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CALL FOR PAPERS!Eurovision Song Contest and the Iron Curtain
where: Institute of Polish Culture, University of Warsaw (in situ)
when: September 26-27, 2024
language: English
deadline: July 7, 2024
In 1994, seven countries from the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) entered the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). The paths of Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia, and Slovakia in the contest have since varied significantly. Some have been fortunate enough to win the competition, some have withdrawn after some years of trying, while others have remained a part of the event. The 1994 expansion was the largest of the ESC since its inception and, in subsequent years, other countries from the former Eastern Bloc also joined Eurovision.
Gad Yair has stated that the ESC is a cultural seismograph, an important medium for understanding current political divisions across Europe. During the conference we aim to focus on the relations between West and East before and after the Cold War, especially aspects that remain underrepresented in the research on the ESC.
The keynote speaker will be Dean Vuletic, the world’s leading academic authority on the history of the Eurovision and Intervision Song contests, and the author of the significant book Postwar Europe and the Eurovision Song Contest.
Link to the full call for papers: https://ikp.uw.edu.pl/2024/06/07/call-for-papers-conference-eurovision-song-contest-and-the-iron-curtain/
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Instytut Kultury Polskiej, Uniwersytet Warszawski, ul. Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28,Warsaw, Poland
