BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news1658@dg.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20221129T085559 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20221208T173000 SUMMARY:Ageing in the Shadow of Revolution DESCRIPTION:The keynote takes part in the framework of the conference "The Social and Cultural History of Ageing in the Soviet Union\, 1945-1991" a t the University of Basel on. December 8th and 9th 2022. For more informa tion: https://sovietageing.com/social-and-cultural-conference/ [https://s ovietageing.com/social-and-cultural-conference/]\\r\\nContact: botakoz.kas symbekova@unibas.ch [mailto:botakoz.kassymbekova@unibas.ch]\\r\\nThe confe rence “Social and Cultural History of Old Age in the Soviet Union\, 1945 -1991” invites proposals for papers that deal with social and cultural a spects of growing old in the post-WWII Soviet Union. We are interested in both individual and collective everyday experiences of cultural narratives about and official policies towards old age. The history of Soviet Commun ism has hitherto largely focused on younger adults and children. Less is k nown about how Soviet socialism shaped old age and was experienced by olde r adults in different parts of the USSR. We are interested in addressing t he following questions: What cultural roles were ascribed to older persons and how did they appropriate\, evade and reconfigure these roles? What ro le did gender\, religion\, social background and cultures play? How did ol d age in rural areas differ from those in towns and the cities? How were o ld people studied and how did older people narrate their lives? How did th e experience of war\, collectivization\, urbanization and industrializatio n change growing old in the Soviet Union? What role did family play in the lives of older people and how did intergenerational relations influence g rowing old?\\r\\nThe conference is part of the “Growing Old in the Sovie t Union\, 1945-1991” project funded by the Wellcome Trust at Liverpool J ohn Moores University and is organised in cooperation with the University of Basel\, Switzerland.  X-ALT-DESC:

The keynote takes part in the framework of the conference&nbs p\;"The Social and Cultural \;History of Ageing in the Soviet Union\, 1945-1991" at the University of Basel \;on. December 8th and 9th 2022. For more infor mation: \;https://sovietageing.com/social-and-cultural-conference/

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Contact: botakoz.kassymbekova@unibas.ch

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The conference “So cial and Cultural History of Old Age in the Soviet Union\, 1945-1991” in vites proposals for papers that deal with social and cultural aspects of g rowing old in the post-WWII Soviet Union. We are interested in both indivi dual and collective everyday experiences of cultural narratives about and official policies towards old age. The history of Soviet Communism has hit herto largely focused on younger adults and children. Less is known about how Soviet socialism shaped old age and was experienced by older adults in different parts of the USSR. We are interested in addressing the followin g questions: What cultural roles were ascribed to older persons and how di d they appropriate\, evade and reconfigure these roles? What role did gend er\, religion\, social background and cultures play? How did old age in ru ral areas differ from those in towns and the cities? How were old people s tudied and how did older people narrate their lives? How did the experienc e of war\, collectivization\, urbanization and industrialization change gr owing old in the Soviet Union? What role did family play in the lives of o lder people and how did intergenerational relations influence growing old?

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The conference is part of the “Growing Old in the Soviet Union\ , 1945-1991” project funded by the Wellcome Trust at Liverpool John Moor es University and is organised in cooperation with the University of Basel \, Switzerland. \;

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