Conferences

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

BEFORE AND AFTER 1989 - TRANS-NATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON HISTORY, CONTEMPORARY CHANGE AND THE FUTURE IN EASTERN AND WESTERN EUROPE

In proposing to organise a public conference in 2009, based on an open and competitive call, the Research Network 1989 has two aims:

  • To showcase the best new work of the post-1989 generation on the before and after of 1989, especially insofar as it enlarges our horizon by offering a comparative perspective, analysing regional interdependencies and tracing trans-national impact;
  • To garner continued public and academic attention beyond 2009 by selecting and promoting new research programmes that principally would be worthy of post-doc mobility stipends or principal investigator awards. In doing so, we suggest to feature panels on the trajectory and careers of actors as the preferred means of tracing change and continuity across the rupture of 1989.

Organisers
Research Network 1989 (www.cee-socialscience.net/1989/)
Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI), Sciences Po de Paris (www.ceri-sciences-po.org/)
Graduate School for Social Research (GSSR), Polish Academy of Science (www.css.edu.pl/)

Planned as Anniversary Conference for Spring 2009

SESSION AND PANELS AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES (ORGANISED BY RN 1989 ASSOCIATES)

last modified: 2008-03-18