THREATS: Perception and Reality

2:30 – 3:00 p.m.

Opening Remarks

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3:00 – 4:30 p.m.

Panel: The State and Security during the Soviet-Afghan War

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Discussant: Jonathan Harris, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Political Science

“Snaring the Bear and Eagle: The Calamity of the Soviet-Afghan War,” Derek Peterson, The Ohio State University

“The Kremlin and Kabul: The 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in Retrospect,” Charles J. Sullivan, The George Washington University

4:30 – 4:45 p.m.

Coffee Break (refreshments provided)

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4:45 – 6:15 p.m.

Panel: Threatening Horizons: East European Perceptions of Russia and Germany

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Discussant: David Montgomery, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Anthropology

“Russia’s Image as a Threat and Its Impact on Russian Investments in Europe,” Sanja Tepavcevic, Central European University

“ ‘The German Hydra is Coming Back to Life’: Communist Fear Management in Postwar Poland (1945-1947): Propagandists’ Perception of Threat vs. Local Perils,” Bruno Kamiński, European University Institute (Florence)

6:30 – 10:00 p.m. (?)

Keynote Banquet and Address

Alcoa Room, Barco Law Building

Eric McGlinchey, George Mason University, Department of Public and International Affairs

All panelists and discussants are invited to attend.

9:00 – 9:30 a.m.

Breakfast (provided to all in attendance)

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9:30 – 11:00 a.m.

Panel: Community and Threat in Early 20^th Century Russia and the U.S.S.R.

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Discussant: Sean Guillory, University of Pittsburgh, Center for Russian and East European Studies

“The Soviet Constitution of 1936 and the Rise and Fall of the ‘Former People’ in the Kirov Region,” Samantha Lomb, University of Pittsburgh

“Daily Life in Vyatka Province during the Russian-Japanese War (1904-1905),” Vladislav Buldakov, Vyatka State University of the Humanities

“A Social History of World War I: The Perception of Non-Russians and the ‘Enemy’ Portrayed by the Population in Provincial Russia,” Sergei V. Kazakovtsev, Vyatka State University

“Intercommunity Violence in Baku: The Baku and Sumgait Pogroms in Comparison,” Samuel Myers, The George Washington University

11:00 – 11:15 a.m.

Coffee Break (refreshments provided)

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11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Panel: Political Culture and Orthodoxy in Russia

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Discussant: Natalya Stepanova-Sipper, University of Pittsburgh, School of Law

“The Pussy Riot Case: A Threat to the Russian Secular Demos or Democracy?” Olga Egorova, Riga Graduate School of Law

“Secular Russia’s Fundamentals of Orthodox Culture: History, Curriculum, and Controversy,” Marc Wisnosky, University of Pittsburgh, School of Education

12:45 – 2:00 p.m.

Lunch (provided to all panel participants)

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2:00 – 3:45 p.m.

Panel: Knowing Thyself: Identity, Technology, and the Nation in Interwar Europe

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Discussant: Bill Chase, University of Pittsburgh, Department of History

“The ‘Comedy of Science’ and the Threat of the First Robots,” Danielle Picard, Vanderbilt University

“Knowing is Half the Battle: Economic Nationalism and Industrial Psychology

in Greater Romania, 1919-1940,” Justin Classen, University of Pittsburgh

“No Blissful Ignorance: The Threat of an ‘Unknown’ Country in Interwar Hungarian Tourist Culture,” Andrew Behrendt, University of Pittsburgh

3:45 – 4:00 p.m.

Coffee Break

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4:00 – 5:30 p.m.

Panel: Immigration as Threat in Contemporary Europe

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Discussant: Sheila I. Vélez Martínez, University of Pittsburgh, School of Law

“The Ban-opticon in the Mediterranean Seascape,” Rafaella Pagogna, University of Vienna

“Rearticulating Threat:  Germany's Muslim Communities in the Public Discourse,” Andrew Chrismer, William J. Clinton Foundation

5:30 – 5:45 p.m.

Closing Remarks

5:45 – 7:00 p.m.

Free Time for Dinner

7:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Guided Tour of the Nationality Rooms of the Cathedral of Learning

Cathedral of Learning, Bigelow Blvd. Entrance

All panelists are invited to attend.