Conferences
Cooperation and participation in
technoscience in the Socialist and the Post-Socialist space
Interdisciplinary workshop on the transformation of the technoscientific sphere
and science/society relations in the post-socialist countries
May 4-5, 2009 at Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and
Culture in Graz, Austria
Organisers:
- Research Network 1989
- Inter-University Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture in Graz
- Istituto Jacques Maritain
- Interdepartmental Centre for Environmental Law Decisions and Corporate Ethical Certification of the University of Padua
- Centre for Social Studies of Science, Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Ljubljana
- Department of Human Sciences of the University of Trieste
1989 AND BEYOND: THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY
The fall of the Berlin Wall, the conflict at Tiananmen and the break up of the Soviet empire were events of global significance in 1989. Yet, 1989 may equally well be remembered as the year that signalled the end of apartheid and the flowering of pro-democracy movements in Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Twenty years after the democratic revolutions of 1989, what are the prospects for democracy worldwide?
Organisers:
- Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS), New School for Social Research, New York City (www.newschool.edu/tcds/)
- Research Network 1989 (www.cee-socialscience.net/1989/)
18/19 April 2008 at the New School for Social Research, New York City
THE GLOBAL 1989
The ramifications of ‘1989’ are not limited to Europe. Of course, the collapse of the Soviet empire, the revolutions of 1989, and the dissolution of state socialism in Europe were important events in their own right. But their impact spread much further afield, generating a period of uncertainty and turbulence in world politics, which is still being felt today.
Organisers:
- LSE IDEAS: Diplomacy and Strategy @ LSE (www.lse.ac.uk/collections/IDEAS/)
- LSE Centre for International Studies (www.lse.ac.uk/collections/CIS/)
- BISA Historical Sociology and IR Working Group (www.historical-sociology.org)
- Research Network 1989 (www.cee-socialscience.net/1989/)
29/30 May 2008 at the London School of Economics
THE IMPACT OF 1989 ON EUROPE: STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION BUT IDEATIONAL DIVERGENCE?
Interdisciplinary workshop and publication proposal on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of 1989 to foster innovative research on contemporary European affairs that is cognisant of the impact of 1989 on Eastern and Western Europe
Organisers:
- Philipp Ther, Professor of 20th Century European History, European University Institute
- Research Network 1989 (www.cee-socialscience.net/1989/)
06 to 08 November 2008 at the European University Institute, Florence
