FSPUB Conference 2013

Keynote speech (12:00 – 13:00) : Augustin IOAN, Université d'architecture et d'urbanisme "Ion Mincu", Bucarest / University of Architecture and Urbanism "Ion Mincu", Bucharest: Contemporary cities as endangered species.

Poster session (11:30 – 12:00) – Coffee break included / Pause – café comprise
Participants, poster session:
• Non ARKARAPRASERTKUL, doctorant, Faculté d’Anthropologie, Université de Harvard / PhD
student, Anthropology Department, Harvard University, Locating Shanghai : Globalization,
Heritage Industry, and the Political Economy of Housing and Urban Space.
• Lilian CÎRNU, doctorant, Faculté de Géographie, Université de Bucarest / PhD student,
Geography Department, University of Bucharest, Le passage de la rurbanisation à la
periurbanisation. L’aménagement urbain en tant qu’expression des changements socio-
politiques dans les communes péripheriques de la Capitale.
• Jana FUCHS, doctorante, Université de Jena / PhD student, University of Jena, The Use of the Site of
the Blown-up Great Synagogue in Warsaw after WW II.
• Vincenzo LO RE, étudiant niveau master, Faculté d’Histoire et Culture des Pays
Méditerannens, Université de Catane / MA student, History and Culture of the Mediterranean
Countries Department, University of Catania, Use and Representation of the Space in San Berillo
District.
• Julia THAYNE, étudiante niveau master, LSE Cities/ MSc student, LSE Cities, Ethnic tension in
urban neighborhoods : a comparison of Atlanta and Bucharest.

1st Panel/ 1e session (10:00 – 11:30) - Topic : Heritage and Memory/ Héritage et mémoire(s)
Discussant/ discutant: Gruia BĂDESCU, Faculté d'Architecture, Université de Cambridge / Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge
• Alejandro SAJGALIK, étudiant niveau master, LSE Cities / MSc student, LSE Cities, Politics of
Heritage :an Enquiry of Culture and Nostalgia in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• Mădălina TOADER, étudiante niveau master, Faculté de Sciences Politiques, Université de Bucarest
et EHESS, Paris / MA student, Political Science Depatment, University of Bucharest and EHESS,
Paris, Le Rapport au passé lointain dans la ville de Sulina. Entre commémoration historique
et promotion touristique.
• Tsuguta YAMASH*TA, étudiant niveau master, LSE Cities / MSc student, LSE Cities,
Domesticating the Colonial and Dictatorial Past of an Asian Megacity : Informal Settlement in
Jakarta.

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Organizers & Organisateurs

Political Science Department, University of Bucharest, Romania

Founded in 1991, the Faculty of Political Science, University of Bucharest set itself the objective of institutionalising political science as an important and autonomous domain in the area of academic research. Our mission is to conduct in-depth research in the field of political science and form students at high academic standards. The Faculty of Political Science stands out as a unique academic institution in Romania given its multilingual educational dimension, true to its European spirit. Our institution offers students complete BA tracks in one of the three following languages: Romanian, French or English. Students have thus the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of the main political science concepts and theoretical approaches in a foreign language and to acquire a fundamental understanding of the Romanian political system, European institutions or international relations.

Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, CERI, Paris, France

Sciences Po est une université française sélective et diverse spécialisée en sciences humaines et sociales qui consacre 40% de son budget à la recherche. Grâce à sa recherche et à ses formations d’excellence, Sciences Po est aujourd’hui une institution d’enseignement supérieur compétitive au niveau mondial. L’internationalisation des formations est très forte, notamment grâce au contenu des enseignements adoptant des perspectives comparatives et internationales, des enseignements dispensés dans des langues autres que le français. Les sept campus du Collège universitaire de Sciences Po sont des lieux d’intégration internationale par excellence. La troisième année du Collège universitaire à l’étranger est l’aboutissement d’une formation fondamentalement internationale. Les doubles diplômes consacrent la reconnaissance de l’institution sur la scène internationale et sa pleine intégration dans le cercle des grands établissements universitaires.

Institut Français d’Études Anatoliennes, Istanbul, Turquie

L’IFEA (Institut Français d’Études Anatoliennes /Fransız Anadolu Araştırmaları Enstitüsü) est un établissement français à Istanbul qui relève du Ministère des Affaires Étrangères et Européennes et du CNRS. Il a pour vocation d’impulser, de diriger des recherches en sciences humaines et sociales, en sciences de l’Antiquité, recherches qui ont pour objet les territoires de la Turquie et de l’Empire ottoman. L’IFEA offre un profil très diversifié, propice aux échanges entre disciplines : les sciences humaines et sociales (anthropologie, démographie, géographie, histoire, sociologie, science politique et économique, voire musicologie) y voisinent avec les techniques de l’archéologie et du classement et de l’analyse des textes écrits. Établissement à compétence régionale, l’Institut développe des programmes couvrant le Caucase et les Balkans. En règle générale, ses activités sont conduites en coopération avec d’autres centres, français, européens ou locaux.

New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria

New Bulgarian University was established on September 18, 1991 by decision of the Grand National Assembly. In December 2006 NBU received institutional accreditation for a maximum period. Since 2004, the NBU has been approved by The Open University in the UK, as an appropriate organisation to offer higher education programmes leading to Open University Validated Awards. The University in Bulgaria introduces first credit system, the teaching of professional degrees, bachelor’s and master’s degree, distance and continuing education. Personalities of world renown are honorary professors and honorary doctors of the NBU, including – Richard Rorty, Vera Mutafchieva, Julia Kristeva, Jean-Pierre Vernant , Milcho Leviev, Robert Young, Raina Kabaivanska, Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, Terry Eagleton and others. NBU’s educational philosophy is based on the idea of liberal education, connecting the acquisition of knowledge and professional specialization with general spiritual development.

Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey

DEU was founded on July, 20th 1982 by Higher Education Instututes Foundation Law no: 41 with the aim of training people in a wide range of diciplines like health, economy, art, engineering, etc. in order to contribute to the financial, technical and social development of our society. DEU targets research as well as high quality and modern education. Presently, DEU has 13 faculties, 5 schools, 6 vocational schools, 6 graduate schools, 5 institutes, 43 reasearch and application centers.



Partners / Partenaires

Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie – Bureau Europe Centrale et Orientale

Installé à Bucarest depuis 1994, le Bureau Europe centrale et orientale (BECO), représente l’Agence universitaire de la Francophonie dans la région. Il touche à présent 88 établissements universitaires ou de recherche installés dans 17 pays différents. Le BECO compte 8 implantations dans 6 pays de la région.

Call for Papers
Student Conference:
Urban Metamorphoses: Landscapes of Power and Memory
Department of Political Science, University of Bucharest
May 17-18, 2013
Deadline for submitting the abstract: April 29, 2013

The relationship between the political and the urban form has been under much scrutiny as the last two decades witnessed significant changes in both the political and urban arenas: totalitarian regimes in Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East have fallen, as conflicts ravaged cities from Mostar to Baghdad, while social inequality has risen on a global scale. The city has morphed in connection with political transformations, its metamorphoses being charged with diverse power plays and discourses on justice, coming to terms with the past and engagements with memory. From the debates on the demolition of the Berlin Socialist-era Palace of the Republic in order to rebuild a Prussian Royal Palace to the reconstruction of the center of Beirut, the building of the new polity and the processes of coming to terms with the past have had a great influence on city-making. This multidisciplinary student conference seeks to further the analysis of recent urban metamorphoses by means of a double interrogation.

First, it will consider urban space as an indicator of the relationship with the past. It aims to investigate the transformations of places into sites of memory and how architectural projects, memorials, or museums narrate, fabricate or silence the past.

Second, it will explore urban sites and projects as a means by which different aspects of the statu quo are being expressed or contested. We aim to engage with the dramatic changes that cities witnessed / are witnessing in different political contexts and regimes (socialist/ postsocialist, colonial / postcolonial, conflict/post-conflict etc). We call for explorations of resistance and resilience, contestations, as well as critical examinations of the intricate relations between various actors involved in the planning process. This includes forms of urban contestation of the current political and socio-economic statu quo, including forms of environmental and social injustice.

Therefore, we welcome theoretical or empirical papers addressing the following or related topics:

·Urban Architecture, Objects and Memories
·Political Projects (and Utopias) of the Built Environment
·Post-conflict Cities and Multiple Narratives about the Past
·Governance, Urban Politics/ Policies and Social Change
·The Street / Market as a Space of Politics and Sociality
·Political Activism (Environmental, etc.) and the Urban Space
·Urban Neighborhoods and Ethnic Relations
·The City as a Space of Separation/ Segregation
·“Lieux de mémoire”, Museums and Contested Heritage

The conference is open to both undergraduate (final years) and postgraduate students from different fields of social sciences and the humanities: Political Science, Architecture, Urban Planning, Anthropology, History, Sociology, Economics, Art History, etc.

The conference will take place at the Political Science Department, University of Bucharest: 8, Spiru Haret Street, 010175, Bucharest (District 1), Romania.

Applications, in English or French, consisting of a paper abstract of 250 words and a short bio (one paragraph) should be submitted by April 29th, to: [email protected] . Please mention if funding of accommodation costs is needed (currently available funding is very limited). We also welcome research posters fitting with the conference theme.

The selected papers should be submitted by May 10th (cca. 20, 000 – 25, 000 characters). All presentations will be in either French or English; passive knowledge of both languages is assumed, but the final paper can be written in Romanian, English, or French.

The conference is part of the activities taking place within the framework of the project “La rue comme lieu d’expression du politique”, conducted by University of Bucharest, Political Science Department; Sciences Po Paris, Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales; Institut Français d’Etudes Anatoliennes (IFEA), Istanbul; Nouvelle Université Bulgare, Sofia and Université Dokuz Eylül, Izmir: http://rue.ifea-istanbul.net.

This year’s student conference is organized in partnership with the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie, Bureau Europe Centrale et Orientale; The Policy Center for Roma and Minorities, Bucharest; Europe Direct CENTRAS, Bucharest and Political Science Students Association University of Bucharest.