Problems of Scientific Freedom in Modern and Contemporary History

Conference

2 and 3 November 2018

Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Campus Westend
Cluster of Excellence „Normative Orders, 5.01

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Dr. Aslı Vatansever (Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein!)
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Organised by Dr. Aslı Vatansever (Dipartimento di Scienze politiche, giuridiche e studi internazionali – SPGI at Università degli studi di Padova), apl. Prof. Dr. Ralf Roth (Historical Department at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main), Prof. Dr. Andreas Fahrmeir (The Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders” at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main), a.o. Prof. Dr. Andrea Komlosy (Verein für die Geschichte des Weltsystems e.V.) and Prof. Dr. Jürgen G. Nagel (Zeitschrift für Weltgeschichte).

Program

Friday, 2 November 2018

11:00
Registration

12:00
Soup and Coffee

13:00
Welcome greetings from Andreas Fahrmeir (Cluster of Excellence
„The Formation of Normative Orders“) and others
Aslı Vatansever and Ralf Roth about the topic of the conference

13:45 to 14:45

Panel A: Suppression of Scientific Freedom in Early Modern Times – Cases from the Czarist and German Empire

Chaired by Ralf Rothe
Tatiana Artemyeva: Philosophy at Russian Universities: Three Centuries of Restrictions
Philip Haas: State Repressions against State Officials – Daniel Eberhard Baring’s Success as a Researcher and Punishment as a Civil Servant

14:45 to 15:00
Coffee Break

15:00 to 16:15

Panel B: Suppression of Scientific Freedom in Modern Times – The Case of the Soviet Union

Chaired by Jürgen G. Nagel
Viktoriya Sukovata: Scientific Freedom during the Stalinism: Creativity in “Sharashka”a”
Timofey Rakov: Creating the Space of „Free“ Science: the Emergence of the Novosibirsk Akademgorodok
Hans-Heinrich Nolte: Late-Soviet Control of Historiography: the Case of Michael Gefter

16:15 to 16:30
Coffee Break

16:30 to 17:45

Panel C: Suppression of Scientific Freedom in Present Times – The Cases of Turkey and China (Hong Kong)

Chaired by Andreas Fahrmeir
Mustafa Şener: Neoliberalism, Academic Freedom and Trade Union Struggle: The Case of Mersin University
Thomas Clark: Law, Society and Institutional Power as Enablers and Constrainers of Academic Freedom in the US
Aslı Vatansever: Sources of Anti-Intellectualism in Turkey
Shuixi (Simon) Yin: Academic Freedom in China’s Hong Kong

19:00 to 20:30
Excursion: “Symbols of Freedom” – A Walk to some of Frankfurt’s Monuments and Landmarks

20:30
Get Together for Dinner in a Restaurant in the City – The Art of the Toast

Saturday, 3. November

9:00 to 10:15

Panel D: Supression of Scientific Freedom in Present Times – The Cases of Poland and Ukraine

Chaired by Hans-Heinrich Nolte
Dariusz Adamczyk: How the Polish Nation „Arises from the Knees”. History as Instrument of Revolution
Maria Rogińska: (Ir)religious Scientists – Models and Dilemmas of Poland and Ukraine
Jan Surman: Soviet Ukrainian Science from Politicization to Purge: Possibilities of Freedom of Science in a Totalitarian State

10:15 to 10:30
Coffee Break

10:30 to 12:00

Panel E: The Bitter Taste of Exile – Cases of Braindrain and Braingain

Chaired by Asli Vatansever
Ester Gallo: Conceptualising the Nexus between Academic Freedom and InternationalMobility: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Challenges
Ralf Roth: Flight and Expulsion of Social Researchers from Germany and some Astonishing Consequences from 1933 to the 1960s
Pascale Laborier: Academic Migration and “Rescue” Programs: Between Specific and Universal Integration Models

12:00 to 13:00
Lunch and Coffee

13:00 to 14:15

Panel F: The Structural Challenges Facing Academic Freedoms and Knowledge Production – the Impact of Precarious Work

Chaired by Jürgen G. Nagel
Giuseppe Acconcia: Academic Labor in Italy: Politicizing Precarity
Paolo Graziano: Insiders and Outsiders? Academic Precariousness and Stability in French Political Science
Aslı Vatansever: Between Excellence and Precariousness: The Transformation of Academic Labor Relations in Germany

14:15 to 14:30
Last Coffee to Go

Presented by:
Cluster of Excellence "The Formation of Normative Orders". Supported by the editorial board of the Zeitschrift für Weltgeschichte (Journal of World History), the Verein für die Geschichte des Weltsystems e.V. (Association for the History of the World-System) and the City of Frankfurt Department for Culture/Kulturamt.