CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

A NEW REGION OF EUROPE: REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PARADIGMS IN THE BALTIC-BLACK SEA INTERMARUM

European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Konrad Adenauer Foundation (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas, Lithuania)

The Center for Advanced Study and Education (CASE)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

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November 26-27, 2010 (Vilnius, Lithuania)



Application deadline July 7, 2010



European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania), Vytautas Magnus University

(Kaunas, Lithuania) and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, in cooperation with The Center for

Advanced Studies and Education (CASE) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of

Lithuania, request submissions for an international conference, A New Region of Europe:

Regional Development Paradigms in Baltic-Black Sea Intermarum, which will be held November

26-27, 2010 in Vilnius.



The goal of the conference is to address the question of what represents “the new region

of Europe” formed in the process of political and historical evolution on the territory between the Baltic and Black Seas. This space represents qualities of a new social and geographical

environment that requires the development of particular methods of enhancing knowledge on

social and political processes occurring here in the context of spatial planning, as well as

monitoring those changes in the social and humanitarian environment.



“The new region” represents a group of states most frequently, and imprecisely, known

as “post-Soviet”. These countries are taking part in diverging processes of integration which

determine new boundaries of this region, at the same time confirming its existence vis-а-vis

regional approaches to resolving socio-political problems which could be solved only within the

boundaries of the whole region but not separate nation-states. In the framework of the concept

of “the new region of Europe”, the research of economic, legal and political processes here

become extremely important. At the same time this social space has a history of distinctive

cultural and civil practices that create the most important foundations of political and social

processes.



The quality of human geographical and local environments determines, in turn, transborder

and regional processes. The development of modern regional systems and the

opportunity to study the specific nature of mobility processes (social or political, economic

transformations and cultural evolution) in the Baltic-Black Sea region of Europe represent

unique sources of knowledge about trends of the development of modern social systems.

We are especially interested in submissions that address the following topics:

· Integration and trans-border relationships in the Baltic-Black Sea region;

· Energy security in the Baltic-Black Sea region;

· Regional policy in the states of the Baltic-Black Sea region;

· Cosmopolitan Europe: memory policy, migratory processes and transformation of

the institution of citizenship in the states of the Baltic-Black Sea region.



Eligibility:

Researchers, politicians and experts from all EU countries and Belarus, Ukraine, Russia,

Moldova.



Languages of the Conference:

Russian and English



In exceptional cases abstracts may be submitted in local languages of the states of the Baltic-

Black Sea Region of Europe with translations to Russian and/or English.



Application Form Submission:

Conference participants are invited to send an application form, abstract of 250 words (max.)

and curriculum vitae by e-mail to: [log in to unmask]

Conference application form: http://www.kas.de/wf/doc/994-1442-2-30.doc.



Abstract submission deadline: July 7, 2010.



Notification of accepted applications: July 20, 2010.



Papers that conform to the publication rules will be subsequently printed in the conference

publication. If you are interested in this publication please send your materials by October 15,2010. 



General rules for the full paper publication:

· Paper length should not be more than 40,000 printed characters (including references,

graphics and tables)

· MS Word; font – Times New Roman; font size – 14; line spacing – 1.5; field width – 2;

per-page footnotes.



Organizing Committee:

1. Dr. Anatoli Mikhailov, Rector, European Humanities University

2. Dr. Tatiana Shchitsova, Professor, European Humanities University

3. Dr. Pavel Tereshkovich, Professor, European Humanities University

4. Dr. Ineta Dabašinskienė, Professor, Vytautas Magnus University

5. Dr. Andžej Pukšto, Associate Professor, Vytautas Magnus University

6. Stefan Malerius, Director, Belarus Country Office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation

7. Dr. Oleg Bresky, Associate Professor, European Humanities University

8. Artūras Gailiūnas, Head of Policy Analysis Division of Policy Planning Department,

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania

9. Elena Matusevich, Deputy Coordinator, The Center for Advanced Studies and

Education (CASE)

10. Katsiaryna Radzko, Project Manager, Belarus Country Office of the Konrad Adenauer

Foundation

11. Tatsiana Chulitskaya, Lecturer, European Humanities University

12. Giedrius Česnakas, Assistant of Department of Politology (Vytautas Magnus

University).



Terms and Conditions:

No registration fee

Conference organizers will cover costs for participants’ accommodation and meals.

European Humanities University will assist participants in obtaining visas.

Conference Program:



The conference program will begin on November 26, 2010 at 9:00. Please plan your trip so that

you arrive in Vilnius on November 25, 2010 and leave on November 28, 2010.

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