Research & Studies

XXV. International Summer University – Dancing with Uncertainty

Trials and Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe, 1989 to COVID-19

29th June – 3rd July 2020

Kőszeg, Hungary

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?

Topics:

Europe and Central Europe 

 

  • Paradoxes of Central Europe 30 Years After: Illusions and Realities of Integration
  • Alternatives as seen from Southeastern Europe
  • Economic Crisis and Resilience in East Central Europe
  • The Singapore Syndrome: Lessons for Central Europe
  • Russia and Central Europe
  • KRAFT: Introducing the Creative Cities and Sustainable Regional Cooperative Strategy
  • Security and Defence Cooperation in Central Europe

 

Systems in DistressThe Future of Europe after Covid-19

 

  • Learning from the Pandemics of Communism, Fascism, and Neo-liberalism
  • Pandemics and the Future
  • Risk Perception and Cultural Rationality
  • In Praise of Democracy: The Role of Diplomacy and the UN: Are International Organizations Adapting to Global Change?
  • The Future University

 

 

Recommended Reading List of ISU 2020 – Including links

Recommended Reading List of iASK Researchers – Including links

Selected Bibliography for Central European Studies

 


Application deadline:

– June 22, 2020

Application Form 

Participation fee: 0 EUR

Applicants should send the following documents to [email protected] :

  • completed application form
  • A 300-word motivational letter
  • CV

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!

 


 

PROGRAM

29th June – Monday

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 BábaErhard 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 

 

30th June – Tuesday

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 PalánkaiMain 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 VukovicWhat 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

 

01st July – Wednesday

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 NavracsicsOur Europe, Our Responsibility 

14:20-14:40    Gertrud Kendernay-Nagyidai: Institutional certainty and democratic continuity during uncertain times – How the European Parliament establishes its workings during COVID-19 

14:40-15:00    H.E. Mladen AndrlicEU 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

 

 

02nd July – Thursday

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 regionFerenc 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

 

03rd July – Friday

Moderator: Katalin Bognár Lovász

9:30-10:00      Online registration and technicalities

10:00-10:30    Sándor KerekesRisk 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

  • Sean Cleary: Crafting the World We Want – and Our Children Deserve
    2020.07.06.
  • Quarantine Concert by Károly Binder
    2020.07.06.
  • Mariann Szabó & Ákos Jakobi: Introducing the Creative Cities and Sustainable Regional Strategy
    2020.07.06.
  • H.E. Katalin Bogyay: The Role of Women and the Impact of Women Leaders #IntheTimeofCorona
    2020.07.06.
  • Sándor Kerekes: Risk perception and cultural rationality
    2020.07.06.
  • Martin Svarovsky: Security and defense cooperation in Central Europe- mission impossible?
    2020.07.06.
  • Tibor Navracsics: Our Europe, Our Responsibility
    2020.07.06.
  • Gertrud Kendernay-Nagyidai: How the European Parliament establishes its workings during COVID-19
    2020.07.06.
  • H.E. Mladen Andrlic: EU Croatian Presidency
    2020.07.06.
  • Sean Cleary: Crafting the World We Want – and Our Children Deserve
    2020.07.06.
  • Lyubov Shishelina: The challenges of “post-COVID” realities for Russia and its foreign policy
    2020.07.06.
  • Anikó Magasházi: The Singapore Syndrome: Lessons for Central Europe
    2020.07.06.
  • Vuk Vukovic: What happens if there is a second wave?
    2020.07.06.
  • Daniel Brooks: An Evolutionary View of The Tragedy of the Commons
    2020.07.06.
  • Tibor Palánkai: Main challenges of Post-COVID 19 World for the EU
    2020.07.06.
  • Anita Pelle: Economic Crisis and Resilience in East-Central Europe
    2020.07.06.
  • George Schöpflin: Europe and Central Europe: Faith, Illusions, Conflicts
    2020.07.06.
  • Talking Houses – The City of Kőszeg by Mónika Mátay
    2020.07.06.
  • 25th International Summer University – Dancing with Uncertainty
    2020.05.20.

 

Invited speakers

H. E. Mladen Andrlic (Ambassador, Republic of Croatia)

Sanja Angelovska (iASK)

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)

Károly Binder (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)

Tamás Fejérdy (iASK) tbc. 

Ákos Jakobi (iASK)

Jody Jensen (iASK, Jean Monnet Professor)

Vivien Kalas (junior researcher of EUSTRAT)

László Z. Karvalics (iASK)

Gertrud Kendernay-Nagyidai (Accredited Parliamentary Assistant at European Parliament)

Sándor Kerekes (Corvinus University)

Dragana Kovacevic Bielicki (iASK)

Svetlana Kucheriavaia (iASK)

Anikó Magasházi (iASK)

Mónika Mátay (iASK) 

Réka Zsuzsanna Máthé (associate researcher of EUSTRAT)

Aron James Miszlivetz (Deputy Head of Department at the State Secretariat for EU Affairs, Ministry of Justice of Hungary)

Ferenc Miszlivetz (Director, iASK)

Tibor Navracsics (Government Commissioner of European Capital of Culture Veszprém 2023)

Mario Neve (University of Bologna) tbc.

Dimitar Nikolovski (iASK)

Tibor Palánkai (HAS)

Viktória Lilla Pató (associate researcher of European Strategy Research Institute of Ludovika-University of Public Service)

Astrea Pejovic (iASK) tbc.

Anita Pelle (associate professor at University of Szeged)

Attila Pók (iASK)

György Schöpflin (former MEP)

Lyubov Shishelina (Russian Academy of Sciences Institute Europe)

James M. Skelly (Centre of Critical Thinking)

Igor Stipic (iASK)

Martin Svarovsky (Head of the Security Strategies Program, EVC for Security Policy)

Mariann Szabó (iASK)

Farid Tabarki (Studio Zeitgeist)

Balázs Tárnok (associate researcher of European Strategy Research Institute of Ludovika-University of Public Service)

Ivan Vejvoda (IWM Vienna)

Vuk Vukovic (Oraclum Intelligence Systems, London)

 


 

HISTORY OF THE ISU (1996-2020)

Since 1996 the international summer university has been a great opportunity for experts, activists, practitioners, policymakers, researchers, social scientists, and students to meet and discuss contemporary challenges and international cooperation.

The International Summer University has been focused on the creation, accumulation, and dissemination of new knowledge. Through a multidisciplinary approach, we will engage with the complex relationship between political, ideological, economic, and cultural dynamics of integration and disintegration in Europe. Politicians, social scientists, practitioners, cultural heritage experts, and artists will ensure an exciting experience for participants. We invited students to apply who are interested in local, national, regional, and transnational processes in a diverse and changing European space.

The history of the ISU year by year from 1996 to 2020 (topics, programmes, presentation titles, participants)

Lecturers’ List of the ISU from 1996 to 2020 in alphabetical order! 

 

  • Sean Cleary: Crafting the World We Want – and Our Children Deserve
    2020.07.06.
  • Quarantine Concert by Károly Binder
    2020.07.06.
  • Mariann Szabó & Ákos Jakobi: Introducing the Creative Cities and Sustainable Regional Strategy
    2020.07.06.
  • H.E. Katalin Bogyay: The Role of Women and the Impact of Women Leaders #IntheTimeofCorona
    2020.07.06.
  • Sándor Kerekes: Risk perception and cultural rationality
    2020.07.06.
  • Martin Svarovsky: Security and defense cooperation in Central Europe- mission impossible?
    2020.07.06.
  • Tibor Navracsics: Our Europe, Our Responsibility
    2020.07.06.
  • Gertrud Kendernay-Nagyidai: How the European Parliament establishes its workings during COVID-19
    2020.07.06.
  • H.E. Mladen Andrlic: EU Croatian Presidency
    2020.07.06.
  • Sean Cleary: Crafting the World We Want – and Our Children Deserve
    2020.07.06.
  • Lyubov Shishelina: The challenges of “post-COVID” realities for Russia and its foreign policy
    2020.07.06.
  • Anikó Magasházi: The Singapore Syndrome: Lessons for Central Europe
    2020.07.06.
  • Vuk Vukovic: What happens if there is a second wave?
    2020.07.06.
  • Daniel Brooks: An Evolutionary View of The Tragedy of the Commons
    2020.07.06.
  • Tibor Palánkai: Main challenges of Post-COVID 19 World for the EU
    2020.07.06.
  • Anita Pelle: Economic Crisis and Resilience in East-Central Europe
    2020.07.06.
  • George Schöpflin: Europe and Central Europe: Faith, Illusions, Conflicts
    2020.07.06.
  • Talking Houses – The City of Kőszeg by Mónika Mátay
    2020.07.06.
  • 25th International Summer University – Dancing with Uncertainty
    2020.05.20.