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Dr. Jan Arend (Tübingen)
Stress and the Transformation of Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic, 1960s-2010s
In the 1960s, a new term denoting a state of physical and mental strain came into use in Czechoslovakia: stress (stres in Czech spelling). When people mentioned stress – until
about 1980 this was mainly the case in the circles of physicians and psychologists, then also in broader strata outside the world of experts – two interrelated messages often resounded: First, the diagnosis of (expected or already manifest) accelerated social change as the source of stress, and second, the appeal to the individual to master this psychosocial challenge. “Stress” thus coupled assumptions about the state of the social world with an appeal to the individual for action - this made the concept conclusive and powerful. In the 1980s, practices of stress management (yoga, relaxation techniques, personal productivity strategies) became more prevalent, and in the 1990s, such practices developed into a typical phenomenon of the post-socialist transformation. Learning to be stress resistant became a common goal of working on the self in this period. In the lecture I will explore the social functions of stress-related practices in the 1980s as well as in post-socialism.
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Jan Arend is an assistant professor at the University of Tübingen. After studying history, eastern European history, Slavonic studies and political sciences in Basel and Munich, he graduated in 2017. 2017-2018 he worked as postdoctoral researcher at the Graduate
School for Eastern and Southeastern European Studies. He is the author of Russlands Bodenkunde in der Welt. Eine ost-westliche Transfergeschichte 1880–1945, Göttingen 2017.
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Die „Prager Vorträge“ der Prager Außenstellen des Collegium Carolinum, des Deutschen Historischen Instituts Warschau und des Leibniz-Instituts für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa (GWZO) wenden sich in erster Linie an tschechische Fachhistorikerinnen und -historiker. Gleichzeitig bilden sie einen Begegnungs- und Kommunikationsort zwischen tschechischen und deutschen Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern.
Darüber hinaus bieten die Vorträge auch geschichtliche Informationen und Anregungen für eine allgemeine interessierte Öffentlichkeit. Auf Grundlage neuer Ansätze und Forschungsthemen mit entweder regionalem, europäischem oder globalem Bezug bildet die Veranstaltungsreihe ein fortlaufendes Diskussionsforum. Alle Interessierten sind
herzlich willkommen.
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Kontakt
Gemeinsame Arbeitsstelle
Valentinská 91/1
CZ 110 00 Praha 1
Gebäude SLÚ AV ČR, 3. Stock
Collegium Carolinum
Außenstelle Prag
Telefon: (+420) 222 542 067
E-mail: Florian.Ruttner@collegium-carolinum.de
www.collegium-carolinum.de
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Deutsches Historisches Institut Warschau
Außenstelle Prag
Telefon: (+420) 222 542 068
E-mail: nebrensky@dhi-prag.cz
www.dhiw.waw.pl
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Leibniz Institut für Geschichte und
Kultur des östlichen Europa (GWZO)
Leibniz GWZO Prague
Telefon: (+420) 222 542 069
E-mail: lucie.duskova@leibniz-gwzo.de
www.leibniz-gwzo.de
Information on participating / attending:
Präsenzveranstaltung
Date:
09/21/2022 17:00 - 09/21/2022 18:30
Event venue:
Valentinská 91/1
CZ 110 00 Praha 1
Gebäude SLÚ AV ČR, 3. Stock
110 00 Praha
Czech Republic
Target group:
Scientists and scholars, Students
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
History / archaeology, Politics, Social studies
Types of events:
Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
09/05/2022
Sender/author:
Virginie Michaels
Department:
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
German
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event72359
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