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, KrakowFrom 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