Post-totalitarian Societes in Transformation.
From Systemic Change into European Integration

This study considers the multidimensional nature of the construction of the active civil society in the post-totalitarian reality of Central and Eastern Europe, covering the period of systemic transformations in the region in 1989 to the EU accession of 2004. The analysis was carried out using a multidisciplinary research perspective which incorporates historical, sociological, and legal insights, as well as those from political science. The volume illustrates the dynamic character of the process of constructing an active civil society process in a broader comparative perspective against the background of post-totalitarian societies, Germany and Italy, which underwent the process of democratic transformation in 1945 and went on to actively forge the European Community in the 1950s.

Kształtowanie obywatelstwa europejskiego w społeczeństwach posttotalitarnych

Vol. 19 No. 1(76) (2022)

On January 22, 2021, the final international scientific conference was held entitled

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

The organizer of the event was

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

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

• Link to the meeting: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a434dadc42d09411cb7f371252b2deaa5%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=fd5b1c97-0016-4ac1-bc25-bb0a484adfee&tenantId=eb0e26eb-bfbe-47d2-9e90-ebd2426dbceb
• Link to the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/389846362307148

On February 27, 2021, the "Conference for Education" was held on-line on the ZOOM platform, summing up the implementation of the shareEU project entitled "Shaping European citizenship in post-totalitarian societies. Reflections 15 years after the enlargement of the European Union”.

The event is organized by the Świętokrzyskie Teacher Training Center and the Kielce District.

The conference program and event details can be found below.

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