INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
“1989 – 2009, YEARS OF UPHEAVAL: BEGINNING OF INCLUSION OR
EXCLUSION?”
19-20 June, 2009 – The “Grand” Hotel, Sarajevo
Agenda
19 June, 2009
14:30 – 15:00
Registration of participants
15:00 – 15:30
Welcome address by
Mirela Grünther-ðečević, The Heinrich Böll Foundation, Office for Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Sarajevo
Tilman Enders, Chargé d'Affaires a.i., Embassy of Federal Republic of
Germany to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nermina Mujagić, The Association of Political Science in Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Sarajevo
His Excellency Željko Komšić, Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and
Herzegovina
15:30 – 17:30
Keynote Panel: “Challenges for Political Theory”
“Europe's Invisible Walls” - Ugo Vlaisavljević, Faculty of Philosophy,
University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo
“Der Untergang: Liberalisation or Cannibalisation?” Asim Mujkić, The
Association of Political Science in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo
“Continuity versus Reference – Rhethorics versus Habitus” - Wolfgang
Klotz, Director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Regional Office for SouthEast Europe, Belgrade
Moderator: Nermina Mujagić, The Association of Political Science in Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Sarajevo
Discussion
18:00
Dinner
20 June, 2009
09:30 – 11:30
Panel I – Transition Experiences in the European Countries
“Transition Experiences: The Dissolution of the Czechoslovak
Federation” - Pavol Demeš, Director, German Marshall Fund for Central
and East Europe, Bratislava
„1989: What Did Really Come Down With the Fall of the Berlin Wall?“ Gajo Sekulić, Faculty of Political Science, Sarajevo
“West-Balkan Troubles with Transition between Conformism and
Collectivism“ - Bodo Weber, sociologist, Berlin
“The Dynamics of Changes: How Different are the Transformation
Results in Post-Yugoslav Countries?” - Nenad Zakošek, Faculty of
Political Science, Zagreb
Discussion
Moderator: Dino Abazović, Faculty of Political Science, Sarajevo
11:30 – 14:00
Panel II – European Integration: Between Transition and Identity
“The Western Balkans is in the South: Discourses of the
Western Balkans Countries EU Accession" - Tanja Petrović, Scientific
Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Ljubljana
„A Third Europe and the European Union Metaphysics“ - Nerzuk Ćurak,
Faculty of Political Science, Sarajevo
„1989 - 2009: From Exclusion to Integration (case of Serbia)“ - Vladimir
Pavićević, Faculty of Political Science, Belgrade
Discussion
Moderator: Damir Kapidžić, Faculty of Political Science, Sarajevo
Conclusions and recommendations
14:00
Lunch
* Bosnian/Croat/Serb & English simultaneous translation provided.