Practices of 'International Solidarity' and 'International Development'
47. Linz Conference, 29 September — 2 October 2011
Venue: Bildungshaus Jägermayrhof, Römerstraße 98, 4020 Linz, Austria
Organized by the International Conference of Labour and Social History and the 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
Preparatory Group: Berthold Unfried (Co-ordinator,
ITH & Institute of Economic and Social History, Vienna University),
Anja Kruke (Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Bonn), Eva Himmelstoss (ITH), David
Mayer (Institute of Economic and Social History, Vienna University), Jürgen
Mittag (Institute for Social Movements, Ruhr University of Bochum), Marcel
van der Linden (International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam), Raquel
Varela (Instituto de História Contemporânea, Universidade Nova
de Lisboa)
Some Remarks concerning the
organization of the conference.
PROGRAMME
26.9.2011
Simultaneous translation: English — German
Thursday, 29 September 2011
9.00 - 22.00
Registration of the participants at Jägermayrhof
13.00 - 15.00
Meeting of the Executive Committee and the
International Scientific Committee
of ITH
15.00: Break
15.30 - 17.30
Annual General Meeting of the Member Institutes
of ITH
17.30: Aperitif
18.00
Conference Opening by the President of ITH, Berthold Unfried, Annliese
Schweiger from the City of Linz, and our host, Mr Erwin Kaiser, from Jägermayrhof
18.30
Keynote Address by Vijay
Prashad (Hartford, Connecticut):
The Agonies of International Solidarity
19.00
Welcome reception by the Mayor of Linz at
Jägermayrhof
20.30
Conferring of the René Kuczynski Prize 2011
for outstanding publications on the field of social and economic history
to Tanja Penter for her book „Kohle für
Stalin und Hitler. Arbeiten und Leben im Donbass 1929 bis 1953“
Friday, 30 September 2011
9.00
Introduction into the Conference by Berthold
Unfried (Vienna)
9.30
PANEL I (Concepts, Outline and Practices of
Solidarity and Development)
Chair: Berthold Unfried
David C. Engerman (Waltham, Massachusetts):
Between Socialism and Modernization: Indian Economic Development in Cold
War Context
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee break
Chair: Marcel van der Linden
Reinhart Kößler (Bayreuth):
“Development” and “Solidarity”
Susan Zimmermann (Budapest): Grenzüberschreitende
Intervention im Dienste der „guten Sache“ und solidarischer
Internationalismus: Ein Widerspruch in sich?
13.00
Reception by the Provincial Governor of
Upper Austria at Jägermayrhof
14.30
PANEL II (Labour as
a Governmental Actor)
Chair: Anja Kruke
Sara Lorenzini (Trento): Clash between
Ideals and Realities – GDR Policies in Africa: Theory and Practice
Berthold Unfried (Vienna): Instrumente
und Praktiken von „Solidarität“ Ost und „Entwicklungshilfe“
West
16.30 - 17.00 Coffee break
Hubertus Büschel (Gießen):
„Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe“ und „Internationale Solidarität“:
West- und ostdeutsche Diskurse und Praktiken zu „guter Entwicklung“
in Afrika 1960-1975
18.00
Intermediary Inventory
Anja Kruke (Bonn): Which Tracks of
Interpretation have been Pursued?
18.30
Dinner at Jägermayrhof
20.00
Public Panel Discussion
Internationale Solidarität. Idee und Praxis
Venue: Wissensturm der VHS Linz, Kärntner Str. 26
Organizers: ITH, Chamber of Labour of Upper Austria, Adult Education Centre
of Linz
Podium: Michael Bohnet
(Bonn), Karin Fischer (Linz),
Franz Nuscheler (Linz), Sepp Wall-Strasser
(Linz)
Moderation: Peter Huemer (Vienna)
Please notice: The discussion will be held in GERMAN
without simultaneous translation!
Saturday, 1 October 2011
9.00
PANEL III (Labour
as a Societal Actor)
Chair: Jürgen Mittag
Babacar Fall (Dakar): The CGT and
the Unions in Francophone Africa, 1920-1956
Françoise Blum (Paris): Doctrines
and Practices of French Christian Union Solidarity in the 1960s
Annie Watson (London): The "Solidarity"
Experience of the UK Trade Union Movement
11.00 - 11.30 Coffee break
Chair: Raquel Varela
Antonio Muñoz Sanchez (Bonn): The
Friedrich Ebert Foundation and the Iberian Socialists
13.00
Lunch at Jägermayrhof
14.00
PANEL IV (Social Movements:
Solidarity Movements, Solidarity Brigadists, and Liberation Movements as
Actors)
Chair: David Mayer
Ulrich van der Heyden (Berlin): Die
FDJ-Brigaden der Freundschaft aus der DDR – die Peace Corps des Ostens?
Kim Christiaens (Leuven): Orchestrating
Solidarity. The Impact of Third World Actors on Solidarity Movements in
Belgium during the Cold War (1960s-1980s)
16.30 – 17.00 Coffee break
Fritz Keller (Vienna): Probleme der
Algerien-Solidaritätsbewegung
David Mayer (Vienna): An Essay of
Synthesis
18.00
Concluding Discussion
19.00
Lunch at Jägermayrhof
Sunday, 2 October 2011
Departure of the participants after breakfast