Samizdat – history – presence – future (colloquium) - AVES01173
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PRAGUE WORKSHOP
SAMIZDAT: ARCHIVE & REVEAL (in the framework of the Strategic Partnership between Charles University and the University of Zurich, shared teaching module "Exile, Migration, Multilingualism") 2025 PRAGUE WORKSHOP: October 30 and December 18, 2025 organised by Libuše Heczková, Hana Kosáková & Tomáš Glanc Part I., II. 30 October 2025 Faculty of Arts, Charles University, nám. Jana Palacha 2, Praha 1, room No. 325 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Part III 18 December 2025 2:00 p.m. — 6:00 p.m. 14.00 – 14.15 Tomáš Glanc, Libuše Heczková, Hana Kosáková: Introduction 14.15 – 15.00 Botakoz Kassymbekova (University of Zurich): Imperial Innocence 15.00 – 15.15 Discussion 15.15 – 16.00 Tomáš Glanc (University of Zurich): Introduction. The Samizdat As Will And Representation 16.00 – 16.15 Discussion 16.15 – 16.30 Break, Coffee & Snacks Moderated by Tomáš Glanc: 16.30-17.00 Joanna Goszczynska (The Polish Academy of Science): On the History of Warsaw Samizdat Publications 17.00 – 17.15 Discussion 17.15 – 17.45 Roman Horbyk (University of Zurich): The Afterlives of Samvydav. A Mediatisation Theory Perspective 17.45 – 18.00 Discussion + Conclusions Faculty of Arts, Charles University, nám. Jana Palacha 2, Praha 1, room No. 313 Samizdat is a publishing strategy, typically associated with Eastern European regimes in the second half of the 20th century, where it was a reaction to censorship and a kind of an alternative solution, complementing the needs caused by the monopoly of state information and publishing policy. Already during its existence, and especially since the 1990s, this phenomenon has been described and analyzed in countless publications (Skilling, Eichwede & Co., von Zitzewitz, Komaromi, Kind-Kovács and others). However, we are not only concerned with the cultural and political history of this phenomenon as something that belongs to the past. Nor are we interested in merely stating the obvious, that some form of samizdat exists always and everywhere. Instead, we want to find out what the specifics of archiving historical samizdat are. And how it differs from its analogues that we can trace today. The samizdat archive is not so much a regular library as a repository of unique items, a collection of material carriers that usually exist only in a very limited number of singular copies—unlike commonly published works. This quantitative difference becomes a qualitative one: with each unit of samizdat, the physiological traces of the samizdat user community are also preserved in cultural memory. The samizdat archive tells a different story than a conventional library. How does the significance of this phenomenon manifest itself with the increasing passage of time? Revealing samizdat in the new conditions of censorship and manipulation of public communication in today's manifestations of restrictions on freedom of expression is the second aspect that we consider essential. Or perhaps samizdat has become primarily an attractive brand, one that even those for whom samizdat is merely an aura and an ornament like to use to enhance their prestige and add to their significance and prominence? Sponsored by: Operační program Jan Amos Komenský, projekt Za hranice bezpečnosti: role konfliktu v posilování odolnosti. CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004595. Strategické partnerství Univerzita Karlova a Universität Zürich: Kultury protestu proti totalitě a válce. Disidenství, exil a protesty. (Z/2 credits) Podmínky atestace: účast na min. 2 přednáškách v každé sekci; vypracování eseje na téma jedné z absolvovaných přednášek (min 1 NS, v českém, anglickém nebo ruském jazyce); aktivní zapojení do diskuse. Program: 30 October 2025 Faculty of Arts, Charles University, nám. Jana Palacha 2, Praha 1, room No. 325 9.00 Introduction Libuše Heczková: why are we here Hana Kosáková: what are we doing Tomáš Glanc: what it's supposed to be about Section I. Moderated by Libuše Heczková 9.20 - 09.50, Jean-Gaspard Páleníček (Libri Prohibiti, Prague): The Libri Prohibiti Library. On Overview Thirty-five Years after its Creation 09.50 - 10.05 Discussion 10.05 - 10.35, Radomyr Mokryk (Charles University): Ukrainian dissidents, samizdat and KGB (online) 10.35 - 10.45 Q&A (can also be sent in the chat during the presentation) 10.45 - 11.00 Break, Coffee & Snacks Moderated by Hana Kosáková 11.00 -11.30 Jakub Mikulecký (The Institute of Slavonic Studies of the Czech Academy of Sciences): Bulgarian Samizdat (from the 1960s to the 1980s). Self-Publishing as a Political Act 11.30 -12.00 Dorota Bielec (Jagiellonian University): Centrum Dokumentacji Czynu Niepodległościowego w ramach biblioteki Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego. Zpráva o instituci (online in Czech) 12.00 - 12.20 Discussion 12.20 - 13.50 LUNCH Section II. Moderated by Tomáš Glanc 14.00 - 14.30 Boris Belenkin (Memorial, Prague): Is Samizdat a History? A View From Memorial (Library)/Остался ли самиздат в прошлом? Взгляд из (библиотеки) Мемориала 14.30 - 14.45 Discussion 14.45 - 15.15 Kristina Vorontsova (Jagiellonian University): The Present and Future of Samizdat: Its Countercultural and Anti-Capitalist Nature. Yessoya’s Case 15.15 - 15.25 Discussion 15.25 - 15.40 Break, Coffee & Snacks Moderated by Natalia Volkova 15.45 - 16.15 Roman Leybov (University of Tartu): Practices of working with archives in the era of hybrid warfare: Bagritsky's poem in light of materials from the NKVD archives 16.15 - 16.25 Discussion 16.25 - 16.55 Artyom Troitsky: Rock samizdat (archive) Discussion 19.00 - 20.00 Artyom Troitsky: Music against War: Music session with samples (It's going to be loud!) with beer & snacks Venue: Langhans, Vodičkova 707/37, Praha 1 – in cooperation with KULTURUS 18. 12. 2025 Faculty of Arts, Charles University, nám. Jana Palacha 2, Praha 1, room No. 313 Section III. Moderated by Hana Kosáková 14.00 - 14.30 Tomáš Glanc (University of Zurich): The Samizdat As Will And Representation / Idea (Wille und Vorstellung). 14.30 - 14.45 Discussion 14.45 - 15.00 Break, Coffee & Snacks Moderated by Libuše Heczková 15.00 - 15.45 Botakoz Kassymbekova (University of Zurich): Imperial Innocence 15.45 - 16.00 Discussion 16.00 - 16.45 Roman Horbyk (University of Zurich): The Afterlives of Samvydav. A Mediatisation Theory Perspective 16.45 - 17.00 Discussion Conclusions by Tomáš Glanc Last update: Kosáková Hana, Mgr., Ph.D. (15.12.2025)
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Podmínky atestace: účast na min. 2 přednáškách v každé sekci; vypracování eseje na téma jedné z absolvovaných přednášek (min 1 NS, v českém, anglickém nebo ruském jazyce); aktivní zapojení do diskuse. Requirements: attendance at a minimum of two lectures in each section; writing an essay on one of the lectures attended (minimum 1 NS, in Czech, English, or Russian); active participation in discussion Last update: SVSKOSAK (06.10.2025)
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