Work, Workers, and the Heroization of Everyday Life in Global Perspective
Friday, June 8, 2018 |
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9:15 am |
Welcome and introduction Nicola Spakowski and Simon Wendt |
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9:30 am – 12:00 pm |
Panel 1: The Heroization of Workers in the Soviet Union and the United States, 1946–2000 Chair: Michael Goodrum (Canterbury Christ Church University) Heroes of Labour in the Late Soviet Union and Its Successor States: Changing Patterns of Heroization |
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Work, Workers, and the Heroization of Everyday Life in Cold War America |
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12:00 – 1:30 pm |
Lunch |
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1:30 – 3:30 pm |
Panel 2: Print Media, Propaganda, and Labour Heroes in China, 1950–1960 Chair: Dietmar Neutatz (University of Freiburg) |
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“Collective Heroism” and Labour in Shanghai: A Praxeological Analysis of Public Narratives in the Labour News (1951–1959) Labor Hero Propaganda as Ritual: A Case Study of the Newspaper Reading Groups |
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3:30 – 4:00 pm | Tea and coffee | |
4:00 – 6:00 pm |
Panel 3: Romanian and American Interpretations of Heroism and Class Before and After 1945 |
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Chair: John Price (Goldsmiths, University of London) The World As It Is And Could Be: Class and the Creation of Superheroes Heroes and Villains: Stakhanovites, Social Transformation, and the Fight against Class Enemies in Communist Romania |
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6:30 pm | Dinner | |
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9:00 – 11:00 am |
Panel 4: Labour Heroism and Gender in China and the Soviet Union During World War II Chair: Haiyan Zhou (Nanjing University/University of Freiburg) |
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Women Labor Models in Yan’an and the Birth of the “Women of New China” The Glorification of a Weaver in the Soviet Film Svetly Put (The Bright Path) by Grigory Aleksandrov |
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11:00 – 11:15 am |
Tea and coffee |
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11:15 am – 12:45 pm |
Final panel and concluding discussion Chair: Simon Wendt (University of Frankfurt / University of Freiburg) |
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Heralding Industrial Heroism: The Recognition of Workplace Bravery in Britain after 1918 |