Program European Networks: the Balkans, Scandinavia and the Baltic World in a Time of Crisis

Friday, 25 May 2012

 

09.00-12.00: Registration of the participants;

The International Centre for Conferences, Entrance hall, Info Desk, Valahia University,

Ion Alexandrescu St., No 39

 

09.30-09.45: The opening of the Third Annual International Conference on Baltic and Nordic Studies in Romania: EUROPEAN NETWORKS: THE BALKANS, SCANDINAVIA AND THE BALTIC WORLD IN A TIME OF ECONOMIC AND IDEOLOGICAL CRISIS;

The Auditorium of the International Centre for Conferences, Valahia University of Târgovişte,

Ion Alexandrescu St., No 39

 

Chair: Ms. Elena Dragomir, The Secretary of the Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies

           

Speakers:

            Associate Professor Dr. Călin Oros, The Rector of Valahia University of Târgovişte;

            Mr. Gabriel Boriga, The Mayor of Târgovişte;

            Ambassador Liviu Bota, Black Sea University Foundation;

            Mr. Chris Deliso, The Director of Balkanalysis.com;

 

09.45-11.15: Roundtable: Integrating minorities in the Baltic and Nordic Sea rim countries

 

Chairs: Chris Deliso and Silviu Miloiu

 

            Speakers:

            Mr. Taavi Toom, The Ambassador of Estonia in Romania;

            Ms. Ulla Väistö, The Ambassador of Finland in Romania;

            Mr. Vladimir Jarmolenko, The Ambassador of Lithuania in Romania, Honorary President of the Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies;

            Ms. Hilde Berit Eide, Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission, The Embassy of Norway in Romania;

            Ms. Marie-Louise Thaning, Counsellor, Deputy Head of Mission, The Embassy of Sweden in Romania;

            Mr. Ioan Donca, The Honorary Consul of Latvia in Bucharest;

 

11.15-11.30: Coffee Break

The Reception Hall of the International Centre for Conferences

 

11.30-12.15: Plenary session I

The Auditorium of the International Centre for Conferences

 

Chair: Elena Dragomir, The Secretary of the Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies;

 

Speaker: Michael North, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald

Keynote address I: Reinventing the Baltic Sea Region: From the Hansa to the EU-Strategy of 2009

 

12.15-13.00: Plenary session II

The Auditorium of the International Centre for Conferences

 

Chair: Saulius Kaubrys, University of Vilnius;

 

Speaker: Kari Alenius, University of Oulu

Keynote address II: Beggars, scammers, discriminated against by the whole of Europe”. Romania's Roma in Finnish tabloids, 2008-2011

 

13.00-14.00: Reception;

The Reception Hall of the International Centre for Conferences

 

14.15-14.30: guided visit of the photo exhibition: Tallinn-Turku: Capitals of Culture 2011

Museum of History, Calea Domneasca St., no. 181

 

14.30-14.45: The opening of the Small Library for Baltic and Nordic Studies (RoBaltNord) and guided visit of the Art Museum

The Small Library for Baltic and Nordic Studies at the Art Museum, Calea Domneasca St., no. 181

 

15.15-19.30: Conference sessions

The International Centre for Conferences Valahia University, Ion Alexandrescu St., No 39

 

 

Session 1 15.15 – 16.45	Panel 1 Extremism and extremists	Panel 2 The EU and the European peripheries The Blue Room
	Chair: Kari Alenius	Chair: Chris Deliso
	Bogdan Aitana, Oana-Andreea Sprîncenatu, Romania and Right-Wing Extremist Behavior: A Network Approach	Görkem Atsungur, The Politics of Painting: Political Graffitis in the Balkan and Baltic Regions
	Silviu Miloiu, The failure of Nordic interwar right-wing movements from the perspective of Romanian diplomacy	Andrius Švarplys, The European Union and Russia in the Lithuanian Mass Media after the Entering the European Union
	Dimitris Michalopoulos, Far right in the Balkans: Roots and perspectives	Aneta Cekik, Small states lobbying in the European Union- the experience of the newer member states

 

 

16.45-17.00: Coffee Break

The Reception Hall of the International Centre for Conferences

 

Session 2 17.00 – 19.00	Panel 3 Ethnic minorities and European Identities, I The Green Room	Panel 4 Conflict and peace The Blue Room
	Chair: Bogdan-Alexandru Schipor	Chair: Adrian Mac Liman
	Dragana Kovacevic, Young people from Bosnia and Herzegovina in Norway: Migration, Identity and Inter-Ethnic Relations	Sajal Lahiri, Valerica (Val) Vlad, Peace Dividends in a Trade-theoretic Model of Conflict
	Oana-Raluca Glăvan, Lucia Andrievschi – Bartkiene, Multiculturalism vs. Nationalism and the Role of Ethnic Minorities in the Public Life of Lithuania	Mehmet Efe Biresselioglu, Evaluation of the Balkans' Position as a Transit Route for Natural Gas Supply to the EU
	Saulius Kaubrys, Polish minority of Lithuania during 1930s: between challenges and accommodation	Sara Núñez de Prado, The Projection of the Political Turkish Model beyond the Balkans
		Valentin Nicula, The Romanian-Turkish Relations in the Framework of the Strategic Partnership

 

19.00-19.30: Regular meeting of the members of the Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies;

The Blue Room of the International Centre for Conferences of Valahia University;

 

19.30-21.30: Conference Dinner (restaurant will be announced)

 

 

Saturday, 26 May 2012

09.00-11.00: The registration of the participants;

The International Centre for Conferences, Entrance hall, Info Desk,

Valahia University, Ion Alexandrescu St., No 39

 

09.00-09.45: Plenary session III

The Auditorium of the International Centre for Conferences

 

Chair: Chris Deliso, The Director of Balkanalysis.com;

 

Speaker: Matteo Albertini, Balkanalysis.com;

 

Keynote presentation III: Organized Crime from the Balkans to Scandinavia: state of affairs;

 

09.45-10.00: Periodicals Presentation and Call for Papers

The Auditorium of the International Centre for Conferences

 

Chair: Elena Dragomir

Speakers: Silviu Miloiu and Cezar Stanciu

 

            Revista Romana de Studii Baltice si Nordic / The Romanian Journal for Baltic and Nordic Studies, vol. 3, no. 2 (2011) and vol. 4 (2012)

            Valahian Journal of Historical Studies, issue 16 (2011) and issue 18 (2012)

 

10.00-10.15: Coffee Break

 

10.15-12.15: Conference session

The International Centre for Conferences Valahia University

 

Session 3 10.15 – 12.15	Panel 5 Influencing each other The Green Room	Panel 6 Historical interactions, I The Blue Room
	Chair: Nerijus Babinskas	Chair: Cezar Stanciu
	Kinga Dudzinska, The Baltic States after crisis – causes, consequences and perspectives	Bogdan Teodor, The Balkans between Democracy and Regional Stability
	Elīna Skujiņa, Literature as the reflection of reality. Laima Muktupavela „The Mushroom Covenant. Bloody Balts in Ireland.” (2002)	Veniamin Ciobanu, The appointment of a Swedish vice-consul in Bucharest in 1835
	Alexandra Anton, Policy makers’ beliefs about assessment versus primary school teachers’ practices of assessing pupils.  Comparative study: Finland and Romania	George Cristea, Family kinships between the Romanian and Swedish royal houses: an impetus for multilayered cooperation between the two countries
	George Calotă, Petrişor Gruia, Ion Croitoru, Emilia Vasile, The effects of Balkan countries’ adhesion to European Union	Elena Dragomir, The improvement of the Romanian-Finnish relations in the early 1960s as seen from Bucharest

 

12.15-13.15: Reception

The Reception Hall of the International Centre for Conferences

 

13.15-17.00: Conference sessions

 

Session 4 13.15 – 14.45	Panel 7 Ethnic minorities and European Identities, II	Panel 8 Global and regional crises
	Chair: Kinga Dudzinska	Chair: Sara Núñez de Prado
	Ádám Németh, Alteration of the Ethnic Segregation and Ethnic Diversity Index in Latvia during the First and Second Independence Periods	Oana-Camelia Stroescu, Dorin Popa, The Greek-Turkish Crisis of 1996. The Role of the Greek Daily Political Press in Solving the Unsolved
	Bogdan-Alexandru Schipor, The Repatriation of the Germans from Baltic States and Romania, 1939-1941. Policy, Diplomacy and Social Drama	Ruxandra Alexianu, Romania, Finland and the 2008 war in Georgia
	Eva Birzniece, Construction of Resistance Discourse in Latvian Post-Soviet Literature about Deportations to Siberia (in 1940 and 1949)	Adrian Mac Liman, The impact of the green revolutions upon the stability in Southern Europe and the Balkans

 

14.45-15.00: Coffee Break

The Reception Hall of the International Centre for Conferences

 

Plenary session IV 15.00 – 16.30	Historical interactions, II
	Chair: Veniamin Ciobanu
	Nerijus Babinskas, Economic challenges of the early modern ages and different responses of European margins: comparative considerations on the basis of historiography (the cases of Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth and Moldavian principality)
	Costel Coroban, From the Fringe of the North to the Balkans: The Balkans Viewed by Scottish Medical Women during World War I
	Mioara Anton, War and Peace: Soviet strategies in the Balkans and Black Sea regions (1946-1947)

 

16.30-17.00: Closing Session

The Green Room

of the International Centre for Conferences, Valahia University of Târgovişte

 

Chairs: Chris Deliso, The Director of Balkanalysis.com and Elena Dragomir, The Secretary of the Romanian Association for Baltic and Nordic Studies;

 

17.00-18.30: visit of the town of Targoviste;

 

19.00-21.00: Festive Dinner offered by the organizers;

Restaurant to be announced

 

Sunday, 27 May 2012

08.00-13.00: Guided excursion to Padina in the Carpathians;