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Environmentalism and transition periods in Eastern Europe during the long 20th century 
Convenors:
Ulrike Plath (Tallinn University Estonian Academy of Sciences)
Kadri Tüür (Tallinn University)
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Chairs:
Kadri Tüür (Tallinn University)
Ulrike Plath (Tallinn University Estonian Academy of Sciences)
Discussant:
Melanie Arndt (Freiburg University)
Formats:
Panel
Streams:
Navigating Conflict, Governance, and Activism
Location:
Linnanmaa Campus, L7
Sessions:
Monday 19 August, -, -
Time zone: Europe/Helsinki

Short Abstract:

Environmental activism and concerns are a part of different political and ideological beliefs, social practices and discourses. In the panel, we propose to focus on the transition periods and the continuities of environmentalism in Eastern Europe during the long 20th century.

Long Abstract:

Environmental activism and concerns are a part of different political and ideological beliefs, social practices and discourses. In the panel, we propose to focus on the transition periods and the continuities of environmentalism in Eastern Europe during the long 20th century.

There is an abundant selection of research on environmentalism in individual countries during certain political periods. We would like to focus on transition periods in a transnational perspective: what happened to environmentalist movements during and after major political shifts? What disappeared, what remained? Who were the people behind these processes? Can we possibly find any narratives of continuation and perseverance in addition to the narratives of disruption and loss? What happened to international contacts as new borders and limitations were implemented - and what were the dynamics of international cooperation when the restrictions were lifted? How did the environmentalist impulses cross national boundaries or seep through the Iron Curtain?

We invite scholars from different disciplines, such as history, visual culture, religion, literature, social science, etc. to join us in thinking about environmentalism from a comparative perspective during the major transition periods in recent European history, such as

- establishing of nation states at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century

- imposing of Soviet rule on formerly independent countries after WWII

- transition toward liberal market societies at the end of the 20th century.

In our panel we want to emphasize the inevitable connections of regional developments in Eastern Europe with global processes.

Accepted papers:

Session 1 Monday 19 August, 2024, -
Session 2 Monday 19 August, 2024, -
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