19 - 20 Nov 2019, Bucharest
1989 - Annus Mirabilis. Three Decades After: Desires, Achievements and Future
The conference is one of events organised in cooperation with ENRS on the 30th anniversary of the democratic revolutions of 1989.
Register for the conferenceThe conference will be held in English and Romanian and simultaneously translated into Romanian and English.
Venue: Blvd. Expozitiei no.30A, Conference Hall
Programme
19/11/2019 Tuesday
10:00
Registration
10:30
Welcome & opening
11:00-11:45
Keynote lecture
Alina Bârgăoanu: Challenges to the post-1989 liberal order: the response from Central and Eastern Europe
12:00-13:45
Session One/First Panel: The end of the Cold War and the fall of communism in Europe
Adrian Pop: The role of geopolitical factors in the fall of communism in Central and Eastern European countries
Ferenc Miszlivetz: The fall of communism in Hungary
Anthony Kemp-Welch: 1989: The Polish paradigm
Moderators: Florin Abraham and Ion M. Ioniță
Ferenc Miszlivetz: The fall of communism in Hungary
Anthony Kemp-Welch: 1989: The Polish paradigm
Moderators: Florin Abraham and Ion M. Ioniță
13:45-14:30
Lunch
14:30-16:15
Second Panel
Michael Gehler: The end of the communist regime in the German Democratic Republic
Oldřich Tůma: The fall of communism in Czechoslovakia (Czech perspective)
Peter Jašek: The collapse of communism in Czechoslovakia (Slovak perspective)
Oldřich Tůma: The fall of communism in Czechoslovakia (Czech perspective)
Peter Jašek: The collapse of communism in Czechoslovakia (Slovak perspective)
16:15-16:30
Coffee break
16:30-18:15
Third Panel
Jordan Baev: The fall of communism in Bulgaria
Dragos Petrescu: The collapse of communism in Romania (international dimension)
Constantin Hlihor: Romanian Revolution of December 1989 (internal dimension)
Moderators: Octavian Roske and Adrian Pop
Dragos Petrescu: The collapse of communism in Romania (international dimension)
Constantin Hlihor: Romanian Revolution of December 1989 (internal dimension)
Moderators: Octavian Roske and Adrian Pop
18:30-19:30
Session Two/First Panel: Transition to democracy and market economy. Challenges of populism
Mihail E.Ionescu: The role of geopolitical factors in the transition to democracy in Central and Eastern European countries
20/11/2019 Wednesday
9:00–11:00
Second Panel
Attila Antal: Neoliberalization and democratization? Economic and political transition in Hungary
Łukasz Kamiński: The main features of political and economic transition in Poland
Daniela Kolenovská: Trends of political and economic transition in Czech Republic
Juraj Marusiak: Slovakia: features of political and economic transition
Moderators: Ana-Maria Cătănuș and Peter Jašek
Łukasz Kamiński: The main features of political and economic transition in Poland
Daniela Kolenovská: Trends of political and economic transition in Czech Republic
Juraj Marusiak: Slovakia: features of political and economic transition
Moderators: Ana-Maria Cătănuș and Peter Jašek
11:00-11:15
Coffee break
11:15-13:15
Third Panel
Bogdana Todorova: Bulgaria: directions and outcomes of the political and economic transition
Daunis Auers: From the Soviet Union to the European Union: a quarter of a century of political and economic transformation in the three Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
Dan Dungaciu: The main features of political and economic transition in the Republic of Moldova
Florin Abraham: The labyrinth of transition in Romania
Daunis Auers: From the Soviet Union to the European Union: a quarter of a century of political and economic transformation in the three Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
Dan Dungaciu: The main features of political and economic transition in the Republic of Moldova
Florin Abraham: The labyrinth of transition in Romania
13:15-13:30
End of conference
Partners
Organisers
Event organised as a part of the 1989. Changes and Challanges framework
With the financial support of:
