Methods Workshop, September 28

Methods Workshop, September 28

We would like to invite you to the forthcoming Methods Workshop within the the framework of the research collaboration between the Research Centre for East European Studies (Forschungsstelle Osteuropa – FSO) at Bremen University and the Russian Art & Culture Group (RACG) at Constructor University. 

Date: Thursday, September 28, 2023, from 10:30 to 16:30.

Location: Meeting Room 49 in Research IV, Constructor University or online via TEAMS.

Organizers: Natalia Fedorenko, Irina Riznychok, and Georgi Sokolov.

 

The Workshop Program will be the following:

1. Multiple modernisms — morning session, 10:30 to 12:00. Presenter: Irina Riznychok, Respondent: Kristian Handberg
Text for Discussion: Terry Smith, “Art History’s Work-in Pro(re)gress – Reflections on the Multiple Modernities Project,” in New Histories of Art in the Global Postwar Era,” ed. Flavia Frigeri and Kristian Handberg, London: Routledge, 2021, pp. 12-23.

2. Actor-network theory — early afternoon session, 13:00-14:30. Presenter: Georgi Sokolov, Respondent: Elena Korowin
Text for Discussion: Gundela Hachmann, “Network Analysis in Literature and the Arts. Rethinking Agency and Creativity,” Journal of Literary Theory, volume 17, issue 2 (September 2023): 221-240.

3. Gender  — late afternoon session, 15:00-16:30. Presenter: Natalia Fedorenko, Respondent: Klavdia Smola
Text for Discussion: Kladvia Smola, “Speaking Outlaw: Performing Masculinity in Soviet Underground Culture” (2023).

Please ask the organisers for the pdf files of the texts and the links for the TEAMS sessions via e-mail: Natalia Fedorenko, Irina Riznychok, and Georgi Sokolov.

We are looking forward to seeing some of you at the workshop!

 

Call for Applications

Call for Applications

We would like to draw your attention to the following Call for Applications for non-German researchers.

Call for Applications

Henriette Herz Scouting Program, Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (second round) https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/apply/sponsorship-programmes/henriette-herz-scouting-programme

The program is specifically geared towards supporting promising young female researchers and junior scholars from regions which are usually not well represented in the Western academic mainstream. I am specifically looking for young female researchers from Central and Eastern Europe, the Baltics or Caucasus, the Near East, Central Asia, or Siberia, etc. who work on global modernism, abstraction, artists’ networks, and the like.

Selection criteria for the program:
• doctorate completed within the last 4 years (postdocs) or 12 years (researchers) • above-average publication record commensurate with career level (academic context will be considered) • no post-doctoral research stays after completing doctorate in Germany (conference participation is OK)  no degrees completed in Germany • no German citizenship • no previous applications nor previous sponsorship in any of the AvH fellowship programmes • good knowledge of German or English, depending on research proposal — Constructor University is an English-language university • the research fellowship should commence within 12 months of being granted • duration 24 months for postdocs, 18 months for researchers

 

Application materials: CV (no more than 2 pages), list of publications, research proposal (2-3 pages), and names/contacts of two references

Application deadline: July 31, 2023

Please send your application materials to iwuensche@constructor.university

Potential candidates will be invited to a workshop in September 2023.

 

Prof. Dr. Isabel Wünsche
Professor of Art History

Constructor University
Campus Ring 1
28759 Bremen
Germany

 

Kunst und Revolution – 3. April 2023

Kunst und Revolution – 3. April 2023

We would like to draw your attention to the forthcoming event “Kunst und Revolution. Parallelaktion Berlin-Moskau 1922” on April 3, 2023.

Isabel Wünsche, the initiator of the Russian Art & Culture Group and co-editor of the edited voulume “100 Years On: Revisiting the First Russian Art Exhibition of 1922,” will discuss the impact of the Berlin exhibition of 1922 with Dr. Christian Hufen whose research in Moscow enriched the current special exhibition “1922 – George Grosz reist nach Sowjetrussland” at the Grosz Museum in Berlin.

The event will take place on Monday, April 3, 2023, at 18:00 at Das kleine Grosz Museum, Bülowstraße 18, 10783 Berlin. The Grosz Museum Berlin kindly asks for registration via e-Mail (office@daskleinegroszmuseum.berlin). 

The discussion will be in German. See the German announcement for more  information.

Publication on the First Russian Art Exhibition of 1922 out now

Publication on the First Russian Art Exhibition of 1922 out now

The publication 100 Years On: Revisiting the First Russian Art Exhibition of 1922 is finally published! It is now available as hard cover print and as e-book.

The editors and active members of the Russian Art & Culture Group, professor Isabel Wünsche and Miriam Leimer, are grateful for the generous support by SHERA – the Society of Historians of East European, Eurasian, and Russian Art and Architecture, Inc. – awarding this volume with the Publication Grant 2022.

On almost 300 pages with 180 reproductions of artworks, photographs, and historic documents the compiled volume is focusing on the Berlin First Russian Art Exhibition of 1922. Participants of last year’s International Conference in Berlin and other experts in the field provided intriguing material and new insights.

We definitely agree with the description of the publishing house Böhlau that “the combination of longer, thematic essays and short features, along with reproductions of newly identified works and a selection of unpublished archival materials make this book valuable to both a scholarly and a general readership.”

We highly recommend this intriguing publication and hope that you will enjoy it as much as we do!

Forthcoming Publication on the First Russian Art Exhibition of 1922

Forthcoming Publication on the First Russian Art Exhibition of 1922

The Russian Art & Culture Group would like to draw your attention to the forthcoming publication 100 Years On: Revisiting the First Russian Art Exhibition of 1922.

The editors and active members of the Russian Art & Culture Group, professor Isabel Wünsche and Miriam Leimer, compiled an interesting volume emphasizing on the Berlin First Russian Art Exhibition of 1922. Participants of last years International Conference in Berlin and other experts in the field provided intriguing material and insights.

We are looking forward to this book and already agree with the description of the publishing house Böhlau that “the combination of longer, thematic essays and short features, along with reproductions of newly identified works and a selection of unpublished archival materials make this book valuable to both a scholarly and a general readership.”

Of course, we will inform you once the volume is published in late 2022!

In the light of the tragic events in Ukraine

In the light of the tragic events in Ukraine

Dear friends and members of the Russian Art & Culture Group,

In times like these, it is hard to put our horror, sadness, and concern into words. And yet, this is exactly what is necessary. Therefore, we would like to engage in and encourage all the statements against this unjustifiable aggression against Ukraine.

The Russian Art & Culture Group condemns in the strongest terms possible the unprovoked and unjustified Russian military attack on Ukraine. We stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and all those who oppose this senseless war.

 

Мы группа, Russian Art & Culture Group, осуждаем самым решительным образом необоснованное военное нападение России на Украину. Мы полностью солидарны с народом Украины и всеми, кто борется против этой бессмысленной войне.

 

Die Russian Art & Culture Group verurteilt Russlands ungerechtfertigten militärischen Angriff auf die Ukraine aufs Schärfste. Unsere Solidarität gilt den Menschen in der Ukraine und allen, die sich diesem sinnlosen Krieg entgegenstellen.

With hope for a peaceful future for everyone.