International Council for Central and East European Studies

To scholars in Ukraine
The 13th East Asian Conference on Slavic Eurasian Studies will be held on May 29-31, 2026, Fukuoka

To scholars in Ukraine:

ICCEES and the conference organizing committee have obtained funding to provide remote-access virtual panels organized by scholars in Ukraine

• Panel participants should be from different universities and may include a participant from another country.
• Please use the above link to submit your 300-word panel description by 10 February 2026

https://iccees.org/latest_information/call-for-papers-the-13th-east-asian-conference-on-slavic-eurasian-studies-will-be-held-on-may-29-31-2026-fukuoka-japan-to-scholars-in-ukraine/
https://sites.google.com/view/eac2026fukuoka/home

Call for Papers 📢
33. Tagung Junger Osteuropa-Expert*innen (JOE)
📅11.-13. Juni 2026
📍Hamburg
📩 Bewerbungen bis zum 15. Februar 2026 an [email protected]

Die JOE-Tagung richtet sich an fortgeschrittene Studierende, Doktorand*innen und jüngere Promovierte unterschiedlicher Disziplinen, die sich mit dem östlichen Europa beschäftigen. Hier gibt es die Möglichkeit, Forschungsprojekte anderen angehenden Wissenschaftler*innen und Fachvertreter*innen vorzustellen und zu diskutieren.

Wir freuen uns über eure Projektskizzen aus den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften, den Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften sowie aus verwandten Disziplinen. Darüber hinaus können eigene Vorschläge für Panels eingereicht werden. Beiträge können auf Deutsch und Englisch eingereicht und gehalten werden.

🔗 Den ausführlichen CfP findest du auf unserer Webseite: https://dgo-online.org/informieren/aktuelles/call-for-paper-33-tagung-junger-osteuropa-experten-conference-of-junior-scholars-east-european-studies-hamburg/

Die Tagung wird in Kooperation mit dem Institut für Slavistik und der Professur für Geschichte Osteuropas der Universität Hamburg , der Professur für Geschichte Osteuropas und Ostmitteleuropas an der Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg , sowie dem Nordost-Institut (IKGN e.V.) an der Universität Hamburg veranstaltet.

Reminder: Do not forget to submit your panel or paper proposal by 10 Feb 2026 https://sites.google.com/view/eac2026fukuoka/home/
[Call for Papers]
The 13th East Asian Conference on Slavic Eurasian Studies
at Kyushu University (May 29, Fri)
& Fukuoka International Congress Center (May 30-31, Sat-Sun)
May 29-31, 2026

The 13th EAC @ FUKUOKA WHAT’S NEW

Some great reflections on the last year's Congress in London

A week at the International Council for Central and East European Studies World Congress | UCL SSEES Research Blog UCL Homepage

Activités académiques des Azerbaïdjanais en Europe : échanges scientifiques et relations interuniversitaires
Academic Activities of Azerbaijanis in Europe: Scientific Exchanges and Interuniversity Relations
De la seconde moitié du XIXᵉ siècle à nos jours

https://calenda.org/1341176

From the Second Half of the 19th Century to the Present Day

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Résumé

FrançaisEnglish
Ce colloque vise à analyser, dans une perspective interdisciplinaire, l’histoire et l’évolution des échanges académiques entre l’Azerbaïdjan et l’Europe depuis la fin du XIXe siècle, en mettant en lumière les mobilités intellectuelles, les réseaux universitaires et les personnalités marquantes de ces circulations. Il ambitionne également de réfléchir aux formes actuelles et aux perspectives futures de la coopération universitaire afin de mieux valoriser ces trajectoires et de renforcer les dynamiques de recherche et de formation transnationales.

Annonce

FrançaisEnglish
Argumentaire
Depuis la seconde moitié du XIXᵉ siècle, les échanges scientifiques entre l’Azerbaïdjan et les pays européens s’inscrivent dans des dynamiques durables de circulation des savoirs, de formation intellectuelle et de coopération universitaire. À cette époque, la région azerbaïdjanaise, intégrée à l’Empire russe, participe aux transformations éducatives et culturelles qui affectent tout le Caucase. C’est dans ce contexte, qu’est encouragée la mobilité d’étudiants et de chercheurs vers les universités européennes, notamment françaises et allemandes. Ces circulations contribuent à l’émergence d’élites intellectuelles connaissant les méthodes, disciplines et courants scientifiques occidentaux, tout en favorisant l’établissement de réseaux académiques transnationaux. Ces échanges académiques ont accompagné des transformations culturelles, politiques et éducatives plus larges. Les intellectuels azerbaïdjanais formés en Europe, notamment à Paris et à Berlin, ainsi que dans les universités de Moscou et d'Istanbul ont joué un rôle notable dans les débats sur la réforme de l’alphabet, la modernisation des systèmes éducatifs et l'émergence de nouvelles formes culturelles, comme le théâtre et l’opéra. Ils ont contribué également à l’émergence de cadres politiques et juridiques novateurs, dont la création, en 1918, de la République démocratique d’Azerbaïdjan, première république laïque en Orient reconnaissant des droits politiques aux femmes.

Au tournant du XXe siècle, plusieurs personnalités issues des milieux littéraires, culturels et scientifiques azerbaïdjanais, parmi lesquelles des membres des familles Chakhtakhtinski, Hadjibeyli, Toptchibashev, Mélikoff ou Asadullayev, ont poursuivi leurs activités en Europe. Leur insertion dans les réseaux savants européens, leurs publications et leurs collaborations institutionnelles ont constitué les premières formes d’implantation académique azerbaïdjanaise sur le continent.

Malgré les contraintes imposées par le régime soviétique, les circulations intellectuelles n’ont pas disparu durant la seconde moitié du XXe siècle. Des chercheurs, traducteurs et universitaires actifs en Europe occidentale ont contribué au maintien d’un dialogue scientifique continu. Les initiatives d’Irène Mélikoff occupent à cet égard une place centrale dans la structuration des échanges entre spécialistes des études turciques et caucasiennes. Les rencontres scientifiques organisées à Strasbourg, notamment le premier colloque France–Azerbaïdjan en 1984, ainsi que les collaborations institutionnelles qu’elle a encouragées, ont participé à la consolidation d’un espace académique transnational.

Depuis les années 1990, dans le contexte de l’indépendance de l’Azerbaïdjan, l’intensification de la mobilité académique des étudiants, doctorants et chercheurs vers les universités européennes renouvelle ces échanges. La création d’associations universitaires et le développement de projets de recherche conjoints contribuent à structurer les coopérations interuniversitaires et à renforcer l’intégration des jeunes chercheurs dans les réseaux académiques européens. Ces dynamiques s’accompagnent d’un intérêt croissant pour l’étude des trajectoires intellectuelles azerbaïdjanaises en Europe, notamment à travers les travaux de Ramiz Abutalibov sur les migrations intellectuelles du début du XXᵉ siècle.

Adoptant une approche interdisciplinaire (histoire, sociologie, science politique, études diasporiques, sciences de l’éducation), ce colloque réunira des contributions visant à répondre aux questions suivantes:

Comment les universités européennes et azerbaïdjanaises ont-elles établi et développé les relations académiques entre l'Azerbaïdjan et l'Europe depuis la fin du XIXe siècle ? Comment peut-on aujourd’hui valoriser leurs parcours et leurs travaux majeurs, longtemps demeurés méconnus ? Quelles sont les formes actuelles de la coopération universitaire ? Quelles perspectives ces échanges offrent-ils pour l'avenir de la recherche, de la formation et de la mobilité scientifique ?

Pour répondre à toutes ces questions, nous proposons des axes de réflexion à explorer.

Axes thématiques
(non exhaustifs)

Mobilités étudiantes et intellectuelles azerbaïdjanaises en Europe (XIXᵉ–XXIᵉ siècles)
Réseaux universitaires et scientifiques entre l’Azerbaïdjan et l’Europe
Figures emblématiques de la diaspora académique azerbaïdjanaise
Le rôle des universités européennes dans la formation des élites intellectuelles azerbaïdjanaises
Archives et correspondances : sources sur les échanges académiques transnationaux
Coopération bilatérale et multilatérale dans l’enseignement supérieur (ex. : Erasmus+, Horizon Europe)
Impact des contextes géopolitiques (Empire russe, URSS, post-indépendance) sur les échanges académiques
Modalités de soumission
Les chercheur(e)s intéressé(e)s sont invité(e)s à soumettre une proposition de communication comprenant un résumé (500 à 600 mots), accompagné d’une brève notice biographique (100 à 150 mots) ou, à titre facultatif, d’un CV.

Les propositions peuvent être déposées directement via la plateforme du colloque ou transmises par courrier électronique à l’adresse suivante : [email protected]

Dates importantes
Date limite de soumission : 31 janvier 2026
Notification aux auteurs : 1 mars 2026
Apparition de programme : 1 avril 2026
Date du colloque : 5 mai 2026
Informations pratiques
Langues du colloque : Français, Anglais

Lieu : Strasbourg, France Salle : Amphithéâtre Irène Mélikoff

Organisation
Tamerlan Quliyev (Université de Strasbourg, ITI MAKErS, DRES)

Sous coordination du Département d’études turques de l’Université de Strasbourg.

Comité scientifique
Samim Akgönül, Professeur des universités, Directeur du Département d’études turques, CNRS, UMR 7354 DRES
Kamal Abdullayev, Professeur des universités, Président de l’université des langues d’Azerbaïdjan, Membre titulaire de l’AMEA (Académie nationale des sciences d'Azerbaïdjan)
Hamlet Isakhanli, Professeur des universités, Président du conseil d’administration et de tutelle de l’Université Khazar
Solmaz Rüstamova-Tohidi, Professeur des universités, Membre du corps scientifique de l’Institut d’études orientales de l’AMEA (Académie nationale des sciences d'Azerbaïdjan)
Dilek Sarmis, Maître de conférences au Département d’études turques, Université de Strasbourg, l'UR 1340 GÉO
Vazeh Asgarov, Docteur de l'Université de Strasbourg, Vice-recteur de l'ASOIU et Directeur exécutif de l'UFAZ
Tamerlan Quliyev, Docteur en sciences politiques, Qualifié aux fonctions de Maître de conférences, chercheur post-doctorant chez l’ITI MAKErS, UMR 7354 DRES

Catégories

Europe (Catégorie principale)
Sociétés > Sociologie
Sociétés > Études des sciences
Espaces > Europe > Europe centrale et orientale
Périodes > Époque contemporaine
Esprit et Langage > Éducation
Lieux

Bâtiment PATIO, Amphithéâtre Irène Mélikoff - 22 Rue René Descartes
Strasbourg, France (67300)
Format de l'événement
Événement uniquement sur site

Dates

samedi 31 janvier 2026
Fichiers attachés

Call for papers.pdf
Appel à communications.pdf
Mots-clés

activité académique, échange scientifique, Azerbaïdjan, Europe, université
URLS de référence

https://academic-eu-az.sciencesconf.org/
Source de l'information

Tamerlan Quliyev

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Cinema Left Undone: A Secret History of Central European and Soviet Films (1920-1990)

https://calenda.org/1333546

Abstract

The international and interdisciplinary seminar seeks to explore the phenomenon of film scripts that were left undone. Sessions will focus on film projects whose screenplays have been preserved in archival collections but for which no footage was ever produced. Through discussions, the seminar aims to encourage the scholarly community to examine cases from various periods (1920-1930, 1930-1945, 1945-1968, 1968-1990) and from diverse regional contexts (Central Europe, Balkan contexts, Soviet countries).

Announcement

Presentation
The renowned film ¡Que viva México! (Да здравствует Мексика!), directed by Sergei Eisenstein in 1932, was never completed due to political censorship. Grigori Alexandrov released an edited version of the film in 1979, more than thirty years after Eisenstein's death. What might this film, envisioned by one of the most internationally acclaimed filmmakers of his generation, have looked like in its intended form? We may never know with certainty, but archival documents and surviving images allow us to extrapolate and speculate. This unfinished film is emblematic of a broader phenomenon: the existence of film projects that never came to completion.

During the communist/Soviet era, many film projects launched in the Soviet contexts and in Central and Eastern Europe remained unfinished. The reasons are varied: strict ideological constraints, (un-official) political censorship, state repression, internalized self-censorship, accidental death of the director, etc. Great directors such as Oleksander Dovzhenko, Andrey Tarkovsky, Kira Muratova, Sergei Paradjanov, Miloš Forman, Jerzy Skolimowski, Krzysztof Kieślowski and Larisa Shepitko come immediately to mind, alongside countless lesser-known creators whose scripts were written but never filmed.

Just as many international researchers have reflected on the possibility of such a ‘history of cinema in negative’ (Jeannelle, 2014), this seems particularly important in the specific field that this seminar intends to study. These forbidden and impossible projects have an impact and permeate the histories of cinema and cinematographies, and must be studied and mapped. Furthermore, while some unrealised screenplays by famous directors have been published and discussed, researchers' interest remains largely ‘author-centred’. It seems important to also consider the place of lesser-known screenwriters and directors faced with such difficulties and frustrations to reveal how these episodes in filmmaking influence and alter working relationships and reveal how professionals perceive themselves and their work in the socialist context.

The transdisciplinary research program investigates both the conditions under which film projects were developed and the diverse factors that prevented their completion (or led to their completion under unexpected conditions). Approaching an impossible history of cinema from a decolonial perspective, the project seeks to map the secret continents of Central European and Soviet cinematographies from 1920 to 1990.

Each participant of the seminar is asked to develop a case study in a 30–35-minute talk.

Thursday 29 January 2026, 4-6pm
Methodological and Epistemological Framework of the Seminar
Birgit Beumers (University of Passau)
Claire Demoulin (Université Paul Valery, Montpellier)
Mathieu Lericq (Université Lyon 2)
Eugénie Zvonkine (Université Paris 8, IUF)
Thursday 19 February 2026, 4-6pm
Nina Sputnitskaya & Maksim Kazyuchits: Andrey Tarkovsky: from Antarctida to The Nutcracker, towards a history of his unmade films
Thursday 19 March 2026, 4-6pm
Dustin Condren (University of Oklahoma): Imaginary Cinema: The Unrealized in the Oeuvre of Sergei Eisenstein
Dina Iordanova (University of St Andrews): The Short Filmography: Ruined Talents in non-Russian Language Soviet Cinema
Thursday 16 April 2026, 4-6pm
Mikołaj Jazdon (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan): Kazimierz Karabasz and his Empty Zone (1965). About an unrealized film script and a halted film production
Tadeusz Lubelski (Jagellionian University, Cracow): The Donkey Playing the Lyre: An Unfinished Film by Wojciech J. Has

Thursday 07 May 2026, 4-6pm
Irina Schulzki (University of Hagen): Speculative Histories of the Unfinished: Muratova’s Princess Mary (1975)
Andrea Pócsik (Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest): An unfinished lifework. Works begun and completed in Gábor Bódy's oeuvre in West-Germany
Useful information
Zoom link: https://univ-paris8.zoom.us/j/94563455349?pwd=lEIaNEoHhJwjqbOPwlflBJgvuqbyUZ.1
Meeting ID: 945 6345 5349
Password: 727854
If interested, please send us proposals for upcoming sessions in 2026 and 2027 at: [email protected] and [email protected].

Subjects

Representation (Main category)
Zones and regions > Europe > Central and Eastern Europe > Russian and former Soviet worlds
Mind and language > Representation > Cultural history
Mind and language > Representation > History of art
Zones and regions > Europe > Central and Eastern Europe
Mind and language > Representation > Visual studies
Places

Lyon, France (69)
Event attendance modalities
Full online event

Date(s)

Thursday, January 29, 2026
Thursday, February 19, 2026
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Thursday, May 07, 2026
Attached files

Cinema left Undone - International seminar - Program.pdf
Keywords

cinema, inachèvement, histoire, censure, acte créateur
Contact(s)

Mathieu LERICQ
courriel : m [dot] lericq [at] univ-lyon2 [dot] fr
Eugénie Zvonkine
courriel : eugenie [dot] zvonkine [at] univ-paris8 [dot] fr
Reference Urls

Laboratoire PASSAGES XX-XXI
Information source

Mathieu LERICQ
courriel : m [dot] lericq [at] univ-lyon2 [dot] fr
License

CC0-1.0This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.

To cite this announcement

« Cinema Left Undone: A Secret History of Central European and Soviet Films (1920-1990) », Seminar, Calenda, Published on Monday, December 15, 2025, https://doi.org/10.58079/15cla

Arts and Media Archaeology Summer School 2026 The Summer School will focus on the interplay between media developments and performative culture, spanning from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Through lectures, artist talks, re-e...

Arts and Media Archaeology Summer School 2026
Living Histories

https://calenda.org/1333546

Abstract

The Summer School will focus on the interplay between media developments and performative culture, spanning from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Through lectures, artist talks, re-enactments and interactive hands-on experimentation, the summer school programme aims to foster students’ ability to think through media by questioning their materiality, sensory properties, and its role as a historical source.

Announcement

Presentation
The 2026 edition of the Arts and Media Archaeology Summer School will take place from 6-10 July 2026 and focus on the interplay between media developments and performative culture, spanning from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Through lectures, artist talks, re-enactments and interactive hands-on experimentation, the summer school programme aims to foster students’ ability to think through media by questioning their materiality, sensory properties, and its role as a historical source.

Course contents
Across five days, we will explore how hands-on engagement with media devices — from magic lanterns and anatomical models to panoramas and virtual reality environments — can activate new forms of historical understanding. This approach resonates with a broader turn in the humanities toward material and sensory epistemologies — ways of knowing that emerge from doing. Historians of science and media have increasingly acknowledged that manuals and archives only tell part of the story. The physical handling of devices, the gestures involved in their operation, and the environments in which they were experienced all contribute to a fuller picture of how media technologies functioned and keep functioning socially, politically, and culturally. The week combines:

Talks and panels by international researchers
Interactive workshops with artists and technicians
Field trips to the Ghent University Museum (GUM) and the Photo Museum Antwerp (FOMU)
An evening lantern lecture performance
Group projects and exchange sessions where participants share their own skills and research
Our Summer School will offer participants:

An interdisciplinary framework for analysing historical media and their performative and artistic uses.
Insights into the constructivist nature of media technology products as historical sources.
Awareness of the ‘tacit knowledge’ embedded in the use of media technologies.
A sensory perspective on the cultural and social inscriptions within media technologies.
The Summer School is aimed at research MA and PhD students and more advanced scholars in the field of Arts, Performance, Media and Cultural History from the University of Antwerp and other universities in Belgium and abroad.

This summer school is organized by Science at the Fair (SciFair), which is a five-year research project (2021-2026) funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 948678 - SciFair). The organizing committee members are Nele Wynants, Bart G. Moens, and Elisa Seghers.

Application deadlines
Your application for the Arts and Media Archaeology Summer School can be submitted until 11 May 2026 or until the maximum capacity of 40 participants is reached. We have an earlier deadline for early birds and non-EU citizens, who should submit before 12 March 2026 (as to leave enough time for visa applications).

Applications are submitted and processed through the enrolment platform Mobility Online. The application includes a brief CV and cover letter (250 words, detailing the applicant’s background, motivation and interest in the course). Additionally, approved applicants working towards ECTS credits are expected to send in an abstract (250 words) about a research topic related to the summer school. This is not mandatory, but encouraged, for approved applicants not working towards ECTS credits. Applications are evaluated by the academic committee and the programme coordinators. All applicants will be notified about the results of selection within 1 week after the early bird deadline of 12 March and 1 week after the application deadline of 11 May 2026.

The summer school will take place from 6-10 July 2026 at the University of Antwerp city campus, walking distance from the Antwerpen-Centraal train station.

Application form : https://mobilityonline.uantwerpen.be/mobility/BewerbungServlet?identifier=ANTWERP01&kz_bew_pers=S&kz_bew_art=IN&aust_prog=ASU&sprache=en&studj_id=5710

Tuition fee
Early bird tuition fee (registrations completed by 12 March 2026) :

Master students, PhD and postdoctoral researchers: €400
UAntwerp student early bird fee: €250 (early bird student fee €400 – €150 reduction applied)
Other: €450
Regular tuition fee (registrations completed by 11 May 2026) :

Master students, PhD and postdoctoral researchers: €500
UAntwerp students: €350 (student fee €500 – €150 reduction applied)
Other: €550
This tuition fee includes course materials, coffee breaks, lunches, social activities organised by the summer school, a round-trip train ticket to Ghent, a reception, and one social dinner. It does not include travel and accommodation.

For additional information and the registration link, visit the Arts & Media Archaeology summer school website.

Arts and Media Archaeology Summer School 2026 The Summer School will focus on the interplay between media developments and performative culture, spanning from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Through lectures, artist talks, re-e...

[Call for Papers]
The 13th East Asian Conference on Slavic Eurasian Studies
at Kyushu University (May 29, Fri)
& Fukuoka International Congress Center (May 30-31, Sat-Sun)
May 29-31, 2026

Deadline: February 10, 2026

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ceecon 26: Call-for-Papers
The deadline is in one month. Get ready!

!Deadline for submissions in all categories is January 15, 2026!
On 8 and 9 October 2026, the third Congress of Central and East European Studies (ceecon26) will be held in Berlin.
https://ceecon.de/en/ceecon-26-call-for-papers-cfp-congress-dgo-east-european-studies/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNlXuxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFjYWUzMUFsUFl2UW1ObThxAR6JOvJJTdmVuxVlvJcL5yXp2C8pe1yIgJd02ylARs_s8RjlOFGaYcv0Y5R7Bw_aem_E-IJSgyT3u_50eN2NaAovw

ceecon 26: Call-for-Papers
Call-for-Papers
!Deadline for submissions in all categories is January 15, 2026!

On 8 and 9 October 2026, the German Association for East European Studies (DGO), the Freie Universität Berlin (FU) and the Centre for East European and International Studies (ZOiS) will jointly host the third Congress of Central and East European Studies (ceecon26) in Berlin.

ceecon is the largest multidisciplinary congress on Central and Eastern Europe in the German-speaking realm. It was established in 2022 as a cooperative project of the DGO and the Freie Universität’s Institute for East European Studies (Osteuropa-Institut).

ceecon provides the international research community with an important forum for exchanging and discussing the latest research findings on the region. The congress spotlights scholarly work on the Baltic States, Central and Eastern Europe, the South Caucasus, and Central Asia.

Academic exchange on topics relevant to all scholars in the field will take place in plenary sessions. Parallel sections will address research questions concerning a broad variety of topics and methodological approaches. ceecon also offers space for the presentation of research projects and round tables on special issues. We especially encourage young researches to participate in the congress.

The theme of ceecon26 is (Un)Certainties

https://ceecon.de/en/ceecon-26-call-for-papers-cfp-congress-dgo-east-european-studies/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNlXuxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFjYWUzMUFsUFl2UW1ObThxAR6JOvJJTdmVuxVlvJcL5yXp2C8pe1yIgJd02ylARs_s8RjlOFGaYcv0Y5R7Bw_aem_E-IJSgyT3u_50eN2NaAovw

8-9 December 2025
Hokkaido-Melbourne Workshop
War, Migration, and Identity: Exploring New Agendas for Ukrainian Studies in the Asia-Pacific Region
University of Melbourne

Please see the program in the comments below.

If you would like to attend the workshop, email Julie Fedor: [email protected]

To request Zoom links for the hybrid sessions, email Sasha Riabichenko: [email protected]

The European Studies Association of Australia and New Zealand (ESAANZ) invites
panel and paper proposals for the 2025 conference in a hybrid format at the
University of Melbourne, Australia on 21 November 2025.
Abstracts due: 30 October 2025
Conference theme:
Continuity and change: Europe in time of heightened geopolitical uncertainty