ordinary Day of a Child’s Life in the Bulgarian Traditional Culture
Евгения Иванова & Велчо Крыстев, Региональный исторический музей, Стара Загора, Болгария. Магические практики болгар и цыган/ромов – взаимопроникновение в традиционной культуре
15.00 – 15.30 Discussion
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.15 Session III, Hall of Mirrors
Chair: Dimitar Atanassov
Discussant: Anete Karlsone
Marju Kõivupuu, Tallinn University, Estonia. Ash to Ash. Construction of Traditions: Cremation Ceremonies in Estonia Today
Irina Kolarska-Mladenova, IEFSEM – BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria. Assigning Holidays
Екатерина Анастасова, ИЭФЭМ – БАН, София, Болгария. Традиционная культура – между „культурным наследием” и „культурным туризмом” (на примерах из Болгарии, Эстонии и Латвии)
Александр Пригарин, Одесский национальный университет им. И. И. Мечникова, Украина. Глокализация по-одесски: торговые практики в современном мегаполисе
17.15 – 17.50 Discussion
18.00 – 20.00 Reception, Second floor
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Panel 2. Culture – Traditions and Innovations, Hall of Mirrors
11.00 – 12.00 Session IV, Hall of Mirrors
Chair: Irma Šidiškienė
Discussant: Plamena Stoyanova
Valeriia Kolosova, Institute for Linguistic Studies (ILI), Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg. „Bear“ Plants in Bulgarian Folk Botany Nomination
Rasa Paukštytė–Šaknienė, Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius. The Culture of Leisure Time in the Lithuanian Family
Piret Voolaid, Estonian Literary Museum, Tartu. Our Olympic Winner and Doping Lore: Constructing a Culture Hero Online
Liisi Laineste, Estonian Literary Museum, Tartu. Social Memory, Internet Humour and Sharing: Central Cultural Logic of Web 2.0.
12.00 – 12.30 Discussion
12.30 – 14.00 Pause
Panel 3. Religion, Hall N 19
9.00 – 10.00 Session I. Religion and Politics
Chair: Mare Kõiva
Discussant: Inese Runce
9.00 – 9.30
Keynote paper: Виктор Шнирельман, Институт этнологии и антропологии Российской академии наук, Москва. В ожидании Антихриста
Žilvytis Šaknys, Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius. Ritual Year in Lithuanian Town: Religion, Ethnicity and Ideology
Веселин Тепавичаров, Софийский государственный университет им. Климента Охридского, Болгария. «Левое» и «правое» в болгарской политике
10.00 – 10.30 Discussion
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.00 Session II. Religion, Beliefs, and Sacred Places,Hall N 19
Chair: Žilvytis Šaknys
Discussant: Matthias Bickert
Richard Witt, Athens, Greece. Christianized Pagan Beliefs as a Central Element of Baltic and Balkan Society
Aušra Kairaitytė, Lithuanian Institute of History, Vilnius. Traditional and Contemporary Religiosity: Cult of the Mother of God and the Saints
Jonas Mardosa, Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, Vilnius.
Hill of Crosses in Lithuania:Features of Pilgrimage and Folk Religiosity in 20
th – Beginning of the 21
st Century
Mare Kõiva & Andres Kuperjanov, Estonian Literary Museum, Tartu. Sacred Places – the Destinations of Travels and Pilgrimages
12.00 – 12.30 Discussion
12.30 – 14.00 Pause
14.00 – 15.15 Session III. Religion and Religious Communities, Hall N 19
Chair: Aušra Kairaitytė
Discussant: Mara Kiope
Galina Lozanova, IEFSEM – BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria. Ethnic and Religious Exclusion Attitudes in Muslim Stories of the Prophets
Matthias Bickert, University of Bamberg, Germany. Between Spatial and Spiritual Presence – Islamic Re-Sanctification in Albania
Nadežda Pazuhina, University of Latvia, Riga. Socio-Cultural Practices of Latvian Old-Believers: the Experience of Self-Organization Practice and Religious Education
15.15 – 16.00 Discussion
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
Panel 4. Migrants and Migrations, Hall of Mirrors
14.00 – 15.15 Session I, Hall of Mirrors
Chair: Daniel Goeler
Discussant: Anna Krasteva
Mariyanka Borisova, IEFSEM – BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria. Bulgarian Female Migration to EU – Characteristics and Tendencies
Mila Maeva, IEFSEM – BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria. Bulgarian and Baltic Immigration in the Great Britain (Comparative Research)
Irina Airinei Vasile,National School of Political Studies and Public Administration
& Sorin Bordusanu, Bucharest Comission for Attribution of Street Names, Romania. The Territory North of the Danube, a Welcoming Refuge for Balkan Populations
15.15 – 16.00 Discussion
16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break
16.30 – 17.30 Session II, Hall of Mirrors
Chair: Irina Airinei Vasile
Discussant: Mila Maeva
Daniel Goeler, University of Bamberg, Germany. On the Variability of Migration Systems. Experiences from Latvia and Albania Emigration
Anna Krasteva, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria. Being Bulgarian Abroad (From Migration to Mobility)
Alberto Alonso-Ponga García, Salamanca University, Spain. Identity in Construction. Identity Definitions in the Integration Process of the Bulgarian Community in Castile and Leon (Spain)
17.30 – 18.00 Discussion
16.30 – 17.30 Panel 5. EU and EU Integration, Hall N 19
Chair: Alexander Ganchev
Discussant: Sofiya Zahova
Mara Kiope, University of Latvia, Riga. Shifting Perception: Attempt to Generate a Latvian – Bulgarian Communal Space in EU
Enis Kelmendi & Pajazit Haizeri, University of Pristine, Kosovo. The Religious Coexistence of Albanians – a Good Experience for the European Union
Yelis Erolova, IEFSEM – BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria. Bulgarians and Romanians – “New” Old Europeans
17.30 – 18.00 Discussion
18.00 – 19.00 Ethnographic films, Hall N 19
Collection of the National Center for Intangible Cultural Heritage, Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Studies with Ethnographic Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Friday, October 3, 2014
9.00 – 10.00 Panel 6. Empires and States, Nations and Communities Hall N 19
Chair: Jonas Mardosa
Discussant: Olga Brusylovska
9.00 – 9.30
Keynote paper:
Raymond Detrez, Ghent University,Belgium. The Orthodox Christian Community in the Ottoman Empire: a Failed (Proto-) Nation?
Nikolay Nenovski, CRIISEA, University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France; ICER, Torino, Italy
& Pencho Penchev, University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria; CRIISEA, University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France. Money without a State. Currencies of the Orthodox Christians in the Balkan Provinces of the Ottoman Empire (17
th –19
th centuries)
Светлана Коч, Институт социальных наук Одесского национального университета им. И.И. Мечникова, Украина.Национальные приоритеты ввыборе стратегии развития этно-культурными региональными группами (на примере Бессарабии)
10.00 – 10.30 Discussion
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.00 Panel 7. New Religious Movements, Hall N 19
Chair: Nadežda Pazuhina
Discussant: Richard Witt
Solveiga Krumina-Konkova, University of Latvia, Riga. New Religiosity in Latvia: Self-Development Webinars as a Near-Religious Phenomenon
Mariya Serafimova, South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. A New Religious Sensibility
Svetoslava Toncheva, IEFSEM – BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria. The Vision of Bulgaria’s and Greece’s Future during Social Crisis in Mantic Discourse
Mario Marinov, South-West University “Neofit Rilski”, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. New Religious Movements and Social Development
12.00 – 12.30 Discussion
12.30 – 14.00 Pause
14.00 – 15.00 Panel 8. Transformations of Post-Socialist Society, Hall N 19
Chair: Виктор Шнирельман
Discussant: Svetoslava Toncheva
Agnė Kalėdienė, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania. Historical Reconstruction Clubs in Lithuania: Searching for Identity in Post-Socialist Society
Branko Bošković, University of Donja Gorica, Podgorica, Montenegro. Modernity and Identity in the Contemporary State of Montenegro
Sofiya Zahova, IEFSEM – BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria. Is It Possible to Have a Civic Nation on the Balkans: the Case of Montenegro
Plamena Stoyanova, IEFSEM – BAS, Sofia, Bulgaria. The Birth of the New Bulgarian Civil Society (or the Rebellion against the Failed Transition)
Ruta Ubareviciene, Lithuanian Social Research Centre, Vilnius. Ethno-Political Effects of Suburbanization in the Vilnius Urban Region. An Analysis of Voting Behaviour
15.00 – 15.30 Discussion
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
14.00 – 15.00 Panel 9. Language, Ethnogenesis, and Ethnic History, Hall of Mirrors
Chair: Edin Smailović
Discussant: Hristo Kyuchukov
Александр Шапошников, Отдел этимологии и ономастики Института Русского языка им. В. В. Виноградова РАН, Москва, Россия. Финеиды – Гелон – Прибалтика: глоттогенез и этногенез брутенов, литовцев и латышей по данным гуманитарных и естественных наук
Александр Ганчев, Национальный университет им. И. И. Мечникова, Одесса &
Владимир Мильчев, Запорожский национальный университет, Запорожье, Украина. Этногенетические связи населения нахии Караджа-даг и «туканцев» Буджака в первой трети ХІХ вв. (по материалам церковной и светской статистики и учета)
Юлия Узун, Одесский национальный университет им. И. И. Мечникова, Украина. Проекты пространственной реструктуризации на Балканах в контексте процессов этнонациональной консолидации
15.00 – 15.30 Discussion
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 18.00 Final Discussion, Hall N 19
Conclusions and Prospects for New Cooperation
19.00 Farewell partyRestaurant “O! Shipka”, 13, Budapeshta Str.
