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CONF./CFP- Warsaw East European Conference, July 15-18, 2007

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CONF./CFP- Warsaw East European Conference, July 15-18, 2007

Posted by: Warsaw East European Conference <conf.stadium@uw.edu.pl>

Warsaw East European Conference
Warsaw, July 15-18, 2007

Studium Europy Wschodniej UW (The Centre for East European Studies of
Warsaw University) is organizing the Warsaw East European Conference,
Fourth Annual Session, to be held in Warsaw, July 15-18, 2007.

The main subjects of the Warsaw East European Conference, Fourth
Annual Session, are democratic and authoritarian tendencies in East
Central, South Eastern and Eastern Europe since 18th century. The
Conference will focus on history of 19th and 20th centuries as well as
current political, social, economic, national and cultural issues
related to the main subject. Special attention will be given to the
problems of the communist and post-communist world. Therefore, the
Caucasus and Central Asian issues will be also relevant for the WEEC,
Fourth Annual Session.

The WEEC, Fourth Annual Session is dedicated to the issue of
democratic and authoritarian rules in the region. One of the
traditions of modern democracy in East Central Europe has its roots in
the so called 'noble democracy' of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
of 16th - 18th centuries. The issues of federalist and centralist
systems, interethnic peace and conflict, religious tolerance and
discrimination in multinational states of the region such as Polish-
Lithuanian state, Russian, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires will
be examined during several of the Conference panels. Another topic of
the WEEC, Fourth Annual Session will be national question in the 19th
century, often called the century of the revival of the nations or,
according to other theories, the century of the birth of the nations.
The 2007 Conference will be also focused on ideologies like
nationalism, Marxism, socialism and their relationships with
democratic, authoritarian and totalitarian political systems.

Next section of the WEEC, Fourth Annual Session, will be related to
communism and developments, which took place in Central and Eastern
Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia after the Bolshevik Revolution of
1917. Special issues of the WEEC concerning the communist period are:
opposition and dissidents in Soviet Union and communist bloc,
relations between state and confessional groups in communist countries
and cultural changes in totalitarian countries.

Another part of the WEEC problems are current political, social,
economic and cultural developments in the region. Particular attention
will be given to the EU Eastern policy, its relations with Russia, and
energy security problems. One of the Conference panels will be
dedicated to Putin's domestic and foreign policy as well as imperial
tendencies in modern Russia. EU's enlargement, its experience with new
member states Bulgaria and Romania, as well as the chances for
accession of Croatia, Ukraine or Turkey will be also examined during
the WEEC, Fourth Annual Session. Another important topics will be EU's
policy towards the Black Sea region and chances for democracy in Transcaucasia.

Finally, general condition of democracy and civil society in
post-communist area and specific topics like changing notion of
citizenship, local democracies and civil society construction, NGOs
activities, state and individual freedom will be discussed during the
WEEC, Fourth Annual Session.

Deadline for sending application forms and paper proposals: April 30, 2007

Forms must be sent by e-mail at conf.studium@uw.edu.pl

Further details concerning Warsaw East European Conference, Fourth
Annual Session, find in attachment "Call for papers" at:

http://www.uw.edu.pl/en/page.php/news/conf_07/inf_en.html

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