The Visegrad Countries (V4) in Crisis
International Conference
Collegium Civitas, Warsaw, 15 July 2016
Information and Call for Papers
Collegium Civitas (Warsaw) in collaboration with the IFiS PAN (Warsaw), University of Texas (Austin), Charles University (Prague) and Comenius University (Bratislava) organizes an international conference on “The Visegrad Countries (V4) in Crisis.”
The conference, supported by an International Visegrad Fund (IVF) grant, will be held in Collegium Civitas, Warsaw, on 15 July 2016, 9:00-17:45, room 1254, floor 12, PKiN (Palace of Culture and Science), Warsaw.
The conference aims at bringing together the scholars, professionals and politicians involved in V4 research and negotiations. Papers are invited on four aspects of the crisis, as well as the strategies developed by the V4 leaders and elites facing the crisis:
- Strategic directions of V4 development, especially the choice between further integration or greater autonomy in the EU
- Growth of populist-nationalist forces within the V4 countries and wider EU, their ideologies and appeals, cross-border ties, and political ramifications
- Schengen Zone issues of coordinated external border control to regulate and process influxes of refugees and economic migrants from outside the EU
- V4 security threats, both national and collective, as well as military and energy-related threats in the context of Russia’s policies, NATO’s and US commitment to Eastern Europe, and Ukraine’s continuing instability.
The deadline for sending paper proposals with author’s name and affiliations, full titles and abstracts of max 250 words is 1 July 2016.
The proposals are to be sent by email to Jan Pakulski <jan.pakulski@utas.edu.au>
Because of the limited conference time and resources, only a small number of papers will be accepted by the Organizers.
The Visegrad Countries in Crisis
Warsaw 15 July 2016
Collegium Civitas, Palace of Culture and Science, 12th floor, room 1254
Program
9.00 – 9.15 – Welcomes, Prof. Jan Pakulski, Collegium Civitas, UTAS
9.15 – 9.30 – Opening, Prof. Jadwiga Koralewicz, Collegium Civitas
9.30 – 10.00 – Keynote Address:
Elites and the Limits of Western Power, Prof. John Higley
10.00 – 11.15 – Session 1:
Chair: Prof. Krzysztof Jasiecki, IFiS PAN, Warsaw
- Pavol Frič, Charles University, Prague
11.15 – 11.45 am – break
11.45 – 13.15 – Session 2:
Chair: Prof. Pavol Frič, Charles University, Prague
- György Lengyel, Corvinus University, Budapest
- Gabriella Ilonszki, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest
- Soňa Szomolányi, Comenius University, Bratislava and Hoover Institution, Stanford
- Dr Zsold Gal, Comenius University, Bratislava
13.15 – 14.00 – break
14.00 – 15.30 – Session 3:
Chair: Prof. György Lengyel, Corvinus University, Budapest
- Jan Pakulski, University of Tasmania and Collegium Civitas
- Ms Anna Wojcik, Warsaw University and CEU
15.30 – 16.00 – break
16.00 – 17.30 – Session 4:
Chair: Prof. Soňa Szomolányi, Comenius University, Bratislava
- Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Minister of Defence in Poland, 1992-3 and 1997-2000
- Krzysztof Jasiecki, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
17.30 – 17.45 – Closing remarks
Speakers:
Prof. Pavol Frič, Charles University, Prague
Dr Zsolt Gal, Comenius University, Bratislava
Prof. John Higley, Emeritus Professor, University of Texas at Austin
Prof. Gabriella Ilonszki, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
Prof. Krzysztof Jasiecki, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
Prof. György Lengyel, Corvinus University, Budapest
Dr Janusz Onyszkiewicz, Minister of Defence in Poland, 1992-3 and 1997-2000
Prof. Jan Pakulski, Emeritus Professor, University of Tasmania and Collegium Civitas
Prof. Soňa Szomolányi, Comenius University, Bratislava and Hoover Institution, Stanford
Ms Anna Wojcik, Warsaw University and CEU
