BASEES-UACES EU-Russia Research Network Workshop: EU-Russia Relations
after the War in Georgia
Friday 21 November at the University of Wolverhampton
You are warmly invited to attend the Network’s first workshop and we are
very grateful to Martin Dangerfield for hosting it. There is no registration fee
but places are strictly limited so it is important to reserve your place as soon
as possible by emailing Jackie Gower at [log in to unmask] Details of the
final programme and location will be sent out nearer the time.
The draft programme is given below. The intention is to have a ‘round-table’
format so that everyone can participate fully in the discussion. But if anyone
would like to make a short presentation (10 minutes max) on one of the
topics, please let me know.
Draft Programme
10.00 - Coffee
10.50 - Welcome
11.00 - ‘Comparing Terminologies and Timelines in the South Ossetian Conflict
of August 2008’, Rick Fawn and Robert Nalbandov (both from St Andrews).
Followed by a round-table discussion.
12.30 - Lunch (provided for all participants)
13.45 - Assessing the EU’s role in the conflict and the implications for EU
Russia relations in the shared neighbourhood. Introduced by Jackie Gower
(King’s College London) and Graham Timmins (Stirling University), followed by a
round-table discussion.
15.15 - Tea
15.30 - The Europe-Asia Special Edition: ‘The European Union, Russia and the
Shared Neighbourhood.’ Identification and discussion of the issues which need
to be addressed in the light of developments since the BASEES and UACES
conferences where the papers were originally presented.
17.00 - Adjourn to local pub.
Please can you pass on this invitation to any colleagues or postgraduate
students who might be interested in attending and/or joining the research
network.
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