The Sixth Annual Postgraduate Symposium on Central Eastern Europe: Beyond the Core and Periphery: Towards A New Understanding of Central Eastern Europe Warsaw, November 15th - 19th, 2004

The symposium, previously hosted by University of California (Berkeley), the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (London) and the Graduate School for Social Research (Warsaw), is addressed to postgraduate students from around the world, whose academic research is focused on or is relevant to the social, cultural, political and/or economic issues of Central Eastern Europe.

The symposium will also host some prominent scholars, cultural and political figures and NGO activists whose work and research focuses on Central Eastern Europe, to deliver speeches or to take part in the round tables organized throughout the symposium. In this way, we hope, first, to give an opportunity to doctoral students to present their dissertations and to exchange views with other colleagues and specialists from around the world interested in similar topics, and second, to ensure dialogue between students and political and cultural personalities, activists and researchers, on the past, present and future of Central Europe.

During each day, five parallel workshops will be organized in five different areas of social research:

Workshops:

• Social history;
• Mass Media;
• Culture and Arts;
• Issues of Social Exclusion;
• Comparative Perspectives on the Political and Economic Features of Central Eastern Europe.

How to apply:
Interested participants are invited to submit the following documents:

• a complete application form;
• an abstract of the paper to be presented (400-500 words);
• a letter of recommendation by the academic supervisor(only if the participant applies for financial support);
• a document proving that the participant is enrolled in postgraduate studies;
• list of publications (if available)
• a document proving the payment of the symposium fee of 10 Euros to (by 1st November 2004)

Bank Przemyslowo - Handlowy PBK SA O. Warszawa, ul. Krucza 24/26 IBAN PL 451060 0076 0000 4010 5000 1029 SWIFT CODE BPHK PLPK

Documents should be sent either by e-mail at esuconf@ifispan.waw.pl or directly to the GSSR Symposium, Graduate School for Social Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Nowy Świat 72, 00-330 Warsaw, Poland, tel/fax: +48-22/826-8733.

Deadline: 15th July 2004 Successful applicants will be notified in the beginning of September 2004. For further information, please visit our site www.sns.edu.pl/sympozjum or contact us directly at esuconf@ifispan.waw.pl A small number of grants to cover accommodation and/or transportation are available. The grants will be awarded on the following bases: the quality of the paper to be delivered and proved necessity.