Dissentism2019: Dissent Versus Conformism in the Nordic, Baltic and Black Sea Areas. the Tenth Annual International Conference on Nordic and Baltic Studies in Romania Ovidius University of Constanta Constanta, Romania, June 6-8, 2019 |
Conference website | https://balticnordic.hypotheses.org/conference2019 |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dissentism2019 |
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Abstract registration deadline | March 30, 2019 |
Submission deadline | June 6, 2019 |
The conference continues and develops a project that the Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies (ARSBN) initiated in 2010, aiming at investigating, comparing and describing the relations, encounters, intersections, confluences, mutual influences and/or parallels between the Nordic and Baltic Sea areas, on the one hand, and the Black Sea Region, on the other hand. The project was structured in annual international conferences. Thus, the first conference, entitled “Romania and Lithuania in the interwar international relations: bonds, intersections and encounters” was held on 19-21 May 2010 in Târgoviște and concentrated, as the title suggests, on the present and historical relations between the two countries belonging to these two areas. The following editions of the annual ARSBN conference enlarged their scope, being entitled “The Black Sea and the Baltic Sea regions: confluences, influences and crosscurrents in the modern and contemporary ages” (Târgoviște, 20-22 May 2011), “European networks: the Balkans, Scandinavia and the Baltic World in a time of economic and ideological crisis” (Târgoviște, 25-27 May 2012), “Empire-building and region-building in the Baltic, North and Black Sea areas” (Constanța, 24-26 May 2013), “A piece of culture, a culture of peace, re-imaging European communities in the North Sea, Baltic Sea and Black Sea regions” (Târgoviște, 17-19 August 2014), “Historical memory, the politics of memory and cultural identity: Romania, Scandinavia and Baltic Sea Region in comparison” (Constanța, 22-23 May 2015), “Good governance in Romania and the Nordic and Baltic countries” (Bucharest, 24 November 2016), “Finland, Romania, Roma integration - Learning from each other” (Bucharest, 9 October 2017) and 100 Years since Modern Independence and Unification in the Baltic Sea Region and East-Central Europe (Târgoviște, 15-16 November 2018).
During its previous eight editions, the ARSBN conference addressed fundamental problems within the current agenda of the Nordic, Baltic and Black sea states and contributed with fresh ideas and innovative research results to the general knowledge in the scientific field. Moreover, the conference advanced draft proposals useful to the European decision-makers of different fields.
While the participants to the first two editions of the conference concentrated rather on the historical dimension of the relations, the following editions brought together specialists from various fields (political science, economics, international relations, minority studies, cultural studies, mnemonic studies, etc.) and addressed, besides the historical aspect of relations, other aspects relevant to the present time, i.e. the global economic crisis, the Balkan organized crime in Nordic Europe, region-building processes, the minorities in the Baltic Sea area and in the Balkans, the Roma minority integration, the remembrance of 1918, etc.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- Full papers discussing the dissent and conformism in their multifarious manifestations during the dictatorial and totalitarian political systems, wars, etc. or the way they reflected in literature, newspapers, education.
List of Topics
- Dissidents and conformists during totalitarianisms and dictatorships
- Dissenting views in Nordic, Baltic and Black sea region literatures
- Utopias and dystopias in Nordic, Baltic and Black sea region literatures
- Enemy at the gate: dissent and conformism during the two world wars
- Conforming or resenting the Nordic values
- Rethinking conformism in the Nordic societies
- 21st century dissenters in the Black Sea area
- Europeanists and nationalists: a remodeling of dissent and conformism
- Ideologies without ideals: on moral blindness and apathy
- Education reforms in the Nordic, Baltic and Black Sea countries and cognitive autonomy
- Nordic, Baltic and Nordic-Baltic cultural cooperation
Committees
Program Committee
- Prof.Dr.Hab. Silviu Miloiu, The Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies & Valahia University of Târgovişte
- Dr. Costel Coroban, The Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies & Ovidius University of Constanța
- Dr. Adrian Herța, vidius University of Constanța
Organizing committee
- Prof.Dr.Hab. Silviu Miloiu, The Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies & Valahia University of Târgovişte
- Lecturer Dr. Alexandru Bobe, Deputy Rector of Ovidius University of Constanța, Honorary Consul of Estonia in Constanța
- Assoc.Prof.Dr. Emanuel Plopeanu, Ovidius University of Constanța
- Assist. Dr. Costel Coroban, The Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies & Ovidius University of Constanța
- Assist. Dr. Gabriel Stelian Manea, Ovidius University of Constanța
- Assist. Dr. Adrian-Alexandru Herța, Ovidius University of Constanța
- Assist. Dr. Georgiana Țăranu, Ovidius University of Constanța
Scientific Committee
- Prof.Dr. Kari Alenius, University of Oulu
- Prof.Dr. Florin Anghel, Ovidius University of Constanța
- Assoc.Prof.Dr. Enikő Molnár Bodrogi, Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca
- Dr. Bogdan Schipor, A.D. Xenopol Institute of History of the Romanian Academy & The Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies
- Lecturer Dr. Crina Leon, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași & The Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies
- Steinar Lone, The Norwegian Association of Literary Translators and NonFiction Writers and Translators Organisation
- Prof.Dr. Silviu Miloiu, Valahia University of Targoviste & The Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies
- Prof.Dr. Sergiu Musteață, Ion Creangă Pedagogical University of Chișinău
- Dr. Octavian Țîcu, Institute of History, Academy of Science of the Republic of Moldova
- Assoc.Prof.Dr. Carmen Vioreanu, University of Bucharest
Publication
Dissentism2019 proceedings will be published in The Romanian Journal for Baltic and Nordic Studies, vol. 11 (2019).
Venue
The conference will be held in Constanța, Romania, at Ovidius University of Constanța, Aleea Universității, no. 1, Campus, building B, Amphitheatre A2..
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to baltoskandia@gmail.com or editorial@arsbn.ro.