Newsletter - Social Science in Eastern Europe 2001-1
CONFERENCES
Announcement
Political and Cultural Relations between Russia and the Baltic Region
States,1700-2000
Date: 6-9 April, 2001
Conference site: Samara
Organiser: Samara University
More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser
Vera Dubina and Michail Leonov
E-mail: dvs@samara.ru
Ruth Büttner
E-mail: ruth.buettner@web.de
Announcement
The Implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights in Russia:
Legal Norms, Judicial Actions, and Political Practice
Date: April 2001
Conference site: Ekaterinburg
Organiser: The Friedrich Naumann Foundation, The Department of
International Relations of Ural State University, and The Sverdlovsk Regional
Fund for the Advancement of International Relations Studies
More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser
Ural State University
Dep. of International Relations
Pr. Lenina 51 620083 Ekaterinburg
Tel.: +7-3432-557543 (Andreas Umland)
E-mail: yekaterinburg_conferences@yahoo.com
(subject heading: ECHR)
Announcement
Ten Years of Russian Foreign Policy
Date: 20-21 April, 2001
Conference site: Moscow
Organiser: Russian International Studies Association (RISA)
Topics:
* Conceptual Foundations of Russian Foreign Policy
* Russia in a Changing World
* Problems of Globalization in a Modern World
* Diplomacy: Problems and Directions
* Regional Aspects of Russian Foreign Policy
* Russian Perceptions of the World. World's Perceptions of Russia
* International Conflicts and Russia
* Russia and World Economy
* International Law: New Challenges
* Problems of Security in a Modern World
* Teaching International Relations in Russia
* New Generation of IR Specialists in Russia
More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser
Andrei Melville, the RISA Convention 2001 Program Chair (melville@mgimo.ru)
Internet: http://www.risa.ru/
Announcement
Economic System of the European Union and the Accession of the Republic of
Croatia
III. International Conference
Date: 20-21 April, 2001
Conference site: Lovran, Croatia (Hotel Excelsior)
Organiser: Univ. of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics, Univ. of Llubljana, Faculty
of Economics, Univ. of Antwerp, Institute of European Studies, Univ. of Trieste,
Faculty of Economics
More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Economics
Vukovarska 58
51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Tel.: +385-51 353 730
Fax: +385 51 675 750
E-mail: EUCONF@EFRI.HR
Internet: http://oliver.efri.hr/euconf/
Announcement
Women in Contemporary Cultural Studies: Reading the Body
Date: 21-26 May 2001
Conference site: Dubrovnik, Croatia
Organiser: Centre for Women's Studies in Zagreb
More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser
Nordic Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Research
P.O.Box 1156 Blindern
NO-0317 Oslo, Norway
Tel.: +47-22 85 89 21
Fax: +47-22 85 89 50
Internet: http://www.nikk.uio.no/arangemang/2001_1_e.html
Announcement
Philosophy and Social Sciences
International interdisciplinary conference
Date: 23-26 May 2001
Conference site: Prague (Villa Lanna)
Organiser: Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences of the
Czech Republic, Faculty of Philosophy of Charles University and the
Inter-University Centre
Topics: Lectures and panel discussions cover moral, social and
political issues in this annual conference. The tradition of democratic and
critical thinking, the spirit of international dialogue and genuine pluralism
characterize the conference.
1. Rethinking Sovereignty, 2. Globalization, New Media and Democracy, 3.
Changes in the Socialization of Individuals, 4. Forms of Social Criticism
Conference language: English
More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser
M. Hrubec
Institute of Philosophy
Jilska 1
11000 Prague 1
E-mail: hrubec@praha1.ff.cuni.cz
Announcement
International Relations for Developing Social and Economic Process in the
NIS Countries
International Conference
Date: 7-8 June, 2001
Conference site: Omsk, Russia
Organiser: Omsk State Pedagogical University
More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser
Inter-Univ. Center for International Cooperation/ Academic Mobility 14
Naberezhnaya Tukhachevskogo, #333 644099 Omsk, Russia
Tel./Fax: +7-3812- 243 795
E-mail: common@omsk.edu
Internet: http://www.omsk.edu/ and
http://www.indiana.edu/~reeiweb/reeiconf.html#omsk
Announcement
Libraries and Associations in the Transient World: New Technologies and
New Forms of Cooperation
Eighth International Conference Crimea 2001
Date: 9-17 June, 2001
Conference site: Sudak, Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Ukraine
Organiser: Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology,
Moscow, Russia
More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser
GPNTB Organizing Committee 12 Kuznetsky Most
103919 Moscow, Russia Tel.: +7-095-921 98 62
Fax: +7-095-925 97 50
E-mail: crimea2001@gpntb.ru
Internet: http://www.iliac.org/crimea2001
Announcement
Family Therapy 2001 `Traveling through time and space'
IVth European Conference (EFTA and XVth Hungarian National Conference on
Family Therapy
Date: 27-30 June, 2001
Conference site: Budapest, Hungary
Organiser: Hungarian Family Therapy Association
Topics:
* Family Therapy in Medicine
* Family Therapy in the Social Sciences
* Changing Approaches to Research in Family Therapy
* Philosophies of Training in Family Therapy
* Family Therapy in Different Cultural Contexts
* Family Therapy and the Media Narrative, Language and Psychotherapy
* Couple Therapy, Sex Therapy
* Pharmacology, Biotechnology and the Family
* Passions and Addictions
* Systemic Approaches to Family Businesses
* The Evolution of Family Therapy in Clinical Practice
* Systemic Approaches in Non-Clinical Contexts
More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser
Hungarian Family Therapy Association, T. Kurimay
Kcetvslg cet 4
H-1125 Budapest, Hungary
Tel.: +36-1-391 03 13
Fax: +36-1-200 98 44
E-mail: familyth@matavnet.hu
Internet: http://www.c3.hu/~familyth/
Announcement
Law and Society
International Conference
Date: 4-7 July 2001
Conference site: Budapest, Hungary (Central European Univ.)
Organiser: The Law and Society Association and the Research Committee
on Sociology of Law
More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser
Law and Society Ass., Univ. of Massachusetts
205 Hampshire House, 131 Court Circle
Amherst, MA 01003-9257, USA
Tel.: +1-413-545-4617
Fax: +1-413-545-1640
E-mail: hartog@princeton.edu
Internet: http://lawandsociety.org/ann_mtg/am01/call.htm
Announcement
Fourth International Congress of Romanian Studies
Date: 9-13 July 2001
Conference site: Suceava, Romania
Organiser: Society for Romanian Studies
More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser
Viorica Rusu, Center for Romanian Studies
Oficiul Postal 1, Casuta Postala 108
6600 Iasi, Romania
Fax: +40-32-21 90 10
E-mail: csr@romanianstudies.ro
Announcement
The Moral Fabric in Contemporary Societies
I35th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology
Date: 11-16 July 2001
Conference site: Krakow, Poland
Organiser: International Institute of Sociology
More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser
35th IIS Congress Secretariat
Jagiellonian University
Grodzka 52
PL-31-044 Krakow, Poland
Tel./ Fax: +48-12-431-24-93
E-mail: iis2001@uj.edu.pl
Internet: http://www.confer.uj.edu.pl/iis2001
Announcement
Digital Libraries: Advanced Methods and Technologies, Digital Collections
Date: 11-13 September, 2001
Conference site: Petrozavodsk
Organiser: Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Karelian Research
Center/Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk State University, Institute of
Applied Mathematic Methods.
More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser
Institute of Applied Mathematical Research,
Karelian Research Centre of RAS,
11 Pushkinskaya St,
185610 Petrozavodsk,
Republic of Karelia, Russia
Tel.: +7 (814-2) 77-11-08, 77-63-12
E-mail: vdov@krc.karelia.ru; tarasov@krc.karelia.ru
Internet: http://rcdl2001.krc.karelia.ru/
Announcement
Eurasian Aspect of Siberian Ethnosocial Processes
The Fourth Annual Seminar on Ethnosocial Processes in Siberia
Date: 13-15 September, 2001
Conference site: Ulan-Ude, Russian Federation
Organiser: Sibirian Branch of the Academy of Science
Topics:
* Ethnic identity in time of globalisation
* The traditional and modern religions of the
* native peoples of Siberia
* Changes in the value structure of Siberian youth
* The interrelation of Slavic, Turkish, and Paleoasiatic influences in
Eurasian civilisation
* Ecology and economics under market conditions
Conference fee: $200
More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser:
Olga Buraevaia
Instiute of Mongol Studies, Buddism, and Tibet Studies
Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences
ul. Sakhianovoi 6
670047 Ulan-Ude, Russia
E-mail: imbt@bsc.buryatia.ru
Announcement
Russia, Siberia, and Central Asia: Interrelation of Peoples and Cultures
Date: November, 2001
Conference site: Barnaul, Altai region
Organiser: Centre for Regional Studies, Barnaul State Pedagogical
University
Topics:
* Relations of Russia/Soviet Union with bordering states and territories
* Civilization interconnections within Greater Central/Inner Asia
* Transnational/transregional migrations within Greater Central Asia/Inner
Asia rim
More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser
Dr Vladimir Boyko
Center for Regional Studies
Barnaul State Pedagogical University
Molodezhnaya Street 55
656031 Barnaul
Russia
E-mail: boyko@bspu.secna.ru
Retrospective
Youth Subcultures 2000
Date: 23.02.-25.02.2001
Conference site: Warsaw, Poland
Organiser: Institute of Social Prevention and Rehabilitation of Warsaw
University
Topics:
* Sources and history of youth subculture movements
* Social, cultural, psychological and economic conditions of their emergence
* Influence and society and social reaction to these phenomena
* Influence on attitudes of young people
* Negative accompanying phenomena (drugs, aggression)
* Youth cultures abroad
* Values represented by youth subcultures
More detailed information can be obtained directly from the organiser
Institute of Social Prevention and Rehabilitation of the Warsaw University -
IPSiR Osrodek Socjoterapii
ul. Podchorazych 20
PL-00720 Warszawa
Fax: +022/841-48-11
E-mail: sawa@mercury.ci.uw.edu.pl
Retrospective
Europe of Regions: Cohesion and Integration
Date: 29.09. - 30.09. 2000
Conference site: Budapest
Organiser: BUDAPEST FORUM: European Regional Studies Network -
Association for European Integration and Regional Co-operation
(Alps-Danube-Adriatic Region)
More detailed information can be obtained directly from
Dr. Eva Tall
Institute for Political Science of the Hungarian Academy of Science
Orszaghaz u. 30
H- 1014 Budapest
Tel.: + 361-22 46 732
E-mail: tall@mtapti.hu
Conference report
Annual Meeting of the Hungarian Political Science Association
The HPSA held its annual meeting on 01.12.2000 in Budapest. Jozsef Bayer
(president) and Tibor Navracsics (secretary general) reported about the
activities of the HPSA in 2000:
Participation in International Thematic Network (Europa), involvement in work
of the International Political Science Association. A new regional branch of it,
the Central European Political Science Association has been established. A
journal of this Branch has been envisaged. It is planned to organise the next
conference in Vienna, Austria.
The Regional meeting took place on 2-3.06.2000 in Szeged. A special issue of
the Hungarian Political Science Review will be devoted to it. The next Regional
meeting "Politics in the 21st century" will be held in September 2001
in Pecs.
Two double issues of the Hungarian Political Science Review were published in
2000. Next year it will be published quarterly again.
The Istvan Bibo Prize 2000 of the Association was rewarded to Erzsebet Szalai
during the meeting.
Budget: For the first time more income resulted from membership fees than
from the support of the Academy of Sciences.
Leadership and organisation: the president (Jozsef Bayer again), the
secretary general (Gabor Török gabor.torok@matavnet.hu/,
Budapest School of Economics, Department of Political Science) and the 10 member
presidency were re-elected.
Conference report
Workshop "Internet services (main emphasis link collections) as
service facilities for the East-West knowledge transfer". Berlin, 4.
-5.12.2000
The Department "Information Transfer Eastern Europe" at the GESIS
Branch Office in Berlin organised in cooperation with the "Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Osteuropakunde" and the East-West-Science Centre (Kassel)
the Workshop "Internet services (main emphasis link collections) as service
facilities for the East-West knowledge transfer" with the aim to bring
together providers of information on Eastern Europe at first predominately from
the non-university institutions of the German-speaking countries.
Primarily, the present link collections on Internet information referring to
Eastern Europe were to be discussed as well as possible ideas and planning for
the future cooperation. Internet link collections are designed to support the
respective users in search for further-reaching information. Since the set-up
and update of link collections produce expenditure of work, it had to be
checked, whether the double work could be avoided by cooperation or whether a
certain job sharing could lead to a more transparent overview of relevant link
lists.
24 representatives from 17 institutions took part in the workshop. At first,
the participants introduced the aims, contents and structure of their link
collections and referred to envisaged developments. It was unanimously stated
that extensive, well-structured and up-to-date link collections require much
work. All participants declared therefore their willingness to proceed on the
principle of division of labour and as a first step to integrate references to
other information providers into their services.
A tabular overview allowed the first statements with regard to the main
emphases as well as to the overlapping of existing link collections. All
institutions refer to science and practice information, however in a different
relation. Information about Eastern Europe is more often included into link
collections than Internet resources in Eastern Europe. The countries of the
Community of Independent States (main emphasis Russia) are preferential regions,
less institutes provide links to the states in Central Europe and still less to
South East European countries. The participants agreed to check over their link
collections with regard to the topical and regional profiles in order to be able
to outline possibilities and limits of cooperation.
Choice criteria for efficient link lists were also discussed. The needs of
the potential user should be in the centre of considerations. The maintenance
and update of such lists on a regular basis is very important for ensuring their
topicality. The meaning of these collections is to save time and efforts of the
users in their searching for relevant information. Therefore, link collections
should have a visible concept and be adequately structured. Short comments and
simple navigation ways as well as clarity are advisable. Confusing lay-outs, no
search options, insufficient navigation helps, long response times, no feedback
possibilities are problematic for the user. The information and documentation
activities should have certain quality standards: such as the completeness claim
(derived from the objective setting) as well as topicality, relevance,
consistency, good structure, compatibility with standards. Databank based
information collections offer advantages for great quantities of information
such as the avoidance of doublings, fast update, machine support of the
processing, standard structure, flexibility and different search options.
The presented research project of the Social Science Research Centre
"Databank based clearing houses in the context of digital libraries"
(running since two years) was shown as a model of how a central databank of link
descriptions could be jointly compiled and updated on the Internet by
cooperation partners. Whereby the access of the users could be arranged
decentralized at the respective servers of the cooperation partners. This model
connects the advantages of a common data base construction with the interest of
the individual suppliers to remain visible on the Internet with their own
services. It was decided to test the results of this project with regard to its
application in the future cooperation concerning Eastern European link
collections.
The participants of the workshop defined the first objectives for the future
cooperation: the creation of a common reference page as well as the joint public
advertising for these common activities. The Social Science Information Centre
will design a draft of a web page, which should be discussed on March 5th, 2001
during the next meeting in Berlin (following the annual meeting of the Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Osteuropakunde). This web page should give an overview of the
link collections structured by regions and contents and would allow users a more
specific access to the relevant Internet resources. At first, this page should
be integrated into the present services of the workshop participants. A common
URL for this page is being considered. The domains
"Osteuropa-Verbund.de" and "Osteuropa-Netzwerk.de have been
already reserved for this purpose. The workshop participants agreed that a
future association should be open to all providers of link collections on
Eastern Europe interested in cooperation.
Ulrike Becker
Erika Schwefel
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