I N T E R N A T I O N A L C O N F E R E N C E

Ljubljana, January 14–16, 2011 (conference room C of the City Hotel, Dalmatinova 15)

O R G A N I Z E D B Y

Peace Institute, Ljubljana

I N P A R T N E R S H I P W I T H

University of Arts in Belgrade

Institute for International Relations, Zagreb

University of Vienna (Department of Social and Economic History)

P R O G R A M OF T H E C O N F E R E N C E

[Panels’ timing: app. 20 min per presentation; after all presentations, app. 30 min for discussion]

Friday, January 14

Afternoon: Arrival of participants

19.30 Dinner

Saturday, January 15

9.00 – 9.15 Opening & welcome speech

Lev Kreft, Director of the Peace Institute

9.15 – 11.00 Panel 1:

Identity construction in economic and historical perspective

Chairperson: Aldo Milohnić

Andrea Komlosy & Hannes Hofbauer:

Identity construction in the Balkan region – Austrian interests and involvements in a historical perspective

Jaka Primorac:

Culture of hits vs. culture of niches. Cultural industries and processes of cultural identification in Croatia

Maja Breznik:

Cultural identities from the bottom up

Sezgin Boynik (guest speaker – discussant):

Cultural policy of art collectives

11.00 – 11.15 Coffee break

11.15 – 12.45 Panel 2:

Visual and performative re-construction of identities

Chairperson: Andrea Komlosy

Milena Dragićević Šešić:

Monument policies as cultural policies from the perspective of identity re-construction and representation

Aldo Milohnić:

Performing identities: national theatres and re-construction of identities in Slovenia and SFR Yugoslavia

Jasmina Husanović (guest speaker – discussant):

Culture of trauma and identity politics: Critical frames and emancipatory lenses of cultural and knowledge production

13.00 – 14.30 Lunch break

14.30 – 16.00 Panel 3:

Presentation of students’ works

Chairperson: Milena Dragićević Šešić

Presentation 1: Jasmina Gavrankapetanović

Presentation 2: Marijana Lubina

Presentation 3: Vladimir Miladinović

Presentation 4: Dušan Nešković

16.00 – 16.15 Coffee break

16.15 – 17.30 Meeting of the project team

19.30 Dinner

Sunday, January 16

9.30 – 11.00 Panel 4:

Mass media, social media and cultural identities

Chairperson: Nada Švob-Đokić

Brankica Petković:

Instrumentalisation of language and media policies for re-positioning of Ex-Yugoslav cultural identities in Slovenia

Paško Bilić:

How social media enforce glocalization

Vladimir Davčev (guest speaker – discussant):

How modern technology shape-shifting our identity

11.00 – 11.15 Coffee break

11.15 – 12.45 Panel 5:

Post-transitional perspectives: cultural identities and cultural education

Chairperson: Milena Dragićević Šešić

Svetlana Jovičić:

Re-shaping of identities through youth/children cultural education policies

Nada Švob-Đokić:

Cultural identities in Southeastern Europe: a post-transitional perspective

Svetlana Racanović (guest speaker – discussant):

Repetition of difference – search for instable identity

12.45 – 13.00 Wrap-up & closing of the conference

13.00 Lunch

Afternoon: Departure of participants

The conference is financed by the Austrian Science and Research Liaison Office Ljubljana on behalf of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research and the East East: Partnership Beyond Borders Program (Open Society Foundations).