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
Albania: The Analysis over the Past and the Future Government of this Small and Important Balkan Country
My presentation will focus on the analysis of the Sali Berisha´s government during the past eight years, his achievements and mistakes, and what mistakes new PM Edi Rama should avoid in order for Albania to become a EU member.
New Challenges of the Western Balkan Countries and Turkey on the Way to European Union
Will the idea of a European perspective for Western Balkan countries and Turkey be achieved in the recent future or will these countries be left to themselves to remain on the margins of Europe? Is it possible to achieve healthy economic growth, stability and living standard suitable to citizens out of European Union? The future will bring answers to these questions. For the time being, I will try to anticipate some scenarios for the future based on economic analysis.
The Prestige of Westernization: “Among people”- Roma Students in a Village from Northern Romania
The researcher argues that the Roma who collaborated in this study do not have a different set of values from non-Roma and they ‘want in’ (Gmelch, 1985). Even though the focus of this project is not on the exotic Romani-speaking Roma, my informants are still seen in their community and country as a ‘pure Roma’ (Acton, 1974). The data collected is based on interviews and participant-observation conducted in the summer of 2013 in a village from the Northern Romania.
Liberal Education in CEE Countries: A Case Study of MISH UW in the Transitional Period
During the last two decades a number of things have changed, for internal as well as external factors have played role. A generational change is getting close, and the need of a more distinct vision of study spreading. In the last part of my presentation, I would like to present current discussions on reforming MISH.
Formation of Political Parties and Electoral Coalitions: The Case of Latvia
The case of Latvia in this paper is viewed from two points of view. First of all there is the national question, which already 23 years after regaining independence is the key trump card of elections. The Second issue that appears is the amount of pre-electoral coalitions and lack of ideology within them and raises the hypothesis: unity of ideology is not the reason for parties to merge and create party coalitions.
Statelessness: Challenging the “Europeaness” in the Baltics
In this paper I will use the concept of Europeanization and will concentrate more specifically on what Olsen in his article The Many Faces of Europeanization labelled as “domestic effect of Europeanization”: analysis of how the domestic institutions deal with the pressures coming from the European level. This paper will thus concentrate on the pressure coming from the European level to sort out the problem of “statelessness” on its territory. The comparative analysis of how European values and policy paradigms are internalized at the domestic level in Latvia and Estonia will help to cast further light on the challenges to the political identities of these countries.
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Louvre Abu Dhabi: a Space of Economic, Diplomatic, and Sociocultural Action
This communication seeks to expose that the national museum is not a neutral platform showing art, but rather a diplomatic institution; it seeks to expose the ideological constructions involved, more or less subliminally, in the Louvre Abu Dhabi Agreement. And, while considering the limits of multiculturalism, it wishes to consider substituting the concept of Alterity that refers to a pseudo essentialism of self and the other, for the one of “Altruity”, proposed by Roger Somé, which refers to fellow men as distinct, subject of encounter rather than object of study.
Giorgio Vasari and Niccolò Machiavelli: Appetite for Peace and Glory
This study analyzes the literary and visual connections between war and peace made by both Machiavelli and Vasari, as exemplified in Giorgio Vasari's portrait of Alessandro de’ Medici of 1555-60 (Palazzo Vecchio, Florence), which visually embodies the paradox of war and peace discussed in Niccolò Machiavelli’s The Art of War (1521).
Cultural Diplomacy and the Temporary Studio
Artists play a significant role in re-conceptualizing relationships between Europeans formerly kept asunder by the Iron Curtain. Many artists' residency programs started up since 1989 and provide temporary studio space upon application and acceptance. The article discusses the purposes, scope, and outreach of such programs.
