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Trnava University in Trnava, Faculty of Education in a partnership with

Central European Philosophy of Education Society (CEUPES)

and the journal Historia Scholastica

Education in Totalitarian Ideologies of the 20^th Century

Výchova a vzdelávanie v totalitných ideológiách 20. storočia

an International Scientific Conference

organised on the occasion of the 30^th anniversary of the fall of Communism in Europe

Programme

Smolenice Castle, 17 – 18 October 2019

Honorary Committee

Prof. René Bílik, Rector of Trnava University in Trnava

Assoc. Prof. Viera Peterková, Dean of Faculty of Education, Trnava University in Trnava

Dr. František Mikloško, former catholic dissident and Slovak politician

Ing. arch. Dr. Ján Pálffy, Head of The Nation's Memory Institute in Bratislava

Scientific Board

Prof. Iveta Kestere, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia

Prof. Blanka Kudláčová, Trnava University, Trnava, Slovakia

Prof. Simonetta Polenghi, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy (member ISCHE Executive Committee)

Prof. Ehrenhard Skiera, University of Flensburg, Germany

Prof. Katarzyna Wronska, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Assoc. Prof. Tomáš Kasper, Technical University of Liberec, Czech Republic

Assoc. Prof. Andrej Rajský, Trnava University, Trnava, Slovakia

Assoc. Prof. Vučina Zorič, University of Montenegro, Nikšić, Monte Negro

Organizing team

Naďa Bizová

Jana Blusková

Janette Gubricová

Kristína Liberčanová

Anna Sadovská

Ivana Šuhajdová

Marek Wiesenganger

Formats of presentations

Keynote papers: max. 30 min.

Supplementary papers: max. 15 min.

International conference is a part of the research projects

VEGA No. 1/ 0038/17 Educational Thinking and Education in Slovakia from 1945 to 1989

VEGA No. 1/0056/19 Moral Reflection as a Primary Component of Character Education under Conditions of Implementation of the School Subject Ethical Education

17^th October 2019, Thursday

8.00 – 9.00 Registration

9.00 – 9.30 Opening

Ø Blanka Kudláčová & Andrej Rajský, conference chairs

Ø René Bílik, Rector of Trnava University in Trnava

Ø Viera Peterková, Dean of Faculty of Education Trnava University in Trnava

Ø Ján Pálffy, Head of The Nation's Memory Institute, Bratislava

9.30 – 10.45 Plenary session 1, Lecture Hall, Chair: Zdenko Kodelja

Ø Iveta Kestere (Latvia): Educating the New Soviet Man: Displayed Image and Hidden Resistance

Ø Pádraig Hogan (Ireland): The Recurring Conquest of Hearts and Minds: Reflections on Totalitarian Currents in Education

Ø Discussion

10.45 – 11.15 Coffee break

11.15 – 12.30 Plenary session 2, Lecture Hall, Chair: Blanka Kudláčová

Ø Peter Jašek (Slovakia): Research on the Period of the Communist Regime in Slovakia from the Perspective of the Nationʼs Memory Institute. Background, State and Perspectives

Ø František Mikloško (Slovakia): Unofficial Education and Art Production in the Era of Resistance against the Communist Regime in Slovakia

Ø Discussion

12.30 – 13.30 Lunch break

13.30 – 14.30 Parallel session E1 (E - English language) and S1 (S – Slovak and Czech language)

E1, Lecture Hall, Chair: Tomáš Kasper

Ø Zdenko Kodelja (Slovenia): Totalitarianism and the Violation of Human Rights (The Case of Slovenia)

Ø Vučina Zorić (Montenegro): Ideology and Education in Yugoslavia (1945-1990): The Case of Montenegro

Ø Snježana Šušnjara (Bosnia and Herzegovina): The School System in Bosnia and Herzegovina under the Communist Regime

S1, Red Lounge, Chair: Andrej Rajský

Ø Anna Hogenová (Czech Republik): Philosophy of Education as an Object of General Order in the Form of Phenomena „das Ge-stell“ and „die Machenschaft“

Ø Jiří Zounek & Michal Šimáně (Czech Republik): Possibilities of Research on Primary and Secondary Technical Education in Socialist Czechoslovakia. On the Sources of Knowledge and their Study

Ø Slawek Sztobryn (Poland): Against the Flow. Pedagogy of Freedom in Polish Pedagogical Thought

14.30 – 15.00 Coffee break

15.00 – 16.00 Parallel session E2 and S2

E2, Lecture Hall, Chair: Vučina Zorič

Ø Antonio Fco. Canales Serrano (Spain): Spanish Education in the First Two Decades of the Franco Regime

Ø Paolo Alfieri (Italy): Physical Education for Italian Children during the Fascist Totalitarian Regime

Ø Dimitris Foteinos (Greece): Totalitarian Education in a Not Quite Totalitarian State: the Case of Greek Education between 1950-1974 (and beyond?)

S2, Red Lounge, Chair: Jiří Zounek

Ø Karel Rýdl (Czech Republik): The Role and Function of the Educational System in the Authoritarian and Totalitarian Society Regimes in the 20th Century

Ø Andrej Rajský (Slovakia): Heroes and Prophets: Philosophical Reflection on Dissent in Totalitarian Society

Ø David Rybák (Czech Republik): Humanity, Science and the World as Constituents of Europe and their Transformation in the 20^th century

16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break

17.00 – Honeywine tasting in the company Včelco Smolenice (producer of the best honeywine in the world)

19.00 – Presentation of the monograph B. Kudláčová (ed.): Pedagogické myslenie, školstvo a vzdelávanie na Slovensku v rokoch 1945 – 1989 / Educational Thinking, the School System and Education in Slovakia during the period 1945-1989

– Symposium Reception

18^th October 2019, Friday

9.00 – 10.30 Parallel session E3 and S3

E3, Lecture Hall, Chair: Dariusz Stepkowski

Ø Zoltán András Szabó & András Németh (Hungary): The Written Communication of Educational Science in Hungary between 1961 and 1990: The Case of Magyar Pedagógia (Hungarian Pedagogy)

Ø Dana Kasperová & Tomáš Kasper (Czech Republik): “And Yet You Were Wrong!” Several Views on Marxist Interpretation and “Rewriting” of the Interwar Democratic Discussion on School Reform in Czechoslovakia in the 1950s

Ø Blanka Kudláčová (Slovakia): Changes in Educational Thought at the Beginning of the Communist Period in Slovakia

Ø Attila Nóbik (Hungary): Changing Roles of History of Education in Hungarian Teacher Training in the 1950s

S3, Red Lounge, Chair: Karel Rýdl

Ø Milan Olejník (Slovakia): The Impact of Persecutions of So-called Bourgeois Nationalists upon Pedagogues in Slovakia (1950 – 1953)

Ø Soňa Gabzdilová (Slovakia): Ideological Imperatives of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and their Impact upon Activities of Universities in Slovakia (1948-1953)

Ø Eduard Lukáč (Slovakia): The Fate of Jewish Education in the Slovak Republic (1938-1945): The Case of the Prešov Region

Ø Janka Medveďová (Slovakia): Restrictions and Changes in Education of Girls and Women in the Slovak Republic (1939-1945)

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break

11.00 – 12.00 Parallel session E4 and S4

E4, Lecture Hall, Chair: Iveta Kestere

Ø Katarzyna Wrońska (Poland): Philosophy in the Service of Ideology in the Communist Period in Poland: The Case of Karol Kotłowski’s Philosophical Pedagogy

Ø Marisa Musaio (Italy): Beyond a Denial Scenario of Values: The Contribution of Pedagogical Activism and Personalism in the Italian Context

Ø Dariusz Stepkowski (Poland): Integrative or complementary? ‘Archaeology’ of Transformations of Polish General Pedagogy in the 20^th Century

S4, Red Lounge, Chair: Soňa Gabzdilová

Ø Janette Gubricová (Slovakia): “With the Soviet Union Forever and Never Apart!“ Forming Pupils´ Relationship to the Soviet Union in the Socialist Period

Ø Ivana Šuhajdová (Slovakia): „Difficult Youngsters“ in Slovakia in the Socialist Period. Solutions for a “Non-existent” Problem

Ø Kristína Liberčanová (Slovakia): Career Education and Counselling during the Communist Period in Slovakia

12.00 Conference conclusion

13.00 Lunch and discussions over coffee