Eurozine – 29th European Meeting of Cultural Journals

Sunday 4 November 2018
10:00–11:30 Panel III
Worlds of cultural journals
Venue (all panels): Alte Schmiede, Schönlaterngasse 9, 1010 Vienna

Since the Enlightenment, journal-making has been an important ‘cultural technology’ that deeply influences the way we argue, narrate, write and think. While cultural journals retain a strong presence in public spheres, there is also uncertainty about their form and sustainability. This panel will discuss how the study of journals history can help understand the challenges of cultural journalism today.

Speakers include:
Marit Kapla | Editor-in-chief, Ord&Bild
Waldemar Kuligowski | Editor-in-chief, Czas Kultury
Morten Paul | Arbeitskreis Kulturwissenschaftliche Zeitschriftenforschung
Roman Schmidt | Head of Department for Contemporary History, Heinrich Böll Foundation, Berlin

12:00–13:00 Lunch
Venue: Beim Czaak, Postgasse 15, 1010 Vienna

13:30–15:00 Panel IV
Internet technologies and democracy
The internet once stood for a democratic, global network society. That promise is now obsolete. Instead, the internet has become a space of manipulation by political actors and powerful corporations. Can the power of corporations be limited through legal regulation or do we need a new
collective movement of users? What does government control of the web in Russia and China mean for freedoms in these countries? And how can we use internet technologies for the benefit of an open society?

Speakers include:
Daniel Leisegang | Editor, Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik, Eurozine Editorial Board
Rachael Jolley | Editor, Index on Censorship
Kathrin Passig | Author; founding member of the Zentrale Intelligenz Agentur
Andrei Soldatov | Journalist and founder/editor, Agentura.ru

15:00–15:30 Coffee break

15:45 Bus shuttle departs from Schwedenplatz, transfer to Heldenplatz

16:00–17:30 Cultural Programme
Preview of the House of History Austria. The main exhibition will be
officially opened on 10 November 2018.
Oliver Rathkolb | Historian, Institute of Contemporary History in Vienna;
Chair of the scientific board of the House of History Austria

17:45 Bus shuttle departs from Heldeplatz, return transfer to Hotel Stefanie