From the Balkans to Europe: Refocusing South-East European Studies

Type: 
Conference
Audience: 
Open to the Public
Building: 
Nador u. 9, Monument Building
Room: 
Gellner
Friday, February 10, 2006 - 5:30pm
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Date: 
Friday, February 10, 2006 - 5:30pm to Sunday, February 12, 2006 - 1:30pm

Friday, 10 February:

17:30: Opening Session

Welcome: Prof. Sorin Antohi, Head of the Department of History; Director of
Pasts, Inc. Center for Historical Studies
Constantin Iordachi, Assistant Professor, Department of History, CEU

18:00: Keynote Address: Ivan Vejvoda, Executive Director, Balkan Trust for Democracy, Belgrade: "Why the Balkans?"

18:30 Keynote Lecture: Prof. John R. Lampe, University of Maryland: "Balkans into South-Eastern Europe, Anthropology into Political Science: Keeping 20th Century History Afloat"

 

Saturday, 11 February

9:00—10:15 Panel One: South-East European Studies at the CEU: Past, Present and Future

Speakers:
Sorin Antohi
Constantin Iordachi

10:15—10:30 Break

10:30—12:30 Panel Two: "Balancing the Balkans and Europe, War and Transition."
Debate on John Lampe’s new book: Balkans into South-Eastern Europe. A Century of War and Transition
(London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006)

12:30—14:30 Lunch Break

14:30—16:15 Panel Three: South-East European Studies: State of the Art (I)

Chair: Prof. Arnd Bauerkämper, Berliner Kolleg für Vergleichende Geschichte Europas; Visiting Professor, Department of History, CEU

Speakers:
Ulf Brunnbauer, Wissenschaftlicher Assistant, Osteuropa-Institut an der FU Berlin
Marie-Janine Calic, University Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München
Gerhard Seewann, Researcher, Südost-Institut, München
Karl Kaser, University Professor, Südosteuropäische Geschichte, Department for Southeast European History, University of Graz

16:15—16: 45 Break

16:45—18:30 Panel Four: South-East European Studies: State of the Art (II)

Chair: Prof. Alfred Rieber, Department of History, CEU

Speakers:
Roumen Daskalov, Visiting Professor, Department of History, CEU
Diana Mishkova, Director, Centre for Advanced Study, Sofia
Drago Roksandic, University Professor, Department of History, University of Zagreb
Zoran Velacic, Assistant Professor, Department of Information Sciences, University of Osijek

 

Sunday, 12 February

9:30—11:15 Panel Five: South-East European Studies: State of the Art (III)

Chair: Prof. John Lampe

Speakers:
Fikret Adanir, University Professor, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Selim Deringil, University Professor, Bogaziçi University; Visiting Professor, Nationalism Studies, CEU
Ivan Barbalic, President of the Alumni Association of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies, Sarajevo
Florian Bieber, Senior Non-Resident Research Associate, European Center for Minority Issues; Visiting Professor, Nationalism Studies, CEU

11:15—11:45 Break

11:45—13:30 Panel Seven: Fostering Academic Cooperation in SEE: New Research Projects

Chair: Constantin Iordachi, CEU

Participants:

  • Sorin Antohi, University Professor; Head of the Department of History, CEU Budapest; Director of Pasts, Inc. Center for Historical Studies.
  • Fikret Adanir, University Professor, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
  • Ivan Barbalic, President of the Alumni Association of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Studies, Sarajevo
  • Arnd Bauerkämper, University Professor, Berliner Kolleg für Vergleichende Geschichte Europas; Visiting Professor, Department of History, CEU
  • Florian Bieber, Senior Non-Resident Research Associate, European Center for Minority Issues; visiting professor, Nationalism Studies, CEU
  • Ulf Brunnbauer, Wissenschaftlicher Assistant, Osteuropa-Institut an der FU Berlin
  • Marie-Janine Calic, University Professor, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München
  • Roumen Daskalov, Visiting Professor, Department of History, CEU
  • Selim Deringil, University Professor, Bogaziçi University; Visiting Professor, Nationalism Studies, CEU
  • Constantin Iordachi, Assistant Professor, Department of History, CEU
  • Karl Kaser, University Professor, Südosteuropäische Geschichte, Department for Southeast European History, University of Graz
  • John Lampe, University Professor, University of Maryland
  • Diana Mishkova, Director, Centre for Advanced Study, SofiaAlfred Rieber, University Professor Department of History, CEU
  • Drago Roksandic, University Professor, Department of History, University of Zagreb
  • Gerhard Seewann, Researcher, Südost-Institut, München
  • Ivan Vejvoda, Executive Director, Balkan Trust for Democracy, Belgrade
  • Zoran Velacic, Assistant Professor, Department of Information Sciences, University of Osijek