1968 — A view of the protest movements 40 years
after, from a global perspective
44. Linz Conference (September 11–14, 2008)
Venue: Bildungshaus
Jägermayrhof, Römerstraße 98, A-4020 Linz, Austria
Organized by International Conference of Labour and Social History and Chamber
of Labour of Upper Austria, kindly supported by the Federal Ministry of
Research, the Provincial Government of Upper Austria, the City of Linz and
the Friedrich Ebert-Foundation Bonn.
Preparatory Committee: Marcel van der Linden (Co-ordinator, IISH Amsterdam), Angelika Ebbinghaus (Foundation for the 20th Century Social History, Bremen), Feliks Tych (Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw), Berthold Unfried (ITH & Institute for Economic and Social History, Vienna University), Eva Himmelstoss (ITH)
Conceptual outline: "1968" represents
for us the worldwide social movements of the "rebellious decade"
from the mid-1960ies to the mid 1970ies which were characterized by a specific
"youth" mentality, culture and way of life. They thus produced
an impact that went beyond class and social strata. The social composition
of these social movements varied from place to place and from country to
country. These social movements, which in some – in particular, non-European
– countries took on the character of social revolts, were an international
phenomenon. They were linked by networks, followed the example of similar
movements or sometimes were just contemporaneous, coincident, but united
by a related spirit. Protest and emancipatory movements sprang up in the
metropolises of the capitalist world system, in the "socialist"
system and on the "three continents" (Che Guevara). In this conference
we want above all to focus on non-European experiences and put an emphasis
upon transnational and transcontinental comparative analyses.
Some Remarks concerning the
organization of the conference.
PROGRAM
Simultaneous translation: English - German
Thursday, September 11, 2008
9.00 - 22.00
Registration of the participants at Jägermayrhof
13.00 - 14.30
Meeting of the Executive Committee and the
International Advisory Board of ITH
14.30: Break
15.00 - 17.00
General Assembly of the Member Institutes
of ITH
17.30: Aperitif
18.00 - 20.00
Conference Opening by the President
of ITH, Berthold Unfried, representatives of the City of Linz (Klaus Luger),
the Chamber of Labour of Upper Austria (Brigitte Ruprecht) and our host
Mr Erwin Kaiser from the AK-Bildungshaus Jägermayrhof
Keynote address: Kees van
der Pijl (Sussex): "May 1968 and the Alternative Globalisation
Movement – Cadre Class Formation and the Transition to Socialism"
Conferring of the René Kuczynski Prize 2008
for outstanding publications on the field of social and economic history
to Jan Peters for his book: "Märkische Lebenswelten.
Gesellschaftsgeschichte der Herrschaft Plattenburg-Wilsnack, Prignitz 1550-1800",
Berlin 2007
afterwards
Reception by the Mayor of Linz, Franz Dobusch,
at Jägermayrhof
Friday, September 12, 2008
9.00
Introduction: Marcel van der Linden (Amsterdam)
& Angelika Ebbinghaus (Bremen)
9.30
PANEL I (Case studies 1)
Chair: Marcel van der Linden
Avishek Ganguly (New York):
A "Naxalite International"? A review of some of the Indian protest
movements 40 years later
10.00: Coffee break
David Mayer (Wien): Kubanischer Zyklus.
Ungleichzeitigkeiten und transnationale Zusammenhänge – 1968
aus und in Lateinamerika
Susanne Weigelin-Schwiedrzik (Wien):
China: Das Zentrum der (Welt)-Revolution? Die chinesische Kulturrevolution
und ihre internationale Ausstrahlung
12.30
Reception by the Provincial Governor of
Upper Austria, Dr. Josef Pühringer, at the Youth Hostel of Linz, Stanglhofweg
3, 4020 Linz
14.00
PANEL II (Case studies
2)
Chair: Marcel van der Linden
Samantha Christiansen (Boston): Beyond
Liberation: Students and Protest in East Pakistan and the International
1968
Hannes Lachmann (Prag): Der "Prager
Frühling" und die ungarische Gesellschaft: Reaktionen und transnationale
Einflüsse jenseits der Parteieliten im ostmitteleuropäischen Kontext
von 1968
16.00: Coffee break
Devi Sacchetto (Padua): "When
Political Subjectivity Takes Roots. The Case of Porto Marghera (Venice,
Italy)"
17.30
Intermediary inventory by Gerd Rainer Horn
(Warwick): Which tracks of interpretation have been pursued?
afterwards: Discussion
18.30
Dinner at Jägermayrhof
20.00
Public Panel Discussion: "Das
Erbe der 68er – Was hat sich durchgesetzt, was ist Vergangenheit?
Wer sind Gewinner und Verlierer von 1968"
Venue: Wissensturm der VHS Linz, Festsaal (Festival Room),
Kärntner Str. 26
Organizers: ITH, Chamber of Labour of Upper Austria, VHS Linz
Salutory: Councillor Hans Maier (Linz)
Podium: Frank Deppe (Marburg), Jutta Ditfurth
(Frankfurt/Main), Manfred Eder (Linz),
Klaus Meschkat (Hannover), Karl Heinz Roth
(Bremen)
Moderation: Marcel van der Linden (Amsterdam)
The discussion will be held in GERMAN without simultaneous translation!
Saturday, September 13, 2008
9.00
PANEL III (Interactions,
networks and horizons)
Chair: Angelika Ebbinghaus
Paul Benedikt Glatz (Berlin): "To
American Soldiers in Europe": GI-Agitation und amerikanische Deserteure
in Europa während des Vietnamkriegs
Christoph Kalter (Potsdam): "Dritte
Welt", Frantz Fanon und radikale Linke in Frankreich, den USA und der
Bundesrepublik. Zur Geschichte eines zentralen mobilisation myth
der 68er Jahre
11.00: Coffee break
Boris Kanzleiter (Berlin): Neue Linke
und Arbeiterselbstverwaltung in Jugoslawien
12.30
Lunch at Jägermayrhof
14.00
PANEL IV (1968: consequences
and aftermath)
Chair: Angelika Ebbinghaus
Max Henninger (Berlin): Von der "antiautoritären
Revolte" zum "bewaffneten Kampf". Ein internationaler Vergleich
mit den Schwerpunkten BRD und Italien
Peter Birke (Hamburg): Die Sozialproteste
der 1968er Jahre und ihre Folgen – "Modernisierungsschub"
und "kulturelle Revolution"
16.00: Coffee break
Ilse Lenz (Bochum): Die neuen Frauenbewegungen
und 1968. Ein internationaler Vergleich mit dem Schwerpunkten BRD, Japan
und Korea
17.30
Closing discussion
Moderation: Gerd Rainer Horn
19.00
Lunch at Jägermayrhof
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Departure of the participants after breakfast.