BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//GayOut//Event Export//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:229136@gayout.com DTSTAMP:20260904T072920Z DTSTART:20260930T000000Z DTEND:20261002T235959Z SUMMARY:CfP: The “We” in Central and Eastern Europe. Freiburg\\, 30. 09.2026 DESCRIPTION:The “We” is a commitment. Attributions and appropriations of belonging play a central role in the creation of community – they s erve as markers of (self-)assurance\\, facilitating internal identificati on but also external demarcation. This community building effect has an i nherent explosiveness: it is capable of emphasizing what ‘we’ have in common (Scheer 2022)\\, but this demonstrative attitude also harbours po pulist potential. Initially broad and vague in conceptual terms\\, we the refore pay particular attention to communities\\, when they are called up on: war and crises\\, but also the need to find orientation after migrati on and to plan for the future to negotiate belonging(s). As a result\\, n ew formations of collective images and mechanisms are constantly emerging \\, challenging existing concepts.\\nFor instance\\, with regard to Easte rn Europe\\, the term ‘We’ took on a charged meaning in contrast to They’: Not only is the multi-ethnic region imagined as inferior (Todo rova 1997)\\, but its citizens also experience racialised degradations th roughout history and due to their (labour) mobility\\, which highlights i nequalities between East and West (Lewicki 2023) and clearly calls into q uestion a European ‘We’-consciousness.\\n[…]\\n“We” as a politi cal project\\nHow have political programs and movements shaped the politi cization of (ethnic) communities and their identities? To what extent hav e they negotiated the issue of loyalty\\, especially with regard to poten tially conflicting\\, overlapping loyalties? How are these contexts refle cted today\\; how are they remembered\\, but also discussed in the presen t?\\nThe Mediatized “We”\\nHow have media products – from historica l newspaper prints and posters to today’\\;s digital platforms – a ddressed public consciousness and opinion? To what extent have they contr ibuted to connection and exchange and addressed (new) opportunities for c ommunity building?\\nThe Transnational “We”\\nParticularly\\, but not exclusively\\, in the context of flight\\, expulsion and exile: Which st rategies did/do people employ to settle in a new place\\, in a new social environment? How did/do they in turn (re)establish connections to their region of origin? To what extent does this interaction create potential f or intermediate\\, hybrid positions?\\nCommodifying and Renewing the “W e”\\nHow do collective actors – such as tourism\\, associations\\, to wn twinning\\, etc. – participate in the marketing of a certain “we ? Which aspects of detraditionalisation\\, but also which attempts to re vive or even remake folk culture and involve new groups of stakeholders c an be traced in their activities?\\n[…\\;]\\nThus\\, historical and archival perspectives will be considered alongside contemporary research from a cultural studies perspective and other related fields. These appro aches include case studies from the context of Germans in Eastern Europe\ \, but the format is also open to comparative perspectives that go beyond this scope or relates it to other minorities\\, as well as perspectives from broader minority and diaspora research. Please send your proposal fo r a 20-minute presentation\\, consisting of an abstract (~2\\,000 charact ers) with a working title and brief biographical information about yourse lf\\, to Jana Stöxen (jana.stoexen@ikde.bwl.de) by 1st March 2026.\\nTra vel expenses can be covered within the scope of the funds provided.\\nFor further information and the full Call for papers\\, please refer to our website: https://www.ikdebw.de/news/mobilisation-and-community-formation- in-minority-and-diaspora-contexts-the-we-in-central-and-eastern-europe\\n https://www.gayout.com/europe/germany/leipzig/events/cfp-the-we-in-centra l-and-eastern-europe-freiburg-30-09-2026-2026-09-30 LOCATION:joe-list.de URL:https://www.gayout.com/europe/germany/leipzig/events/cfp-the-we-in-central-and-eastern-europe-freiburg-30-09-2026-2026-09-30 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR