18-09-2024

Conference Soviet Multinational Literature as an Imperial Practice 2024

Vom 24. bis 25. Oktober 2024 findet die Konferenz Soviet Multinational Literature as an Imperial Practice 2024 statt.

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Ort: Wiener Str. 48, room 016
Format: Hybrid - Präsenz & Online

About the Conference

The conference is intended to examine key aspects of Soviet multinational literature as an imperial practice. Despite the common opinion that in the Soviet era there was nothing in the national cultures but oppression and Russification (which were undoubtedly present), we support the premise that in Soviet times the future nations underwent an important stage of cultural rebirth and discovery of their modern cultural identity. In each national case the process of cultural self-discovery proceeded in a different way, but it was this very imperial context in which the basic features of each contemporary nation were shaped: the language, national mythology and history, and a common national - often traumatic and tragic - experience. National literatures played a key role in formation of different Soviet identities.

Participation

The conference lasts from Thursday, the 24^th until Friday 25^th of October 2024. The events will take place in a hybrid format – in presence in Wiener Str. 48, room 016 and online on Zoom.