Call for Proposals International Scientific Conference Ukraine - Romania - Moldova: Historical, Political and Cultural Relations in the Context of Modern European Processes 18-19 September 2007, Chernivtsi, Ukraine The Department of Political Science and Public Administration of the Faculty of History, Political Science and International Relations of Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, and the Bukovynian Center for Political Studies, in close cooperation with and financially supported by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Ukraine and the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta, with the participation of the Chernivtsi Oblast Administration, are pleased to announce the Third International Scientific Conference 'Ukraine - Romania - Moldova: Historical, Political and Cultural Relations in the Context of Contemporary European Processes', which will be held at Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University on September 18-19, 2007, on the premises of the Faculty of History, Political Science and International Relations. Primary objectives of the conference are: 1. Strengthening ties among scholars regarding problems of cooperation and present-day relations between and among Ukraine, Romania, and Moldova. 2. Defining the problem areas in relations between and among Ukraine, Romania and Moldova and elaborating up-to-date approaches to solving them. 3. Making proposals for follow-up scientific and practical events, drafting and implementing bilateral and trilateral models of interaction among historians, political scientists, cultural anthropologists and NGO activists of Ukraine, Romania and Moldova, and drafting recommendations for central and regional authorities and bodies of local self-government aimed at streamlining bilateral and trilateral cooperation. The conference will include the following main sections (panels): 1.Ukrainian-Romanian-Moldovan relations: lessons from the past. 2.The security dimension of trilateral relations: energy and military-political aspects. 3.Political, legal, socioeconomic and civil ties between and among Ukraine, Romania and Moldova: European integration as their inseparable component. 4.Developing joint approaches to studying and managing ethno-national processes in relations between and among Ukraine, Romania and Moldova. 5.Cultural, academic and educational dimensions of relations between and among Ukraine, Romania and Moldova. The latest relevant publications will be presented during the conference. Interested scholars are asked to send a one-page abstract of their proposed report or comment, their CV, and contact information before August 28, 2007, to the Academic Coordinator of the Project: Prof. Dr. Anatoliy M. Kruglashov, Chair of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration Faculty of History, Political Science and International Relations Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University 2 Kotsyubyns'kyi St. 58012 Chernivtsi Ukraine Work phone: (+380) 372 523053 Fax: (+380) 372 557182 E-mail: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]; <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] Applicants selected by the organizing committee will receive further instructions and information about accommodation in Chernivtsi by September 8, 2007. Participants will be provided with free meals and accommodation for the duration of the conference. There is a limited number of stipends for round trips to Chernivtsi by train (coupe car) or bus. ROMAN SENKUS / POMAH CEHbKYCb Director, CIUS Publications Program www.utoronto.ca/cius Managing Editor, www.encyclopediaofukraine.com Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, Toronto Office 20 Orde St., Room 125 University of Toronto Toronto, ON M5T 1N7 Canada tel. 416-978-8669, 416-978-6934 fax 416-978-2672