[Bilimsel Haber] The Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe (Harvard University, 7-8 February 2008)

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We would greatly appreciate it if the following information could be
distributed to all interested parties.

Call for Papers

The Kokkalis Program on Southeastern and East-Central Europe, John F.
Kennedy School of Government, and the Southeastern Europe Study Group,
Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, will
hold the ninth Kokkalis Graduate Student Workshop on February 7 and 8, 2008.

Doctoral students are invited to submit proposals for papers to be
delivered at the workshop. Proposals should be a maximum of 500 words and
should fall into one of the below thematic units:

Thematic units:

I. The State of Public Health in Southeast Europe: Current Challenges,
Policies, and Possible Solutions:
At the close of the 20th Century, sub-state and inter-state violence in
much of Southeast Europe led to refugee and Internationally Displaced
Persons (IDP) flows, the destruction of basic infrastructure, and public
health risks that continue to challenge the capacity of the region's states
in providing basic public health care to citizens. The challenges have been
exacerbated by transnational threats - associated with legal and illegal
movements of peoples and with bioterrorism“ to the provision of public
health in Southeast Europe. Papers should focus on key public health issues
on a regional/country level and provide recommendations to improve
policymaking and public health management to promote population health in
the region.

II. Democratic consolidation and economic reforms in Southeast Europe:
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, economic and democratic reforms
were introduced in Southeast Europe, with results varying widely across the
region. Papers should theorize and explore the linkages between democratic
consolidation and economic reforms in the region, particularly as these
linkages relate to debates about the relationship of economic development
to pluralist democracy. Topics can explore issues of public 
versus private resources/goods; distinctions between growth and equity;
questions of rule of law, transparency and governmental regulation; and
political legitimacy, among others.

III. Multiculturalism in the Balkans: 
How do debates about individual versus group rights“ liberalism versus
multiculturalism – explain contemporary politics in Southeast Europe? How
is political community conceptualized and expressed in the region? What is
the relationship between sate and nation in contemporary SE Europe? Does
Multiculturalism impede or encourage the consolidation of substantive
democratic regimes in SE Europe? How does the region express broader trends
in the EU when it comes to conceptualization of the nation and 
responsibilities of the state? Papers can deal with these are related
issues, from a historical or contemporary perspective, as appropriate.

Countries of focus:
Albania Bosnia-Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Greece Hungary F.Y.R. of
Macedonia Moldova Montenegro Romania Serbia Slovenia Turkey 


Deadline for submission is November 26, 2007. 

A number of grants for travel and accommodation are available. Proposals
and CVs should be submitted online at: 

http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/scholarship_form/GSW/index.html

Alternatively, they may also be submitted via email to:
Kokkalis_Program at ksg.harvard.edu 

For more information on the Graduate Student Workshop and the Kokkalis 
http://>www.ksg.harvard.edu/kokkalis 


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