BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//stockholm-philosophy//philosophyd//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Stockholm BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:120bc25a-e5d6-4c6f-b2e6-bdf64b44e897@stockholmphilosophy.com DTSTAMP:20260723T212930Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20270218T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Stockholm:20270219T180000 SUMMARY:Life Reform Movements in the Baltics and East Central Europe:Local and Global Perspectives\,1860–1930 DESCRIPTION:A joint conference organized by the Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES) at Södertörn University\, the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe (Germany)\, the Institute f or the Culture and History of the Germans in Northeast Europe and the Mart in Opitz Library\n\nA joint conference organized by the Centre for Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES) at Södertörn University\, the Herder I nstitute for Historical Research on East Central Europe (Germany)\, the In stitute for the Culture and History of the Germans in Northeast Europe and the Martin Opitz Library\n\nA joint conference organized by the Centre fo r Baltic and East European Studies (CBEES) at Södertörn University\, the Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe (Germany) \, the Institute for the Culture and History of the Germans in Northeast E urope and the Martin Opitz Library\n\nLife Reform Movements in the Baltics and East Central Europe:Local and Global Perspectives\,1860–1930A joint conference organized by the Centre for Baltic and East European Studies ( CBEES) at Södertörn University\, the Herder Institute for Historical Res earch on East Central Europe (Germany)\, the Institute for the Culture and History of the Germans in Northeast Europe and the Martin Opitz LibraryIn the last decades of the 19th century\, a wave of issue-driven life reform movements emerged across Europe and America\, particularly in the areas o f nutrition\, clothing\, consumption\, housing\, healthcare\, and moral re form. These movements both accompanied and critiqued processes of industri alization\, urbanization\, mass communication\, and broader societal chang e. The rapidly evolving modern ways of life\, especially in large cities\, were often perceived as flawed or problematic. In response\, life reform movements promoted alternative ways of living. Campaigns for animal welfar e and temperance\, as well as tobacco abstention and vegetarianism\, combi ned countercultural agendas with a strong commitment to social reform. Abo litionist movements\, meanwhile\, criticized bourgeois double standards an d condemned trafficking and prostitution as consequences of poverty and wi der social inequalities. More broadly\, life reform movements responded to the environmental challenges posed by industrialization and urban growth by advocating a return to nature.This conference approaches these developm ents as transimperial\, translocal\, and transnational—if not global—p henomena. While they emerged in multiethnic and multicultural societies of Eastern and Central Europe\, they were also shaped by regional and local particularities. We understand life reform movements as responses to polit ical\, socioeconomic\, and cultural transformations\, while at the same ti me reflecting the specific trajectories of modernity in Eastern Europe. Th ey were closely intertwined with processes of imperial decline and nation- building that accompanied the collapse of the German\, Habsburg\, and Roma nov Empires. As a result\, national modes of thinking both influenced thes e movements and were\, in turn\, reshaped by them\, alongside the impact o f Soviet ideology.The conference examines these movements in their horizon tal entanglements and their transnational and transimperial dimensions\, v iewing them as social and cultural phenomena shaped by the specific contex ts of different societies and communities. Through the lens of life reform movements\, it also focuses on people\, non-human actors\, ideas\, practi ces\, infrastructures and materialities\, including art\, literature and m edia. We aim to explore the circulation\, transfer\, and fusion of life re form ideas and practices across boundaries—whether national\, cultural\, imperial\, ideological\, social\, physical\, or environmental.We also wan t to highlight interactions and (dis)connections\, as well as tensions and conflicts\, between different life reform movements\, paying particular a ttention to their broader societal effects and to the ways in which they w ere shaped by specific spatial and contextual settings.Call for ProposalsW e warmly welcome proposals on these and other topics closely related to th e conference’s themes and invite contributions drawing on a wide range o f disciplines\, theories\, methodologies\, and primary sources.Topics and fields:gender / sexual / moral reformsocial conditions and hygieneyouth / educationenvironment (housing\, interiors\, including living conditions)an imal welfare\, anti-vivisectionconsumption: temperance\, dietary reform\, vegetarianismgarden cities and their aestheticslife reform and science\, r eligion\, vernacular knowledge\, and beliefs.Please send your abstract of max. 500 words and a brief CV of 300 words until July 30\, 2026 to: forum@ herder-institut.deWe will inform the selected participants until September 1\, 2026.To facilitate discussion\, we kindly ask participants to submit an extended abstract (5–10 pages) outlining their main arguments until F ebruary 1\, 2027.Participants are invited to submit a chapter up to 9000 w ords\, including references and annotations\, following the conference unt il July 30\, 2027.Important datesAbstract of max. 500 words: July 30\, 202 6Acceptance notification: until September 1\, 2026Extended abstract: Febru ary 1\, 2027Book chapter: July 30\, 2027The organizers will cover the spea kers’ travel\, accommodation\, and meals during the conference.Concept o f the conference: Dr. Julia Malitska\, Prof. Heidi Hein-Kircher.SÖDERTÖR NS HÖGSKOLAAlfred Nobels allé 7 FlemingsbergPostadress141 89 HuddingeTel efon08-608 40 00E-postinfo@sh.seregistrator@sh.se\nhttps://www.sh.se/kalen der/kalenderposter/2027-02-18-life-reform-movements-in-the-baltics-and-eas t-central-europelocal-and-global-perspectives1860-1930 LOCATION:MA517\, Södertörn University URL:https://www.sh.se/kalender/kalenderposter/2027-02-18-life-reform-moveme nts-in-the-baltics-and-east-central-europelocal-and-global-perspectives186 0-1930 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR