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Ab 1. April 2011 zunächst für ein Jahr ist im Projekt “The Impact of the
European Union as Democracy Promoter in the Post-Conflict Societies of South
Eastern Europe” folgende Stelle zu besetzen:



1 wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in (TV-L 13, 50%)



Aufgabenbeschreibung:

·         Durchführung einer Pilotstudie „Demokratieförderung durch die
Europäische Union in Kroatien“

·         Mitarbeit bei der Erstellung eines Drittmittelantrags („Einwerbung
der eigenen Stelle“)

·         Vorstellung der Pilotstudie auf einer internationalen Konferenz

·         Vorbereitung einer Promotion zum selben Thema



Qualifikationen:

·         Abgeschlossenes Hochschulstudium (MA oder Äquivalent) in
Politikwissenschaft oder Soziologie, Schwerpunkt Demokratisierungsforschung,
Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Internationale Beziehungen, vergleichende
Analyse politischer Systeme und Prozesse

·         Solide Methodenkenntnisse, vor allem in Interviewführung und
-auswertung

·         Sprachen: Englisch fließend, solide Deutschkenntnisse,
Kroatisch-Bosnisch-Serbisch von Vorteil

·         Forschungserfahrung in der Region Südosteuropa

·         Interesse an Forschung zu Effektivität von Demokratieförderung



Arbeitsort:

·         Konstanz





Rückfragen bitte an Dr. Sonja Grimm,  <mailto:sonja.grimm@...>
sonja.grimm@...



Bewerbungen mit den üblichen Unterlagen (Anschreiben, Lebenslauf, Zeugnisse,
Arbeitsprobe, ggf. Referenzen) als Adobe PDF-Dokument (bitte alle Dokumente
in einer Datei) bis 20. März 2011 an:

  <mailto:sonja.grimm@...> sonja.grimm@...





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Starting from 1 April 2011 at first for one year there is in the project



“The Impact of the European Union as Democracy Promoter in the Post-Conflict
Societies of South Eastern Europe”:



a half time position for a PhD candidate (TV-L 13, 50%)



Task description:

·         Pilot study „Democracy promotion by the European Union in Croatia“

·         Contribution to the writing of a third party funding application

·         Presentation of the pilot study at an international conference

·         Preparing a PhD in the frame of the project



Qualifications:

·         University degree MA or equivalent in political science or
sociology, focus on democratization studies, peace- and conflict studies,
international relations, comparative analysis of political systems and
processes

·         Profound methods competencies, especially in conducting and
analyzing interviews

·         Languages: English fluent, German sound, Croatian-Bosnian-Serbian
highly welcomed

·         Experience with research in South Eastern Europe

·         Interest in studying effectiveness of democracy promotion



Place of work:

·         Konstanz





For additional queries please contact Dr. Sonja Grimm,
<mailto:sonja.grimm@...> sonja.grimm@...



Please send your application including cover letter, CV, credentials, work
sample, indication of references as Adobe PDF-document (please only one
file) until 20 March 2011

to  <mailto:sonja.grimm@...> sonja.grimm@...





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Universität Konstanz

Fachbereich Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaft

Fach 86

D-78457 Konstanz

Telefon: 0049-7531-883649

Telefax: 0049-7531-882774

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CEU PSJ
www.ceu.hu/poliscijournal
Call for Papers
Vol. 6, No. 3 (September 2011)

CEU PSJ accepts now submissions for its February 2011 issue. Authors should
ensure that their submissions are original contributions and should not be under
consideration for any other publication at the same time. Full guidelines for
the presentation of the papers are available at the guidelines for submission
section at www.ceu.hu/poliscijournal.

Authors should send their articles to ceu_polsci@... before 15 April 2011.

Peer Review Process
All submitted articles are subject to a rigorous peer review process, based on
initial editor screening and double-blind refereeing by a minimum of two
reviewers.


The Editorial Board
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*CALL FOR PAPERS*

Second Graduate Student Day:
*Legacies and Discontinuities in the Eastern Mediterranean: Comparative and*
*Innovative Methodologies in Late Antique, Byzantine and Ottoman Studies*

*Organized by the Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies, CEU*
*June 3-5, 2011, Budapest*

*Abstract Submission Deadline: April 15, 2011*

The *Center for Eastern Mediterranean Studies (CEMS)* is happy to announce
its *Second*
*International Graduate Student Day* that will take place on *June 3-5, 2011
* at Central
European University, Budapest. Graduate students are invited to present case
studies on
imperial, intellectual, and religious practices during the late antique
Roman, Byzantine, and
Ottoman empires. By investigating the Eastern Mediterranean in longue durée,
the organizers
aim to stimulate interdisciplinary dialogue among the participants, which
would broaden
perspectives on historical legacies and discontinuities in the region.

*Keynote Speakers:* Dr.* Stratis Papaioannou *(Brown University) and Dr. *
Çiğdem*
*Kafescioğlu* (Boğaziçi University).
*Senior Respondents:* Dr. *Alice-Mary Talbot* (Dumbarton Oaks/Harvard
University), Dr.
*Claudia Rapp* (University of Vienna).

Presentations are limited to twenty minutes in length. *Abstracts of up to
500 words should*
*be submitted by e-mail to cemsgraduateday@.... *Travel grants and
accommodation in
Budapest are offered.

Members of the Organizing Committee: Tamás Kiss, Divna Manolova, Luka
Spoljaric


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Dear All,


“Euro-Balkan� Institute’s Department of Gender Studies is announcing that,
on
request of the interested applicants and potential participants, the Call for
Applications for the summer school “Dialectical Interdependencies of Theory
and
Practice in Feminism: Exploring the Issues of Gender, Transition and the
Balkans�, to be held 19-30 of June 2011 in Ohrid, Macedonia is extended up
till
the 07.03.2010.

The summer school will focus on the question of transition in the Balkans,
discourses of Balkanization, and the issues of gender scholarship and activism
in the region.

The Summer School will offer lectures held by prominent professors and scholars
form the Region and Europe and many provocative discussions and presentations,
including Prof. Nina Power, Prof. Katerina Kolozova, Prof. Jasmina Husanovic,
Prof. Jelisaveta Blagojevic and others.

Deadline for submitting an application: March 7th 2011.
Deadline for announcing the results of the selection process: March 10th 2011

Contact persons:
Slavco Dimitrov, Project Coordinator
e-mail: slavco.euba@..., poslediplomski.euba@.... Applications
should be sent to the Project Coordinator to either of these two addresses.
Dr. Katerina Kolozova, Department for Gender Studies and Dean of the Institute
e-mail: kkolozova@...

Please find attached the detailed Call and the Application form.

Sincerely,--
Slavco Dimitrov
Junior Researcher and Teaching Assistant
Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities "Euro-Balkan"
Partizanski odredi 63, 1000 Skopje
Tel/Fax: ++389 2 3075 570
Mob: ++389 72 519 006
www.euba.edu.mk

Do not ask me who I am and do not tell me to remain the same. Leave it to our
bureaucrats and our police to see that our papers are in order. At least spare
us their morality when we write. - M. Foucault





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Dear colleagues,
 
I warmly reccomend you this event that I attended in 2008:





In an effort to support the integration process in Southeast Europe, the sixth
“Southeast Europe and the EU – Leadership Development Programme� supports
30 young people from the countries of Southeast Europe as well as broader
Europe. The programme was initiated in 2006 by the College of Europe, Bruges,
and the TRANSFUSE Association, Berlin. The European Fund for the Balkans has
been generously financing the programme since 2008 and is now, since 2009,
organising it jointly with the College of Europe and the TRANSFUSE Association.
 
The Programme will consist of the following activities:
 
Two-week Summer Academy in Austria and Slovakia
September 2011
The curriculum will include topics related to the European Union and the
development of its relations with Southeast Europe as well as wider issues of
international and economic relations. Practical training components focussing on
project management, leadership, communication and presentation skills will
provide participants with essential leadership qualities.
 
Group Activities in Southeast Europe
Between November 2011 and March 2012
The participants will work together in small multicultural groups to develop and
implement a group activity in Southeast Europe.
 
Five-day Spring Seminar in Belgium
April 2012
The Final Seminar offers visits and briefings in the EU institutions and NATO in
Brussels and in the Campus of the College of Europe in Bruges.
 
The Programme will be led by an Academic Dean, who will guide the participants
through the different aspects of the Programme. The working language of the
Programme is English. Participants are expected to be available during the
overall period of the Programme (July 2011 – April 2012) and to attend each
planned activity.
 
Only 30 selected applicants will be invited to participate. Their participation
in the Programme is financed by the European Fund for the Balkans, an initiative
by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, the King Baudouin Foundation, the Compagnia di San
Paolo and the ERSTE Foundation, hosted by the Network of European Foundations.
 
Learn more & Apply online: www.seeyoungleaders.org    
 
Deadline for Application is 27 April 2011.




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CALL FOR PAPERS

Populismus und Euro-Skeptizismus in Südosteuropa nach 1989
Wissenschaftliches Symposium des DFG-Graduiertenkollegs 1412 "Kulturelle
Orientierungen und Gesellschaftliche Ordnungsstrukturen in Südosteuropa" der
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena und
der Universität Erfurt

Termin: 17.-18. Juni 2011
Ort: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Rosensäle
Das interdisziplinäre DFG-Graduiertenkolleg 1412 „Kulturelle Orientierungen und
Gesellschaftliche Ordnungsstrukturen in Südosteuropa" lädt am 17. und 18. Juni
2011 zu einem
wissenschaftlichen Symposium an die Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Die
Themen Populismus
und Euro-Skeptizismus stellen zwei aktuelle, zentrale Phänomene der politischen
Kultur in der
Region dar und sollen im Rahmen der Veranstaltung analysiert und diskutiert
werden.
Das Versprechen des radikalen Neubeginns und des Bruchs mit den alten
Seilschaften aus
kommunistischer Zeit stellt in zahlreichen Ländern Südosteuropas ein prägendes
Element des
politischen Systems seit dem Beginn der Transformationsprozesses dar. Um diesen
Versprechungen
Glaubwürdigkeit und Nachdruck zu verleihen, bedienen sich neue politische
Bewegungen, aber
auch etablierte Parteien, populistischer und mitunuter nationalistisch
konnotierter Handlungs- und
Ausdrucksformen. Das proklamierte Ziel ist es, die „breite Masse der
Bevölkerung" zu mobilisieren
und in den politischen Willensbildungsprozess einzubeziehen.
Eng verknüpft mit dem Phänomen des Populismus ist der Euro-Skeptizismus, der den
EU-Beitritt
der Länder Südosteuropas als elitäres Projekt ablehnt und hierin einen
Ausverkauf der nationalen
Interessen zu Lasten der „breiten Masse der Bevölkerung" sieht. Zwischen dem
Euro-Skeptizismus
und dem stetig voranschreitenden Prozess der EU-Integration Südosteuropas
entstehen komplexe
Wechselwirkungen.
Ziel des Symposiums ist es, diese Phänomene in ihren Ursachen, Wirkungsmustern
und
Konsequenzen differenziert zu analysieren. Zu verschiedenen Themenschwerpunkten
werden daher
Panels gebildet, in denen jeweils Einzelaspekte an Hand von ca. 30-minütigen
Vorträgen mit
anschließender Diskussion erläutert werden.
Erbeten werden bis zum 15. März 2011 Beiträge aus dem Bereich der
Politik-/Sozial-/Kulturwissenschaften zu aktuellen Phänomenen des Populismus
und/oder
Euroskeptizismus in einem oder mehreren Ländern der Region (Ex-Jugoslawien,
Albanien,
Rumänien, Bulgarien, Griechenland). Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt wird auf
innovative und
problemorientierte Ansätze gelegt, die in komparativer Perspektive einen
analytischen Mehrwert
bieten. Die Abstracts sollten einen Umfang von maximal 1 Seite haben sowie kurze
biografische
Angaben enthalten.

Kontakt: martin.beischl@...

Call for participants ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer
School 2011

We are happy to invite you to participate in the ECREA European Media and
Communication Doctoral Summer School 2011 that will take place in Ljubljana,
Slovenia from 14 – 27 August 2011.

THE FOCUS
The ECREA European Media and Communication Doctoral Summer School 2011 brings
together members of the European research community to this summer school in
order to debate contemporary issues in media, communication and cultural
studies.
The main emphasis of this summer school is on providing structural and
individuated PhD-support for young European scholars, through a variety of
working forms, including feedback seminars, workshops, and lectures.

The summer school aims to provide a supportive international setting where
doctoral students can present their ongoing work, receive feedback on their
PhD-projects from international experts and meet students and academics from
other countries, establishing valuable contacts for the future.

THE TOPIC
The summer school is open to the full variety of academic work in the broad
field of communication and media studies. The overall theme for the programme -
New democratic cultures in a globalised European mediasphere provides just one
of the many topical focal points of the summer school. The theme will not be
used as a criterion for participant selection. All PhD projects within the field
of communication and media studies are welcomed.


For more details see:  http://www.comsummerschool.org/node/2169

ASN 2011 PRELIMINARY PROGRAM NOW AVAILABLE!

MORE THAN 140 PANELS ON THE BALKANS, CENTRAL EUROPE, RUSSIA, UKRAINE, THE
CAUCASUS, EURASIA, TURKEY, CHINA, AND NATIONALISM STUDIES

The preliminary program of the ASN 2011 World Convention can be downloaded
www.nationalities.org. Updated versions will be posted regularly on the ASN
website. The Convention, sponsored by the Harriman Institute, will be held at
Columbia University, New York, on April 14-16, 2011.

**Registration fees are $70 for ASN members, $90 for nonmembers, $50 for
students (and a special rate of $20 for nonpanelist graduate students enrolled
in New York area universities). The registration form can be downloaded at
www.nationalities.org. For registration information, please contact Erin R.Carll
(erinrcarll@...). For general convention information, contact ASN
Executive Director Gordon N. Bardos (gnb12@... or 212 854 8487)**

As always, the Convention boasts the most international lineup of panelists of
North American-based conventions, with more than half of the 400+ scholars
delivering papers, currently based outside of the United States in nearly 50
countries. More than 750 panelists and participants are expected at the
Convention. The program features 140+ panels, including the screening of several
new documentaries that will be announced later.

A number of special panels are featured on the program, including a presentation
by Father Patrick Desbois, President of Yahad-in Unum in Paris, on his
multi-year project "The Holocaust by Bullets" in Ukraine; a roundtable on the
role of blogging in academic social science, and a roundtable on the unity
crisis currently experienced by Belgium. In addition, the panel/workshop "How to
Get an Article Published," one of the most attended panels at the 2010
Convention, will be making a repeat appearance, with the editors of
Nationalities Papers, Ethnopolitics, and Europe-Asia Studies. Several panels are
also adorn the three thematic sidebars of "History, Politics, and Memory",
"Ethnicity and Violence," and "Debating Self-Determination after Kosovo."

These panels will enrich an exceptionally strong lineup of panels in all regions
of the former Communist world and Eurasia: Russia, the Caucasus, Central
Asia/Turkey/China, the Balkans, Ukraine and Central Europe (including the
Baltics and Moldova). Every year, the Program Committee has to be more selective
in devising the lineup, due to the increasing number of proposals. Central
Europe leads the way with 25 panels each, followed by the Balkans, with 20, 
Central Asia/China/Turkey—with a combined 18 panels, Russia—14, Ukraine and
Belarus—10, and the Caucasus—9. Thirteen panels appear in the "Thematic"
section. Recurrent themes on the program, other than the sidebars, include War
Tribunals, Post-Conflict, EU Enlargement, Language, Ethnic Minorities, Foreign
Policy and Diasporas.

In its most visible section, the Convention will be hosting twelve special
panels featuring new important books by Alfred Stepan, Juan Linz and Yogenda
Yadrav (Crafting State-Nations: India and Other Multinational Democracies, Johns
Hopkins 2011), TimothySnyder (Bloodlands, Basic 2010), Charles King (Odessa:
Genius and Death in a City of Dreams, Norton 2011), Christian Gerlach (Extremely
Violent Societies, Cambridge 2010), Fuat Dundar (Crime of Numbers: The Role of
Statistics in the Armenian Question, 1878-1918, Transaction 2010), Larry Wolff
(The Idea of Galicia, Stanford 2010), Scott Radnitz (Weapons of the Wealthy:
Predatory Regimes and Elite-Led Protests in Central Asia, Cornell 2010), Elise
Giuliano (Constructing Grievance: Ethnic Nationalism in Russia's Republics,
Cornell 2010), Nadav Shelef (Evolving Nationalism: Homeland, Identity, and
Religion in Israel, 1925-2005, Cornell 2010), Monika Baár (Historians and
Nationalism: East Central Europe in the Nineteenth Century, Oxford 2010), Lara
Nettelfield (Courting Democracy in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Columbia 2010), and
Milica Uvalic (Serbia's Transition: Towards a Better Future, Palgrave 2010).

Two of these book panels are part of the section "Nationalism Studies", which
offers a platform for the latest trends in nationalism studies worldwide. Ten
more panels appear in the Nationalism section, such as "Historical Legacy in the
Making of Boundaries, Loyalty and Political Identity,""Power Sharing: Theory and
Practice," and "Multiethnic Socieites".

Since 2005, the ASN Convention has acknowledged excellence in graduate studies
research by offering Awards for Best Doctoral Student Papers in five sections:
Russia/Ukraine/Caucasus, Eurasia/Turkey, Central Europe, Balkans, and
Nationalism Studies. The winners at the 2010 Convention were Marlene Spoerri (U
of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) for the Balkans, Cristian Cercel (Durham U, UK)
for Central Europe, Nicole Eaton (UC Berkeley, US) and Michal Simecka (U
ofOxford, UK) for Russia/Ukraine/Caucasus, and Mateusz Laszczkowski (Max Planck
Institute, Germany) for Central Eurasia/Turkey. More than a hundred doctoral
students will be eligible for the awards at the 2011 Convention.

For practical information regarding the convention, please contact Gordon N.
Bardos (gnb12@..., 212 854 8487). For registration information, please
contact Erin R. Carll (erinrcarll@...). For information on panels, please
contact Dominique Arel (darel@...).

We look forward to seeing you at the convention!

Cordially,
Dominique Arel, ASN President
Gordon N. Bardos, Convention Executive Director
Erin R. Carll, Convention Director (Registration)
on behalf of the ASN Convention Organizing Committee

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Marie Curie Fellowships of the Gerda Henkel Foundation

Call for Proposals

Starting in 2011, the Gerda Henkel Foundation is offering Marie Curie
Fellowships in the M4HUMAN (Mobility for experienced researchers in
historical humanities including Islamic studies) programme aimed at
supporting outstanding scholars. This funding initiative is
co-financed by the European Commission under the EU’s Seventh
Framework Programme for Research. One objective of this fixed-term
programme is to increase networking between researchers in the
historical humanities at the international level, including
researchers in religious, cultural and political sciences under the
special programme “Islam, the modern nation state and transnational
movements”. Other goals include the promotion of trans-national
academic exchange, increasing transnational mobility, facilitating
further education and the positive and long-term influencing of the
research environment in both origin and destination countries.
Research scholarships can be requested for a larger-scale research
work or in connection with a research project.

The deadline for applications is 30 June 2011.

More info at:

http://www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/presse_detail.php?language=en&nav_id=854
http://www.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/m4human.php?nav_id=831&language=en
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The Carl Beck Papers in Russian and East European Studies has recently
published an article that should interest scholars of the Balkans with
a focus on the dynamics of violence and post-conflict remembrance in
the region.

"When All Could No Longer Be Equal in Death:  A Local Community's
Struggle to Remember Its Fallen Soldiers in the Shadow of Serbia's
Civil War, 1955-1956," by Dr. Max Bergholz, is a detailed study of the
conflicts that took place in a single Serbian village over the
remembrance of the war dead in the aftermath of the mutual killings by
local Partisans and Chetniks during the Second World War.  The article
is part of the new wave of research on violence and memory that makes
the history of the local community the central analytical focus.

Abstract:  In the spring of 1956, a plaque was hung in the Orthodox
Church in the village of Brezna, located in western Serbia.  On it
were carved the names of local men who had been killed fighting during
the Second World War.  However, contrary to Communist policy, the list
included not only those who had fought with the Communist-led Partisan
resistance movement, but also those they had fought against, the
Chetniks.  Based on archival documents, the contemporary press, and
interviews with local residents, this article reconstructs the
dynamics of local violence in this region, the factors that led to the
hanging of the plaque, and the consequences faced by the village
priest for its creation.  The purpose is to examine how a local
community, composed of combatants and their families from both sides
of the wartime and postwar ideological divide, dealt with the mandate
to simultaneously remember and forget the war dead.

The article can be obtained at the following website:
http://www.ucis.pitt.edu/crees/cbpaper.html

About the author:  Dr. Max Bergholz recently defended his doctoral
dissertation, "None of us Dared Say Anything:  Mass Killing in a
Bosnian Community during World War Two and the Postwar Culture of
Silence," in the Department of History at the University of Toronto.
In addition to the Carl Beck Papers, his work has been published in
East European Politics and Societies, as well as the Annual for Social
History (published in Belgrade).  In July 2011, he will join the
History Department at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec,
Canada, as the James M. Stanford Professor of Genocide and Human
Rights Studies.

The topics of this year's cultural studies symposium at the Faculty of Social
Sciences at the University of Ljubljana from March 8 to 10 is Time of
Pop-culture: Return of the Balkans, with scholars and students from cultural
studies departments of universities of Ljubljana and Banja Luka. Lectures, round
table, movie projections, theatre show, photo exhibition and social events will
be held at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Slovenska Kinoteka and in the
Alternative center Rog.

Mitja.Velikonja@...
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Pozdravljeni,


Društvo kulturologov Kult.co v sodelovanju z Oddelkom za kulturologijo na
Fakulteti za družbene vede to leto organizira že 4. kulturološki simpozij z
naslovom URE POPKULTURE: BALKAN VRAČA POGLED.

Simpozij se bo odvijal na Fakulteti za družbene vede, v Slovenski kinoteki ter v
Socialnem centru Rog in bo trajal od 8. do 10. marca 2011.

Kratko o simpoziju:
Balkan je bil od 19. stoletja pa vse tja od začetka post-jugoslovanskih
vojn njenih držav naslednic predmet intenzivnega akademskega in drugih oblik
proučevanja, celokup disciplin, ki so se s stališča zunanjega
Zahodnega očesa ukvarjale z Balkanom, pa Maria Todorova (na podlagi Edward
Saidovega dela Orientalizem) poimenuje »balkanizem«. Ta balkanistični
pogled je dolgo postavljal Balkan v položaj pasivnega objekta proučevanja,
sedaj pa smo prišli do točke, ko Balkan vrača pogled Evropi in Zahodu
nasploh, saj v današnjem času je ni balkanistične študije, ki ne bi
vzpostaljala paralele Balkan-Evropa. V tem duhu je oblikovan letošnji
kulturološki simpozij s posebnim fokusom na balkanske popkulture.

Namen simpozija je združiti profesorje in študente v skupnem, razen izjem
dandanes izginjajočem duhu »univerze kot skupnosti profesorjev in
študentov«, kjer bi lahko izmenjava mnenj proizvedla nova dognanja in vednosti.
V tem istem duhu, predvsem oziraje se na problem balkanizma, smo povabili k
razpravi tudi kolege in kolegice iz Univerze v Banja luki, prav tako študente in
profesorje, ki se bodo s svojimi prispevki vključili k skupni razpravi.

V okviru simpozija bo poleg predavanj možno videti tudi fotografsko razstavo,
gledališko predstavo, filmske projekcije, ter seveda zaključni žur.

Simpozij prav tako spremlja natečaj za najboljši študentski in dijaški esej
na naslovno temo.


PROGRAM


Torek 8. marec

FDV – Velika dvorana

16.00 Uvodni del: predsednica Društva kulturologov Kult.co Tina Osvald in
profesorica ter predstojnica Katedre in oddelka za kulturologijo na FDV dr.
Karmen Šterk.

16:30 Mitja Velikonja: Kako misliti balkanske kulturne študije?

17:00 Okrogla miza (dr. P. Stankovič, dr. F. Trček, Bojana
Rudović Žvanut in Luka Zevnik): Urbane kulture hitre prehrane -
Orientalno-okcidentalna fuzija

18:00 Iva Kosmos: Okcidentalizem in imagološke podobe v literarnih delih s
področja nekdanje Jugoslavije

18:30 Otvoritev razstave Koncertni trenutek: Antonio Per

19:00 Pogostitev

20:00 Gledališka predstava Ὁ χρόνος
φεύγει καὶ ὁ
χρόνος οὐκ
ἀλλάσσει (Kadilsko ljubezenska drama v
treh dejanjih): Aljoša Šorgo in gledališka skupina Kultko


Sreda 9. marec

FDV – Velika dvorana

15:00 Željko Sarić: Recepciji učenja Vilhelma Rajha v filmih Dušana
Makavejeva

15:30 Ivana Novak: Pravila smejanja in TV komedija

16:00 Predrag Babić: Balkanska TV hiper-realnost

16:30 – 17:00 Odmor

17:00 Rok Kovač: Od Bronxa do Ćaršije

17:30 Maja Mandić: Drugačna BIH: zgodba o Laki

Slovenska kinoteka

19:00 Projekcija filma Čuvari noći (2008): Pogovor z režiserjem in
scenaristom

20:30 Pogostitev

21.00 Projekcija filma Čuvar plaže u zimskom periodu (1976)


Četrtek 10. marec

FDV – Predavalnica 14

12:00 Emir Muhić: Šovbiznifikacija novic na Balkanu: Zgodba o trivilizaciji
novic BIH javni sferi

12:30 Zoran Vučkovac: Do katere meje je gej OK: predstavljanje gej
populacije in heteroseksualni imperativ v balkanskih medijih

13:00 – 13:30 Odmor

13:30 Peter Stankovič: K slovenskim kulturnim študijam

14:00 Miroslav Galić: Kaj je subverzivnost v popkulturi?

14:30 Danijela Balaban: Psevdointelektualizem estrade in kulturološke
implikacije

Socialni center Rog

19:00 Dragan Malenčić: »Desnica« v popkulturi

19:30 David Pečanac: Nacionalpatriotski prizvoki v popularni Ex-Yu glasbi

20:00 Danijela Majstorović: Politično kot popularno kulturno v BIH:
»estetska« in »etična« določitev sovražnega govora in njegove
alternative

20:30 Razglasitev rezultatov natečaja za najboljši študentski in dijaški
esej: Kratka utemeljitev strokovne komisije Katedre za kulturologijo

21:00 Zaključni žur: Jam Session

Vstop prost

Joint UNDP-IMF Prize for Best Study on Remittances

 
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and International Monetary Award
(IMF) are pleased to launch the call for paper for the  UNDP-IMF Prize for Best
Study on Remittances. UNDP Kosovo in partnership with IMF would like to offer
researchers and students from different disciplines free access to the unique
2010 Kosovo Remittance survey dataset in order for them to produce a substantive
analysis by using the data. This initiative is an opportunity to gain more
knowledge about the size, forms, and effects of remittances as well as to
stimulate a debate on the role of remittances and innovative strategies for
increasing the impact of remittances on Kosovo’s economy.

Aims and Topics


 
The call for papers will focus on empirical research that makes use of the
survey data to produce an analysis of the main characteristics of remittances in
Kosovo, and operationally useful suggestions on how to increase the development
impact of remittances in Kosovo. The papers should have the following
components:



Statistical analysis
Practical applications on how to improve the development impact of remittances
Concrete policy recommendations

Researchers are encouraged to complement the Kosovo Remittance survey data with
other existing quantitative and qualitative data, including possible
international comparisons.


Data


 
The survey data has been collected in December 2009 and it is based on a
representative sample of 4,000 households. The survey captured information of 1)
household employment, income and expenditure, 2) migrants’ as well as
households’ outlook for migration, 3) the channels for transmitting
remittances, their uses, as well as households’ outlook for remittances flows,
and 4) effects of remittances on income, employment, access to healthcare and to
education. The dataset consists of


Remittance Survey data in SPSS and excel format, and
Questionnaire in English and in local languages.

Those who wish to use the data for a research paper are required to give credit
to "UNDP/ USAID/IMF Kosovo Remittance Survey Dataset 2010".


How to Participate


 
We invite researchers and students to submit the application form to ulla-
maija.rantapuska@..., after which the access to the data set will be
provided.

A full paper should be submitted by 31 May, 2011 to
ulla-maija.rantapuska@....

The paper must be in English and should not exceed 25 standard pages including
annexes. The paper should include short abstract, keywords and references.


Evaluation of the Papers


 
The papers will be evaluated by a professional panel composed of representatives
from UNDP, IMF, Central Bank of Kosovo, Government of Kosovo and academia.

The papers will be evaluated will be based on the following criteria:



New innovative use of the data
Critical thinking
Applicability to Kosovo situation. 

Prize and Presentation of the Awards


 
Announcement of the winner of the best paper will be given by the end of August
2011.

The best papers will be awarded with certificates and prizes totalling EUR 3,000
in 2011 at an event, the modalities or date of which have not been decided yet.

For more information, please visit http://www.kosovo.undp.org/?cid=2,152,1002
 
 
or contact:

Ms. Ulla-Maija Rantapuska, Programme Analyst
United Nations Development Programme
Address: Payton Place 14, 10 000 Pristina
Tel:




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8th DRC Summer School on Regional Cooperation, Vienna 2011
“EU Strategy for the Danube Region – Perspectives for the Future�

CALL FOR APPLICATION


The Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM), Vienna, IDResearch
Ltd (IDR), Pécs the Faculty of Humanities and Faculty of Business and
Economics,
University of Pécs and the BOKU University of Natural Resources and Life
Sciences, Vienna are organizing the eighth Summer School on Regional
Co-operation under the intellectual sponsorship of the Danube Rectors‟
Conference (http://www.drcsummerschool.eu/)
Aims of the project:
- to enhance awareness for the significance and possibilities of regional
co-operation
- to discuss and develop strategies for the improvement of co-operation in the
region
- to bring young scientists from countries of the Danube Region and Central
Europe together to establish a regional scientific network within the European
Research Area
- to foster relations between the partner universities of the Danube Rectors‟
Conference and with other regional actors
- to prepare a sustainable series of events to be able to meet the tasks
mentioned above
- to promote the mobility of young scientists, especially in South East Europe
  Initiators and main organisers:
Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM), Vienna
Mag. Dr. Susan Milford, Managing Director
IDResearch Ltd. (IDR), Pécs
Dr. István Tarrósy, Managing Director
Co-organisers:
Faculty of Humanities, University of Pécs BOKU University of Natural Resources
and Life Sciences, Vienna
Target group:
	 * Max. 30 young scientists from the Danube Region and Central Europe who have
records in Political Science or other social science disciplines
	 * Graduates who want to present their research projects to the students of the
Summer School in the lectures
	 * Interested individuals from regional organisations, public administration and
scientific institutions
  The deadline for application is June 12, 2011, after the acceptance of your
paper the registration and board and accommodation fees have to be paid by June
20, 2011. Please find more details attached.




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*Call for Papers: Towards a Transnational History of Kemalism in the
post-Ottoman Space beyond Turkey*

Deadline: 30-06-2011.

Workshop place and date: EHESS (Paris), 08/09-12-2011.

Organizers: /Centre d'études turques, ottomanes, balkaniques et
centrasiatiques/ (CETOBAC-EHESS)//with the support of the ANR Transtur

/Institut d'études de l'islam et des sociétés du monde musulman/(IISMM
-- EHESS)

The CETOBAC and the IISMM invite proposals for the workshop /Towards a
Transnational History of Kemalism outside Turkey/, to be held in Paris
on December 8^th and 9^th , 2011. The workshop is committed to experts
of the Balkans, Middle East and Maghreb who will discuss the ways of
reception, adaptation and transformation of Kemalism beyond the
frontiers of Turkey in the post-Ottoman space, in a transnational
perspective. Interested scholars of all disciplines are invited to send
a 300 word abstract to Fabio Giomi at transkemalisme2011@...
<mailto:transkemalisme2011@...> by 30^th June 2011.

*Kemalism beyond Turkey: the state of the Art *

Also before receiving a codification at the middle of the Thirties,
Kemalism became a controversial product on the ideological market of the
interwar period. Based on different political references, and tempered
by pragmatism and /realpolitik/, the ideology and practices produced by
Mustafa Kamal's bureaucratic and intellectual entourage triggered a
bitter debate everywhere around the world, from Europe to Maghreb, from
China to South America. Usually introduced through its six key
principles -- the so called "six arrows": Republicanism, Populism,
Secularism, Revolutionarism, Nationalism, Statism --, the Kemalist
ideology proposed a model of social transformation to the geographical
and symbolic core of the former Ottoman empire, without experiencing the
colonial situation.

In 1984 the
/Groupe////d//'É//tudes////sur////la////Turquie////Contemporaine/(GETC)
of the/Maison////des////Sciences////de////l//'//Homme/(MSH) organized a
first recognition of the dynamics of circulation of Kemalist ideology
and practices beyond Turkey's borders. The result of this roundtable was
a collective work published by I.skenderGökalpandFrançoisGeorgeon,
/K//é//malisme////et////monde////musulman/(CahiersduGETC, 3/1987).
Without claiming comprehensiveness,the volume proposed a series of case
studies related to the Muslim world: Algeria, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Iran,
Muslim India, Malaysia, and the Muslims of the Soviet Union. In the
aftermath, some experts -- W. Höpken, K. Manchev, E. Doynichova,
D. Dalilov and M. Mancheva, just to limit the recognition to the
Balkans -- approached the subject, contributing to trace what François
Georgeon has called a "geography of Kemalism" beyond Turkey.

*/The post-Ottoman space in the interwar period: convergences and
divergences/*

The post-Ottoman space embraces an extraordinarily rich socio-political
panorama that represents an exceptional field of research for the social
scientist. This huge region -- lying at the crossroads of three
continents, from the Balkans to Mesopotamia, from Black Sea to
Maghreb -- represents extremely diversified temporalities and modes of
political, economic and cultural interactions and integration to the
Ottoman Empire. The historiography of the countries that were part of
the Ottoman Empire has usually been underestimating that Istanbul had
preserved an important predominance in these former territories,
exercising a real influence in the internal and external policies as
well as in the intellectual life, way of clothing and costumes of these
countries. With the end of the "Turkish yoke", the former commercial,
intellectual, artistic, administrative as well as religious and Sufi
networks did not totally disappear, but were mainly readapted to the
current configuration of international politics.

Nevertheless, the perception of the social transformation in progress
between 1920-1930 in Turkey was affected by geopolitical,
ethno-national, confessional and social (class, gender) factors. Which
impact had Kemalism on the elites and the actors of civil society in the
post-Ottoman States? How was the social position of religious actors and
/intelligentsia/ affected by the reformulation of the relationship
between State and religion, marked by the abolition of the caliphate in
1924? Was the reception and the re-appropriation of Kemalism different
in minorities (Muslims or Turkish-speakers)? Which expectations or
apprehensions resulted from the "reforms from above", for example
regarding justice, lifestyle and the redefinition of gender roles?
Finally, can we talk about a "domestication" of Kemalism beyond Turkey?

*/A transnational perspective/*

Obviously, Kemalism was not the only political reference raising
international interest in the '20s and '30s. Many products were in
competition on the ideological market of the interwar period, each of
them offering different paths for change, organization and
"emancipation" -- of the nation oppressed by imperialist powers, the
/umma/ against the enemies of Islam, the proletariat exploited by the
capital, or even of women /vis-à-vis/ the patriarchal system. In fact,
various political models were likely to interfere as sources of
inspiration or global criticism: Soviet Russia, the Italy of Mussolini,
the Japan of the 1^st Meiji, Nazi Germany, as well as the experiences
proposed by liberal democracies such as France and the United-Kingdom.
Several international movements -- communist, feminist, Islamic
modernist, neo-traditionalist -- expanded their own networks across the
newly established national borders and developed their own institutions
and discussion forums through mutual opposition and imitation. Besides,
Kemalism, often represented as an original product peculiar to the
Turkish Republic, was itself developed within a prism of interactions
that transcended national and linguistic borders.

A transnational perspective focusing on the study of the circulation of
people, ideas, commodities and experiences and at the same time aware of
the networks through which these interactions were concretized appears
as the most adequate approach for this kind of research. Accordingly,
the objective is to answer the following questions: who uses references
to Kemalism or to the governmental reforms considered and adopted in
Turkey, in which forms, under which circumstances and what for? In this
respect, it is important to identify the vectors, places, and modalities
of these transfers, that can follow complex and indirect paths. Finally,
"transnationalizing Kemalism/"/ is an attempt to contribute to the
writing of a history no longer confined to different national narratives
but able to take into account connections and networks that go beyond
the limits imposed by the borders of the political maps.

(Version française)

*Pour une histoire transnationale du kémalisme dans l'espace
post-ottoman hors Turquie *

Date limite de l'appel à contribution : 30-06-2011.

Lieu et date de la journée d'étude: EHESS (Paris), 08/09-12-2011.

Organisateurs:/Centre d'études turques, ottomanes, balkaniques et
centrasiatiques/ (CETOBAC -- EHESS)//avec le soutien de l'ANR Transtur

/Institut d'études de l'islam et des sociétés du monde musulman/(IISMM
-- EHESS)

Le CETOBAC et l'IISMM lancent l'appel à la participation pour la journée
d'étude « Pour une histoire transnationale du kémalisme dans l'espace
post-ottoman hors Turquie» prévue pour les 8 et 9 décembre 2011.**La
journée, ouverte aux spécialistes des aires turque, balkanique, du
Machrek et du Maghreb, aurait pour objectif d'analyser a travers la
méthode de l'histoire transnationale les mécanismes de réception,
adaptation et transformation du kémalisme hors des frontières de la
République de Turquie dans l'espace post-ottoman. Veuillez envoyer un
résumé de 350 mots et un CV à Fabio Giomi (transkemalisme2011@...
<mailto:transkemalisme2011@...>) avant le 30 juin 2011.

*/Le kémalisme hors Turquie : état de l'art/*

Avant de recevoir une codification explicite au milieu des années
trente, le kémalisme a constitué un produit très discuté sur le marché
idéologique de l'entre-deux-guerres. Développées à partir de plusieurs
références politiques, diluées et corrigées par une bonne dose de
pragmatisme et de /realpolitik/, l'idéologie et les pratiques élaborées
par l'entourage intellectuel et bureaucratique de Mustafa Kemal ont fait
l'objet de débats et de contestations partout dans le monde, de
l'Amérique latine à la Chine, de l'Europe au Maghreb. Traditionnellement
présenté selon les « six flèches »//(/alt? ok/), ainsi qu'ont été
appelés ses principes fondamentaux -- républicanisme, populisme,
laïcisme, révolutionnarisme, nationalisme et étatisme -- l'idéologie
kémaliste promue par la jeune république turque a offert un modèle de
transformation sociale au coeur géographique et symbolique de
l'ex-Empire ottoman, sans passer par l'expérience coloniale.

À l'occasion de la table ronde organisée par le
Grouped'ÉtudessurlaTurquieContemporaine(GETC)
delaMaisondesSciencesdel'Homme(MSH) en 1984, un groupe de spécialistes a
tenté une première reconnaissance des mécanismes de circulation, hors
des frontières de la République de Turquie, du kémalisme en tant
qu'idéologie et pratique politique. Cette rencontre a abouti, trois ans
plus tard, à une publication collective dirigée par I.skender Gökalp et
François Georgeon, intitulée « Kémalisme et monde musulman » (/Cahiers
du GETC/, 3/1987). Le volume, sans prétention d'exhaustivité, proposait
une série d'études de cas relatives au monde musulman -- Algérie,
Egypte, Syrie, Iraq, Iran, Inde musulmane, Malaisie, musulmans de
l'Union soviétique -- et lassait ouverte une série de pistes de
recherche très stimulantes qui peuvent nous servir de point de départ.
Par la suite, plusieurs autres spécialistes -- tels W. Höpken, K.
Manchev, E. Doynichova, D. Dalilov et Mila Mancheva, si on se limite à
l'espace balkanique -- ont abordé directement ou indirectement le sujet,
contribuant à tracer ce que François Georgeon a appelé une « géographie
du kémalisme » en dehors de Turquie.

*//*

*/L'espace post-ottoman dans l'entre-deux-guerres : convergences et
divergences /*

L'espace post-ottoman, qui embrasse des paysages sociopolitiques
extraordinairement différents, représente pour le chercheur un
laboratoire exceptionnel. Cette immense région, qui s'étend au carrefour
de trois continents -- des Balkans à la Mésopotamie, de la Mer Noire au
Maghreb -- présente des temporalités et des modalités d'intégration
politique, économique et culturelle à l'Empire ottoman extrêmement
diversifiées. Bien que les historiographies des différents États issues
de cet Empire l'ont souvent sous-estimée, Istanbul a gardé une place
importante dans ses ex-domaines, exerçant une certaine influence sur les
politiques intérieure et extérieure, la vie intellectuelle, la mode
vestimentaire et les coutumes. Avec la fin du « joug turc », les réseaux
de commerçants, d'intellectuels, d'artistes, d'administrateurs, de
fonctionnaires religieux et de soufis ne se sont pas totalement
évanouis, mais ils se sont plutôt réadaptées à la nouvelle configuration
politique internationale.

Mais les facteurs géopolitiques, ethno-nationaux, confessionnels et
sociaux (classe, genre) ont eu des conséquences sur les perceptions des
transformations sociales en cours en Turquie dans les années 1920-1930.
Quel impact a eu le kémalisme sur les élites des États post-ottomans et
sur les acteurs de la société civile ? Comment la reformulation des
rapports entre État et religion, sanctionné en 1924 par l'abolition du
califat, a-t-elle affecté le position sociale des acteurs religieux et
de l'/intelligentsia/? La condition minoritaire -- soit musulmane, soit
turcophone -- a-t-elle influencé la réception et la réappropriation du
kémalisme ? Quelles attentes ou appréhensions ont suscité les « réformes
par le haut », par exemple dans le domaine de la justice, des modes
vestimentaires et dans la répartition des rôles de genre ? Peut-on, en
somme, parler d'une « domestication » du kémalisme hors de Turquie ?

*/Une perspective transnationale /*

Il est bien entendu que le kémalisme dans les années vingt et trente
était loin d'être la seule référence politique dotée d'/appeal/
international. Sur le marché idéologique de l'entre-deux-guerres se
trouvaient une multitude de produits en compétition, qui offraient
différentes formules de changement, d'organisation et
d'« émancipation » -- de la nation opprimée par les puissances
impérialistes, de l'/oumma/ face aux ennemis de l'islam, du prolétariat
exploité par le capital, ou encore de la femme par rapport au système
patriarcal. En effet, différents modèles politiques étaient susceptibles
d'interférer, comme sources d'inspiration ou de critiques globales : la
Russie soviétique, l'Italie de Mussolini, le Japon de l'ère Meiji,
l'Allemagne nazie, sans compter les expériences proposées par les
démocraties libérales comme la France et la Grande Bretagne. Des
mouvements transnationaux très différents -- communistes, féministes,
modernistes islamiques, néo-traditionalistes -- tissaient enfin leurs
propres réseaux à travers les frontières nouvellement établies des
États, et développaient leurs propres institutions et arènes de
discussion dans une dialectique d'opposition et d'imitation réciproque.
Au reste, le kémalisme, souvent représenté comme un produit original et
spécifique à la République de Turquie, s'est développé lui aussi au
prisme d'interactions qui transcendaient les confins nationaux et
linguistiques.

La perspective transnationale, focalisée sur l'étude de la circulation
d'hommes, d'idées, des biens et des savoir-faire et ainsi attentive aux
réseaux à travers lesquels ces interactions ont été rendues possibles,
se révèle l'approche le plus adéquate pour ce genre de recherche. Il
s'agira donc d'essayer de comprendre qui utilise la référence au
kémalisme où aux réformes gouvernementales pensées et menées en Turquie,
sous quelle forme, dans quelles circonstances et dans quels buts. Pour
cela il faudra mettre en évidence les vecteurs, les lieux et les
modalités de ces transferts qui peuvent emprunter des chemins complexes
et indirects. Il s'agit en définitive de « transnationaliser le
kémalisme » et de contribuer à l'écriture d'une histoire non confinée
aux différentes narrations nationales mais aussi capable de prendre en
compte les connections et les réseaux qui n'obéissent pas aux frontières
imposées par les cartes politiques.

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Contacts:

Fabio Giomi

Centre d'études turques, ottomanes, balkaniques et centrasiatiques (CETOBAC)

Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)

190 Avenue de France

75244 Paris

France

Email : transkemalisme2011@... <mailto:transkemalisme2011@...>

--
Nathalie Clayer
CETOBAC (Centre d'études turques, ottomanes, balkaniques et centrasiatiques)
UMR 8032, CNRS-EHESS-Collège de France

EHESS
190-198 avenue de France
75244 Paris cedex 13)

tél. : 01 49 54 23 02

10 Avenue Paul Appell
75014 Paris
tél. : 01 43 20 23 90



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Debating Turkey Public Lecture Series 3 - Nicole Pope

International Women's Day at SEHIR: Activities of the Week (7-10 March, 2011)

Reflections on my 20 Years in Turkey as a Woman Journalist: Looking back and
Looking ahead of Turkey's Transformation

March 9, 2011, Wednesday // 16.00

Istanbul Þehir University Altunizade Campus

Nicole Pope (Today’s Zaman Newspaper)

She is a Swiss journalist and writer, based in Istanbul since 1987. She worked
for 15 years as the Turkey correspondent for the French daily Le Monde. She
currently publishes a column twice weekly in the Turkish daily Today’s Zaman and
pursues her career as an independent analyst and writer. She is the co-author of
"Turkey Unveiled: a history of modern Turkey" and the author of a forthcoming
book on honour killings. She has an MA in International and Community
Development.


http://www.sehir.edu.tr/en-US/Content/Media/Announcement.aspx?LoadModule=News&Ne\
wsID=107






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Muzaffer SENEL
Istanbul Sehir University
Department of Political Science and International Relations
Kuşbakışı Caddesi No: 27 34622
Altunizade Üsküdar İstanbul
Tel: + 90 216 559 90 70
Fax: +90 216 474 53 53
E-mail: muzaffersenel@...
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QUESTIONS?

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BALKANS LET'S GET UP! - WHO WE ARE?

oeBalkans, let's get up!� inspires and empowers young adults from 9
Balkan countries to become active citizens and initiate change in
their societies. Within the programme our participants learn about
democracy and civil society, develop project management skills and
implement their own project ideas. The educational modules of the
programme are based on learning through experience and aim at
strengthening teamwork, overtaking responsibility and critical
thinking. Empathy and appreciation play a special role in our
supportive approach.

We implement Balkans let's get up!� in cooperation with

Theodor-Heuss-Kolleg: A programme of Robert Bosch Foundation and
MitOst Association www.theodor-heuss-kolleg.de
<http://www.theodor-heuss-kolleg.de>

This programme is supported by:

Heinrich-Boell-Stiftung: www.boell.de <http://www.boell.de>

Schueler Helfen Leben: www.schueler-helfen-leben.de
<http://www.schueler-helfen-leben.de>

Sebastian Wehrsig
Programme Coordinator
Balkans, let's get up!
Change through enthusiasm
www.balkansletsgetup.org

Two PhD positions (project researchers):
Adjusting welfare states in Eastern Europe after the crisis of 2008, University
of Mannheim, MZES

Researcher A with a working knowledge of Czech, Slovak, and/or Slovenian

Researcher B with a working knowledge of Russian (Ukrainian)

PDF version: http://bit.ly/phdmzes

The Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) at the University of
Mannheim offers two PhD positions (project researchers) in a DFG funded project
"Weathering the crisis? Adjusting welfare states in Eastern Europe after the
crisis of 2008".

The position is tenable for a period of 3 years, starting on 1 September 2011.
The project researchers are expected to undertake a doctorate in Sociology in
the area of research covered by the project.

The project analyses the political and economic determinants of the welfare
state restructuring in Eastern Europe in the context of post- 2008 austerity
politics. Researcher A will be responsible for a research module including
empirical work in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Researcher B will
conduct a study on Ukraine, Belarus, and Hungary.

The project researchers should
• Conduct small-N comparative historical analysis of welfare-state restructuring
• Collect empirical material through fieldwork in three Eastern European
countries
• Conduct comparative analyses employing the analytical apparatus of
macro-sociology, comparative welfare-state research and political economy
• Prepare academic publications and give conference presentations

The successful candidates will have
• M.A. degree in social sciences (or its equivalent), with a specialization in
welfare-state research, political economy, or macro-sociology.
• A very good command of English (including the ability to write academic texts
in English)
• A broad training in methods, including also comparative methods
• An enthusiasm for research and an ability to work in team

Researcher A will need a working knowledge of Czech, Slovak, and/or Slovenian;
Researcher B will need a working knowledge of Russian (Ukrainian), ideally also
Hungarian.
Command of German is not required. MZES offers support to non-German-speaking
researchers in gaining an inter-mediate proficiency in the German language.

MZES is one of the largest research institutes in Germany undertaking
comparative research on Europe in the field of social sciences. The University
of Mannheim is among the highest ranking institutions of higher education in
Sociology and Political Science in Germany. Post-graduate training is organized
at the Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences (GESS).

Gross salary will be around EUR 25,000 per annum + the employer pays approx. 20%
social security contributions (0.65% TV-L 13).

Application process
The candidates need to apply through the GESS:
http://www.uni-mannheim.de/cds/application/. A copy of the application must be
sent to jan.drahokoupil@.... Please indicate whether you are
applying for the position of Researcher A or Researcher B. Application
requirements can be found at the link above.

Closing date: 15 April 2011.
http://bit.ly/projecta111

More information about the project: http://www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/pro_e?n=331
About the MZES: http://www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de/
About the GESS: http://gess.uni-mannheim.de/

Informal enquiries may be addressed and a copy of the application should be sent
to:

Dr. Jan Drahokoupil
University of Mannheim, MZES
D-68131 Mannheim, Germany
E-mail: jan.drahokoupil@...

> CFP: Women's autobiographical writings and correspondence - Aspasia:
International Yearbook of Central, Eastern and Southeastern European Women's and
Gender History
>
> Aspasia: International Yearbook of Central, Eastern and Southeastern
> European Women's and Gender History
>
> CfP Aspasia 7 -- DEADLINE September 15, 2011
>
> Women's autobiographical writings and correspondence
>
> In the past two decades, many societies in Central, Eastern, and
> Southeastern Europe have experienced an increase in the writing,
> publication, and scholarly analysis of autobiographical works by women.
> But these works have not been available to a broad international
> audience. Volume 7 of Aspasia will focus on the autobiographical
> writings of women in CESEE, including their diaries, memoirs and
> correspondence. We seek original research based on such sources,
> analyzed in the context of the social, political and cultural histories
> of the region. We particularly encourage reflection on methodological
> and comparative issues. What barriers and incentives have women faced in
> recording their stories? How have these changed over time? Which women
> were able to write such texts, and how or where have their texts or
> correspondence been preserved? How have political realities affected the
> shape and reliability of women's self- representations? How do women's
> autobiographical writings compare across cultures, across time, and
> across different historical contexts?
>
> In addition to the specific theme of women's autobiographical writings,
> we welcome submissions about all topics related to women's and gender
> history in CESEE on an on-going basis.
>
> Submissions of up to 8,000 words (including notes) can be sent to
> Melissa Feinberg (Acting Editor-in-Chief for Aspasia 7) at
> mfeinberg@... or to Francisca de Haan at dehaanf@....
> For more information, please write to one of the editors or visit
> http://journals.berghahnbooks.com/asp/, where you can also download the
> Aspasia Guidelines for Authors.

Encompassing  Crescent is an online monthly magazine that will will debut its
first  issue in April. The theme will be on the rise of Turkey in the Arab and
Muslim world from a variety of different perspectives.  EC is currently
soliciting articles on this theme.


Specific perspectives being sought are as follows:
African Viewpoint
American Viewpoint
Arab Viewpoint
Armenian Viewpoint
Central and South American Viewpoint
Chinese Viewpoint
Egyptian Viewpoint
European Viewpoint
Iranian Viewpoint
Kurdish Viewpoint
Palestinian Viewpoint
Russian Viewpoint
Syrian Viewpoint
Turkish Viewpoint

Specific areas or topics being sought are as follows:
Turkey's contribution to democratization, reform and the strengthening of civil
society in the Arab and Muslim world
Turkey's potential and role as a mediator in the Arab and Muslim World and in
the Palestinian-Israeli conflict
The impact of the economic, political and social crises on Turkey and its role
in the region
Turkey's potential to fill the vacuum in the region with the decline of the
United States
Turkey's Impact on and participation in the changing International Order

Other viewpoints and topics concerning the overall theme of the first  issue are
also welcomed.  The aforementioned are merely suggestions by  the editorial
board of EC.

All articles for inclusion in the issue should be submitted on or before April
23, 2011 and should be between 2 to 4 pages in length.  Book reviews on the
theme are also welcomed.  Please keep in mind that since we are new, WC  is not
currently able to provide financial compensation for the articles  submitted.
If you are interested in submitting an article, please e-mail the managing
editors of EC at:  Fatih Seyhanoglu  fatihseyhanoglu@... or Rachael
Rudolph rachaelrudolph@...
Encompassing Crescent seeks to facilitate and promote dialogue among  various
actors on themes of importance to the globalized world in which  we are living;
and, to bring the voices of academics, activists,  journalists, policymakers,
and political actors to all in the  international community via social media.





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24th Annual Conference of the German Peace Psychology Association

„Social Injustice and Conflict"
June 17-18, 2011 Department of Psychology, University of Marburg (Germany)
Understanding and changing the underlying mechanisms of social injustice and
their relationship to social conflicts are core issues in Peace Psychology.
Terrorism, warfare, normative and non-normative collective action, as well as
other forms of intergroup conflict urge researchers to consider social injustice
as a highly important factor. The aim of the conference is to bring together
scholars from all fields relevant to Peace Psychology to discuss their current
research on the antecedents, perceptions, and outcomes of social injustice for
the various forms of contemporary conflicts.

Keynote Speaker: Fathali Moghaddam (Washington D.C.)

We invite submissions of empirical and theoretical papers from all fields of
psychology, sociology, political science and other social sciences, which
contribute to the field of social injustice and conflict. We also welcome
submissions on other topics relevant to Peace Psychology. The conference
language is English. In exceptional cases, it is also possible to submit
presentations in German. Each presentation will be awarded 45 minutes, including
questions and discussion. Submitted papers will be screened with regard to their
general appropriateness and grouped with related papers into thematic sessions.
Please submit your abstract (250 words) to peacepsychology@....
Please indicate a title of your presentation, names and affiliation of all
authors, and an address of the presenting author. We will confirm your
registration electronically. A small participation fee will be charged.

The deadline for submissions of proposals is April 1, 2011.

Further information about the conference is available at:

http://www.uni-marburg.de/fb04/team-wagner/FFP2011

Christian Braun, M.A.
Zentrum für Konfliktforschung
der Philipps-Universität Marburg
Ketzerbach 11
35032 Marburg

Telefon: +49 64 21 / 28 24 485
Telefax: +49 64 27 / 28 24 528
Christian.Braun@...

www.uni-marburg.de/konfliktforschung

European Centre for Minority Issues (Flensburg, Germany) and Friedrich Ebert
Stiftung (Baltic Office) are pleased to invite paper proposals for the
conference
*Adjusting to Europe: Institutional Legacies of Communism and Ethnocultural
Diversity*
on August 29-30, 2011 in Kaunas, Lithuania

The impact of the European norms, standards and policies of minority rights
protection on the countries of Central Eastern Europe and in the states of the
former Soviet Union have been intensely studied. However, the institutional
dynamics inhereted from the Soviet nationalities policies have barely been in a
focus of interest. The conference asks how institutional legacies of the past
impact on policies supporting minority communities in the new Europe since a
range of the formerly communist states have accessed the European Union. Much
academic and policy-oriented research has been done on the impact of European
norms and institutions on the post-communist democratisation, yet none on the
reverse influence.

Now, 20 years following the demise of the Soviet states and its nationalities
policies, we ask how the European political institutions reflect the experiences
of the communist era and whether, and if so how, the institutional dynamics are
reflected in the EU relations with its postcommunist neighbours. The issues to
be addressed include - but are not limited to - interpretations of social
equality, ethnocultural development, ethnic representation and autonomy, all
addressing the "systemic hypocrisy" in coping with ethnicity-based claims. We
are explicitly interested in contributions assessing the convergence and/or
conflict between the communist ethnic policies and the minority protection
standards in contemporary Europe.

The conference seeks to bring young and established scholars working on issues
pertaining to contemporary ethnic policies in postcommunist states. The
conference will feature the following panels:
1) Institutional support for cultural diversity;
2) Norms and policies of minority protection;
3) Practical challegenes in diversity management;
4) Nationalities policy and minority rights regime;
5) Territorialisation of minority: USSR vs EU;

The conference seeks to raise questions about the role of communist
institutional and ideological legacies in contemporary European minority
politics. Preference will be given to theory-driven papers that assess norms and
policies of minority accomodation, non-discrimination and cultural diversity
diachronically. A comparison of communist states' - understood here as republics
of the USSR and SFR of Yugoslavia, as well as the European states, members to
the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance - "nationalities policies" with the
instruments of minority proteciton in contemporary Europe is highly encouraged.

Please send your paper proposal of 500-600 words as an email (attachements will
be discarded) to Timofey Agarin t.agarin@... by April 4, 2011. Authors whose
papers are selected will be notified by April 11 and will be receiving further
particulars on the conference. All papers selected must be submitted in their
draft version by July 31 to allow a prompt publication as a special issue of the
ECMI's Journal on Ethnopolitics and Minority Issues
(www.ecmi.de/publications/jemie) by the end of 2011.





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European Centre for Minority Issues
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Conservation Beyond Borders: Exploring the Prospects for a Peace Park in the
Balkans
May 29, 2011 - June 14, 2011

http://peaceparkexpeditions.org/expeditions/conservation-beyond-borders

Registration Deadline 3/15/2011.  Register today!

Through this sixteen-day accredited academic Expedition, you will create an
opportunity to participate in a unique learning environment encompasing a
cross-cultural experience, an direct introduction to your professional field,
and an overview of the dynamics involved in community participation throughout
stages of creating and managing an International Peace Park.

Course Instructors include: Saleem Ali, an expert in environmental conflict
resolution and how ecological factors can promote peace.  He is a Professor at
University of Vermont's Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources,
and the Founder and Director of the Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and
Security.  Todd Walters, an expert in environmental peacebuilding and
experiential learning; and the Founder and Executive Director of International
Peace Park Expeditions.

You will be academically challenged through readings, journal entries, and a
group project centered around this innovative experiential learning curriculum.
Additionally, students will participate in meaningful cross-cultural
interactions while cross-border trekking in the Balkans' remote alpine
landscapes.

You will take part in lectures and discussions with guest lecturers ranging from
experts, practitioners and professionals within fields of your interest -
addressing issues of sustainable forestry management, biodiversity surveys,
eco-tourism plans, development and infrastructure planning, environmental
conservation, water resource management, peacebuilding initiatives, and
cross-border projects.

At the culmination of the course, you will have established a strong
understanding of the multi-disciplinary issues converging around International
Peace Parks, and a working recognition of the interplay between local
communities, broader culture, international development, environmental
conservation and peacebuilding initiatives. Within this context, you will have
an opportunity to build a professional network before graduation, making
connections in government agencies, international development agencies, as well
as international, national, and local NGO's working on the ground.

Course Objectives

1.  Gain an understanding of International Peace Parks - how they are created,
managed and utilized as a tool of environmental conservation, community based
development and cross border collaboration.

2.  Observe and interact with a cross-discipline field of professionals - the
actors and their relationships.

3.  Explore relationships between eco-tourism, community based development and
environmental conservation, international development and conservation.

4.  Experience the cultures of Albania, Kosovo and Montenegro - through
homestays, trekking on ancient trade footpaths, learning with local students,
and through meals, music and the sports of indigenous communities.

Balkans Peace Park (Proposed)
Albania / Kosovo / Montenegro
May 29, 2011 - June 14, 2011

University of Vermont - In State 3 Credits  $3,288
University of Vermont - Out of State 3 Credits  $5,259
+ Airfare

Todd Walters
   Executive Director
   International Peace Park Expeditions
   http://peaceparkexpeditions.org
   978.270.9356
   http://gist.com/todd_walters

Dear members of the Balkans Academic Network newsgroup!

Call for Applications

*_
_*

*10^th **INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE****OF THE*

***POLITICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE **FORUM***


organized by


   Political Science Research Centre, Zagreb, Croatia

& Scientific Forum, Zagreb, Croatia

&

University of Dubrovnik

*Digital Democracy*

*
*

*30 **September**2011*

*Dubrovnik**, **Croatia*

with a friendly support of

*REGIMEN*

*Research Network on International*

*Governance Globalization and the*

*Transformations of the State*

*
*

*_Deadline for applications and paper proposals_**_: 1 June 2011

_*

The Political Science Research Centre (PSRC) and Scientific Forum are
organizing the 10^th international conference of the Political Science
Research Centre Forum, as part of a global academic network. The
*Political Science Research Centre* is the only specialized private
research center for globalization studies in Croatia. *Scientific Forum*
is a non-governmental organization for promotion of social sciences and
humanities. The idea of this project is to create a global academic
network in the field of social sciences which will actively take part in
creation of new insights and knowledge, through the use of contemporary
information technologies. The network comprises worldwide academics,
members of the PSRC Forum. See more on Forum's website:
http://www.cpi.hr/index.php?menu=8.

The main goal of the PSRC Forum international conference “Digital
Democracy” is to offer insight into academic understanding of
transformation of politics under the influence of new
information-communication technologies. Particular attention will be
given to development of digital democracy and culture, as well as to
political parties, public institutions and the civil society in a
digital environment. By encouraging a multidisciplinary debate, the
conference wishes to enable a broader academic insight into these
phenomena.

A*plenary lecture *will be given by *Pippa Norris* (JFK School of
Government, Harvard University) via a videolink from Sydney, Australia.
The title of the lecture is /Cosmopolitan Communications/.

*List of specific topics as guidelines for paper proposals and further
discussion:
*

·/Digital democracy and culture/

·Models of democracy and digital democracy as a new model

·New media, social networks and digital democracy

·Digital political culture

·Digital political education and socialization

·Social networks and political mobilization

·/Actors and processes/

·Political parties in a digital era

·Digital democracy and political parties

·Simulation of politics through new media

·Usage of new media and social networks in political communication

·Ideologies and policies of digital space

·Elections and e-voting

·Political campaigns in a digital environment

·Construction of image and content in political party programs

·Digitalization of electoral campaigns

·Visibility in the digital space

·/Public institutions/

·E-government

·E-policies

·Digitalization of public administratiion

·/Civil society/

·Civil society and digital democracy

·Political extremism, rassism and xenophobia in social networks

·/Globalization of politics and digital democracy/

·ICT and globalization of politics

·Digital democracy and the EU

·Digital divide

The topics listed shall form the core of the conference. However, paper
proposals which feature other issues that are related to the mentioned
topics will also be accepted.

*VENUE*

The conference will take place in Dubrovnik, Croatia, at the University
of Dubrovnik.

*TIME*

The conference will be held on Friday, 30 September, starting at 9 AM.
The organizers will provide a detailed schedule and program well in advance.

*APPLICATION AND PAPER PROPOSALS*

Application forms and paper proposal forms are attached to this Call.
Please e-mail your applications to: viseslav.raos@...
<mailto:viseslav.raos@...>.All applications and paper proposals must
be in English.

*CONFERENCE FEE*

The conference fee is 50 €. It covers the costs of a joint dinner party,
conference materials and coffee breaks.

*CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS*

Conference proceedings will be published both in a print and digital
version, available at: www.cpi.hr <http://www.cpi.hr/> .

*The working language of the conference is English. ***

*In case you require specific audio-visual equipment for your
presentation, please indicate so in your application. *

*_Deadline for applications and paper proposals: 1 June 2011_*


*ORANIZATION COMMITTEE*

Davor Paukovic', PhD (president), Professor An?elko Milardovic', PhD,
Davorka Vidovic', MSc., Nikolina Jožanc, Višeslav Raos, Erna Matanovic'.

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_

*For additional information please contact: *

_Višeslav Raos_, junior research assistent, contact person

Political Science Research Centre

Scientific Forum

Zagreb, Croatia

Phone/Fax: +385 1 3863 113

E-mail: viseslav.raos@... <mailto:viseslav.raoso@...>

URL: www.cpi.hr <http://www.cpi.hr/>






--
Višeslav Raos Centar za politološka istraživanja Political Science
Research Centre Gupc(eva 14a, 10090 Zagreb www.cpi.hr


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Summer School in 'The Civilian Personnel of Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
Operations', Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa (Italy), 14 - 16 July 2011
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The Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, Italy is offering a:
Summer School in 'The Civilian Personnel of Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding
Operations' to be held in Pisa.*

Key details
*Dates*: 4 - 16 July 2011
*New application deadline*: 18April 2011, 12.00 CET.
*Course fee*: 1250,00 (one thousand two hundreds and fifty) Euros
*Working language*: English
*Number of Participants*: 30
*List of successful applicants*: uploaded on this web-site page the 27 April
2011
*
*Description
This course is designed to train participants to work more effectively in
field missions by enhancing their professional and personal capacities.
Particular attention will be devoted to introduce them to the specific
context of peace support operations, and to strengthen their ability to work
in the field as human rights officers and electoral observers.
To improve participants' personal preparation to serve in the field, classes
on safety and security (mine awareness, appropriate behaviour in case of
hostage taking, shooting, etc.), stress management, preventive medicine and
hygiene, intercultural understanding, will be held.
Training methodologies will include seminars, lectures, role-playing
sessions and simulations.

The Summer School has been approved by *UNITAR POCI *as one of the classroom
courses you can choose to attend for the purpose of obtaining the *Certificate
of Training in United Nations Peace Support Operations* (COTIPSO)
For more information visit http://www.unitarpoci.org/cotipso.php
   *
*Application procedure
Applications shall be submitted online at: *www.itpcm.sssup.it*,
*<http://www.itpcm.sssup.it/>
**no later **than* *18th April 2011*. The selection process covers an
assessment of the applicants’ qualifications, based on criteria
indicated inthe Course Call for applications.


*Contact person:*
Pasqualetta Campus
itpcm@...
telephone number: +39 050 88.26.85
fax: +39 050 88.26.65


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Dear all,

European Sociological Association 10th Conference will take place in Geneva,
Switzerland on 7-10 September 2011.

I would like to remind you that the deadline to submit abstracts is extended
until 10 March 2011 at noon.

Call for papers including the topics addresssed for RN 12 Environment and
Society can be found in the link below.

http://esa-esn.szie.hu/2010/11/esa-conference-geneva2011.html

Best regards.
Cigdem Adem

Board member for RN 12 Env & Soc

YOUTH ENCOUNTER ON SUSTAINABILITY (YES)
Gorni Milanovac and Novi Sad / Serbia – 8 – 25 July 2011

APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN !

DEADLINE: 20th April 2011

Dear Colleagues and Friends
ACTIS, in collaboration with the Alliance for Global Sustainability (a
university partnership between the ETH Zürich, MIT Boston, University of Tokyo
and Chalmers University), the Swiss Academy of Technical Sciences (SATW) and the
Environmental Engineering Group from Serbia, is pleased to announce the opening
of the applications for the 2011 Youth Encounter on Sustainability (YES) course
in Serbia.

The YES course aims to sensitize participants to the complex issues of
sustainable development in a global context, through course work, field trips,
workshops, group work, and discussions in a practical, international learning
experience, combined with social and cultural activities. The course brings
together an inspiring group  of upper level students and young professionals
from different disciplines, cultures and nationalities to learn together in a
unique environment. The program builds on 10 years of experience successfully
running YES in 10 different countries. ACTIS is an ETH spin-off organization
created specifically to expand the YES program and related activities.

For more information consult the documents in the attachment and on our web
page:
www.actis-education.ch



Please forward this information within your networks to colleagues,
universities, organizations and institutions that may be interested. We
appreciate your help to promote this unique learning experience !

Sincerely,

Dr.Roger Baud
Director
ACTIS – Activating Talent in Sustainability
Zürich-Switzerland, roger.baud@...

Igor Jeddimirovic
Director
Environmental Engineering Group
Novi Sad – Serbia, izzsns@...
www.activity4sustainability.org


Dr. Roger Baud
Tel.: +41 44 280 33 06
Fax: +41 44 281 22 44
mobile: +41 79 502 21 24
email: roger.baud@...




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NEW BOOK
�
Detchev, Stefan, Who are Our Ancestors? "Race", Scence, and Politics in Bulgaria
1879-1912, Saarbr�cken: LAP, 2010�
�
�
Ever since the changes of 1989, we have seen an outpouring of academic and
quasi-academic literature in Bulgaria with a particular emphasis on the quest
for origins, and a remote fatherland. Especially important was the revival and
even the enforcement of an openly racial thought and a racial approach not that
typical in the Bulgarian past. This study relies on a wide scope of primary
sources such as references from newspapers and journals, various memoirs,
parliamentary debates, political speeches, historical studies, popular
historical notions and descriptions, studies in the field of physical
anthropology, historical accounts, etc. All these are used to investigate the
political instrumentalization of the quest for origins (Slavic, Old Bulgar,
Turkic, Tartar, Aryan etc.) in "fin-de-si�cle" Bulgaria. The book will be of
interest for different specialists in humanities and social sciences working on
modern and contemporary problems as well as those
  working on issues related to earlier
periodshttp://www.amazon.de/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?__mk_de_DE=%C5M%C5Z%D5%D1&url=node%\
3D65140011&field-keywords=Detchev


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Tchavdar Marinov, LA QUESTION MACÉDONIENNE DE 1944 À NOS JOURS. Communisme et
nationalisme dans les Balkans, Paris: L'Harmattan, 2010.Tchavdar Marinov, Ph.D.
from Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, 2006, is currently
member of the French School at Athens (Ecole Française d'Athènes)

Contents of the book:

     * LA QUESTION MACEDONIENNE ET LES REGIMES COMMUNISTES DANS LES BALKANS
     * L'IDEE DE FEDERATION BULGARO-YOUGOSLAVE ET LA "MACEDONISATION" DE LA
REGION DU PIRIN
     * LA "BOITE DE PANDORE" : LES POLEMIQUES ENTRE LA BULGARIE ET LA YOUGOSLAVIE
PENDANT LES ANNEES 1960
     * HISTOIRE CONTRE DROITS DE L'HOMME : LES CONTROVERSES SUR LA QUESTION
MACEDONIENNE PENDANT LES ANNEES 1970-1980
     * LA CONSTRUCTION DE LA "VERITE HISTOIRIQUE" : LES HISTORIENS ET LES
LINGUISTES DANS LE DIFFEREND BULGARO-MACEDONIEN
     * L'"EDUCATION PATRIOTIQUE": LE NATIONALISME MACEDONIEN EN BULGARIE
COMMUNISTE ET LES STRATEGIES D'HOMOGENEISATION NATIONALE
     * UN CONFLIT "MONDIALISE" : LES DIASPORAS MACEDONIENNES ET LA POLITIQUE
IDENTITAIRE BULGARE
     * APRES LE COMMUNISME : LA BULGARIE ET LA REPUBLIQUE DE MACEDOINE FACE AUX
QUESTIONS DE L'IDENTITE NATIONALE
     * NATIONALISME ET COMMUNISME : QUEL RAPPORT ?

Le
  présent travail est consacré à la politique sur la Question
macédonienne de la Bulgarie depuis l'époque communiste et à ses
polémiques avec la République (yougoslave) de Macédoine. Celles-ci
concernent l'appartenance nationale d'une longue série de personnages et
  d'événements historiques, la langue vernaculaire slave parlée en
Macédoine et les droits des personnes qui se considèrent comme
Macédoniens en Bulgarie.
La présentation de la genèse et du
développement des controverses bulgaro-macédoniennes, proposée ici,
pourrait intéresser non seulement les spécialistes des Balkans et de la
Question macédonienne, mais aussi tous ceux qui cherchent à comprendre
l'usage des nationalismes traditionnels par les régimes communistes en
Europe de l'Est.

The book is accessible on:
http://www.editions-harmattan.fr/index.asp?navig=catalogue&obj=livre&no=32598
http://www.amazon.fr/question-Mac%C3%A9donienne-1944-nos-jours/dp/2296126766/ref\
=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1290857518&sr=1-3
http://www.decitre.fr/livres/La-question-Macedonienne-de-1944-a-nos-jours.aspx/9\
782296126763
http://www.alapage.com/m/ps/mpid:MP-3D81EM4918994#moid:MO-3D81EM7611999
http://livre.fnac.com/a3241893/T-Marinov-La-question-macedonienne-de-1944-a-nos-\
jours






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Dear all,
Please see the email below. It might be of interest to some of you or to
your contacts.
All the best, Marek












*TERMS OF REFERENCE*
*Ad hoc internship programme for the War Crimes Justice Project*

*United Nations Core Values:* - Integrity - Professionalism - Respect for
diversity*

Background*

The United Nations interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute
(UNICRI), together with the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and
Human Rights (OSCE-ODIHR) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the
former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is committed to a joint project aimed at enhancing
the capacity of judiciaries in South-Eastern Europe to process war crimes
trials in an effective and fair manner, consistent with the highest
international standards of due process. Implementation of the 18-month
project began in May 2010. Within the framework of the War Crimes Justice
Project, UNICRI will be responsible for the realization of two components:


·        A Manual on Defence Counsel Issues, which is being realized in
cooperation with the Association of Defence Counsel practicing before the
ICTY (ADC-ICTY)

·        A Training and e-learning Portal, an on-line tool for legal
practitioners and judicial training institutions with several components,
such as an e-learning course on international humanitarian law, a database
on training activities organized in the past years in the countries of the
former Yugoslavia etc.

*Responsibilities:*

Within the framework of the project “Supporting the Transfer of Knowledge
and Materials of War Crimes Cases from the ICTY to National Jurisdictions”,
the incumbent, under the supervision of the Programme Coordinator, will
perform the following tasks:

·        Assist in the elaboration of the Training and e-learning Portal, in
particular by analyzing relevant documents in English and in B/C/S languages
for their inclusion in the Databases that form part of the Portal;

·        Carry out research on international criminal law-related topics;

·        Translate relevant documents (letters, project-related
documentation) from/into B/C/S;

·        Perform other duties upon request.

*Competencies:*

·        Professionalism - Good academic and analytical skills;

·        Communication - Ability to draft clearly and concisely, very good
language skills;

·        Planning and Organizing - Ability to organize, plan and implement
work assignments;

·        Teamwork - Good interpersonal skills, works collaboratively with
colleagues to achieve organizational goals, ability to develop and maintain
effective work relationships with people from different national and
cultural backgrounds with sensitivity and respect for diversity.

*Required qualifications*

·        First level university degree in Law;

·        Professional fluency in English language;

·        B/C/S mother tongue or equivalent level;

·        Excellent computer skills (Microsoft Office, email, and internet)
are required.

·        Previous experience in court litigation and law practice in
criminal law desirable;

*OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME*

*Duty station*: UNICRI Headquarters, Turin, Italy

*Duration*: 3 months (with possibility of extension up to a maximum of 6
months).

PLEASE NOTE: The UN cannot provide financial support to interns. All
expenses connected with the internship will have to be borne by the intern
or sponsoring institution.  It is strongly suggested that you contact
various institutions, organizations, foundations, etc. as they may fund your
internship.

*DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS*: 15 April 2011-03-11

Please send a CV and a cover letter (maximum one page) to
*pintol@...*<pintol@...>


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