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:news1841@dg.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230710T101620 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20231109T130000 SUMMARY:BGSH-Jahrestagung: Reflections on the Past\, Perspectives for the F uture DESCRIPTION:Reflections on the Past\, Perspectives for the Future: The Role of Historians in Times of Societal Changes\\r\\n--YOU CAN FIND MORE INFOR MATION ON OUR CONFERENCE WEBSITE [https://dg.philhist.unibas.ch/de/doktora t/bgsh-reflections-2023/]--\\r\\nBGSH Annual Conference and Swiss Conferen ce for Early-Career Historians | University of Basel | 9-10 November 2023 | Basel Graduate School of History | Organization: Séveric Yersin and Lar s Kury\\r\\nBiozentrum\, Spitalstrasse 41\, 4056 Basel | Hörsaal U1.101\\ r\\nFinancial crashes\, pandemics\, wars\, environmental disasters\, and s ocial injustices related to gender\, race\, and class\, among others\, hav e sparked growing public interest in historical research. Historians are f requently asked to provide commentary or guidance\, and to share their exp ertise with the public. They contextualize contemporary situations histori cally\, engage in debates with representatives from politics\, economics\, and the media\, and consistently remind us that many societal dynamics we face today are not unique to the twenty-first century.\\r\\nAs a result\, historians often find themselves no longer merely in the role of interpre ters of the past\, but rather assume a responsible\, sometimes even politi cal\, position. Balancing the need for scientific rigor in their arguments with the demands of shaping public discourse poses significant challenges especially regarding the complexities of the twenty-first-century world.\ \r\\nThe Conference provides a platform for PhD and early-postdoc research ers in the field of (early-modern or modern) history or related discipline s to present their ongoing research projects and contribute to the scholar ly discourse on the role of historians in shaping and informing present-da y debates. We offer participants the opportunity\, first\, to present thei r research projects and\, second\, to bridge the gap between their researc h and the broader contemporary world.\\r\\nWe are particularly interested in the following questions: How can one’s own research project (and hist orical sciences in general) provide illumination and understanding of curr ent societal dynamics? How can historical research be effectively applied to address and inform the multifaceted challenges of the twenty-first cent ury\, such as social inequalities\, environmental crises\, and geopolitica l tensions? How are historical narratives subject to reinterpretation\, po litical utilization\, or manipulation in times of societal tension? Furthe rmore\, how does history get misused or appropriated for present-day debat es\, and what implications does this have for historical scholarship and t he public understanding of the past?\\r\\n  X-ALT-DESC:

Reflections on the Past\, Perspectives for the Future: The R ole of Historians in Times of Societal Changes

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--YOU CAN FIND MOR E INFORMATION ON OUR CONFERENCE WEBSITE--

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BGSH Annual Conference and Swiss Conference for Early-Career Historians | University of Basel | 9-10 November 2023 | Basel Graduate School of History | Organiz ation: Séveric Yersin and Lars Kury

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Biozentrum\, Spitalstrasse 41\, 4056 Basel | Hörsaal U1.101

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Financia l crashes\, pandemics\, wars\, environmental disasters\, and social injust ices related to gender\, race\, and class\, among others\, have sparked gr owing public interest in historical research. Historians are frequently as ked to provide commentary or guidance\, and to share their expertise with the public. They contextualize contemporary situations historically\, enga ge in debates with representatives from politics\, economics\, and the med ia\, and consistently remind us that many societal dynamics we face today are not unique to the twenty-first century.

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As a result\, historia ns often find themselves no longer merely in the role of interpreters of t he past\, but rather assume a responsible\, sometimes even political\, pos ition. Balancing the need for scientific rigor in their arguments with the demands of shaping public discourse poses significant challenges especial ly regarding the complexities of the twenty-first-century world.

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T he Conference provides a platform for PhD and early-postdoc researchers in the field of (early-modern or modern) history or related disciplines to p resent their ongoing research projects and contribute to the scholarly dis course on the role of historians in shaping and informing present-day deba tes. We offer participants the opportunity\, first\, to present their rese arch projects and\, second\, to bridge the gap between their research and the broader contemporary world.

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We are particularly interested in the following questions: How can one’s own research project (and histori cal sciences in general) provide illumination and understanding of current societal dynamics? How can historical research be effectively applied to address and inform the multifaceted challenges of the twenty-first century \, such as social inequalities\, environmental crises\, and geopolitical t ensions? How are historical narratives subject to reinterpretation\, polit ical utilization\, or manipulation in times of societal tension? Furthermo re\, how does history get misused or appropriated for present-day debates\ , and what implications does this have for historical scholarship and the public understanding of the past?

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