DIGNITY AS A HISTORICAL CONCEPT AND AS A KEY CATEGORY OF OUR TIME

 
22.05.2017
 
University

  

The "New Literary Observer" journal
and the European University at St. Petersburg

The second conference within the framework of joint program
“The Anthropological Turn in the Humanities and Social Sciences”

DIGNITY AS A HISTORICAL CONCEPT AND AS A KEY CATEGORY OF OUR TIME

Moscow,
New Space of Theatre of Nations,
Strastnoy boulevard, 12/2
June 2-4, 2017

The programme and the abstracts are available in Russian (pdf)

 

PROGRAMME

JUNE 2

11:00-12:00 Keynote speaker:
Professor Homi K. Bhabha (Mahindra Humanities Center, Harvard University, USA). Dignity in Extremis: Migration, Death, and the Risk of Survival

12:30-14:30 Session 1. Dignity As a Historical and Philosophical Concept

Chair and commentator: Irina Prokhorova (the New Literary Observer)

Igor E. Surikov (Institute of World History of RAS, Moscow). Concepts of Dignity in Ancient Greek and Latin Languages: Birth of the Category in Two Ancient European Civilizations

Konstantin Bandurovskiy (RANEPA, Moscow). Concept of Dignity in the Philosophy of Thomas Aquinas

Akopyan Ovanes (University of Warwick, Centre for the Study of the Renaissance, UK). Pico’s Oration: Not on the Dignity of Man?

Mikhail Nemtsev (GEFTER.RU, Moscow). Dignity and Vulnerability: Some Remarks About the Theory of Gaymon Bennett

 

15:30-17:30 Session 2. Dignity and Discursive Practices

Chair and commentator: Nikolay Vakhtin (European University at St. Petersburg)

Elena Marasinova (Institute of Russian history, RAS; HRU Higher School of Economics, Moscow). Concept of Public Dishonour in 18th Century Russia

Vladislav Rjeoutski (Deutsches Historisches Institut Moskau, Moscow). Dignity, National Pride and Language: an Exploration into the Culture of the Russian Elites in the Eighteenth Century

Tatiana Venediktova (Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow). Individual Dignity in the Court of “Ruthless Democracy”: The Case of Herman Melville

Andrey Zaostrovtsev (European University at St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg). Bourgeois Dignity as the Source of Economic Growth: Deirdre McCloskey's Vision

 

JUNE 3

11:00-12:00 Keynote speaker:
Professor Avishai Margalit (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem). Manipulation and Dignity

12:30-14:30 Session 3. Dignity As a Historical and Philosophical Concept (continuation)

Chair and commentator: Irina Prokhorova (the New Literary Observer)

Andrey Desnitskiy (Institute of Oriental Studies of RAS, Moscow). Biblical Origin of Human Dignity

Sergey Ivanov (NRU Higher School of Economics, Moscow; SPbSU). Did Byzanthium Have a Concept of Human Dignity?

Rosas Joao Cardoso (University of Minho, Portugal). A Political Conception of Dignity - in Connection with Human Rights

Elvis Imafidon (Johannesburg Institute of Advanced Studies, SA). Ontological and Ethical Inhibitions to the Dignity of Other

 

12:30-14:00 Session 4. Dignity in the Islamicate World

Chair and commentator: Alfrid Bustanov (European University at St. Petersburg, Universiteit van Amsterdam)

Evgeniya Nikitenko (IOCS RSUH, School of Advanced Studies in Humanities, RANEPA, Moscow). Assaulting Dignity and Admiring Self-restraint: Dignity in Early Modern Persian Texts

Ilshat Saetov (Institute of Oriental Studies, RAS, Moscow). “Don't Interfere in Our Bedrooms”: Offended Turkish Citizens and Gezi Protests in 2013

Diliara Brileva (Kazan Federal University, Kazan). From [Self]Humiliation to Dignity: the Discourse of the Muslim Tatars of the Russian Empire of the Early Twentieth Century (As Covered by the Journal “Shura” (1908–1917))

 

15:30-18:30 Session 5. Dignity and Discursive Practices (continuation)

Chair and commentator: Nikolay Poselyagin (the New Literary Observer)

Svetlana Stephenson (London Metropolitan University, UK). Dictatorship of Feelings

Xenia Cherkaev (NRU Higher School of Economics SPB, St. Petersburg). From “the Ignoble Cross” to “Commonly Accepted Standards”: Dignity As a Juridical Term in the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation

16:30-17:00 Coffe-break

Ekaterina Pravilova (Princeton University, USA). “Signs of Dignity” or “Signs of Confidence”? Paper Money and Political Discourse in Russia in the Late 18th — First Half of the 19th Century

Oleg Zhuravlev (Tyumen State University, Public Sociology Laboratory, St. Petersburg). “Dignity” As a Category of Authenticity Policy

Irina Rudik (Institute of Foreign Languages at Ryazan State University named for Sergei Yesenin, Ryazan). “I Did Nothing Defamatory or Casting a Shadow on the Corporation and Myself”: “Honor” and “Dignity” in the Practice of Student Corporations

 

15:30-18:30 Session 6. Political and National Aspects of Dignity

Chair and commentator: Tatiana Weiser (the New Literary Observer)

Hermann Aubié (Aston University, UK). The Politics of Dignity in Twenty-First Century China

Julieta Gaztañaga (Argentine National Council for Scientific and Technological Research (CONICET), University of Buenos Aires, Argentina). Navigating Dignity through Political Work in Argentina

16:30-17:00 Coffee-break

Jitendra Uttam (School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India). Stripping of Dignity: Political Economy of Caste-based Humiliation in India

Anna P. Ronell (University of Massachusetts, USA). Dignity and the Refugee Crises — Then and Now: New Materials from Israel

Svetlana Sidorova (Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow). Stiff Upper Lip: Behavioral Code of British Colonists in India

 

JUNE 4

11:00-12:00 Keynote speaker: Professor Oleg Kharkhordin (European University at St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg). Dignity of an Individual vs. Dignity of a Group

12:30-15:30 Session 7. Dignity Through the Lens of Personal and Fictional Texts

Chair and commentator: Irina Prokhorova (the New Literary Observer)

Alexey Bespalov (UFU, Yekaterinburg). Male Dignity of a Female Officer: Nadezhda Durova and Gender Mode of “Honour and Dignity” in 19th Century Aristocratic Culture

Oleg Proskurin (Emory University, USA). Offended Dignity and the Right for Terrorism (Why Pushkin Wanted to Kill the Tzar and Why He Didn’t Do It)

Alexey Kozlov (Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University, Novosibirsk). Category of Dignity in the Memoirs of Petrashevsky Circle Members

14:00–14:30 Coffee-break

Larisa Nikiforova, Anastasia Vasiljeva (Vaganova Ballet Academy, St. Petersburg). Iconography of Dignity and Choreographic Positions in Russian Portrait Art of 18th Century

Tomáš Glanc (University of Zurich, Switzerland). Animation of Dignity

 

12:30-15:30 Session 8. Dignity and Fashion

Chair and commentator: Lyudmila Alyabjeva (the New Literary Observer)

Ksenia Eltsova (RSUH, The New Literary Observer, Moscow). Semiotic of Distinction: Fashion Discourse in Russian High-Quality Media (“The Kommersant” Case)

Linor Goralik (NRU Higher School of Economics, MSSES; Izrael). Fashion Shaming: Evaluating a Costume or Personal Insult?

Agnès Rocamora (London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London, UK). On the Dignity of Labour in the Fashion Industry: the Case of Internships

14:00–14:30 Coffee-break

Alison Matthews David (Ryerson University, Canada). Dignity Undressed: Forced Removals of Clothing in an Age of Surveillance

Olga Vainshtein (RSUH, Moscow). Tavi Gevinson’s Pink Bow: Dignity in the Age of New Media

 

16:00-18:30 Session 9. Dignity Through the Lens of Personal and Fictional Texts (continuation)

Chair and commentator: Nikolay Vakhtin (European University at St. Petersburg)

Maria Onipkina (independent researcher, Chelyabinsk). Dignity As a Key Concept of Women’s Autodocumentary Texts about GULAG

Natalya Gramatchikova (Institute of history and archaeology, Ural branch of RAS, UFU, Yekaterinburg). Dignity, Pride, Trust and Ability to “Be Alive” in (Auto)biographic Texts of 1930–1940s

Aleksey Popov (V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University, Simferopol; South Ural State University, Chelyabinsk). Kostya Gumankov's Incident: Interpretations of Honor and Dignity in Soviet Tourism Abroad

Vyacheslav Shulzhenko (Pyatigorsk State University, Pyatigorsk). Restoration of Dignity in Behavioral Models of Сharacters from Caucasus in Post-Soviet Literature

 

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