Thursday, October 26
8.30 – 9.00 Registration
9.00- 10.30 Welcome speeches / Keynote speeches
Venue: Aula Magna
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Nicolae PĂUN, Dean of the Faculty of European Studies
Welcome speeches:
- Dr. Ioan-Aurel POP, Rector of Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj, Member of the Romanian Academy
- Dr. Dr.h.c. Antonio VARSORI, Chairman of the European Union Liaison Committee of Historians
Keynote speeches:
- Dr. Dr.h.c. Wilfried LOTH, Professor Emeritus, University of Essen-Duisburg:
The future of the European Union
- Dr. Dr.h.c. Gérard BOSSUAT, Professor Emeritus, Université de Cergy-Pontoise: Brexit et histoire de l’Union européenne, une histoire revisitée depuis 1946
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
- Panel 1: From the visions of the founding fathers to today’s Europe. How much has the European dream changed?
Venue: Room Jean Monnet
Chair: Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Antonio VARSORI, University of Padua
Discussant: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sergiu MIŞCOIU, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj
11.00 Prof. Dr. Wolfgang-Dietrich GRUNER, University of Rostock: The German Perception of Europe before and after 1989/90
11.20 PD Dr. Claudia HIEPEL, University of Essen-Duisburg: Cross-border cooperation in border regions as a means of integration
11.40 Prof. Dr. Maria Grazia MELCHIONNI, University of Rome: Looking at the future of the European Union with the insight of the past
12.00 Lect. Dr. Paula MUREŞAN, Lect. Dr. Diana REIANU, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: European Union: past and present. A comparative analysis between the Schuman Declaration and Juncker’s Ten Priorities
12.20 Prof. Dr. Nicolae PĂUN, Dr. Oana POIANĂ, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: De Churchill au Brexit. Un retour de la mémoire
12.40 Prof. Dr. Eric Olivé SERRET, Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona: Le décès des traités de Westphalie
13.00 Prof. Dr. Laurent WARLOUZET, ULCO Boulogne: European integration and globalization: the Three Europes (1973-1986)
13.20 Conclusions
- Panel 2: Crises as cracks in the foundations or determinants of deeper integration? Views from East-Central Europe
Venue: Aula of the Faculty of European Studies
Chair: Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Reinhard MEYERS, University of Münster
Discussant: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Georgiana CICEO, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj
11.00 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alina BRANDA, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: On European crises. A perspective from below
11.20 Assoc. Dr. Martin BRUSIS, DAAD, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: Crisis trajectories and patterns of resilience in East-Central Europe
11.40 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Melania-Gabriela CIOT, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj State Secretyary for European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Bucharest: Idiosyncrasies and European decision making process – reflections regarding the conduits of leaders from Central and South-Eastern European Member States
12.00 Lect. Dr. Monica BURCĂ-VOICU, Lect. Dr. Horaţiu DAN, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mircea MANIU, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: Policy design for competitiveness. A heterodox view on the present day governance of the Romanian economic life and business environment
12.20 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nicoleta RACOLŢA-PAINA, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: New growth models for Europe: obstacles, threats and opportunities
12.40 Lect. Dr. Ewa SZCZEPANKIEWICZ-RUDZKA, Jagiellonian University, Krakow: From consensus to Skepticism: in search of attitudes of Polish society towards European integration
13.00 Lect. Dr. Şerban VĂETIŞI, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: European identity and the Syrian refugee crisis. Challenges of societal security
13.20 Conclusions
PhD Students’ Workshop (I)
Venue: Room Konrad Adenauer
Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Adrian CORPĂDEAN, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj
Discussant: Lect. Dr. Laura HERŢA, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj
11.00 Drd. Anamaria IANOŞI, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: From enlargement to Brexit. The road of Great Britain within the EU and the road of the EU without Great Britain
11.20 Drd. Agnes NICOLESCU, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: Brexit: An opportunity for more Europe in the security and political spheres?
11.40 Drd. Ori NISSIM LEVI, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: Cooperation between friendly, hostile, European Union and non-European Union countries – during very severe nuclear crises
12.00 Drd. Alin ORGOAN, Université de Bordeaux: Changement de paradigme européen avec le pragmatisme de la zone euro
12.20 Drd. Zsolt-Szilveszter SANDU, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: The European message of Romanian and Hungarian personalities in the interwar period. A comparative analysis
12.40 Drd. Andreea STRETEA, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: The French-German approach to the future of the EU
13.00 Drd. Victoria TROFIMOV, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: The Republic of Moldova. Between East and West
13.20 Conclusions
14.00 – 15.30 Lunch break
- Panel 3: What are the new challenges for Europe from a historical, juridical, economic and political perspective? (I)
Venue: Aula of the Faculty of European Studies
Chair: Prof. Dr. Francesco GUIDA, University Roma Tre
Discussant: Prof. Dr. Dominique de COURCELLES, Ecole Supérieure, Lyon
15.30 Prof. Dr. Lilia CAVALLARI, University Roma Tre: European integration and the challenges ahead: is a new deal necessary?
15.50 Lect. Dr. Laura FASANARO, University Roma Tre: Transforming the EU in a troubled world: the shaping of a common security and defense policy and transatlantic tensions from Maastricht to the European Convention
16.10 Dr. Vladimir GONĔC, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava: Visegrád Four or German Europe? Two stories about and for Central Europe
16.30 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fabio MASINI, University Roma Tre: “It can’t happen, it’s a bad idea, it won’t last”: US economists and the Euro. A reappraisal
16.50 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Paolo NATICCHIONI, University Roma Tre: Immigration flows and electoral outcomes in Europe: a political economy approach
17.10 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Valentin NAUMESCU, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: The Relations between the European Union and Russia: from Consensus to Growing Disagreements
17.30 Prof. Dr. Massimo SICLARI, University Roma Tre: I guidici italiani e la Carta di dritti fondamentali dell’Unione europea dopo l’entrata in vigore del Trattato di Lisabona
17.50 Conclusions
- Panel 4: Istoria europeană ca istorie a integrării europene. Profiluri. Concepte. Atitudini / European history as a history of European integration. Profiles. Concepts. Attitudes
Venue: Room ICE
Chair: Dr. Doru DUMITRESCU, General Inspector, Ministry of National Education
Discussant: Hadrian ARION, School Inspector in History, Cluj County
15.30 Dr. Mihai MANEA, School Inspector ISMB: Războiul rece, Consiliul Europei și predarea istoriei
15.50 Mirela POPESCU, Spiru Haret Highschool, București: Talleyrand, Congresul de la Viena și Uniunea Europeană
16.10 Lăcrămioara IORDĂCHESCU, Mihai Eminescu Highschool, Iași: Percepții românești asupra politicii Franței în Uniunea Europeană
16.30 Mihaela CONSTANTINESCU, Dimitrie Cantemir Highschool, București: Expoziție despre Asediul Sarajevo
16.50 Corina Roberta PAVEL, School Inspector ISJ Brăila: Predarea istoriei integrării europene în contextul geopolitic de la cumpăna secolelor al XX-lea – al XXI-lea
17.10 Florin CRISTESCU, Grigore Moisil Highschool, București: Spațiul ex-iugoslav în procesul de aderare la Uniunea Europeană
17.30 Angelica NECȘULEA, Secondary School, Corobai: Atitudini și percepții ale elevilor români din mediul rural față de istoria integrării europene
17.50 Conclusions
PhD Students’ Workshop (II)
Venue: Room K. Adenauer
Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Gabriela CIOT, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj State Secretyary for European Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Bucharest:
Discussant: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Horaţiu DAN, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj
15.30 Drd. Tudor VIDREAN, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: The right to defence and the Charter. A fundamental freedom that can link Europe’s juridical systems
15.50 Drd. Shula MENACHEM, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: What should politicians know about bridging the gap between deciders and receivers?
16.10 Drd. Lavinia-Ioana OPRIŞ, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: Constructing a discourse of European identity: unrealistic goal or unexpected solution?
16.30 Drd. Orit RISHPI, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: Elected city council members in the globalized urban setting
16.50 Drd. Ana Maria STAN, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: The importance of cultural diplomacy in the EU
17.10 Drd. Yaacov VIDAL, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: CV fraud – gaps in dealing with discrepancies
17.30 Drd. Yaron KLEIN, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: When the city meets the sea: Towards urban policy in coastal cities
17.50 Conclusions
19.00 Cocktail offered by Prof. Dr. Ioan-Aurel POP,
Rector of Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj, Member of the Romanian Academy
Friday, October 27
- Panel 1: What are the new challenges for Europe from a historical, juridical, economic and political perspective? (II)
Venue: Aula of the Faculty of European Studies
Chair: Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Wilfried LOTH, Professor Emeritus, University of Essen-Duisburg
Discussant: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alina BRANDA, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj
8.30 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Georgiana CICEO, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: “More Europe” or “No Europe”? Is it possible to move forward without political union?
8.50 Lect. Dr. Margriet KRIJTENBURG, The Hague University: Europe, dare to be yourself. The founding principles as guidelines for the EU today
9.10 Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Reinhard MEYERS, Professor Emeritus, University of Münster: Europa hybrida – from Westphalia to Westfailure?
9.30 Prof. Dr. Werner MÜLLER-PELZER, Professor Emeritus, University of Dortmund: Régénérer l’Europe. Narratifs – critique – situation communes d’implantation
9.50 Reader Dr. Michael O’NEILL, Nottingham Trent University: The end of the West? European challenges and their consequences
10.10 Dr. Andrei RĂDULESCU, Scientific Researcher, Institute for World Economy, Bucharest: Economic convergence and divergence in the European Union – end of decade challenges
10.30 Prof. Dr. Janusz WEGRZECKI, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University Warsaw: A new deal between demoses and their elites necessary to save Europe
10.50 Conclusions
- Panel 2: Potentiality and accountability in conceiving Europe’s future. What are the means to reinforce the legitimacy of the European project in East-Central Europe?
Venue: Room Jean Monnet
Chair: Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Gérard BOSSUAT, Professor Emeritus, Université de Cergy-Pontoise
Discussant: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mircea T. MANIU, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj
8.30 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alina ANDREICA, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: IT policies and European integration
8.50 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Adrian CORPĂDEAN, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: Assessments and prospects for the integration of the West Balkans. The case of Montenegro
9.10 Prof. Dr. Dominique de COURCELLES, Ecole Supérieure, Lyon: Mémoire et récit d’Europe pour la construction d’un équilibre géopolitique mondial
9.30 Assoc. Prof. Dr. Laura HERŢA, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: The Eastern Partnership – dealing with frozen conflicts and de facto states in the South Caucasus
9.50 Lect. Dr. Ana PANTEA, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: The Geostrategic Significance of “One Belt, One Road” Initiative for Eastern European.
10.10 Conclusions
- Panel 3: Quelle(s) idéologie(s) derrière la (nouvelle) gouvernance européenne? (I)
Venue: Room Konrad Adenauer
Chair: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sergiu MIŞCOIU, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj
Discussant: Drd. Alexandru APETROE, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj
9.00 Prof. Cristian Pîrvulescu, SNSPA Bucharest: Démocratie or illibéralisme? L’Union Européenne face au défi ilibéral
9.20 Prof. Dr. Yves PALAU, University Paris-Est: Analyser la gouvernance européenne à travers la pensée de Foucault
9.40 Dr. Antoine HEMEERYCK, CESPA France: Gouvernance, société civile, marché
10.00 Drd. Victoria STOICU, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: Réidéologisation et repolitisation des politques européennes
10.20 – 10.40 Coffee break
10.40 Prof. Dr. Pierre VERJANS, Université de Liège: La grille de Stein Rokkan vaut-elle pour l’Europe centrale?
11.00 Dr. Emilian CIOC, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: Les idéaux-logies réalistes ou la poétique du reporting
11.20 Drd. Vincent HENRY, Université Paris-Est: La politique voisinage de l’UE. De l’idéal de gouvernance à la realpolitik
11.40 Lect. Dr. Ovidiu VAIDA, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: The Transformation of Left and Right in Central and Eastern European Countries after their Accesion to the European Union
- Panel 4: Istoria europeană ca istorie a integrării europene. Profiluri. Concepte. Atitudini / European history as a history of European integration. Profiles. Concepts. Attitudes (in Romanian)
Venue: Room ICE
Chair: Prof. Dr. Ioan BOLOVAN, Vice-Rector of Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj, President of the International Commission of Historical Demography
Discussant: Dr. Mihai MANEA, School Inspector, Bucharest
8.30 Dana POPA COJOCARU, Costache Negri Highschool, Galați: Europol, pentru o Europă mai sigură
8.50 Emilian COLCERU, Iulia Haşdeu Highschool, București: Predarea valorilor civice europene prin intermediul istoriei
9.10 Tiberiu PĂRPĂUȚĂ, Colegiul Economic Administrativ: Istoria ideii de construcţie europeană
9.30 Francisc Vendelin GLAZER, Poiana Codrului Secondary School: De la idea europeană la UE. Integrare și federalizare. Impactul extinderii UE spre Europa Centrală și de Est
9.50 Dorica MIRON, Spiru Haret High School, Tecuci: Originea intelectuală a ideii de Europa și debutul construcției europene
10.10 Elena PREDA, School Inspector, ISJ Neamț: Tratatul de la Roma – 60 de ani de politici europene comune
10.30 Conclusions
9.30 – 14.00 Round table (in Romanian)
Joint event. The Group of Reflection “Citadel” (Faculty of European Studies) and the Group of Reflection “New World Disorder” (New Europe College, Bucharest)
Venue: Club
Moderators:
- Prof. Valentin NAUMESCU, Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj
- Sever VOINESCU, New Europe College
Participants:
Faculty of European Studies, Babeş-Bolyai University Cluj: Prof. Dr. Nicolae PĂUN; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Georgiana CICEO; Lect. Dr.
Gabriel GHERASIM; Lect. Dr. Raluca MOLDOVAN; Lect. Dr. Vlad MUREŞAN; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Radu NECHITA;
Drd. Agnes NICOLESCU; Drd. Vlad ZUBAC; Drd. Ioana BERCEAN; Drd. Claudiu DEGERATU; Drd. Delia CHILOM; Drd. Iulia GHIDIU.
New Europe College, Bucharest: Teodor PALEOLOGU, Bogdan IANCU, Simona CORLAN, Bogdan TĂTARU CAZABAN; Ștefan POPESCU; Ioan STANOMIR.
9.30 – 11.30 European topics: From “Macron Plan” of the Reform of the European Union to Romania’s Expectations
11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 – 14.00 Global topics: Is There Any “West” in the System of International Relations?
11.30 – 14.00 Debate (in Romanian)
Reforma UE. Opţiuni privind viitorul proiectului european
The reform of the EU. Options concerning the future of the European project
Evenimentul face parte din campania de dezbateri publice în vederea pregătirii Preşedinţiei române a Consiliului UE și este organizat în parteneriat cu Facultatea de Studii Europene din cadrul Universității Babeș-Bolyai în programul conferinței ”Desintegration and Integration in East-Central Europe”, ediția a 4-a
Venue: Room Jean Monnet / Auditorium Jean Monnet – Facultatea de Studii Europene, etaj 1
11:30 – 12:30 Cuvânt de bun-venit
Acad. Ioan-Aurel Pop, Prof.univ.dr., Rector Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca
Nicolae Păun, Prof.univ.dr., Decan Facultatea de Studii Europene, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca
Intervenții oficiale
Victor Negrescu, Ministru delegat pentru Afaceri Europene, Ministerul Afacerilor Externe
Daniel Buda, Membru al Parlamentului European, Grupul Partidului Popular European (Creștin-Democrat) (*) Iuliu Winkler, Membru al Parlamentului European, Grupul Partidului Popular European (Creștin-Democrat) (*) Cristian Buchiu, Șef adjunct al Reprezentanței Comisiei Europene în România
Lazăr Comănescu, Ambasador, fost ministru al Afacerilor Externe
Vasile Pușcaș, Prof.univ.dr., Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, fost Ministru al Afacerilor Europene și Negociator șef cu UE
Moderator: Acad. Ioan-Aurel Pop, Prof.univ.dr., Rector Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca
12:30 – 12:40 Pauză
12:40 – 13:40 Reforma UE. Opțiuni privind viitorul proiectului european.
Melania-Gabriela Ciot, Prof.dr., Facultatea de Studii Europene, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Secretar de Stat, Ministerul Afacerilor Externe
Mihaela Luțaș, Prof.univ.dr., Prorector Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca Gabriela Drăgan, Prof.univ.dr., Director General, Institutul European din România
Ioan Horga, Prof.univ.dr., Facultatea de Istorie, Relații Internaționale, Științe Politice și Științe ale Comunicării, Universitatea din Oradea
Mircea Maniu, Profesor, Facultatea de Studii Europene, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca Maria Vincze, Prof.univ.dr. Facultatea de Studii Europene, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca Maria Bîrsan, Prof.univ.dr.., Facultatea de Studii Europene, Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca
13:40 – 13:50 Întrebări și răspunsuri
Moderator: Acad. Ioan-Aurel Pop, Prof.univ.dr., Rector Universitatea Babeș-Bolyai, Cluj-Napoca
Special Event
14.00 – 14.30 Book launch
Venue: Hall of the Room Jean Monnet
Nicolae PĂUN (coord): Uniunea Europeană în contextul unei lumi în schimbare. Fundamente istorice, valori, instituţii, politici
(The European Union in the context of a changing world. Historical fundamentals, values, institutions, policies)
Presented by Prof. Dr. Vasile PUŞCAŞ, former Minister of European Affairs of Romania and Chief Negotiator with the European Union
14.30 – 15.00 Final remarks
Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Reinhard MEYERS, Professor Emeritus, University of Münster Lazăr COMĂNESCU, Ambassador, former Minister for Foreign Affairs
Venue: Room Jean Monnet
15.00 Cocktail offered by the European Commission Representation in Romania
EVENT HELD UNDER THE HIGH PATRONAGE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION LIAISON COMMITTEE OF HISTORIANS
