Labnet: CFP: Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe, Kyiv, Ukraine, July 2009

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CFP: Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe: The 'Changing Europe'
Summer School, July 2009
http://labourhistory.net/news/i0810_20.php 

Changing Europe Summer School: "Civil Society in Central and Eastern
Europe before and after the End of Socialism" - Kyiv, Ukraine 07/09
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Research Centre for East European Studies at the University of Bremen in
cooperation with the EU Institute for Security Studies at the National
University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy"with funding from the Volkswagen
Foundation, Kyiv, Ukraine 27.07.2009-31.07.2009, National University of
"Kyiv-Mohyla Academy"
Deadline: 11.01.2009

The topic: The roles of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe are
manyfold. Before the end of socialism civil society in this region was
associated with dissident movements, human rights activists and above
all the Polish Solidarity movement. However, nationalist movements,
sometimes referred to as the dark side of civil society, also existed
under socialism. With the end of socialism civil society organisations
in most Central and East European countries grew in numbers and quality.
They gained new opportunities to influence the development of their
countries, but they also face challenges ranging from European
integration in Central Eastern Europe to authoritarian pressures in some
CIS and Balkan countries.

The Changing Europe Summer School adopts a broad understanding of civil
society, including not only NGOs but all kinds of interest groups and
societal organisations active in the public sphere between the state and
the individual. The Summer School will also cover discourses about and
public perceptions of civil society insofar as they are related to
Central and Eastern Europe. 

The Summer School: Each year the Changing Europe Summer School brings
together 20 to 30 young academics (i.e. mainly doctoral students from
disciplines like political science, history, sociology, social
anthropology, economics, law and geography) working on issues related to
countries in Central and Eastern Europe. Participation in the Summer
School gives them a chance to present and discuss their research
projects and to become better integrated into the academic community. 

The core of the Summer School consists of the presentation of doctoral
research projects and their discussion with senior researchers of
international repute in their respective fields. In addition, there will
be several sessions with experts on funding, access to information,
publication strategies and policy consulting. The sessions will be
framed by lectures and excursions as well as other activities designed
to give participants the opportunity to socialise and establish
contacts. Selected contributions to the Summer School will be published
in an edited volume. The participants will be integrated into an alumni
network.

Paper proposals: Paper proposals must be based on original research and
may not exceed 1000 words. They must be drafted in English and must
connect an empirical question with a theoretical approach and concept in
order to be accepted. Comparative approaches (across countries and
across time) are encouraged. An international review panel will assess
the papers for the conference in an anonymous review process (for more
information about the reviewers, see www.changing-europe.de). The
deadline for receipt of paper proposals is 11 January 2009. Please
submit your proposal according to the guidelines at
www.changing-europe.de.

Costs: Funding by the Volkswagen Foundation covers travel costs as well
as accommodation and participation fees.Location: National University of
"Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", http://www.ukma.kiev.ua 

More information at
http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/termine/id=10102 


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