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Preliminary programmeMonday 19.8.2013Registration 08h00-11h00Management Committee EURHO: Meeting 08h00-11h00Panel session 1: 11h00-13h00Lunch 13h00-14h00Panel session 2: 14h00-15h30Welcome &#38; Ap&#233;ro: 16h00-16h45Keynote Session I: 17h00-19h30:Lost in translations?In rural history, as in many other sciences, English becomes more and more the dominant language. The European Rural History Organisation (EURHO), for example, declares in its constitution unreservedly: &#8220;The working language of the Organization and of its website and other publications shall be English&#8221;. No doubt, the process towards English as the lingua franca facilitates the communication and comprehension among rural historians from a variety of territorial backgrounds and linguistic and cultural orientations. It helps to overcome national science cultures and linguistic barriers which have in the past restrained, if not altogether prevented, the exchange of ideas and debates. This process of standardisation, however, also creates new problems. It weakens the perception of linguistic differences and meanings &#8211; aspects of particular relevance to cultural historians. On a more general level, the application of English as the sole language creates the danger that a discursive variety (today a hallmark of the cultural and social sciences) is diminishing if not disappearing altogether. In other words: A homogenisation of the scientific discourses which have been created within the discipline of rural history in the last two decades could, therefore, destroy the potential of the new rural history once again.Plenary LectureMichael Cronin, Dublin City University: Expanding Worlds? Translation and the Challenge of MicrospectionComments: Claire Strom; Martin SchaffnerRoundtable: Zsuzsanna Varga; Leen van Molle; Martin Schaffner; Claire StromMichael Cronin, Prof. Dublin City University &#8226; Martin Schaffner, Prof. em. University of BaselClaire Strom, Prof. Rollins College, Florida &#8226; Leen van Molle, Prof. University of LeuvenZsuzsanna Varga, Prof. Lorand E&#246;tv&#246;s University BudapestTuesday 20.8.2013Panel session 3: 08h00-10h00&#160;&#160;Tea: 10h00-10h30&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Panel session 4: 10h30-12h00&#160;&#160;Lunch: 12h00-13h00&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Panel session 5: 13h00-15h00&#160;&#160;Panel session 6: 15h15-16h45&#160;&#160;Excursion &#38; conference dinner: Open Air Museum BallenbergWednesday 21.8.2013Panel session 7: 09h00-10h30Tea: 10h30-11h00Panel session 8: 11h00-13h00Lunch: 13h00-14h00Panel session 9: 14h00-16h00Tea: 16h00-16h30;Keynote Session II: 16h30-18h30Rural History in Europe &#8211; Rural History in SwitzerlandThe aim of this Keynote-Session is to reflect on the development of rural history in Europe in the last two decades and to look more closely at one of its specific results: the 12-volume&#160;Rural History in Europe series published by Brepols.Rural History in Europe and Switzerland: Development and PerspectivesG&#233;rard B&#233;aur: Rural history in Europe in the last two decades &#8211; an overview and analysisSacha Zala: Rural History in Switzerland: from the fringe to the centre?Rural History in Europe &#8211; a 12 volume series published by BrepolsJ&#252;rgen Schlumbohm: Twelve workshops, twelve books &#8211; achievements, shortcomings and perspectivesComments: Sandra Swart; Juan Pan-Montojo; Nigel SwainG&#233;rard B&#233;aur, Prof. EHESS Paris, Chairman of the Management Committee PROGRESSOREJuan Pan-Montojo, Prof. Universidad Aut&#243;noma de MadridJ&#252;rgen Schlumbohm, Prof. em., G&#246;ttingen, Vice-Chairman of the Management Committee PROGRESSORENigel Swain, Prof. University of LiverpoolSandra Swart, Prof. Stellenbosch University, South AfricaSacha Zala, Dr., Director DiplomaticThursday, 22.8.2013Keynote Session III: 08h00-09h45Films - a new Source in Rural HistoryThe agricultural sector was one of the pioneers when it came to producing moving pictures in the early 20th century. These films were used by agricultural organisations for educational purposes as well as for advertising products. At a time when films were rare, moving pictures provoked a great interest in the countryside and farm women began to make use of the new technique as early as scientists. That film was an important medium in political propaganda is well known &#8211; but what is much less appreciated is that films were widely used by scientists and state institutions to popularize their discoveries and to communicate with the wider public. The Archives of Rural History (ARH) has unearthed, safeguarded and digitised a substantial number of agricultural films from the time period of the 1920&#8217;s to the 1970&#8217;s. In this lecture we will present extracts from a variety of films and discuss the potential of this new source for rural (and other) historians.Panel session 10: 10h00-12h00&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Lunch: 12h00-13h00&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;EURHO: 13h00-14h15: General Meeting and&#160; MC-MeetingPanel session 11: 14h30-16h30