Humboldt-Kolleg: Colonialism within Europe: Fact or Fancy? Conference at the Moore Institute, 22-23 June 2012

Humboldt-Kolleg: Colonialism within Europe: Fact or Fancy? Moore Institute, NUI Galway, 22-23 June 2012 Conference Programme Friday 22nd June 2012 9.00 Welcome and Opening Remarks 9.15-10.30 Session 1 The Irish Experience Nicholas Canny, Dept. of History, NUI Galway äóěWas Ireland a colony? The history of a debateäóť Bogdan Murgescu, Dept. of History, University of Bucharest äóěColonial Peripheries? Ireland and the Romanian Principalities in the Early Modern Eraäóť 10.30-11.00 Coffee 11.00-13.00 Session 2: North-South Relations Piotr Szlanta, Dept. of History, University of Warsaw äóěThe Russian bear in the land of the Persian lion. The patterns of subjection 1890-1914äóť Enrico Dal Lago, Dept. of History, NUI Galway äóěItalian National Unification and the Mezzogiorno: A Case of Internal Colonialism?äóť Clemens Ruthner, Dept. of Germanic Studies, Trinity College Dublin äóěAustriaäó»s Only äóěColonyäóť: Bosnia-Herzegovina, 1878-1918äóť Commentator: TBA 13.00-13.30 Lunch 13.30-14.30 Prof. Michael Oäó»Connell, Dept. of Botany, NUI Galway äóěAlexander-von-Humboldt Foundation Programmesäóť 14.30-16.30 Session 3: German Peripheries Detmar Klein, Dept. of History, University College Cork äóěGerman-Annexed Alsace and Imperial Germany: A Process of Colonisation?äóť Nils Langer, Dept. of German, Bristol University äóěGermany and the Danes: Language Politics in Schleswig-Holsteinäóť Rí_isí_n Healy, Dept. of History, NUI Galway äóěFrom Commonwealth to Colony? Poland under Prussiaäóť Commentator: Christopher Prior, Dept. of History, University College Dublin 16.30-17.00 Coffee 17.00-18.00 Keynote Address: Mark von Hagen, Dept. of History, Arizona State University, Phoenix, U.S.A. 19.00 Conference Dinner Saturday 23 June 2012 9.30-11.00 Session 4: Contested Territories in the Interwar Period Christoph Mick, Dept. of History, University of Warwick äóěColonialism in the Polish Eastern borderlands, 1919-1939″ Guido Hausmann, Dept. of History, University of Munich äóěMaps of the Borderlands: Russia and the Ukraineäóť Commentator: Mridu Rai, Dept. of History, Trinity College Dublin 11.00-11.30 Coffee 11.30-13.00 Session 5: Sovietization as Colonization Paul McNamara, Dept. of History, NUI Galway äóěPolonization and Sovietization in Polandäó»s Recovered Territoriesäóť Balazs Apor, Centre for European Studies, Trinity College Dublin äóěPolitical Rituals and the Sovietization of Hungaryäóť Commentator: Chandana Mathur, NUI Maynooth 13.00-14.00 Lunch 14.00-15.15 Session 6: Colonial Practices Alan Kramer, Dept. of History, Trinity College Dublin äóěThe Colonial Origins of the Concentration Campäóť Aoife Connelly, Dept. of French, NUI Galway äóěThe French of Algeria – can the colonisers be colonised?äóť 15.15 Closing Discussion The conference has been generously sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt foundation and has also received financial assistance from the Global and European Studies Institute at the University of Leipzig and the NUI Galway Millennium Fund. For more information see http://www.nuigalway.ie/humboldt-kolleg/ or contact Dr. Rí_isí_n Healy at roisin.healy@nuigalway.ie