Performing Archives: Documentary Theatre, Transition and Adaptation to a New Lifestyle in Romanian Society

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-164
Author(s):  
Alexandra Felseghi
Keyword(s):  
Transition Economy ◽  
Lifestyle Changes ◽  
Eastern Bloc ◽  
Recent History ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Documentary Theatre ◽  
Long Period ◽  
The Past ◽  
Eastern European Countries ◽  
Accessible Form

"The change of political regimes and the long period of transition that followed afterwards brought dramatic, even tragic shifts in common people’s lives, who were born and raised in the Eastern Bloc. These experiences, which were strikingly common in Eastern European countries, have left significant marks in nowadays society, which historians and artists alike are trying to analyze and explain to their audiences, in a personal and accessible form. This article aims to analyze the manners in which recent history themes, like the period of transition, economy and the essential lifestyle changes which came as a consequence, are researched and handled in Romanian documentary theatre. As follows, two theatre productions of this kind will be presented. They were considered to be a real success in the independent theatre scene in the past five years and their specificity is the shared socio-political context between stage and audience. Keywords: documentary theatre, archives, transition, recent history, non-Aristotelian theatre, independent theatre, consumerism, society. "

Regime Change, State Crime and Transitional Justice: A Criminal Law Retrospective Concentrating on Former Eastern bloc Countries3

1998 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-158
Author(s):  
Jörg Arnold ◽  
Emily Silverman
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Transitional Justice ◽  
Eastern Bloc ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
The Past ◽  
Change State ◽  
Eastern European Countries ◽  
The Individual

AbstractIn an initial summing up of this necessarily abbreviated and cursory report of findings, the first thing to recognise is that the countries examined in the study accorded different significance to the criminal law as a means for dealing with the past. The Eastern European countries, at any rate, appear to be largely in agreement with regard to the role of rehabilitation and compensation, although more comparative research into their realization in practice is required. With regard to the direct criminal prosecution and punishment of political and state-promoted crime, however, there is much less uniformity. This is clearly illustrated by the disparate criminal justice practices in the individual countries. Nevertheless, it cannot be said that criminal law plays no role whatsoever in accounting for the past.

English in Slovenia: status, functions, and features

English Today ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 28-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Špela MeŽek
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Bloc ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
World Language ◽  
Slovene Language ◽  
Science And Education ◽  
The Media ◽  
Eastern European Countries ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Education Science ◽  
Second World

ABSTRACTSlovenia, like many former Eastern bloc countries, is now coming to terms with the increasing popularity of English.Today English is the most widely used foreign language in Europe. It is used in business, education, science, the media, advertisements, music, graffiti, and in many other places, although its greatest use can be found in commerce, culture, science and education (Phillipson, 2003). The presence of English is felt more in some parts of Europe than in others, however. In the Scandinavian countries, for example, English manifests itself in all parts of society and the knowledge of English is so high that some consider it a second language (McArthur, 1996). In Eastern Europe, the acquisition and use of English has traditionally not been as widespread, although in recent years, the picture has changed greatly, as English has become more and more popular in what were formerly Eastern bloc countries.In many ways Slovenia has been following the trends in other Central and Eastern European countries. The influence of English has been growing since the Second World War and in particular after the end of the Cold War. Its influence has intensified even more after Slovenia became an independent country. Today, Slovenes feel both cautious and enthusiastic about English. There is extensive legislation to protect the Slovene language, while at the same time there is a ‘certain enthusiasm for both “western” ideas and the world language, English’ (Schlick, 2003: 4).

Assistance to Nuclear Safety Regulatory Bodies in the Central and Eastern European countries and the Former Soviet Union

1995 ◽  
Vol 209 (2) ◽  
pp. 149-153
Author(s):  
R J Campbell ◽  
G J Vaughan
Keyword(s):  
Soviet Union ◽  
Former Soviet Union ◽  
Nuclear Safety ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Eastern Bloc ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Regulatory Bodies ◽  
Eastern European Countries

The Regulatory Bodies of the former Eastern Bloc countries are striving towards the adoption of internationally recognized regulatory practices. This paper provides some background and an update on the assistance being provided to them by the Western regulatory community.

scholarly journals DEALING WITH THE PAST: PROSECUTION AND PUNISHMENT OF COMMUNIST CRIMES IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES / LIDAR COM O PASSADO: PROCESSOS PENAIS E PUNIÇÃO DE CRIMES COMUNISTAS NA EUROPA CENTRAL E ORIENTAL

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 31-50
Author(s):  
Martin Faix ◽  
Ondrej Svacek
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Transitional Justice ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Transition To Democracy ◽  
Criminal Prosecution ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Applicable Law ◽  
The Past ◽  
Eastern European Countries ◽  
Principle Of Legality

This article addresses issues arising in the context of transition to democracy in Central and Eastern Europe, namely in Germany (former East Germany), Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. The contribution reflects various means of transitional justice which were applied in these countries: access to the archives of secret police, lustration and prosecution of the crimes of the past (successor trials). Central issue of this article is the criminal prosecution of communist crimes. Here authors focus their attention on two interrelated aspects: choice of applicable law and statutory limitations, which both are linked to the principle of legality. Practice and methods in prosecution of the communist crimes adopted across the analyzed countries reveal considerable heterogeneity and from comparative perspective pose a unique legal laboratory. Despite differences in applicable law, including treatment and interpretation of statutory limitations, and differences in overall outcomes of prosecution and punishment of the communist crimes, all countries were conformed to requirements of the principle of legality. The article thus confirms that states, when dealing with their past, enjoy a wide margin of appreciation.Keywords:  Communist crimes. Central and Eastern Europe. Transitional justice. Successor trials. Nullum crimen sine lege.

scholarly journals Writing from a Distance. The Past and the Present in Novels by Central and Eastern European Female Migrant Writers in Italy

2019 ◽  
pp. 23-41
Author(s):  
Anna Belozorovich
Keyword(s):  
Geographical Area ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Literary Expression ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social ◽  
Place Of Origin ◽  
Eastern European Countries ◽  
Female Migrant

Based on a research concerning literary works by the authors from Central and Eastern European countries living in Italy, this article explores the imaginary bonded to a vast geographical area and to a variety of social experiences connected to that area under regime or to the post-migration condition. The interviews conducted with the selected writers allow the authoress to gather elements that show the perception of the place of origin and its connection with neighboring countries, suggested by different motivations. The literary works cited in the article give testimony of lives under regimes and describe moments of transition due to political and social change or to the choice to migrate. While revealing sometimes a stereotyped view of the idea of ‘East’ in opposition to the ‘West’, these different voices, located at a spatial and temporal distance from the social realities they explore, suggest an important role of literary expression as means for contrasting the oblivion of the past and present injustices.

scholarly journals Accounting Systems in Poland and Croatia - comparative study

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-72
Author(s):  
Beata Zyznarska-Dworczak ◽  
Ivana Mamić Sačer
Keyword(s):  
Deductive Reasoning ◽  
International Accounting ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Accounting Systems ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
The Past ◽  
Fundamental Transformation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Eastern European Countries

Abstract Central and Eastern European countries undergo many political, structural, social and economic changes. In the past decades such countries, like Croatia and Poland, witnessed a fundamental transformation of their societies and economies, which impacted accounting systems as well. The mail goal of the paper is to research the main differences in accounting systems in the Republic of Croatia and Poland. The research methodology is based on a critical analysis of scholarly literature done by the bibliometric analysis, analysis Polish and Croatian accouting standards and legal acts. Based on inductive and deductive reasoning, the paper reveals key determinants and differences of accounting frameworks in Croatia and Poland. The paper proves that it is crucial to consider economic and cultural differences in comparative international accounting research. Research results of the paper will contribute the international accounting literature but also have an impact on the European Union accounting harmonisation references.

scholarly journals Transnational collaboration for global health education: Romania as West-East hub

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Ungureanu ◽  
L Paina ◽  
M G Brînzac ◽  
R M Cherecheș
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Education ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Health Professional ◽  
Health Program ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
The Past ◽  
Global Health Education ◽  
Eastern European Countries

Abstract Background Similar to many Eastern European countries, Romania has faced significant health professional outflow in the past decades. However, in the recent global context, this pattern is slightly changing and increasingly more complex. Although Romania is not yet experiencing significant inflows of already trained health professional, it has gradually become a preferred destination country for Western students pursuing a medical degree. Moreover, Romania has become attractive as a setting for students in high income countries with an interest in global health. The aim of this paper is to describe how Eastern European countries can provide global health training opportunities for Western students. Methods The paper describes a case study of global health education through a global health practicum program managed by the Department of Public Health at the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Results The global health program is designed to provide a rich, hands-on practical approach to public health issues for students in health professions. The program has an internship format, with a minimum length of four weeks, organized as either a research project, medical shadowing, community practice, or rural health program. It builds on four key elements: customized placements in public health organisations; academic support and mentoring; instruction conducted in English; and additional cultural elements. For the past ten years, the program has included over 50 participants from the United States of America, UK and Denmark. Conclusions The program implemented by the Department of Public Health revealed the importance of a blended approach - academic-based, and practice-oriented - to providing global health training for health professionals. This approach is vital for preparing the future health workforce towards implementation of SDGs and could serve as a model for other collaborative initiatives.

scholarly journals Drawing Lessons from the Past

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aline Sierp
Keyword(s):  
Special Section ◽  
National Level ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
The Past ◽  
Introductory Article ◽  
Close Analysis ◽  
Eastern European Countries ◽  
The One ◽  
Eu Studies

This introductory article to the special section on “Europe’s Changing Lessons from the Past” argues for a close analysis of acts of public remembrance in Central and Eastern European countries in order to uncover the link between the issue of public memory and long-term processes of democratisation. In countries facing a period of transition after the experience of war and dictatorship, the debate over its memory is usually as much a debate about a divisive past as it is about the future. While it is part of a sensitive political scrutiny that is related to different ideas on how to ensure sustainable peace, it also provides the basis for the recreation of a common sense of belonging and identity. The often resulting coexistence of different memory traditions creates two clearly identifiable levels of conflict: one on the national level and one on the supranational one. In mapping change in Central and Eastern Europe, this special section aims at making the connections between the two visible by on the one hand questioning the sociological turn in Memory and EU Studies and on the other, pinpointing the necessity to concentrate on processes and not only on their results.

Airy Curtains

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 158-179
Author(s):  
Christian Henrich-Franke
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Eastern Bloc ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Iron Curtain ◽  
Radio Stations ◽  
Western European ◽  
Eastern European Countries ◽  
Radio Free Europe ◽  
Second World

After the Second World War, the infrastructural connections between the Western and the Eastern part of Europe were subsequently cut. The sealing of the passages through the Iron Curtain did not, however, succeed entirely. One increasingly important breach was generated by radio frequencies, which carried broadcasting programs, for example, from Radio Free Europe, straight across the Iron Curtain. This paper analyses the negotiations on the broadcasting map of Europe by focusing on the broadcasting conference of Geneva 1974/75, which moved the “Airy Curtains” much more westward. Three factors explain the Eastern European success. First, Eastern European delegations followed a coordinated strategy in contrast to the Western European ones. Second, the hierarchical ussr leadership made sure that the Eastern European countries stuck to their strategy, whereas Western European countries preferred to depend on themselves. Third, the Eastern bloc let politics and politicians rule, while in Western Europe, to the contrary, frequency allocation was a battle that was largely fought by technicians. The gap between the “political East” and the “technical West” was an important advantage for the East. Focus in this article is put on the radio stations which were situated in Berlin because the city was an important bridgehead for Western broadcasters on socialist territory.

scholarly journals Guidelines for laboratory diagnosis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections in Eastern European countries – results of an international collaboration

2007 ◽  
Vol 12 (49) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Domeika ◽  
A Savicheva ◽  
E Sokolovskiy ◽  
R Ballard ◽  
M Unemo
Keyword(s):  
Neisseria Gonorrhoeae ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
International Collaboration ◽  
Central And Eastern Europe ◽  
Laboratory Diagnosis ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Western Balkans ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Conditions ◽  
Eastern European Countries

During the past decade, the independent countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the Western Balkans have undergone significant changes in economic, social and political conditions.

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