Central European Dictionary of Political Concepts - Conference

in cooperation with: Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts (SK), AMO - Association for International Affairs (CZ) and AnBlokk Association of Cultural and Social Studies (HU)

WELCOME Central European Dictionary of Political Concepts Conference June 24-26, 2011 Bratislava

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in cooperation with: Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts (SK) AMO - Association for International Affairs (CZ) AnBlokk Association of Cultural and Social Studies (HU)

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CENTRAL EUROPEAN DICTIONARY OF POLITICAL CONCEPTS - CONCLUSIONS FROM SEMINARS IN 2010 • A companion rather than a dictionary!

• The structure of work: • working groups / ”cluster editorial boards” consisting of 4-5 people • each broader topic covered by 4-5 essays focusing on more specific issues (approx. 10 pages

each) • essays within each section written by participants of a particular „cluster”, but also by authors invited by them to contribute to the volume • the work and output of „cluster editorial boards” co-ordinated by chief editors (Pawel Marczewski and Wojciech Przybylski)

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CRITERIA FOR ENTRIES contribution to conceptual development analytical: comparative within V4 countries and between V4 and the rest of Europe informative relevance for all V4 countries specificity (V4 countries) relevance for current public debates universality + application to V4 (how general, mainstream concepts are reflected and acted upon in CEE) • intertextuality • • • • • • •

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HOW WE PLAN TO GET FROM CLUSTERS TO DICTIONARY OR COMPANION? • We work in cluster groups on selecting topics and themes for discussion as well as readings • We use WikiMedia tech, eg. www.spinnet.eu • We discuss them during seminar in June 2011 and on-line • At the conference in June 2011 we decide upon specific topics and authors • We commission work and wait for contributions • There is peer review and editorial work already in arrangement with a publishing house of

our choice • Publishing process begins • We ask “Big names” to write endorsements etc.

in cooperation with: Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts (SK), AMO - Association for International Affairs (CZ) and AnBlokk Association of Cultural and Social Studies (HU)

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SCHEDULE • 4 page summary - end August/beginning of Sept 2010 • Sept 2010 - setting up groups, public announcement - call for contributors • Sept - Dec 2010 Fundraising • establishing of a working platform and putting together a reading list for each „cluster editorial board” • meeting of all working groups, dedicated to discussing particular topics and distributing writing tasks - probably around

June 2011 • publishing proposal ready - September 2011 • deadline for contributions - October 2011 • peer-review and editorial work - end of December 2011

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PROGRAM BRATISLAVA, JUNE 24-26TH 24.06.2011 | Friday 14:00-15:00 Opening | Wojciech Przybylski (editor in chief) Presentation of Res Publica Nowa and Host special edition 15:00-15:30

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15:30-17:30 Session: Liberalism in Central Europe Leszek Jazdzewski (section editor) Samuel Abraham | Vit Hlousek | Szabolcs Pogonyi | Michał Warchala 18:00-20:00

Dinner at the Polish Embassy

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PROGRAM BRATISLAVA, JUNE 24-26TH 25.06.2011 | Saturday 9:00 -11:00

Session: What is the global position of Central Europe?

Attila Melegh (section editor) Tomasz Kamusella | Weronika Parfianowicz |Tamas Scheibner |Mate Zombory 11:30-13:30 Session: My Hero, Your Enemy? Identity and the Politics of Memory Marcin Moskalewicz (section editor) Dagmar Kusa | Balint Varga | Csaba Zahoran | Jiri Subrt 13:30-15:00

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15:00-17:00 Session: Whose City?

Artur Celinski (section editor) Igor Kovacevic | Polyak Levente | Martyna Obarska | Lukasz Medeksza | Kacper Pobłocki

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PROGRAM BRATISLAVA, JUNE 24-26TH 26.06.2011 | Sunday 9:00-11:00 Session: Hijacking Civil Society Editor: Agnes Gagyi (section editor) Jan Grzymski | Mariya Ivancheva | Jiri Navratil | Grzegorz Piotrowski | Roxana Radu | Zuzana Szatmary 11:30-13:30 Session: Was W. Wilson Right?

Editor: Wojciech Przybylski (editor in chief) Daniel Ciunajcis |Gábor Egry | Martin Ehl | Lukasz Jasina | Kristina Mikulova | Radosław Zenderowski 13:30-15:30

Lunch

15:30-17:00 Session: What have we done with socialism? What has socialism done with us?

Editor: Marcel Tomasek (section editor) Gabor Halmai | Nicolas Maslowski | Michał Wencel 18:00-19:30 Summary for editors Artur Celinski | Agnes Gagyi | Leszek Jazdzewski | Marcin Moskalewicz | Wojciech Przybylski | Marcel Tomasek in cooperation with: Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts (SK), AMO - Association for International Affairs (CZ) and AnBlokk Association of Cultural and Social Studies (HU)

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