SESSION 1


1. October 1, 2009 – Conceptual Foundations and Historical Overview


What Is East-Central Europe? Political and Cultural Geographies (Lecture, 15.00–16.20)

What Was Socialism? Historical Development and Economic Conceptualizations (Lecture, 16.35–17.45)

East-Central Europe as an Area of Anthropological Studies (Brief Lecture, 18.00–18.35)

Last Bus Stop (Documentary Film Screening, 18.40–19.30)


+ 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.

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