This workshop brings together urban historians and scholars of cognate disciplines with a historical perspective for a discussion of the variegated social experiences of the socialist city in Eastern Europe. The workshop invites case studies focussing on singular cities, multiple sites or regions from across the Soviet bloc and Yugoslavia. It particularly welcomes studies of second-tier or unexemplary socialist cities or regions. Possible topics for contributions include (but are not restricted to):
- Socio-spatial differentiation within urban environments and across regions.
- Rural-to-urban migration and rurbanisation.
- Social practices, including segregation and conviviality.
- Discourses of urbanity.
- Legacies of imperial and socialist urbanisation.
Deadline for 300-word abstract and bio: 30 September 2024
Keynote: Heather D. DeHaan (Binghamton University)
Organisers: Brigitte Le Normand (Maastricht University) & Pieter Troch (Ghent University)