Organized by the Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg (iASK) and the Institute for Social and European Studies (ISES), in cooperation with the University of Pannonia, Erasmus+ Program, and the UNESCO Chair of Kőszeg
ISU 2020 is special this year for two reasons: it is the 25th anniversary of our summer universities in Kőszeg, and with the COVID-19 situation it will be our first online ISU.
Our goal is to review the last three decades and the present, and answers to the question: where are we heading?
Europe and Central Europe
Systems in Distress: The Future of Europe after Covid-19
Recommended Reading List of ISU 2020 – Including links
Recommended Reading List of iASK Researchers – Including links
Selected Bibliography for Central European Studies
Participation fee: 0 EUR
Applicants should send the following documents to [email protected] :
Eligibility: Advanced MA and PhD students and young researchers, as well as social entrepreneurs, who have a keen academic or professional interest in the topics.
Kőszeg is called “The Jewel of Pannonia”. This beautiful medieval town borders 5 countries (Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary). This provides a rich cultural and regional added value, and the opportunity for strong cross-border cooperation. In a region where the iron curtain was built, developing a regional knowledge center is exceptional and contributes to supporting opportunities furthering cooperation in an age of increasing uncertainties.
For more information please contact: [email protected] OR call 0036-94-200-550!
Moderator: Viktor Polgár
9:30-10:00 Online registration and technicalities
10:00-10:20 Opening: At the Margins of 24 Years: Ferenc Miszlivetz (director of iASK) and Béla Básthy (Mayor of Kőszeg) –
10:20-10:50 George Schöpflin: Europe and Central Europe: Faith, Illusions, Conflicts –
10:50-11:00 Short Break
11.00-12:00 Panel discussion: Paradoxes of Central Europe 30 Years After – Illusions and Realities of Integration
Iván Bába, Erhard Busek, George Schöpflin
Chair: Ferenc Miszlivetz
12:00-12:30 Q&A Session
12:30-13:30 Lunch Break
13:30-14:00 Panel discussion: European Alternatives as seen from Southeastern Europe
iASK researchers: Igor Stipic, Dimitar Nikolovski, Astrea Pejovic, Sanja Angelovska, Dragana Kovacevic Bielicki
Chair: Jody Jensen
14:00-14:30 Q&A Session
14:30-15:00 Virtual tour of Kőszeg with Mónika Mátay
Moderator: Jody Jensen
9:30-10:00 Online registration and technicalities
10:00-10:40 Anita Pelle: Economic Crisis and Resilience in East-Central Europe
Tibor Palánkai: Main challenges of Post-COVID 19 World for the EU
10:40- 11:00 Q&A Session
11:00-11:10 Short Break
11:10-12:30 Panel discussion: Systems in Distress: COVID-19 as a Memetic Disease:
Learning from the pandemics of communism, fascism, and neo-liberalism
Chair: Alexander Bielicki, panelists: Jody Jensen, Sanja Angelovska James Skelly, László Z. Karvalics
12:30-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-14:15 Daniel Brooks: An Evolutionary View of The Tragedy of the Commons
14:15-14:30 Q&A Session
14:30-14:50 Vuk Vukovic: What happens if there is a second wave?
14:50-15:00 Q&A Session
15:00-15:15 Short Break
15:15-15:35 Anikó Magasházi: The Singapore Syndrome: Lessons for Central Europe
15:35-15:50 Q&A Session
Moderator: Dimitar Nikolovski
9:30-10:00 Online registration and technicalities
10:00-10:25 Sean Cleary: Crafting the World We Want – and Our Children Deserve
10:25-10:35 Q&A Session
10:35-10:50 Lyubov Shishelina: Evolution of Russian – Central European relations after the system change
10:50-11:00 Short break
11:00-12:00 Panel Discussion: Russia-EU relations amid the pandemic: facing global challenges together – Available at Zoom
Alexei Grivach and Sergei Markedonov (Gorchakov Foundation), Lyubov Shishelina, Sean Cleary, Svetlana Kucheriavaia
Chair: Attila Pók
12:00-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-14:20 Tibor Navracsics: Our Europe, Our Responsibility
14:40-15:00 H.E. Mladen Andrlic: EU Croatian Presidency
15:00-15:10 Short break
15:10-16:10 Panel discussion and Q&A session: The Future of Europe and the EU: Ivan Vejvoda, Gertrud Kendernay-Nagyidai, H.E. Mladen Andrlic – Available at Zoom
Moderator: Anikó Magasházi
9:30-10:00 Online registration and technicalities
10:00-10:30 Mariann Szabó and Ákos Jakobi: KRAFT: Introducing the Creative Cities and Sustainable Regional cooperative Strategy –Available on Facebook and the homepage of iASK
10:30-11:30 Panel discussion: KRAFT and the Danube region: Ferenc Miszlivetz, Tamás Fejérdy, Mario Neve, János Bogárdi, Mariann Szabó, Ákos Jakobi
11:30-12:00 Q&A Session
12:00-14:00 Lunch Break
14:00-14:20 Katalin Bogyay: The Role of Women and the Impact of Women Leaders #IntheTimeofCorona – Available on Facebook and the homepage of iASK
14:20-14:45 Q&A Session
14:45-15:05 Martin Svarovsky: Security and defense cooperation in Central Europe- mission impossible? – Available on Facebook and the homepage of iASK
15:05-16:00 Quarantine Concert by Károly Binder – pianist, composer (Liszt Academy) – Available on Facebook and the homepage of iASK
Moderator: Katalin Bognár Lovász
9:30-10:00 Online registration and technicalities
10:00-10:30 Sándor Kerekes: Risk perception and cultural rationality – Available on Facebook and the homepage of iASK
10.30-10.45 Questions & Answers
10:45- 10:55 Short break
10:55-12:25 Panel discussion: Hungary’s EU strategy
EUStrat Research Group: Navracsics Tibor, Gát Ákos Bence, Kalas Vivien, Nagy Dénes András, Máthé Réka Zsuzsánna, Miszlivetz Aron James, Pató Viktória Lilla, Tárnok Balázs
12:25-12:35 Coffee Break
12-35- 12-40 The questions of the future world – Predictions by Ferenc Miszlivetz from 2009 – Available on Facebook and the homepage of iASK
12:40- 13:40 Panel discussion: The Future University: Steve Austen, Farid Tabarki, Dion van den Berg
Chair: Ferenc Miszlivetz
13:40-13:50 Closing Remarks
13:50-14:15 Encore – Closing Concert – Available on Facebook and the homepage of iASK
H. E. Mladen Andrlic (Ambassador, Republic of Croatia)
Steve Austen (Felix Meritus Foundation, Amsterdam)
Iván Bába (iASK, former State Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Hungary)
Dion van den Berg (PAX for Peace)
Alexander Bielicki (University of Oslo / iASK)
János Bogárdi (University of Bonn, iASK)
Katalin Bogyay (Hungary’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to UN)
Daniel Brooks (University of Toronto)
Erhard Busek (former Vice-Chancellor of Austria)
Sean Cleary – Strategic Concepts (Pty) Ltd / iASK Advisory Board Member
Giorgio Dominese (founder of CEEUN-Central Eastern European University)
Jody Jensen (iASK, Jean Monnet Professor)
Vivien Kalas (junior researcher of EUSTRAT)
Gertrud Kendernay-Nagyidai (Accredited Parliamentary Assistant at European Parliament)
Sándor Kerekes (Corvinus University)
Dragana Kovacevic Bielicki (iASK)
Réka Zsuzsanna Máthé (associate researcher of EUSTRAT)
Ferenc Miszlivetz (Director, iASK)
Tibor Navracsics (Government Commissioner of European Capital of Culture Veszprém 2023)
Mario Neve (University of Bologna) tbc.
Anita Pelle (associate professor at University of Szeged)
Lyubov Shishelina (Russian Academy of Sciences Institute Europe)
James M. Skelly (Centre of Critical Thinking)
Martin Svarovsky (Head of the Security Strategies Program, EVC for Security Policy)
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