9.30 |
Welcome and Introduction (Organizers) |
10.00 |
I. Spaces of thought – historical, theoretical and literary approaches |
Limited or Infinite? Concepts of Space in Geometry and Semiotics of Literature: Andrea Zink / Christof Weber (University of Basel) |
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A Dream Come True. Close Encounters with Outer Space in Soviet Popular Scientific Journals of the 1950’s and 60’s: Matthias Schwartz, (FU Berlin) |
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Commentary and discussion: Michael Hagemeister (Basel) |
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14.00 |
II. Representations of Soviet spaceflight from the 1950s to the 1970s |
Visualizing Spaceflight: The Films of Pavel Klushantsev: Cathleen Lewis (Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.) |
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The Heroic and the Ordinary: Photographic Representations of Soviet Cosmonauts in the Early 1960’s: Iina Kohonen (University of Design and Art, Helsinki) |
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The Historical and Cultural Space Heritage Propaganda – the Experience of a Russian regional public organization: Vladimir Sadym (Krasnodar) |
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Constructing Cosmic Enthusiasm: A Case Study of the Krasnodar Territory: Anna Eremeeva (Krasnodar State University of Culture and Arts) |
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Commentary and discussion: Eva Maurer (Fribourg) |
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Day 2: Friday, January 23, 2009
9.30 |
III. Space, children/youth and utopia |
‘Let’s Find Out Where the Cosmonaut School Is’: |
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Kosmos and Cosmology: Space exploration and atheist education in the late Soviet period”: Victoria Smolkin (University of California, Berkeley) |
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| Rise and Fall of Cosmic Millenarianism in Russia: Dmitry Shlapentokh (Indiana University) | |
Commentary and discussion: Monica Rüthers (Constance); Michael Hagemeister (Basel) |
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13.45 |
IV. Spaceflight as popular culture and cultural export |
Soviet cosmonauts and American astronauts in Yugoslavia – Who did the Yugoslavs love more?: Radina Vučetić (University of Belgrade) |
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Unresolved Tensions: Mass Culture and Secrecy in the Soviet Space Program: Asif A. Siddiqi (Fordham University; New York) |
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Space Exploration in Western and Soviet Popular Culture: Wishful Thinking vs Conspiracy Theories: Andrei Rogatchevskii (University of Glasgow) |
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Commentary and discussion: Ulrich Schmid (St. Gallen) |
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16.15 |
V. Space memories |
Memories of Space and the Spaces of Memory: Remembering Sergei Korolev: Slava Gerovitch (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) |
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The presentation of the first spaceflight and the generation of 60-s in the contemporary Russian historical museums: Anna Lyubivaya (Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw) |
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Commentary and discussion: Ekaterina Emeliantseva (Zürich) |
Day 3: Saturday, January 24, 2009
9.30 |
VI: Space heroes and heroines |
Truth and Legend: The New Soviet Man and Yuri Gagarin in Soviet Propaganda: Trevor Rockwell (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada) |
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Two Images of a Spaceman in Estonian Art: The Missing Myth of a Hero and the Fable of Failure: Anneli Porri (Tallinn / Estonia) |
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Laika: First cosmonaut and space hero: Roman Marek (University of Paderborn) |
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Valentina Tereshkova and the transcontinental battle of the sexes: Julia Richers (University of Basel) |
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Commentary / Discussion: Carmen Scheide (Basel/Constance) |
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12.30 |
Final Discussion |