[ALBSA-Info] Fwd: [balkans] CfP: New Doctoral Research on the History of SEE, June 2003, Sofia

[Agron Alibali]

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> The Center for Democracy and Reconciliation
> in Southeast Europe
> 
> NEW DOCTORAL RESEARCH ON THE HISTORY OF SOUTHEASTERN
> EUROPE
> 
> A WORKSHOP, JUNE 2003, in SOFIA, BULGARIA
> 
> The Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in
> Southeastern Europe is 
> convening a workshop to present, compare and discuss
> new doctoral research 
> relevant to the history of Southeastern Europe. The
> workshop seeks to bring 
> together younger scholars who have undertaken the
> primary research for 
> their doctoral dissertations or who have completed
> their dissertations 
> within the recent past (typically 3-4 years). In
> addition to dissertations 
> from History Departments, those that deal primarily
> with the history of any 
> part of the region but are being done or completed
> in departments other 
> than History are also welcome.
> 
> Younger scholars from Albania, Bosnia and
> Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, 
> FY Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Slovenia, and
> Yugoslavia are invited to 
> apply.  A limited number of spaces are also
> available for students who 
> originate from other countries but who are working
> on Balkan issues.  The 
> 15 selected will be notified by March 15 and asked
> to submit a 5-page 
> summary of their dissertations' findings, methods
> and sources to the Center 
> by April 15. At the workshop, selectees will be
> asked to make a 15-20 
> minute oral presentation on their work, as well as a
> 10-minute discussion 
> on somebody else's pre-circulated presentation to
> others selected, and to 6 
> senior historians drawn from the Center's
> international Board of Eminent 
> Scholars. The majority of the workshop's time will
> however be devoted to a 
> joint discussion of papers and presentations.
> 
> Applications should reach the Center by the deadline
> of February 28, 2003. 
> All applications, papers, presentations and
> discussions will be in English.
> 
> Applications should consist of the following:
> §       A short CV of three pages maximum
> §       A one or two page description of your
> dissertation and its main theses.
> §       An e-mail or other address for April 1
> notification
> 
> Applications should be submitted by e-mail to
> info at cdsee.org.
> 
> The travel and accommodation, together with a small
> honorarium, will be 
> covered by the Center.
> 
> The list of senior scholars attending will be
> available to selectees after 
> April 1.
> 
> The Center is a non-governmental organisation
> incorporated in the 
> Netherlands and based in Thessaloniki, Greece.  The
> Center seeks to foster 
> democratic and pluralist societies and to encourage
> cross-border 
> cooperation and reconciliation between peoples of
> the region.  The workshop 
> is a part of the History and History Teaching
> Project of the Stability Pact 
> for Southeastern Europe, and is an annual event. 
> For further information, 
> please consult the Center’s web site: www.cdsee.org
> or contact us at the 
> address below.
> 
> 
> 
> Krispou 9, Ano Poli, 54634 Thessaloniki, Greece
> Tel: +30-2310- 960 820  -  Fax: +30-2310- 960 822  -
>  E-mail: info at cdsee.org
> 
> 


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