"Making of the New Europe: The first 25 years of the CSCE/OSCE"
International Conference
Hosted by
University of Helsinki
Department of Political Science
7 - 9 September, 2000
In August 1975, Heads of the 35 participating States signed the Helsinki Final Act of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe also known as the Helsinki Accords, which laid the basis for further development of the CSCE Process.
The Department of Political Science at the University of Helsinki commemorates the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki Final Act by inviting participants to gather in Helsinki to review and challenge the changes and implications of the Helsinki process. The conference is organized jointly with the Finnish Institute of International Affairs and the Tampere University Peace Research Institute.
The conference will focus on the role of the CSCE/OSCE process in the transformation of Europe from Cold War bloc confrontation to multipolarity. The conference aims to analyse this change mainly on two levels; security building and related institutions, and the role of human dimension and human rights.
Submission and selection process
The programme will consist of plenary sessions and parallel seminar sessions. The Programme Committee invites prospective presenters to submit proposals for papers and academic panels related to the Helsinki Accords, their impact on the end of the Cold War, on the developing configuration of late 20th century Europe, and on the course of recent world diplomacy and international relations. The Committee encourages submissions from scholars with acknowledged expertise and publications in the field of politics, history and law, diplomats, public servants, and policy makers, and members of the media. Wide range of topics under the four main themes are welcomed.
- European Security in the 21st Century
- Theoretical approaches to the issues of peace and security
- European security and the Trans-Atlantic connection
- New threats to security
- Neutrality, alliances and other security strategies of foreign policy
- The Development of Human Rights in the OSCE Framework
- Human rights and sovereignty
- Rights of minorities
- Conceptual debate
- New Agenda for the OSCE
- Institutions in re-making, will there be a role for the OSCE in an integrating Europe?
- Preventing conflict and building peace - challenges in the field
- OSCE from the outside - non-European perspectives
- The Helsinki Process and the Historians' Debate;
- Causes, Course, and End of the Cold War
Each presenter will have 20 minutes + 10 minutes for discussion. Submissions must include an abstract of max 200 words, name and institutional affiliation of the author(s), a short curriculum vitae, address, phone and fax number and e-mail address.
The Program Committee will review all proposals for presentation and decide upon the final programme. The members of the committee will chair sessions and serve as convenors. After the conference, a selection of papers will be edited for a publication.
Submission format and address
Submitted materials should be send via email as attached files (RTF or Word or PDF format) to:
Professor Burkhard Auffermann
e-mail: burkhard.auffermann@helsinki.fi
You can also send the files via regular mail on a disc with a printed hard copy.
Postal address:
Department of Political Science
University of Helsinki
P.O. Box 54 (Unioninkatu 37)
FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Deadlines
Submissions are due on 15 May, 2000 at the latest. Notification of acceptance will be sent by 15 June. Accepted participants will be expected to submit a full manuscript to the Programme Committee by 1 August, 2000. Selected papers will be published.
Location
The conference will take place at the University of Helsinki in Helsinki, Finland.
Conference language
Conference language is English.
Conference fee
Participation fee is FIM 150. Participants presenting a paper will be exempted from the fee.
Programme Committee: Professor Burkhard Auffermann (Chair) and Professor Anne Eskelinen (University of Helsinki), Director Tuomas Forsberg (The Finnish Institute for Foreign Affairs), Director Tuomo Melasuo (Tampere University Peace Research Institute), Taina Järvinen (Ministry for Foreign Affairs), Professor John A. Moore, Jr (California State Polytechnic University), Professor Jerry Pubantz (Salem College, Winston-Salem), Dr. George Eisen (Central Connecticut State University).
For further information please contact Professor Burkhard Auffermann at the address or e-mail listed below.
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