SESSION 1


1.  Conceptual Foundations and Historical Overview


What Is East-Central Europe? Political and Cultural Geographies (Lecture, 14.30–15.50)

What Was Socialism? Historical Development and Economic Conceptualizations (Lecture, 16.05–17.25)

East-Central Europe as an Area of Anthropological Studies (Lecture, 17.40–19.00)


+ Hofer, Tamás (1968) Anthropologists and Native Ethnographers in Central European Villages:
Comparative Notes on the Professional Personality of Two Disciplines. Current Anthropology, Vol. 9,
No. 4. (Oct. 1968), 311–315.

+ Halpern, Joel Martin and David A. Kideckel (1983) Anthropology of Eastern Europe. Annual Review
of Anthropology, Vol. 12. (1983), 377–402.

* Galbraith, Marysia H. (2004) Between East and West: Geographic Metaphors of Identity in Poland.
Ethos, Vol. 32, No. 1 (Spring 2004), 51–81. (PL)

* Arnason, Johann P. (2005) Introduction: Demarcating East-Central Europe. European Journal of
Social Theory, Vol. 8, No. 4, 387–400.