Social Politics in European Borderlands lecture series 2

Borderland studies and welfare studies are two well-established multidisciplinary fields that have yet to really engage with one another. As its title suggests, our ERC project is predicated on bringing these two fields into direct dialogue with one another. Our lecture series seeks to launch such a dialogue by exploring new approaches to research on social welfare in culturally and ethnically diverse border regions. Nine scholars will present their own cutting-edge research alongside larger reflections on the legacies of empire in post-imperial borderlands, the role of local actors – primarily families and associations – in shaping welfare systems, how competition for local power affects the treatment of minorities, and the significance of borderlands for local, national and global histories.

Programme

• 21 February 2022  at 5 pm – Via Zoom
  Providing assistance to Alsatians and Lorrainers escaping German rule. Patriotic welfare in the French-German Borderland (1871-1918)  
  Benoit Vaillot (Université de Strasbourg, France; Centre Marc Bloch, Germany) – If you want to listen to the Lecture, please click here
• 7 March 2022 at 5 pm – Via Zoom
  Saving the Children: Humanitarianism, Internationalism and the British Empire
  Emily Baughan (University of Sheffield) – If you want to listen to the Lecture, please click here
• 24 March 2022 at 5 pm – Via Zoom
  Pulling the Threads Together . Individual Themes and Common Research Interest in a Collaborative Study of Women’s Labour Activism in Eastern Europe and Internationally (late 19th to late 20th century)
  Susan Zimmerman (CEU), Olga Gnydiuk (CEU), Selin Cagatay (CEU), Veronika Helfert (CEU), Ivelina Masheva (CEU), Zhanna Popova (CEU), Jelena Tesija (CEU), Eszter Varsa (CEU)
• 15 April 2022 at 5 pm –  Via Zoom
  A Quest for Fairness. Workplace Justice and Authoritarian Regimes in Czechoslovakia
  Radka Šustrová (Charles University) – CANCELLED
• 16 May  2022 at 5 pm –  Via Zoom
  Women teachers as national activists in postwar transitions
  Marta Verginella (University of Ljubljana)
  Redefining Citizenship after Empire: The Rights to Access Welfare, to Work, and to Remain in a Post-Habsburg World.
  Ivan Jeličić (University of Rijeka), Dominique Reill (University of Miami)  and Francesca Rolandi (The Masaryk Institute and Archive of the Czech Academy of Sciences)
• 23 June 2022 at 5 pm – Via Zoom
  Reframing the history of international aid: a view from Southern Europe  
  Silvia Salvatici (University of Florence) – If you want to listen to the lecture, please click here