Invitation to an international online scientific conference

Division of politics and culture of Mediterranean countries
Institute of European Studies of the Jagiellonian University

invites you to

an international online conference:

"Shaping European citizenship in post-totalitarian societies. Reflections 15 years after the enlargement of the European Union”

Kraków 22 January 2021

The conference is the outcome of a project carried out at the Institute of European Studies, as part of the Europe for Citizens program (Shaping of the European citizenship in the post-totalitarian societies. Reflections after 15 years of EU enlargement - SHARE EU ​​609162-CITIZ-1-2019-1-PL-CITIZ-REMEM).

The conference will be an opportunity to discuss changes taking place in Europe in the context of:

• Transition from undemocratic systems (totalitarian and authoritarian) to democracy
• Civil society transformations within a post-totalitarian society
• Changes taking place in Central and Eastern Europe before and after the 2004 enlargement, with particular emphasis on the issue of national and European identity
• Memory of totalitarianism in post-totalitarian societies (a comparative perspective).

The conference will be organized in the format of three panel sessions:

• first panel session in Polish (9.00 am - 11.00 am)
• second panel session in English (11.00 am - 1.00 pm)
• afternoon seminar for MA students and PhD candidates (1.00 pm - 3.00 pm)

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic restrictions, the conference will be held on-line on the Microsoft Teams platform.

Organizers plan to publish selected papers in the Politeja Journal – published by the Jagiellonian University Faculty of International and Political Studies.

The conference program assumes panels of up to five speakers, during which there will be an opportunity to deliver 15-minutes  contributions to be followed by questions and discussion.

Hoping that you would like to take part in this conference, we kindly ask you to confirm your participation and send the proposed topic of your contribution along with the completed application form by January 15, 2021 to the following e-mail address: malgorzata.fijal@doctoral.uj.edu.pl.

Conference participation is free of charge.

Link to the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/389846362307148/

On behalf of the academic and organizing committee
Dr Elżbieta Mach and Prof. Joanna Sondel-Cedarmas

International academic debate, 23 October 2020

International Conference 7 October 2020

Autumn has come and the new academic year has come. These are the last 6 months of our project.

On January 10, 2020, an organizational meeting with cascade training for researchers, teachers and staff (grade 1) took place in Kielce.

During the organizational meeting with local coordinators of the Partner Institutions, administrative and substantive issues were discussed, as well as the shareEU project and the Financing Program Europe for Citizens.

The thematic lectures on totalitarianisms and sociological research methodology were also given.

Details in attachments.

On March 11, 2020, at the Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrzyca, as part of the "shareEU" project, a meeting with the Slovak diplomat, politician and actress Magdalena Vášáryova was held, during which the changes in Slovak society 15 years after the EU enlargement were discussed.

On October 17-18, 2019, took place in Krakow the project meeting for the shareEU project.

On October 17-18, 2019 was held in Krakow the project meeting for the project shareEU "Shaping of the European citizenship in the post – totalitarian societies. Reflections after 15 years of EU enlargement" financed by the Europe for Citizens Programme, Component 1: European Rememberance (Project number: 609162-CITIZ-1-2019-1-PL-CITIZ-REMEM).

The meeting place was the Institute of European Studies of the Jagiellonian University.

The meeting was attended by representatives from partner institutions: Jagiellonian University (PL), Univerzita Mateja Bel v Banskej Bystrici (SK), Università degli Studi dell'Aquila (IT), Świętokrzyskie Centrum Doskonalenia Nauczycieli in Kielce (PL), Powiat kielecki (PL).

The meeting was led by project coordinator Dr. Elżbieta Mach.