Dear fans of ISHA,
We are incredibly happy to know that so much people are interested in coming to Vilnius to participate in the New Year Seminar 2009. We were literaly praying to get 30 applications, considering these hard times we are now in:) And our prayer obviously brought us much richer harvest than we are capable to reap! In other words, our plan was 30 participants while we have 40 applicants. What we will do is estimate our financial capability and try to accept more than 30 participants. It highly depends on providing you accommodation. We will let you know how we are doing 1-2 weeks.
Until then we have to put some of you on a waiting list. If some folks from the main list would resign, applicants from the waiting list goes up. So please consider carefully if you definitely can and want to take part. Otherwise we ask you to give up your place to somebody who can and want to.
The way of selecting people always raise discussions. We've got applications from 15 (!) different sections. So we decided to take no more than three and no less than one person per section. We also gave preference to ISHA officials and to people who were faster to apply. However, we hope that we will be able to accept all of you.
One more note. Since we expect some changes in the final list, we haven't indicated the workshops you are in. You will be sorted as soon as we will know more about the number of people going to the Seminar. Right after that you will be contacted with your workshop leader. Ok, no more mumbling, here's the list:
FINAL LIST:
01. Aleksandar Lukić (Belgrade)
02. Bojana Pavlović (Belgrade)
03. Dimitar Valtchev (Sofia)
04. Domagoj Tomas (Osijek)
05. Dragan Nikčević (Ljubljana)
06. Elsa Mäki-Reinikka (Helsinki)
07. Fabian Wurtz (Zürich)
08. Franklin Baldwin (Leipzig)
09. Frank Uiterwaal (Nijmegen)
10. Frerik Kampman (Utrecht)
11. Ieva Šulskutė (Kaunas)
12. Janosch Kästel (Heidelberg)
13. Katharina Rein (Berlin)
14. Kiril Ivanov Zahariev (Sofia)
15. Lia Hamminga (Nijmegen)
16. Lisa Baurmann (Berlin)
17. Maja Lukanc (Ljubljana)
18. Marko Fuček (Zagreb)
19. Marko Smokvina-Marijić (Zagreb)
20. Merle Boppert (Berlin)
21. Mikko Saarinen (Turku)
22. Rinse Mesker (Nijmegen)
23. Sanna Hellstedt (Helsinki)
24. Sven Mörsdorf (Marburg)
25. Tadeja Zupanc (Ljubljana)
26. Thomas Bruggmann (Zürich)
27. Timo Vuorikivi (Helsinki)
28. Valdas Dumčius (Kaunas)
29. Vera Manders (Utrecht)
30. Zvonimir Glavaš (Osijek)
WAITING LIST:
31. Koen van Zon (Nijmegen)
32. Valtteri Koskinen (Helsinki)
33. Jernej Kotar (Ljubljana)
34. Jure Marinović (Zagreb)
35. Maria Temmes (Helsinki)
36. Larissa Vanamo (Helsinki)
37. Saša Zvonar (Ljubljana)
38. Tihana Sedlar (Osijek)
39. Patricija Kunštek (Ljubljana)
40. Eva Šmid (Ljubljana)
Oct 31, 2009
Oct 24, 2009
Enrollment
Application period starts on Monday 26th Oct (00:01am) and lasts till Friday 30th Oct (11:59pm). Send your applications to isha.vilnius@gmail.com . Here's the application form:
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Oct 23, 2009
Workshops
POLITICAL PROPAGANDA
Though a word propaganda brings to mind images of dictatorships and wartime misinformation, it is still produced today by governments and institutions in massive amounts around the world. Ironically, propaganda appears to be thriving not only in totalitarian regimes, but also in an otherwise open society with freely flowing information. However, there is a significant distinction between two. In totalitarian societies, described by Orwell in his '1984', propaganda doesn't really try to control people's thoughts. Their behavior is controlled by force. Democratic societies are limited in using power against its own citizens, thus, people are allowed to speak out. With the help of propaganda government try to control what people say, in other words – what people think. Political experts are using science about language, audience dynamics, about how the mind works and they incorporate these into the framing of their political messages.
Wars, elections and other governmental activities were always fallowed by political propaganda. The aim of this workshop is disclosure of the ways governments want to persuade populaces of the justness of their actions as well as hide the failures, distract people from the truth and create new realities; to examine the differences of political manipulation in democratic and totalitarian societies.
Note: though manipulation of history itself by government for its political purposes is considered as political propaganda, it is, however, attached to 'History Writing' workshop and should be fully discussed there.
RELIGIOUS PROPAGATION
The term 'propaganda' first appeared in 1622 when Pope Gregory XV established the Sacred Congregation for Propagating the Faith (Congregatio de Propaganda Fide). But religious propaganda existed long before the 17th century, just like propagating the faith. The world's oldest, largest and most successful nongovernmental organizations are all religious. The roots of manipulating people's faith may lie in a way these organizations have employed the use of art. Religious propaganda, for instance, through art and music made the image of violent death seem compellingly attractive, execution became salvation. Vivid paintings and literary works like Dante's Divine Comedy worked as a tool for intensifying the fear of hell and thus the submission to the Church. Religious organizations justified their authority as God-given, as is representation of Christ, still used for the pope. Manipulation of religion quite often took a violent form. Each religion has its own way to perceive the world. These differences quite often lead to wars and religious distinctions between nations. Propaganda has long been used to demonize the enemy when religious conflicts take place, such as Crusades, Reformation, Jihad etc. All these subjects are the focus of attention of this workshop.
IMAGES AND STEREOTYPES
Tentions between neighbors, history wounds, syndrome of victim: how they changed through history and on what sociological conditions they belonged.
MANIPULATION OF HISTORY-WRITING
Collective memory has become an increasingly contested terrain. Historical revisionism and denialism (most famously - the denial of Holocaust), distortion of history, pseudohistory, mythological interpretations of the past, all these phenomena have influence on collective memory. Public and political functions of history, the politics of history-writing are fundamentals of this workshop.
INDOCTRINATION
When you control the education system, you can instill values and beliefs from a very young age. The Jesuits are famous for starting with the very young, with the chilling declaration 'Give me the child and I will give you the man'. Contemporary school textbooks in Russia raise a lot of discussions. The aim of this workshop is to evaluate how all kinds of manipulation, discussed in previous workshops, reflect in education system.
P.S. The last three workshop descriptions will be supplemented soon.
Though a word propaganda brings to mind images of dictatorships and wartime misinformation, it is still produced today by governments and institutions in massive amounts around the world. Ironically, propaganda appears to be thriving not only in totalitarian regimes, but also in an otherwise open society with freely flowing information. However, there is a significant distinction between two. In totalitarian societies, described by Orwell in his '1984', propaganda doesn't really try to control people's thoughts. Their behavior is controlled by force. Democratic societies are limited in using power against its own citizens, thus, people are allowed to speak out. With the help of propaganda government try to control what people say, in other words – what people think. Political experts are using science about language, audience dynamics, about how the mind works and they incorporate these into the framing of their political messages.
Wars, elections and other governmental activities were always fallowed by political propaganda. The aim of this workshop is disclosure of the ways governments want to persuade populaces of the justness of their actions as well as hide the failures, distract people from the truth and create new realities; to examine the differences of political manipulation in democratic and totalitarian societies.
Note: though manipulation of history itself by government for its political purposes is considered as political propaganda, it is, however, attached to 'History Writing' workshop and should be fully discussed there.
RELIGIOUS PROPAGATION
The term 'propaganda' first appeared in 1622 when Pope Gregory XV established the Sacred Congregation for Propagating the Faith (Congregatio de Propaganda Fide). But religious propaganda existed long before the 17th century, just like propagating the faith. The world's oldest, largest and most successful nongovernmental organizations are all religious. The roots of manipulating people's faith may lie in a way these organizations have employed the use of art. Religious propaganda, for instance, through art and music made the image of violent death seem compellingly attractive, execution became salvation. Vivid paintings and literary works like Dante's Divine Comedy worked as a tool for intensifying the fear of hell and thus the submission to the Church. Religious organizations justified their authority as God-given, as is representation of Christ, still used for the pope. Manipulation of religion quite often took a violent form. Each religion has its own way to perceive the world. These differences quite often lead to wars and religious distinctions between nations. Propaganda has long been used to demonize the enemy when religious conflicts take place, such as Crusades, Reformation, Jihad etc. All these subjects are the focus of attention of this workshop.
IMAGES AND STEREOTYPES
Tentions between neighbors, history wounds, syndrome of victim: how they changed through history and on what sociological conditions they belonged.
MANIPULATION OF HISTORY-WRITING
Collective memory has become an increasingly contested terrain. Historical revisionism and denialism (most famously - the denial of Holocaust), distortion of history, pseudohistory, mythological interpretations of the past, all these phenomena have influence on collective memory. Public and political functions of history, the politics of history-writing are fundamentals of this workshop.
INDOCTRINATION
When you control the education system, you can instill values and beliefs from a very young age. The Jesuits are famous for starting with the very young, with the chilling declaration 'Give me the child and I will give you the man'. Contemporary school textbooks in Russia raise a lot of discussions. The aim of this workshop is to evaluate how all kinds of manipulation, discussed in previous workshops, reflect in education system.
P.S. The last three workshop descriptions will be supplemented soon.
ISHA New Year Seminar
Dear Manipulators of the Past!
You probably already heard what you would be doing on the New Year. If it is still a secret for you, here comes the Enlightenment! Vilnius is organizing a New Year seminar with the topic 'Manipulation in History'. The seminar will take place from the 28th Dec 2009 till the 2nd Jan 2010. The participation fee will be 80 Eur. The hostel you are going to stay is close to the center and the University itself - no public transport needed. Schedule is upcoming in the fallowing days. Application period starts this Monday, 26th of October and lasts till Friday midnight (30th Oct). Manipulate... or be manipulated!
You probably already heard what you would be doing on the New Year. If it is still a secret for you, here comes the Enlightenment! Vilnius is organizing a New Year seminar with the topic 'Manipulation in History'. The seminar will take place from the 28th Dec 2009 till the 2nd Jan 2010. The participation fee will be 80 Eur. The hostel you are going to stay is close to the center and the University itself - no public transport needed. Schedule is upcoming in the fallowing days. Application period starts this Monday, 26th of October and lasts till Friday midnight (30th Oct). Manipulate... or be manipulated!
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