Tagungen

Veranstalter: Polish Committee of the International Society for Education through Art (InSEA), the National Centre of Art for Children and Young People in Poznan, `Zamek' Cultural Centre in Poznan, and under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and Art of the Republic of Poland

Themenschwerpunkte:

The Congress is conceived on the premise that education through art is a means of promoting international understanding and cooperation. This will be achieved by bringing together specialists, teachers, academics, government officers and others directly concerned with the encouragement and advancement of creative education. Arts and crafts will be used to explore approaches to art education which are more inclusive, interactive, collaborative and interdisciplinary.

The Pre-Conference Session Education through Art: Time Passing and Time Enduring will be held in Warsaw, 17.-18.06.00.

Kontakt: InSEA European Congress

Vademecum, National Centre of Art for Children and Young People in Poznan

61-809 Poznan, ul. SW. Marcin 80/82, Poland

Tel.: +4861 853 6090

Fax: +4861 852 8580

E-mail: ncenter@sylaba.pl

Ankündigung

Hierarchy and Power in the History of Civilizations

International Conference

Zeit: June 2000

Ort: Moscow, Rußland

Veranstalter: The Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences in cooperation with The Institute of Cultural Anthropology (Russian State University of Humanities, Moscow)

Themenschwerpunkte:

The Conference objective is to discuss the processes of the politogenesis in their regional and temporary variation. This discussion, in its turn, could and should promote the advancement of the understanding of the general trends and mechanisms of sociocultural evolution, the interrelation and interaction of social, cultural and political dimensions in the society, and further development of general methodology for anthropology, cultural studies, sociology, political science etc.

Deadline: for panel proposals: 01.09.99, for paper proposals with abstracts (max. 300 words): 01.12.99

Kontakt: Igor V. Sledzevski, Center for Civilizational and Regional Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

30/1 Spiridonovka St.

Moscow 103001, Russia

Fax: +795 2020 786

E-mail: dbondar@inafr.msk.su

Ankündigung

Tradition and modernity in Romanian culture and civilization, 1600-2000

Sixth International Conference

Zeit: 03.-07.07.00

Ort: Iasi, Romania

Veranstalter: Center for Romanian Studies

Kontakt: Center for Romanian Studies

Oficiul Postal I, Csusa Postal 108

6600 Iasi, Rumänien

Tel.: +4032 219000

Fax: +4032 219010

E-mail: csr@romanianstudies.ro

Ankündigung

Travel writing, Ethnography and the Migration of Stereotypes

6th Biennial Conference of the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA)

Zeit: 26.-29.07.00

Ort: Cracow, Poland

Veranstalter: EASA

Deadline: 31 January 2000

The Scientific Committee encourages EASA members to put forward their ideas and to contribute with papers to the workshops' sessions of the 6th Conference. Members should send the title of the paper and an abstract of no more than 200 words to the workshop Convenor(s) no later than 31 January 2000. It is up to the Convenor(s) to select papers that will make a coherent workshop session. The selected papers with their abstracts will be gathered together in a booklet available to the conference participants.

E-mail: easa@trivium.gh.ub.es

Internet: http://www.ub.es/easa/index.htm

Ankündigung

Labour markets, work, and welfare during the transition and integration processes

Seminar

Zeit: 10.-14.10.00

Ort: Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania

Veranstalter: Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI), Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn in cooperation with Tartu University, the University of Latvia, the Vilnius University and the Euro Faculty

Kontakt: ZEI, Univ. Bonn, Ken Smith

Walter-Flex-Straße 3

53113 Bonn

Tel.: +49228 737 967

Fax: +49228 731 809

E-mail: smith@united.econ.uni-bonn.de

Bericht

Workshop New Forms of Management, Privatisation and Participation"

Zeit: 19.-20. July 1999

Ort: St. Petersburg State University, Faculty of Management in co-operation with and supported by German Volkswagen Foundation

The workshop was a meeting of the Research Committee (RC) 10 of the International Sociological Association (ISA) organised by the regulations of the RC 10. Members of the RC 30 and the RC 44 of the ISA took part in the workshop as well. Participants came from eleven countries and three continents (Brazil, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Spain, Japan, Russia, USA). Among them were researchers, academic professors and also practically working economists and politicians. Many reports were presented by German and Russian students showing their ability to conduct researches and to make scientific analyses. The reports were based on empirical studies and theoretically orientated.

The reports dealt with problems of Germany and Russia in particular and of Brazil, China, Italy, Hungary, Greece, Spain, Poland and Europe in general.

The reports and discussions at the workshop contributed to the current discussion on privatisation and the development of management and economy in Central and Eastern Europe.

The workshop had the following agenda:

Plenary

Basis of new forms of management, participation and privatisation (Kreissig/Raskow)
Development of positions of the management to participation in small and medium sized enterprises in East Germany (Lang)

New Forms of Management

Successful management in German small and medium sized enterprises (Gruhler)
Empirical studies on development of management in Eastern Europe (Ishikawa)
Importance of participative management in small and medium sized enterprises in Europe (Insola)
Management in small and medium sized enterprises in Northern Italy (Silvestri)
Management and self-organisation in enterprises" (Trofimov)
Management in Russian enterprises and business evaluation (Loukianova/Zenkevich)
Entrepreneurship and management in Russia - psychological aspects (Koshelova)
Forms of management and privatisation in Russian household economy (Fox)

Students researches into management, participation and privatisation

Russian system of taxes as a problem of modern forms of management (Adrianov)
Co-operative structures in interorganisational networks (Schlorke/Schubert/Uhl-mann)
Japanese management methods and problems of realisation in Russia (Kusnezova)
Human resources consulting - as an important task of management in Russia (Denisova)

Privatisation and participation

Privatisation and participation in Siberia (Gershikov)
Structure of Hungarian economy after privatisation - limits of participation (Galgoczi)

Participation - forms and industrial relations

Industrial relations in Greece - present situation, trends and future (Nicolaou-Smokoviti)
Teamwork - a contribution to co-determination at workplace - example of Volkswagen (Seul)
Participation in propriety and management or co-determination in Poland (Kulpinska)
Women participation in the management of the future (Guadelupe Gomez y Patio)

Economic change and participation

Democracy, participation and education (Suenker)
Communal enterprises - participation in Russian entrepreneurship (Patokina/Cher-niakov)
Industrial change and fetching modernisation the example of Volkswagen (Voigt)

Practical experiences in management, privatisation and participation

Foundation of a private enterprise and problems of participative management in East Germany (Arnold)
Privatisation of Hoermann-Rawema and problems of participative project management in Eastern Europe (Streicher)
Development of business ethic and participative management on the market (Igantiev)

Roundtable discussion:

Potentialities and forms of management and participation in the co-operation between Russia and Germany (Arnold / Effenberger / Streicher / Gaube / Moltschanov / Chonobiev - Katkalo)

Contact: Prof. Dr. Volkmar Kreissig

State University St. Petersburg

Faculty for Management

Pereulok Dekabristov 16

199155 St. Petersburg/Russia

Tel.: +7812 350-8155

Fax: +7812 350-0406

E-mail: volkmar@som.spb.su

Bericht

International Conference "The Enlargement of the European Union and Russia's Priorities"

On October 15-16, 1999, the Institute of Europe and the Association of European Studies in cooperation with the Delegation of the European Commission in Russia, held a conference "The Enlargement of the European Union and Russia's Priorities". It assembled representatives of the Russian Government, executives of Ministries and Departments, diplomats of EU Member-Countries and applicant countries, researchers, businessmen and journalists. Among the key speakers were V. Loukin, Chairman of the Committee for International Affairs of the State Duma of the Russian Federation (RF), I. Ivanov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the RF, M. Emerson, Prof. of the London School of Economics, Academician V. Zhurkin, Director of the Institute of Europe (Russia), G. Dubois, Deputy Head of the Delegation of the European Commission in RF, S. Stebelsky, Director of EU Department of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Prof. Y. Papanicolaou, Director General of the International Centre of the Black Sea Studies (Greece), Prof. I. Shikova, President of ESCA-Bulgaria, V. Shlyamin, Minister of External Relations of the Republic Karelia (Russia), N. Arbatova, vice-president of the Council of the Mediterranean and Black Sea Studies (Russia), S. Glinkina (Deputy Director of the Institute of International Economic and Political Studies (Russia), etc. Summary of discussions were made by Prof. Y. Borko, President of the Association of European Studies (Russia).

The following topics were discussed:

the prospects of the EU enlargement: scenarios and problems
trade and economic relations between the EU, CEECs and Russia in the context of the EU enlargement
implications of the EU enlargement for the security of Russia and its position in Europe
interconnection between the EU enlargement and cooperation in the southern regions of Europe
interconnection between the EU enlargement and cooperation in the Baltic and Northern regions of Europe

Materials of the conference are to be published.

For detailed information please contact:

AES, Institute of Europe,

11-3 "B", Mokhovaya ul.,

Moscow 103873

Tel.: +7095 201-67-04, +7095 201-69-89

Fax: +7095 200-52-55

E-mail: aes@centro.ru

Dr. Kaveshnikov, Institute of Europe

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