Euroacademia Conferences
Europe Inside-Out: Europe and Europeanness Exposed to Plural Observers (9th Edition)April 24 - 25, 2020
Identities and Identifications: Politicized Uses of Collective Identities (9th Edition)June 12 - 13, 2020
8th Forum of Critical Studies: Asking Big Questions AgainJanuary 24 - 25, 2020
Re-Inventing Eastern Europe (7th Edition)December 13 - 14, 2019
The European Union and the Politicization of Europe (8th Edition)October 25 - 26, 2019
Identities and Identifications: Politicized Uses of Collective Identities (8th Edition)June 28 - 29, 2019
The European Union and the Politicization of Europe (7th Edition)January 25 - 26, 2019- 7th Forum of Critical Studies: Asking Big Questions AgainNovember 23 - 24, 2018
Europe Inside-Out: Europe and Europeanness Exposed to Plural Observers (8th Edition)September 28 - 30, 2018- Identities and Identifications: Politicized Uses of Collective Identities (7th Edition)June 14 - 15, 2018
Papers
Immigrant Entrepreneur Challenges Toward Trade Europeanization: The Dynamics of Albanian Experience in the Province of Milan, Italy
in this paper I want to analyze some elements and phenomena that can be touched and considered for possible change and development between Albanian immigrants abroad, based on findings of a sample studied by the Albanian immigrant group of Lombardy, Italy. These changes can relate to education, professional skills, marketing and economic skills, sociological training especially to socialization and enlargement of ties.
Twentieth Centrury Russian Migration to Europe: Between Assimilation and Preserving of Russian Cultural Heritage
The migrants to Europe at the end of the 20-th century were mostly ethnic or economic migrants escaping uncertainty and economic problems of the countries of the former Soviet Union. Although because of other reasons part of them also is devoted to preserve the Russian culture in European surroundings. The report is devoted to the analysis of the difference between the waves of the Russian migration in Europe and its modern situation.
Religion and Immigration in Cyprus: A Comparative Study
The main research questions I will address in this paper are: Is religion a barrier or bridge for immigrant integration? Does religion obstruct or promote social integration? How is religion related with social identity, cultural identity, and public opinion? I will attempt to answer these questions by focusing on immigrants’ religion and its role in integration, religious assimilation and adaptation.
Rationalizing Human Rights Violations in Immigration Enforcement: The Case of Greek Security Professionals
This paper argues that the repetition of illicit practices by Greek security professionals derives to a great extent from deeply embedded negative attitudes towards various key issues related to migration in their field. In this respect, this paper provides an overview of the security professionals’ understanding of the Greek ‘migration-security nexus’, the migrant ‘other’, the ‘self’, globalisation and multiculturalism.
Up to New Frontiers of Continued Prosperity and Peace: A Europe of Self Determined Demarcation Lines. But without Borders…
In this paper, the author draws a sketch of a Europe of prosperity for all based on appreciation of distinction: qualitative diversity not abused for ill arguments of superiority and inferiority, but as source of innovation and uniqueness of offers in their diversity precisely fitting the specific diversity of preferences and dreams of minorities.
European Conditionality, Reform Capacity, and the Differential Performance of Spain and Greece During the Last Financial Crisis
This paper focuses on the differential ability of southern European debtor countries to respond to high-powered incentives created by creditor countries and the European Central Bank during the crisis of 2008-2013. While some countries like Spain seem to have responded positively to external incentives to reform, others like Greece have done so much more reluctantly, without anyone really taking ownership of the reforms.
Aspects of Europeanization of Foreign Policy: The Case of Greece from 1996 Onward
The aim of this paper is to identify to what extent Greece’s foreign policy has influenced and most importantly shaped by the policies produced at the European level with regard to the issue of Turkey’s European perspective. Focus is given on various theoretical approaches.
Connecting Europe with the World: Transaction Costs, Institutional Solutions, and Democratic Deficits
In terms of clarifications, we do not dispute the transaction cost-economizing logic; yet we argue that a more convincing theory of international regimes must imperatively name the precise kinds of actors who seek to economize on transaction costs. In terms of empirical tests, we select cases on the basis of the variation of one independent variable at a time, and show that the European Union (EU) may indeed be systematically trying to economize on transaction costs.
The Old Soviet Style in the New Socio-Cultural Context of Europe
This paper will explore how the value system in a country is reflected in the way people dress, and if the Russian-speaking migrants would leave their Soviet style in search of their Europeanness, or stay true to their previous socio-cultural context. We also explore how different aspirations and reasons for migration corresponded with the migrants’ every-day practice, as well as their identity and dress styles in Norway and Germany.
Imaginations of Europe in Turkish Cypriot Media Discourses
In this paper I will examine the ways in which Europe and Europeanness are imagined in Turkish Cypriot media discourses. By focusing on the aftermath of the Annan Plan referendum (April 2004), I will explore how different columnists represented the failure of the Annan Plan as well as the missed opportunity to join the European Union.
