Mariana Ivanova

“Moscow-Berlin-Sofia: Transnational exchange and Gemeinschaftsproduktionen by Konrad Wolf and Angel Wagenstein.” 32nd GSA Annual Convention, St. Paul, MN, 2-5 Oct. 2008.

“Re-imagining a Common Past: Why Personal Stories Matter in the Legacy of the GDR in Post- Unification German Film.” 33rd GSA Annual Convention, Washington DC, 8-11 Oct. 2009.

“Gemeinschaftsproduktionen (Un)Wanted: Transnational Strategies for Negotiation of East/West German Film Co-Productions during the Cold War.” Cold War Cultures: Transnational and Interdisciplinary Perspective. The University of Texas at Austin, 30 Sept. 2010.

“Transitory Strategies of Belonging: European Union Film Funding and Transnational Networking of Balkan Filmmakers.” Questioning Transnationalism: Culture, Politics & Media, Royal Holloway, University of London. 17 December 2010.

“DEFA’s Prestige Agenda and the Challenges of East German Co-Productions with Erich Mehl’s Film Company Pandora (1954-1957).” DEFA International Symposium: Grenzen und Grenzüberschreitungen. Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen Konrad Wolf, Potsdam, 5 Nov. 2011.

“Stars, Audiences, and the Popular Other in DEFA Indianerfilme of the 1960s and 1970s.” 36th Convention of the German Studies Association of America, Milwaukee, WI. 4-7 October 2012.

“Negotiating a Space Between National and Transnational Agendas: the Artistic Biopic in Eastern European Film Industries of the 1970s.” 44th Convention of the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, New Orleans, 15-18 November 2012.