Previous CEPOS Events

CEPOS NEW CALL FOR PAPERS 2025

 

CEPOS 15TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AFTER COMMUNISM.

EAST AND WEST UNDER SCRUTINY,

 

House of the University, Craiova, Romania

14-15 March 2025 (Hybrid Conference)

 

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to invite you to participate in the 15th International Conference AFTER COMMUNISM. EAST AND WEST UNDER SCRUTINY in Craiova, Romania, 14-15 March 2025. More than three decades after, an event is both history and present. The annual conference organized by CEPOS involves both the perspectives of the researchers: research experiences and scientific knowledge. The conference will be hosted for two intense and exciting days, participants all over the world (professors, professionals, doctoral and post-doctoral researchers and students) are invited to raise the issue of the study of the recent history of the former Eastern space in connection with the Western world. We are confident that all of us will focus during these two days on what is important to move the research in the field forward. We dear to state that we even bear the moral obligation to do that.

Best regards,

The Board of Directors of CEPOS 2025 Conferences and Events Series

 

PROPOSED PANELS for CEPOS CONFERENCE 2025

-Administration, legal issues and social justice

-Administration, social inclusion and urban planning

-Administrative history and governance within South-Eastern Europe

-AI, Finances & digital developments

-Bioethics and transition challenges
-History, politics and ideologies in modern and contemporary Europe

-Comparative policies, financial reforms and competitiveness

-Comparative policies, sustainable growth and urban planning

-Constitution(s), legality & political reforms

-Discourse, language and social encounters

-Economics, financial law and policy mechanisms

-Education, media & social communication;

-Education, political culture and language skills

-Education, social inclusion and regional policies

-E-government and social development

-E-government, comparative policies and strategic approaches

-Elections, social innovation and public policies

-Environment, biodiversity and climate change

-EU policy cooperation and resilience facilities in (post)pandemic context

-Global environment and cultural heritage

-Historicaĺ narratives and political history (XIX-XX centuries)

-Historiography, history studies and policy mechanisms

-Human development and social action

-Integration, identity, and human rights in European systems

-Judicial encounters and public policies

-Knowledge transfer and competitiveness in regional economies

-Law panel on legal, economic and social patterns of the democratization process

-Law, administration and transitional justice

-Law, legal studies and justice reform

-Law, transitional justice, democratization

-Legal and constitutional patterns of the democratization process

-Legal and social patterns of the democratization process

-Media analysis and transition

-Media analysis, public discourse and democracy

-Media, online communication and politics

-Political culture and citizen participation

-Political culture and language skills

-Political culture, civil society and citizen participation

-Political culture, rights and civil society

-Political culture, values and language skills

-Political events, resilience and social action

-Political history, collective memory and cultural heritage

-Political leadership, democratization and regional security

-Political parties, electoral systems and electoral campaigns

-Political sciences panel on politics, governance and social culture

-Politics, governance and social change

-Politics, governance and social culture

-Post-communism and collective memory

-Public policies, social behavior and education

-Religion, cultural history and education

-Rights, identities, policies & participation

-Security and diplomacy in national and Euro-Atlantic environment

-Security encounters in the pandemic context

-Security, foreign policy, social movements and citizenship

-Security, social movements and citizenship

-Social economy, climate change and sustainable development

-Social economy, knowledge transfer and sustainable development

 

ABSTRACT SUBMITTING (SEE CEPOS CONFERENCE 2025 REGISTRATION FORM-on http://cepos.eu/):

The proposals must be sent in English and must contain the title of the paper, the abstract (no more than 300 words) and a short presentation of the author(s) (statute, institutional affiliation, short list of relevant scientific contributions).

 

 

DEAD-LINE FOR SUBMITTING REGISTRATION FORM: 01 MARCH 2025

Proposals must be submitted until 01 MARCH 2025 at the following address: cepos2023@gmail.com

CEPOS CONFERENCE PAST EDITIONS

More information, photos and other details about the previous editions of the Conference and CEPOS Workshops, Internships, and other official events organized in 2012-2024 are available on CEPOS official website sections
CEPOS Previous Events. Photo gallery CEPOS Events

http://cepos.eu/gallery

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Center-of-Post-Communist-Political-Studies-CEPOS/485957361454074

 

REGISTRATION FEES CEPOS CONFERENCE 2025

Registration fees will be paid exclusively ONLINE. All details at: http://cepos.eu/upcoming

100 euros / first paper and 30 euros/ second paper (same author(s)) (payment by March 7, 2025).

Registration fees can be paid directly via bank transfer on CEPOS Bank account as follows:

Details for online payment

Banca Romana pentru Dezvoltare (BRD)
Owner: ASOCIATIA CENTRUL DE STUDII POLITICE POSTCOMUNISTE
Reference to be mentioned: CV taxa participare si publicare CEPOS
Account Number: RO64BRDE170SV96030911700 (RON)

 

Very important !

The registration WILL NOT be confirmed until the paper is accepted AND the payment of the registration fee is received.

 

Organizing details (Conference location/ organizing details e.g. meals, coffee breaks/ mode of presentation of the papers to be announced in due time)

The registration fee covers: 
* Conference attendance to all common sessions, individual and special panels
* Conference materials (including the Book of Abstracts of the Conference)
 

* Conference program 2025 for all registered participants
* Certificate of attendance for CEPOS Conference 2025 (offered at the end of the CEPOS Conference 2025)

* Certificate of attendance for CEPOS International Associated Research Workshop 2025 (free for registered participants attending the workshop). Main topics of the panel:

Policy indexation of international journals in international databases and services;

Open access policy of the international journals;

Data and statistics within an international indexed conference;

Use of online applications for social sciences research;

Methods and themes of research provided by CEPOS (2021-2024);

Publication in an international indexed journal;

Indexing and statistics for social sciences journals in international databases;

Academic profile in international databases;

RSP Manuscript Submission Guidelines;

Publication, editing support and citation metrics for social sciences journals.

* 15 minutes Oral presentation / Poster Presentation for every author and presenter
* Publication of the Conference Papers in the International Indexed Journal Revista de Stiinte Politice. Revue des Sciences Politiques.

Previous publication of the 2012-2024 Conference papers is available at: http://cis01.central.ucv.ro/revistadestiintepolitice/acces.php

 

CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE

Certificates of attendance will be offered at the end of the conference.

CEPOS NEW CALL FOR PAPERS 2024


14THINTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

AFTER COMMUNISM. EAST AND WEST UNDER SCRUTINY,

Craiova (Romania), 15-16 March 2024 (Hybrid Conference)

 

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to invite you to participate in the 14th International Conference AFTER COMMUNISM. EAST AND WEST UNDER SCRUTINY in Craiova, Romania, 15-16 March 2024. More than three decades after, an event is both history and present. The annual conference organized by CEPOS involves both the perspectives of the researches in the field of Communism and Post-Communism: research experiences and scientific knowledge. Like a "pointing puzzle", 34 years after the fall of communism, the conference panels explore with emotional detachment, but with a peculiar professional involvement creating and exploiting the inter-disciplinary developments of the East-West relations before and after the crucial year 1989 in the fields of political sciences, history, economics and law. The conference will be hosted during two intense and exciting days, participants all over the world (professors, professionals, doctoral and post-doctoral researchers and students) are invited to raise the issue of the study of recent history of the former communist space in connection with the Western world. We are confident that all of us will focus during these two days on what is important to move the research in the field forward. We dear to state that we even bear the moral obligation to do that.

Best regards,

 

The Board of Directors of CEPOS 2022 Conferences and Events Series

 

PROPOSED PANELS for CEPOS CONFERENCE 2024.

-Administration, legal issues and social justice

-Administration, social inclusion and urban planning

-Administrative history and governance within South-Eastern Europe

-Bioethics and transition challenges

-History, politics and ideologies in modern and contemporary Europe

-Comparative policies, financial reforms and competitiveness

-Comparative policies, sustainable growth and urban planning

-Constitution(s), legality & political reforms

-Discourse, language and social encounters

-Economics, financial law and policy mechanisms

-Economics, financial law and policy mechanisms

-Education, media & social communication;

-Education, political culture and language skills

-Education, social inclusion and regional policies

-E-government and social development

-E-government, comparative policies and strategic approaches

-Environment, biodiversity and climate change

-EU policy cooperation and resilience facilities in (post)pandemic context

-Global environment and cultural heritage

-Integration, identity, and human rights in European systems

-Judicial encounters and public policies

-Knowledge transfer and competitiveness in regional economies

-Law, administration and transitional justice

-Law, legal studies and justice reform;

-Law, transitional justice, democratization

-Legal and constitutional patterns of the democratization process

-Legal and social patterns of the democratization process

-Media analysis and transition

-Media analysis, public discourse and democracy

-Media analysis, public discourse and democracy

-Media, online communication and politics

-Political culture and citizen participation

-Political culture, civil society and citizen participation

-Political culture, rights and civil society

-Political events, resilience and social action

-Political history, collective memory and cultural heritage

-Political leadership, democratization and regional security

-Political parties, electoral systems and electoral campaigns

-Politics, governance and social change

-Post-communism and collective memory

-Religion, cultural history and education

-Rights, identities, policies & participation

-Security and diplomacy in national and Euro-Atlantic environment

-Security encounters in the pandemic context

-Security, foreign policy, social movements and citizenship

-Security, social movements and citizenship

-Social economy, climate change and sustainable development

-Social economy, knowledge transfer and sustainable development.

 

ABSTRACT SUBMITTING (SEE CEPOS CONFERENCE 2024 -REGISTRATION FORM-on http://cepos.eu/)

The proposals must be sent in English and must contain the title of the paper, the abstract (no more than 300 words) and a short presentation of the author(s) (statute, institutional affiliation, short list of relevant scientific contributions).

 

DEAD-LINE FOR SUBMITTING REGISTRATION FORM: 03 MARCH 2024

Proposals must be submitted until 03 MARCH 2024 at the following address: cepos2023@gmail.com

CEPOS CONFERENCE PAST EDITIONS

More information, photos and other details about the previous editions of the Conference and CEPOS Workshops, Internships, and other official events organized in 2012-2023 are available on CEPOS official website sections
CEPOS Previous Events. Photo gallery CEPOS Events

http://cepos.eu/gallery

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Center-of-Post-Communist-Political-Studies-CEPOS/485957361454074

 

REGISTRATION FEES CEPOS CONFERENCE 2024

Registration fees will be paid exclusively ONLINE. All details at: http://cepos.eu/upcoming

90 euros / first paper and 20 euros/ second paper (same author(s)) (payment by March 10, 2024).

100 euros / first paper and 20 euros/ second paper (same author(s)) (payment between March 10, 2024-March 14, 2024).

Registration fees can be paid directly via bank transfer on CEPOS Bank account as follows:

Details for online payment

Banca Romana pentru Dezvoltare (BRD)
Owner: ASOCIATIA CENTRUL DE STUDII POLITICE POSTCOMUNISTE
Reference to be mentioned: CV taxa participare si publicare CEPOS
Account Number: RO64BRDE170SV96030911700 (RON)

 

Very important !

The registration WILL NOT be confirmed until the paper is accepted AND the payment of the regustration fee is received.

 

The participant has to bear all bank charges due to the transfer of money (local, foreign etc.).

ORGANIZING DETAILS (Conference location/ organizing details e.g. meals, coffee breaks/ mode of presentation of the papers to be announced in due time)

The registration fee covers: 
* Conference attendance to all common sessions, individual and special panels
* Conference materials (including the Book of Abstracts of the Conference)
 
* Conference program 2024 for all registered participants
* Certificate of attendance for CEPOS Conference 2024 (offered at the end of the CEPOS Conference 2024)
* Certificate of attendance for CEPOS International Associated Research Workshop 2024 ( free for registered participants attending the workshop). Main topics of the panel:

  • - Policy indexation of international journals in international databases and services;
  • - Open access policy of the international journals;
  • - Data and statistics within an international indexed conference;
  • - Use of online applications for social sciences research;
  • - Methods and themes of research provided by CEPOS (2021-2024 );
  • - Publication in an international indexed journal;
  • - Indexing and statistics for social sciences journals in international databases;
  • - Academic profile in international databases;
  • - RSP Manuscript Submission Guidelines;
  • - Publication, editing support and citation metrics for social sciences journals.
* 15 minutes Oral presentation / Poster Presentation for every author and presenter
* Publication of the Conference Papers in the International Indexed Journal Revista de Stiinte Politice. Revue des Sciences Politiques.
Previous publication of the 2012-2023 Conference papers is available at:
http://cis01.central.ucv.ro/revistadestiintepolitice/acces.php

 

CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE

Certificates of attendance will be offered at the end of the conference.

CEPOS NEW CALL FOR PAPERS 2023


13TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

AFTER COMMUNISM. EAST AND WEST UNDER SCRUTINY

Craiova (Romania), 17-18 March 2023

 

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to invite you to participate in the 13th International Conference AFTER COMMUNISM. EAST AND WEST UNDER SCRUTINY in Craiova, Romania, 17-18 March 2023. More than three decades after, an event is both history and present. The annual conference organized by CEPOS involves both the perspectives of the researchers: research experiences and scientific knowledge.

The conference will be hosted for two intense and exciting days, participants all over the world (professors, professionals, doctoral and post-doctoral researchers and students) are invited to raise the issue of the study of the recent history of the Eastern space in connection with the Western world. We are confident that all of us will focus during these two days on what is important to move the research in the field forward.

We dear to state that we even bear the moral obligation to do that.

 

Best regards,

 

The Board of Directors of CEPOS 2023 Conferences and Events Series

 

PROPOSED PANELS for CEPOS CONFERENCE 2023

-Administration, legal issues and social justice

-Administration, social inclusion and urban planning

-Administrative history and governance within South-Eastern Europe

-Bioethics and transition challenges

-History, politics and ideologies in modern and contemporary Europe

-Comparative policies, financial reforms and competitiveness

-Comparative policies, sustainable growth and urban planning

-Constitution(s), legality & political reforms

-Discourse, language and social encounters

-Economics, financial law and policy mechanisms

-Economics, financial law and policy mechanisms

-Education, media & social communication;

-Education, political culture and language skills

-Education, social inclusion and regional policies

-E-government and social development

-E-government, comparative policies and strategic approaches

-Environment, biodiversity and climate change

-EU policy cooperation and resilience facilities in (post)pandemic context

-Global environment and cultural heritage

-Integration, identity, and human rights in European systems

-Judicial encounters and public policies

-Knowledge transfer and competitiveness in regional economies

-Law, administration and transitional justice

-Law, legal studies and justice reform;

-Law, transitional justice, democratization

-Legal and constitutional patterns of the democratization process

-Legal and social patterns of the democratization process

-Media analysis and transition

-Media analysis, public discourse and democracy

-Media, online communication and politics

-Political culture and citizen participation

-Political culture, civil society and citizen participation

-Political culture, rights and civil society

-Political events, resilience and social action

-Political history, collective memory and cultural heritage

-Political leadership, democratization and regional security

-Political parties, electoral systems and electoral campaigns

-Politics, governance and social change

-Post-communism and collective memory

-Religion, cultural history and education

-Rights, identities, policies & participation

-Security and diplomacy in national and Euro-Atlantic environment

-Security encounters in the pandemic context

-Security, foreign policy, social movements and citizenship

-Security, social movements and citizenship

-Social economy, climate change and sustainable development

-Social economy, knowledge transfer and sustainable development.

 

ABSTRACT SUBMITTING (SEE CEPOS CONFERENCE 2023 -REGISTRATION FORM-on http://cepos.eu/)

The proposals must be sent in English and must contain the title of the paper, the abstract (no more than 300 words) and a short presentation of the author(s) (statute, institutional affiliation, short list of relevant scientific contributions).

 

DEAD-LINE FOR SUBMITTING REGISTRATION FORM: 04 MARCH 2023

Proposals must be submitted until 04 MARCH 2023 at the following address: cepos2013@gmail.com and cepos2023@gmail.com


CEPOS CONFERENCE PAST EDITIONS

Proposals must be submitted until 04 MARCH 2023 at the following address: cepos2013@gmail.com and cepos2023@gmail.com


CEPOS Previous Events. Photo gallery CEPOS Events

http://cepos.eu/gallery

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Center-of-Post-Communist-Political-Studies-CEPOS/485957361454074

 

REGISTRATION FEES

CEPOS CONFERENCE 2023 Registration fees will be paid exclusively ONLINE.

90 euros / first paper and 20 euros/ second paper (same author(s)) (payment by March 07, 2023).

100 euros / first paper and 20 euros/ second paper (same author(s)) (payment between March 07, 2023-March 16, 2023).

Registration fees can be paid directly via bank transfer on CEPOS Bank account as follows:

Details for online payment

Banca Romana pentru Dezvoltare (BRD)
Owner: ASOCIATIA CENTRUL DE STUDII POLITICE POSTCOMUNISTE
Reference to be mentioned: CV taxa participare si publicare CEPOS
Account Number: RO64BRDE170SV96030916700 (RON)

 

Very important !

The registration WILL NOT be confirmed until the payment of the registration fees is received. The participant has to bear all bank charges due to the transfer of money (local, foreign etc.).


ORGANIZING DETAILS (Conference location/ organizing details e.g. meals, coffee breaks/ mode of presentation of the papers to be announced in due time)

The reistration fee covers:


* Conference attendance to all common sessions, individual and special panels
* Conference materials (including the Book of Abstracts of the Conference) 


* Conference program 2023 for all registered participants
* Certificate of attendance for CEPOS Conference 2023 (offered at the end of the CEPOS Conference 2023)
* Certificate of attendance for CEPOS Associated Research Workshop (free for registered participants attending the workshop). Main topics of the panel:


  • - Policy indexation of international journals in international databases and services;
  • - Open access policy of the international journals;
  • - Data and statistics within an international indexed conference;
  • - Use of online applications for social sciences research;
  • - Methods and themes of research provided by CEPOS (2021-2023);
  • - Publication in an international indexed journal;
  • - Indexing and statistics for social sciences journals in international databases;
  • - Academic profile in international databases;
  • - RSP Manuscript Submission Guidelines;
  • - Publication, editing support and citation metrics for social sciences journals.


* 15 minutes Oral presentation / Poster Presentation for every author and presenter
* Publication of the Conference Papers in the International Indexed Journal Revista de Stiinte Politice. Revue des Sciences Politiques.
Previous publication of the 2012-2021 Conference papers is available at:
http://cis01.central.ucv.ro/revistadestiintepolitice/acces.php

 

CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE

Certificates of attendance will be offered at the end of the conference.

CEPOS CONFERENCE 2022

12TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
AFTER COMMUNISM. EAST AND WEST UNDER SCRUTINY

Craiova (Romania), 19-20 March 2022

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to invite you to participate in the 12th International Conference AFTER COMMUNISM. EAST AND WEST UNDER SCRUTINY in Craiova, Romania, 18-19 March 2022. More than three decades after, an event is both history and present. The annual conference organized by CEPOS involves both the perspectives of the researches in the field of Communism and Post-Communism: research experiences and scientific knowledge. Like a "pointing puzzle", 33 years after the fall of communism, the conference panels explore with emotional detachment, but with a peculiar professional involvement creating and exploiting the inter-disciplinary developments of the East-West relations before and after the crucial year 1989 in the fields of political sciences, history, economics and law. The conference will be hosted during two intense and exciting days, participants all over the world (professors, professionals, doctoral and post-doctoral researchers and students) are invited to raise the issue of the study of recent history of the former communist space in connection with the Western world. We are confident that all of us will focus during these two days on what is important to move the research in the field forward. We dear to state that we even bear the moral obligation to do that.

Best regards,

The Board of Directors of CEPOS 2022 Conferences and Events Series

PROPOSED PANELS for CEPOS CONFERENCE 2022

Center of Post-Communist Political Studies (CEPOS) proposes the following panels:

-History, politics and ideologies in modern and contemporary Europe;
-Political history, collective memory and cultural heritage;
-Politics and social change communication in postcommunism;
-Communism, transition, democracy;
-Post-communism and colective memory;
-Political culture and citizen participation;
-Law, legal studies and justice reform;
-Law, transitional justice, democratization;
-Constitution(s), legality & political reforms;
-Legal and constitutional patterns of the democratization process;
-Political culture, rights and civil society;
-Political culture, civil society and citizen participation;
-Political parties, electoral systems and electoral campaigns;
-Security and diplomacy in national and Euro-Atlantic environment;
-Security, social movements and citizenship;
-Rights, identities, policies & participation;
-Education, media & social communication;
-Education, social inclusion and regional policies;
-Administrative history and governance within South-Eastern Europe during transition;
-E-government, comparative policies and strategic approaches;
-Law, administration and transitional justice;
-Economics, financial law and policy mechanisms;
-Social economy, climate change and sustainable development;
-Education, political culture and language skills;
-EU policy cooperation and resilience facilities in (post)pandemic context;
-Media analysis, public discourse and democracy;
-Judicial encounters and public policies;
-Political leadership, democratization and regional security;
-Comparative policies, sustainable growth and urban planning;
-Knowledge transfer and competitiveness in regional economies;
-Comparative policies, financial reforms and competiveness;
-Security, foreign policy, social movements and citizenship;
-Economics, financial law and policy mechanisms;
-Administration, social inclusion and urban planning;
-Global environment and cultural heritage;
-Environment, biodiversity and climate change;
-Integration, identity, and human rights in European systems;
-Religion, cultural history and education;
-Media, online communication and politics;
-Media analysis and transition;
-Discourse, language and social encounters;
-Bioethics and transition challenges.

ABSTRACT SUBMITTING (SEE CEPOS CONFERENCE 20212 REGISTRATION FORM-on http://cepos.eu/)

The proposals must be sent in English and must contain the title of the paper, the abstract (no more than 300 words) and a short presentation of the author(s) (statute, institutional affiliation, short list of relevant scientific contributions).

DEAD-LINE FOR SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL: 04 MARCH 2022.

Proposals must be submitted until 04 MARCH 2022 at the following address: cepos2013@gmail.com

CEPOS CONFERENCE PAST EDITIONS

More information, photos and other details about the previous editions of the Conference and CEPOS Workshops, Internships, and other official events organized in 2012-2021 are available on: - CEPOS official website sections
CEPOS Previous Events
Photo gallery CEPOS Events
http://cepos.eu/gallery

- CEPOS FACEBOOK ACCOUNT:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Center-of-Post-Communist-Political-Studies-CEPOS/485957361454074

REGISTRATION FEES

CEPOS CONFERENCE 2022 Registration fees will be paid exclusively ONLINE by Wednesday, March 09, 2022.

90 euros / first paper and 20 euros/ second paper (same author(s)) can be paid directly via bank transfer on CEPOS Bank account as follows:

Details for online payment

Banca Romana pentru Dezvoltare (BRD)
Owner: ASOCIATIA CENTRUL DE STUDII POLITICE POSTCOMUNISTE
Reference to be mentioned: CV taxa participare si publicare CEPOS
Account Number: RO64BRDE170SV96030916700 (RON)

Very important!
The registration WILL NOT be confirmed until the payment of the Registration fees is received.
The participant has to bear all bank charges due to the transfer of money (local, foreign etc.).
The final Programme of the CEPOS Conference 2022 will be provided to all participants by Sunday, March 13, 2022.

ORGANIZING DETAILS

Conference attendance to all common sessions, individual and special panels;
* Conference materials (including the Book of Abstracts of the Conference);
* Certificate of attendance (offered at the end of the CEPOS Conference 2022);
* Publication of the Conference Papers in the International Indexed Journal Revista de Stiinte Politice.
* Revue des Sciences Politiques.
Previous publication of the 2012-2021 Conference papers is available at: http://cis01.central.ucv.ro/revistadestiintepolitice/acces.php

The registration fee covers:

CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE

Certificates of attendance will be offered at the end of the conference.




CEPOS CONFERENCE 2021
ATTACHED CEPOS CONFERENCE 2021 Registration form

16TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
AFTER COMMUNISM. EAST AND WEST UNDER SCRUTINY

Craiova (Romania), 19-20 March 2021 (online edition, via zoom)

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to invite you to participate in the 16th International Conference AFTER COMMUNISM. EAST AND WEST UNDER SCRUTINY in Craiova, Romania, 19-20 March 2021. More than three decades after, an event is both history and present. The annual conference organized by CEPOS involves both the perspectives of the researches in the field of Communism and Post-Communism: research experiences and scientific knowledge. Like a "pointing puzzle", 32 years after the fall of communism, the conference panels explore with emotional detachment, but with a peculiar professional involvement creating and exploiting the inter-disciplinary developments of the East-West relations before and after the crucial year 1989 in the fields of political sciences, history, economics and law. The conference will be hosted by the University House and during two intense and exciting days, participants all over the world (professors, professionals, doctoral and post-doctoral researchers and students) are invited to raise the issue of the study of recent history of the former communist space in connection with the Western world. We are confident that all of us will focus during these two days on what is important to move the research in the field forward. We dear to state that we even bear the moral obligation to do that.

Best regards,

The Board of Directors of CEPOS 2021 Conferences and Events Series

PROPOSED PANELS for CEPOS CONFERENCE 2021

Center of Post-Communist Political Studies (CEPOS) proposes the following panels:

-History, politics and ideologies in modern and contemporary Europe;
-Political history, collective memory and cultural heritage;
-Politics and social change communication in postcommunism;
-Communism, transition, democracy;
-Post-communism and colective memory;
-Social changes, political history and collective memory;
-Politics, ideologies and social action in transition;
-Revolution and political history;
-Political culture and citizen participation;
-Law, legal studies and justice reform;
-Law, transitional justice, democratization;
-Constitution(s), legality & political reforms;
-Legal and constitutional patterns of the democratization process;
-Political culture, rights and civil society;
-Political culture, civil society and citizen participation;
-Political parties, electoral systems and electoral campaigns;
-Security and diplomacy in national and Euro-Atlantic environment;
-Security, social movements and citizenship;
-Rights, identities, policies & participation;
-Education, media & social communication;
-Education, social inclusion and regional policies;
-Administrative history and governance within South-Eastern Europe during transition;
-Political leadership, democratization and regional security;
-Comparative policies, sustainable growth and urban planning;
-Knowledge transfer and competitiveness in regional economies;
-Comparative policies, financial reforms and competiveness;
-Security, foreign policy, social movements and citizenship;
-Economics, financial law and policy mechanisms;
-Administration, social inclusion and urban planning;
-Global environment and cultural heritage;
-Integration, identity, and human rights in European systems;
-Religion, cultural history and education;
-Media, online communication and politics;
-Media analysis and transition;
-Discourse, language and social encounters;
-Bioethics and transition challenges.

ABSTRACT SUBMITTING (SEE CEPOS CONFERENCE 2021 REGISTRATION FORM-on http://cepos.eu/)

The proposals must be sent in English and must contain the title of the paper, the abstract (no more than 300 words) and a short presentation of the author(s) (statute, institutional affiliation, short list of relevant scientific contributions).

DEAD-LINE FOR SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL: 05 MARCH 2021

Proposals must be submitted until 05 MARCH 2021 at the following address: cepos2013@gmail.com

CEPOS CONFERENCE PAST EDITIONS

More information, photos and other details about the previous editions of the Conference and CEPOS Workshops, Internships, and other official events organized in 2012-2020 are available on: - CEPOS official website sections
CEPOS Previous Events
Photo gallery CEPOS Events

- CEPOS FACEBOOK ACCOUNT:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Center-of-Post-Communist-Political-Studies-CEPOS/485957361454074

REGISTRATION FEES

CEPOS CONFERENCE 2021 Registration fees will be paid exclusively ONLINE by Wednesday, March 10, 2021.

90 euros / first paper and 20 euros/ second paper (same author(s)) can be paid directly via bank transfer on CEPOS Bank account as follows:

Details for online payment

Banca Romana pentru Dezvoltare (BRD)
Owner: ASOCIATIA CENTRUL DE STUDII POLITICE POSTCOMUNISTE
Reference to be mentioned: CV taxa participare si publicare CEPOS
Account Number: RO64BRDE170SV96030916700 (RON)

Very important!
The registration WILL NOT be confirmed until the payment of the Registration fees is received.
The participant has to bear all bank charges due to the transfer of money (local, foreign etc.).
The final Programme of the CEPOS Conference 2021 will be provided to all participants by Sunday, March 14, 2021.

CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE

Certificates of attendance will be offered at the end of the conference on Saturday, March 20, 2021 CEPOS Conference 2020




CEPOS Conference 2020
ATTACHED CEPOS CONFERENCE 2020 REGISTRATION FORM

CEPOS NEW CALL FOR PAPERS 2020

10 TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AFTER COMMUNISM. EAST AND WEST UNDER SCRUTINY

Craiova (Romania), University House, 27-28 March 2020

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to invite you to participate in the 10th International Conference AFTER COMMUNISM. EAST AND WEST UNDER SCRUTINY in Craiova, Romania, 27-28 March 2020. More than three decades after, an event is both history and present. The annual conference organized by CEPOS involves both the perspectives of the researches in the field of Communism and Post-Communism: research experiences and scientific knowledge. Like a "pointing puzzle", 30 years after the fall of communism, the conference panels explore with emotional detachment, but with a peculiar professional involvement creating and exploiting the inter-disciplinary developments of the East-West relations before and after the crucial year 1989 in the fields of political sciences, history, economics and law. The conference will be hosted by the University House and during two intense and exciting days, participants all over the world (professors, professionals, doctoral and post-doctoral researchers and students) are invited to raise the issue of the study of recent history of the former communist space in connection with the Western world. We are confident that all of us will focus during these two days on what is important to move the research in the field forward. We dear to state that we even bear the moral obligation to do that.

Best regards,

The Board of Directors of CEPOS 2020 Conferences and Events Series

PROPOSED PANELS for CEPOS CONFERENCE 2020

Center of Post-Communist Political Studies (CEPOS) proposes the following panels:

- Political culture, civil society and citizen participation
- History, politics and ideologies in modern and contemporary Europe; - Communism, transition, democracy;
- Post-communism and colective memory;
- Social changes, political history and collective memory
- Politics, ideologies and social action in transition;
- Revolution and political history;
- Political culture and citizen participation
- Law, legal studies and justice reform;
- Law, transitional justice, democratization;
- Constitution(s), legality & political reforms;
- Political parties, electoral systems and electoral campaigns;
- Security and diplomacy in national and Euro-Atlantic environment;
- Rights, identities policies & participation;
- Education, media & social communication;
- Education, social inclusion and regional policies;
- Administrative history and governance within South-Eastern Europe during transition;
- Political leadership, democratization and regional security;
- Comparative policies, sustainable growth and urban planning;
- Knowledge transfer and competitiveness in regional economies;
- Global environment and cultural heritage;
- Integration, identity, and human rights in European systems;
- Religion, cultural history and education;
- Media, communication and politics;
- Discourse, language and social encounters;
- Bioethics and transition challenges;

ABSTRACT SUBMITTING (SEE CEPOS CONFERENCE 2020 REGISTRATION FORM-on http://cepos.eu/)

The proposals must be sent in English and must contain the title of the paper, the abstract (no more than 300 words) and a short presentation of the author(s) (statute, institutional affiliation, short list of relevant scientific contributions).

DEAD-LINE FOR SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL: 15 MARCH 2020

Proposals must be submitted until 15 MARCH 2020 at the following address: cepos2013@gmail.com

CONFERENCE VENUE

Casa Universitarilor/University House (57 Unirii Street, Craiova, Romania). You can view the Conference location and a map at the following address: http://www.casa-universitarilor.ro/
- More information about the Conference venue can be found at the following address: http://www.ucv.ro/campus/puncte_de_atractie/casa_universitarilor/prezentare.php'
- More photos of the conference room can be viewed at http://www.ucv.ro/campus/puncte_de_atractie/casa_universitarilor/galerie_foto.php

CEPOS CONFERENCE PAST EDITIONS

More information, photos and other details about the previous editions of the Conference and CEPOS Workshops, Internships, and other official events organized in 2012-2019 are available on:
- CEPOS official website sections
CEPOS Previous Events
Photo gallery CEPOS Events

- CEPOS FACEBOOK ACCOUNT:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Center-of-Post-Communist-Political-Studies-CEPOS/485957361454074

TRANSPORT

The 10th International Conference "After communism. East and West under Scrutiny" (2020) will be held in Craiova, a city located in the South-Western part of Romania, at about 250 km from Bucharest, the national capital.
The airport of Craiova (http://en.aeroportcraiova.ro/) has flights to Timisoara, Dusseldorf, Munchen, Ancone, Rome, Venezia, London, Bergamo etc.
Other airports, such as Bucharest (Romania) (http://www.aeroportul-otopeni.info/) is located at distances less than 240 km from Craiova and accommodate international flights.
Train schedule to Craiova can be consulted at InterRegio CFR (http://www.infofer.ro/) and SOFTRANS (http://softrans.ro/mersul-trenurilor.html).

CEPOS CONFERENCE 2020 FEES AND REGISTRATION REGISTRATION DESK

The Conference Registration Desk will be opened from Friday, 27th of March 2020 (from 08.00 a.m. to 18.00 p.m.) until Saturday 28th of March 2020 (from 08.00 a.m. until 14.00 p.m.), for registration and delivery of conference bag with documents to participants. The Conference Registration Desk is located in the lobby of the University House Club, 1st Floor.

REGISTRATION FEES

70 euros / first paper and 20 euros/ second paper (same author(s)) can be paid directly via bank transfer on CEPOS Bank account as follows:

Details for online payment

Banca Romana pentru Dezvoltare (BRD)
Owner: ASOCIATIA CENTRUL DE STUDII POLITICE POSTCOMUNISTE
Reference to be mentioned: CV taxa participare si publicare CEPOS
Account Number: RO64BRDE170SV96030916700 (RON)

MEALS AND OTHER ORGANIZING DETAILS

The registration fee covers:
* Conference attendance to all common sessions, individual and special panels
* Conference materials (including a printed version of the Book of Abstracts of the Conference)
* Conference special bag - 1 for every single fee paid, no matter the number of authors/paper
* Coffee Breaks-March 27, 2020 – March 28, 2020. During the two days conference, 3 coffee breaks are offered.
* Welcome reception (March 27, 2020)
* Lunch (March 27, 2020) offered in the University House Mihai Eminescu Gala Room
* A Festive Gala Dinner and Cocktail (March 27, 2020) offered in the University House Mihai Eminescu Gala Room
* A Free Cocktail Buffet will be served from 19:00 p.m. to 21.00 p.m.
* A Free Entrance Voucher is provided inside of each Conference Bag.
* Lunch (March 28, 2020)
* Certificate of attendance (offered at the end of the conference March 28, 2020)
* Publication of the Conference Papers in the International Indexed Journal Revista de Stiinte Politice. Revue des Sciences Politiques (previous publication of the 2012-2019 Conference papers is available at http://cis01.central.ucv.ro/revistadestiintepolitice/acces.php
* One original volume of the International Indexed Journal Revista de Stiinte Politice. Revue des Sciences Politiques (where the personal conference paper was published) will be delivered to the authors (an additional fee of 10 euros is required for the mailing facilities)
* Computer & Internet Facilities. There is available videoproiector and connection to Internet services.
* Language. The official language of the Conference will be English. The Organizing Committee does not provide simultaneous translation.

NEW! FREE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMME OF THE CEPOS CONFERENCE 2020

* Participants in CEPOS CONFERENCE 2020 have free acces to the Social and Cultural Program of the Seventh Edition of the International Conference After Communism. East and West under Scrutiny, Craiova, 27-28 March 2020: including free guided tours of the:

CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE

Certificates of attendance will be offered at the end of the conference on Saturday, March 28, 2020

CEPOS Conference 2019


PROPOSED PANELS for CEPOS CONFERENCE 2019

Center of Post-Communist Political Studies (CEPOS) proposes the following panels:

- Political culture, civil society and citizen participation

- History, politics and ideologies in modern and contemporary Europe;

- Communism, transition, democracy;

- Post-communism and colective memory;

- Social changes, political history and collective memory;

- Politics, ideologies and social action in transition;

- Revolution and political history;

- Political culture and citizen participation;

- Law, legal studies and justice reform;

- Law, transitional justice, democratization;

- Constitution(s), legality & political reforms;

- Political parties, electoral systems and electoral campaigns;

- Security and diplomacy in national and Euro-Atlantic environment;

- Rights, identities policies & participation;

- Education, media & social communication;

- Education, social inclusion and regional policies;

- Administrative history and governance within South-Eastern Europe during transition;

- Political leadership, democratization and regional security;

- Comparative policies, sustainable growth and urban planning;

- Knowledge transfer and competitiveness in regional economies;

- Global environment and cultural heritage;

- Integration, identity, and human rights in European systems;

- Religion, cultural history and education;

- Media, communication and politics;

- Discourse, language and social encounters;

- Bioethics and transition challenges;

ABSTRACT SUBMITTING (SEE CEPOS CONFERENCE 2019 REGISTRATION FORM-on http://cepos.eu/)

The proposals must be sent in English and must contain the title of the paper, the abstract (no more than 300 words) and a short presentation of the author(s) (statute, institutional affiliation, short list of relevant scientific contributions).

DEAD-LINE FOR SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL: 15 MARCH 2019

Proposals must be submitted until 15 MARCH 2019 at the following address: cepos2013@gmail.com


CONFERENCE VENUE

Casa Universitarilor/University House (57 Unirii Street, Craiova, Romania). You can view the Conference location and a map at the following address: http://www.casa-universitarilor.ro/
- More information about the Conference venue can be found at the following address: http://www.ucv.ro/campus/puncte_de_atractie/casa_universitarilor/prezentare.php'
- More photos of the conference room can be viewed at http://www.ucv.ro/campus/puncte_de_atractie/casa_universitarilor/galerie_foto.php


CEPOS CONFERENCE PAST EDITIONS

More information, photos and other details about the previous editions of the Conference and CEPOS Workshops, Internships, and other official events organized in 2012-2018 are available on:
- CEPOS official website sections
CEPOS Previous Events
Photo gallery CEPOS Events

- CEPOS FACEBOOK ACCOUNT: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Center-of-Post-Communist-Political-Studies-CEPOS/485957361454074


TRANSPORT

The 9th International Conference "After communism. East and West under Scrutiny" (2019) will be held in Craiova, a city located in the South-Western part of Romania, at about 250 km from Bucharest, the national capital.
The airport of Craiova (http://en.aeroportcraiova.ro/) has flights to Timisoara, Dusseldorf, Munchen, Ancone, Rome, Venezia, London, Bergamo etc.
Other airports, such as Bucharest (Romania) (http://www.aeroportul-otopeni.info/) is located at distances less than 240 km from Craiova and accommodate international flights.
Train schedule to Craiova can be consulted at InterRegio CFR (http://www.infofer.ro/) and SOFTRANS (http://softrans.ro/mersul-trenurilor.html).


CEPOS CONFERENCE 2019 FEES AND REGISTRATION REGISTRATION DESK

The Conference Registration Desk will be opened from Friday, 29rd of March 2019 (from 08.00 a.m. to 18.00 p.m.) until Saturday 30th of March 2019 (from 08.00 a.m. until 14.00 p.m.), for registration and delivery of conference bag with documents to participants. The Conference Registration Desk is located in the lobby of the University House Club, 1st Floor.


REGISTRATION FEES

70 euros / first paper and 20 euros/ second paper (same author(s)) can be paid directly via bank transfer on CEPOS Bank account as follows:

Details for online payment

Banca Romana pentru Dezvoltare (BRD)
Owner: ASOCIATIA CENTRUL DE STUDII POLITICE POSTCOMUNISTE
Reference to be mentioned: CV taxa participare si publicare CEPOS
Account Number: RO64BRDE170SV96030916700 (RON)


MEALS AND OTHER ORGANIZING DETAILS

The registration fee covers:
* Conference attendance to all common sessions, individual and special panels
* Conference materials (including a printed version of the Book of Abstracts of the Conference)
* Conference special bag - 1 for every single fee paid, no matter the number of authors/paper
* Coffee Breaks-March 29, 2019 – March 30, 2019. During the two days conference, 3 coffee breaks are offered.
* Welcome reception (March 29, 2019)
* Lunch (March 29, 2019) offered in the University House Mihai Eminescu Gala Room
* A Festive Gala Dinner and Cocktail (March 29, 2019) offered in the University House Mihai Eminescu Gala Room
* A Free Cocktail Buffet will be served from 19:00 p.m. to 21.00 p.m.
* A Free Entrance Voucher is provided inside of each Conference Bag.
* Lunch (March 30, 2019)
* Certificate of attendance (offered at the end of the conference March 30, 2019)
* Publication of the Conference Papers in the International Indexed Journal Revista de Stiinte Politice. Revue des Sciences Politiques (previous publication of the 2012-2018 Conference papers is available at http://cis01.central.ucv.ro/revistadestiintepolitice/acces.php
* One original volume of the International Indexed Journal Revista de Stiinte Politice. Revue des Sciences Politiques (where the personal conference paper was published) will be delivered to the authors (an additional fee of 10 euros is required for the mailing facilities)
* Computer & Internet Facilities. There is available videoproiector and connection to Internet services.
* Language. The official language of the Conference will be English. The Organizing Committee does not provide simultaneous translation.


NEW! FREE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMME OF THE CEPOS CONFERENCE 2019

* Participants in CEPOS CONFERENCE 2018 have free acces to the Social and Cultural Program of the Seventh Edition of the International Conference After Communism. East and West under Scrutiny, Craiova, 29-30 March 2019: including free guided tours of the:
Craiova Old City Tour and CEPOS Headquarters
Museum of Arts Craiova http://www.muzeuldeartacraiova.ro/
Oltenia Museum (all sections included): http://www.muzeulolteniei.ro/index.php?view=content&c=26
Casa Baniei http://www.muzeulolteniei.ro/index.php?view=content&c=26


CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE

Certificates of attendance will be offered at the end of the conference on Saturday, March 30, 2019



CEPOS CONFERENCE 2018
PROPOSED PANELS for CEPOS CONFERENCE 2018

Center of Post-Communist Political Studies (CEPOS) proposes the following panels:

-Communism, transition, democracy;

-Post-communism and colective memory;

-Politics, ideologies and social action in transition;

-Revolution and political history;

-Political culture and citizen participation

-Law, legal studies and justice reform;

-Constitution(s), legality & political reforms;

-Political parties, electoral systems and electoral campaigns;

-Security and diplomacy in national and Euro-Atlantic environment;

-Rights, identities policies & participation;

-Education, media & social communication;

-Administrative history and governance within South-Eastern Europe during transition;

-Political leadership, democratization and regional security;

-Comparative policies, sustainable growth and urban planning;

-Knowledge transfer and competitiveness in regional economies;

-Global environment and cultural heritage;

-Integration, identity, and human rights in European systems;

-Religion, cultural history and education;

-Media, communication and politics;

-Discourse, language and social encounters;

-Bioethics and transition challenges;

The proposals must be sent in English and must contain the title of the paper, the abstract (no more than 300 words) and a short presentation of the author(s) (statute, institutional affiliation, short list of relevant scientific contributions).
DEAD-LINE FOR SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL: 20 FEBRUARY 2017
Proposals must be submitted until 19 February 2018 at the following addresses: Center of Post-Communist Political Studies (CEPOS) cepos2013@gmail.com
CONFERENCE VENUE

Casa Universitarilor/University House (57 Unirii Street, Craiova, Romania). You can view the Conference location and a map at the following address: http://www.casa-universitarilor.ro/

- More information about the Conference venue can be found at the following address


http://www.ucv.ro/campus/puncte_de_atractie/casa_universitarilor/prezentare.php'

- More photos of the conference room can be viewed at
http://www.ucv.ro/campus/puncte_de_atractie/casa_universitarilor/galerie_foto.php

CONFERENCE PAST EDITIONS

More information, photos and other details about the previous editions of the Conference and CEPOS Workshops, Internships, and other official events organized in 2012-2017 are available on:

- CEPOS official website sections

CEPOS Previous Events

Photo gallery CEPOS Events 

- CEPOS FACEBOOK ACCOUNT:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Center-of-Post-Communist-Political-Studies-CEPOS/485957361454074

TRANSPORT

The 8th International Conference "After communism. East and West under Scrutiny" (2018) will be held in Craiova, a city located in the South-Western part of Romania, at about 250 km from Bucharest, the national capital.

The airport of Craiova (http://en.aeroportcraiova.ro/) has flights to Timisoara, Dusseldorf, Munchen, Ancone, Rome, Venezia, London, Bergamo etc.

Other airports, such as Bucharest (Romania) (http://www.aeroportul-otopeni.info/) is located at distances less than 240 km from Craiova and accommodate international flights.

Train schedule to Craiova can be consulted at InterRegio CFR (http://www.infofer.ro/) and SOFTRANS (http://softrans.ro/mersul-trenurilor.html).

CEPOS CONFERENCE 2018 FEES AND REGISTRATION REGISTRATION DESK

The Conference Registration Desk will be opened from Friday, 23rd of March 2018 (from 08.00 a.m. to 18.00 p.m.) until Saturday 24th of March 2018 (from 08.00 a.m. until 14.00 p.m.), for registration and delivery of conference bag with documents to participants. The Conference Registration Desk is located in the lobby of the University House Club, 1st Floor.

REGISTRATION FEES

90 euros/paper can be paid directly via bank transfer on CEPOS Bank account as follows:

Details for online payment

Banca Romana pentru Dezvoltare (BRD)

Owner: ASOCIATIA CENTRUL DE STUDII POLITICE POSTCOMUNISTE

Reference to be mentioned: CV taxa participare si publicare CEPOS

Account Number: RO64BRDE170SV96030916700 (RON)

MEALS AND OTHER ORGANIZING DETAILS

The registration fee covers:
* Conference attendance to all common sessions, individual and special panels
* Conference materials (including a printed version of the Book of Abstracts of the Conference)
* Conference special bag - 1 for every single fee paid, no matter the number of authors/paper
* Coffee Breaks-March 23, 2018 – March 24, 2018. During the two days conference, 3 coffee breaks are offered.
* Welcome reception (March 23, 2018)
* Lunch (March 23, 2018) offered in the University House Mihai Eminescu Gala Room
* A Festive Gala Dinner and Cocktail (March 24, 2018) offered in the University House Mihai Eminescu Gala Room 
* A Free Cocktail Buffet will be served from 19:00 p.m. to 21.00 p.m.
* A Free Entrance Voucher is provided inside of each Conference Bag.
* Lunch (March 24, 2018)
* Certificate of attendance (offered at the end of the conference March 24, 2018)
* Publication of the Conference Papers in the International Indexed Journal Revista de Stiinte Politice. Revue des Sciences Politiques (previous publication of the 2012-2017 Conference papers is available at http://cis01.central.ucv.ro/revistadestiintepolitice/acces.php
* One original volume of the International Indexed Journal Revista de Stiinte Politice. Revue des Sciences Politiques (where the personal conference paper was published) will be delivered to the authors (an additional fee of 10 euros is required for the mailing facilities)
* Computer & Internet Facilities. There is available videoproiector and connection to Internet services.
* Language. The official language of the Conference will be English. The Organizing Committee does not provide simultaneous translation.

NEW! FREE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMME OF THE CEPOS CONFERENCE 2018

* Participants in CEPOS CONFERENCE 2018 have free acces to the Social and Cultural Program of the Seventh Edition of the International Conference After Communism. East and West under Scrutiny, Craiova, 23-24 March 2018: including free guided tours of the:

Craiova Old City Tour and CEPOS Headquarters

Museum of Arts Craiova http://www.muzeuldeartacraiova.ro/

Oltenia Museum (all sections included): http://www.muzeulolteniei.ro/index.php?view=content&c=26

Casa Baniei http://www.muzeulolteniei.ro/index.php?view=content&c=26

CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE

Certificates of attendance will be offered at the end of the conference on Saturday, March 24, 2018


7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AFTER COMMUNISM.

EAST AND WEST UNDER SCRUTINY

Craiova (Romania), House of the University, 24-25 March 2017

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to invite you to participate in the Seventh International Conference AFTER COMMUNISM. EAST AND WEST UNDER SCRUTINY in Craiova, Romania, 24-25 March 2017. More than two decades after, an event is both history and present. The annual conference organized by CEPOS involves both the perspectives of the researches in the field of Communism and Post-Communism: research experiences and scientific knowledge.

Like a "pointing puzzle", 25 years after the fall of communism, the conference panels explore emotional detachments, but also a peculiar involvement creating and exploiting the inter-disciplinary developments of the East-West relations before and after the crucial year 1989 in the fields such as: political sciences, history, economics and law.

The conference will be hosted by the University House and during two intense and exciting days, participants all over the world (professors, professionals, doctoral and post-doctoral researchers) are invited to raise the issue of the study of recent history of the former communist space in connection with the Western world. We are confident that all of us will focus during these two days on what is important to move the research in the field forward. We dear to state that we even bear the moral obligation to do that.

Best regards,

The Board of Directors of CEPOS 2017

Conferences and Events Series

PROPOSED PANELS for CEPOS CONFERENCE 2017

Center of Post-Communist Political Studies (CEPOS) proposes the following panels:

-Communism, transition, democracy;

-Post-communism and colective memory;

-Politics, ideologies and social action in transition;

-Revolution and political history;

-Political culture and citizen participation

-Law, legal studies and justice reform;

-Constitution(s), legality & political reforms;

-Political parties, electoral systems and electoral campaigns;

-Security and diplomacy in national and Euro-Atlantic environment;

-Rights, identities policies & participation;

-Education, media & social communication;

-Administrative history and governance within South-Eastern Europe during transition;

-Political leadership, democratization and regional security;

-Comparative policies, sustainable growth and urban planning;

-Knowledge transfer and competitiveness in regional economies;

-Global environment and cultural heritage;

-Integration, identity, and human rights in European systems;

-Religion, cultural history and education;

-Media, communication and politics;

-Discourse, language and social encounters;

-Bioethics and transition challenges;

The proposals must be sent in English and must contain the title of the paper, the abstract (no more than 300 words) and a short presentation of the author(s) (statute, institutional affiliation, short list of relevant scientific contributions).
DEAD-LINE FOR SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL: 20 FEBRUARY 2017
Proposals must be submitted until 20 February 2017 at the following addresses: Center of Post-Communist Political Studies (CEPOS) cepos2013@gmail.com, cepos2013@yahoo.com
CONFERENCE VENUE

Casa Universitarilor/University House (57 Unirii Street, Craiova, Romania). You can view the Conference location and a map at the following address:


http://www.casa-universitarilor.ro/
- More information about the Conference venue can be found at the following address


http://www.ucv.ro/campus/puncte_de_atractie/casa_universitarilor/prezentare.php'


- More photos of the conference room can be viewed at

http://www.ucv.ro/campus/puncte_de_atractie/casa_universitarilor/galerie_foto.php

CONFERENCE PAST EDITIONS

More information, photos and other details about the previous editions of the Conference and CEPOS Workshops, Internships, and other official events organized in 2012-2016 are available on:

- CEPOS official website sections

Past Events available at
http://www.cepos.eu/past.html

Foto Gallery available at
http://www.cepos.eu/gallery.html)

- CEPOS FACEBOOK ACCOUNT:


https://www.facebook.com/pages/Center-of-Post-Communist-Political-Studies-CEPOS/485957361454074

CONFERENCE INTERNATIONAL INDEXING OF THE PAST EDITIONS CEPOS Conference 2016

The Sixth International Conference After Communism. East and West under Scrutiny (Craiova, House of the University, 8-9 April 2016) was evaluated and accepted for indexing in the following international databases, catalogues and NGO's databases:

•ELSEVIER GLOBAL EVENTS


http://www.globaleventslist.elsevier.com/events/2016/04/6th-international-conference-after-communism-east-and-west-under-scrutiny/

•Oxford Journals – Oxford Journal of Church & State


http://jcs.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/02/06/jcs.csv121.extract

•Conference Alerts


http://www.conferencealerts.com/country-listing?country=Romania

•Conferences-In


http://conferences-in.com/conference/romania/2016/economics/6th-international-conference-after-communism-east-and-west-under-scrutiny/

•Socmag.net


http://www.socmag.net/?p=1562

•African Journal of Political Sciences
http://www.maspolitiques.com/mas/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=450:-securiteee-&catid=2:2010-12-09-22-47-00&Itemid=4#.VjUI5PnhCUk

•Researchgate


https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283151988_Call_for_Papers_6TH_International_Conference_After_Communism._East_and_West_under_Scrutiny_8-9_April_2016_Craiova_Romania

•World Conference Alerts


http://www.worldconferencealerts.com/ConferenceDetail.php?EVENT=WLD1442

•Edu events


http://eduevents.eu/listings/6th-international-conference-after-communism-east-and-west-under-scrutiny/

•Esocsci.org


http://www.esocsci.org.nz/events/list/

•Sciencedz.net


http://www.sciencedz.net/index.php?topic=events&page=53

•Sceince-community.org


http://www.science-community.org/ru/node/164404/?did=070216

CEPOS Conference 2015

The Fifth International Conference After Communism. East and West under Scrutiny (Craiova, House of the University, 24-25 April 2015) was evaluated and accepted for indexing in 15 international databases, catalogues and NGO's databases:

- THE ATLANTIC COUNCIL OF CANADA, CANADA
http://natocouncil.ca/events/international-conferences/

- ELSEVIER GLOBAL EVENTS LIST
http://www.globaleventslist.elsevier.com/events/2015/04/fifth-international-conf

- GCONFERENCE.NET
http://www.gconference.net/eng/conference_view.html?no=47485&catalog=1&cata=018&co_kind=&co_type=&pageno=1&conf_cata=01

- CONFERENCE BIOXBIO
http://conference.bioxbio.com/location/romania

- 10 TIMES
http://10times.com/romania

- CONFERENCE ALERTS
http://www.conferencealerts.com/country-listing?country=Romania

-
http://www.iem.ro/orizont2020/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/lista-3-conferinte-internationale.pdf

-
http://sdil.ac.ir/index.aspx?pid=99&articleid=62893

- NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
http://www.nationalsymposium.com/communism.php

- SCIENCE DZ
http://www.sciencedz.net/conference/6443-fifth-international-conference-after-communism-east-and-west-under-scrutiny

- ARCHIVE COM
http://archive-com.com/com/c/conferencealerts.com/2014-12-01_5014609_70/Rome_15th_International_Academic_Conference_The_IISES/

- CONFERENCE WORLD
http://conferencesworld.com/higher-education/

- KNOW A CONFERENCE KNOW A CONFERENCE
http://knowaconference.com/social-work/

- International Journal on New Trends in Education and Their Implications (IJONTE) Turkey
http://www.ijonte.org/?pnum=15&

- Journal of Research in Education and Teaching Turkey
http://www.jret.org/?pnum=13&pt=Kongre+ve+Sempozyum

CEPOS CONFERENCE 2015 is part of a "consolidated list of all international and Canadian conferences taking place pertaining to international relations, politics, trade, energy and sustainable development". For more details see
http://natocouncil.ca/events/international-conferences/

CEPOS Conference 2014

The Fourth International Conference After Communism. East and West under Scrutiny, Craiova, 4-5 April 2014 was very well received by the national media and successfully indexed in more than 9 international databases, catalogues and NGO's databases such as:

American Political Science Association, USA,
http://www.apsanet.org/conferences.cfm;

Journal of Church and State, Oxford


http://jcs.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/01/23/jcs.cst141.full.pdf+html;

NATO Council of Canada (section events/ international conferences), Canada,
http://atlantic-council.ca/events/international-conferences/

International Society of Political Psychology, Columbus, USA,
http://www.ispp.org/uploads/attachments/April_2014.pdf

Academic Biographical Sketch,
http://academicprofile.org/SeminarConference.aspx;

Conference alerts,
http://www.conferencealerts.com/show-event?id=121380;

Gesis Sowiport, Koln, Germany,
http://sowiport.gesis.org/; Osteuropa-Netzwerk, Universität Kassel, Germany,
http://its-vm508.its.uni-kassel.de/mediawiki/index.php/After_communism_:_East_and_West_under_scrutiny_:_Fourth_International_Conference

Ilustre Colegio Nacional de Doctores y Licenciados en Ciencias Politicas y Sociologia, futuro Consejo Nacional de Colegios Profesionales, Madrid,
http://colpolsocmadrid.org/agenda/.

TRANSPORT

The 7th International Conference "After communism. East and West under Scrutiny" (2017) will be held in Craiova, a city located in the South-Western part of Romania, at about 250 km from Bucharest, the national capital.

The airport of Craiova (
http://en.aeroportcraiova.ro/) has flights to Timisoara, Dusseldorf, Munchen, Ancone, Rome, Venezia, London, Bergamo etc.

Other airports, such as Bucharest (Romania) (
http://www.aeroportul-otopeni.info/) is located at distances less than 240 km from Craiova and accommodate international flights.

Train schedule to Craiova can be consulted at InterRegio CFR (
http://www.infofer.ro/) and SOFTRANS (
http://softrans.ro/mersul-trenurilor.html).

ACCOMMODATION

Rooms can be booked at:

Hotel Royal,
http://www.hotelroyalcraiova.ro/

Hotel Meliss,
http://www.hotelmeliss.ro/

Hotel Lido,
http://www.lido-craiova.ro/

Hotel Europeca,
http://www.hoteleuropeca.ro/en/

CEPOS CONFERENCE 2017 FEES AND REGISTRATION REGISTRATION DESK

The Conference Registration Desk will be opened from Friday, 24th of March 2017 (from 08.00 a.m. to 18.00 p.m.) until Saturday 25th of March 2017 (from 08.00 a.m. until 14.00 p.m.), for registration and delivery of conference bag with documents to participants

The Conference Registration Desk is located in the lobby of the University House Club, 1st Floor.

REGISTRATION FEES

90 euros/paper can be paid directly via bank transfer on CEPOS Bank account as follows: Details for online payment

Banca Romana pentru Dezvoltare (BRD)

Owner: ASOCIATIA CENTRUL DE STUDII POLITICE POSTCOMUNISTE

Reference to be mentioned: CV taxa participare si publicare CEPOS

Account Number: RO64BRDE170SV96030916700 (RON)

MEALS AND OTHER ORGANIZING DETAILS

The registration fee covers:

* Conference attendance to all common sessions, individual and special panels

* Conference materials (including a printed version of the Book of Abstracts of the Conference)

* Conference special bag - 1 for every single fee paid, no matter the number of authors/paper

* Coffee Breaks-March 24, 2017 – March 25, 2017. During the two days conference, 4 coffee breaks are offered.

* Welcome reception (March 24, 2017)

* Lunch (March 24, 2017) offered in the University House Mihai Eminescu Gala Room

* A Festive Gala Dinner and Cocktail (March 24, 2017) offered in the University House Mihai Eminescu Gala Room

* A Free Cocktail Buffet will be served from 19:30 p.m. to 21.30 p.m.

* A Free Entrance Voucher is provided inside of each Conference Bag.

* Lunch (March 25, 2017)

* Certificate of attendance (offered at the end of the conference March 25, 2017)

* Publication of the Conference Papers in the International Indexed Journal Revista de Stiinte Politice. Revue des Sciences Politiques (previous publication of the 2016 Conference papers is available at
http://cis01.central.ucv.ro/revistadestiintepolitice/acces.php (RSP issues/ 2016)

* One original volume of the International Indexed Journal Revista de Stiinte Politice. Revue des Sciences Politiques (where the personal conference paper was published) will be delivered to the authors (an additional fee of 10 euros is required for the mailing facilities)

* Computer & Internet Facilities. There is available videoproiector and connection to Internet services.

* Language. The official language of the Conference will be English. The Organizing Committee does not provide simultaneous translation.

NEW! FREE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PROGRAMME OF THE CEPOS CONFERENCE 2017

* Participants in CEPOS CONFERENCE 2017 have free acces to the Social and Cultural Program of the Seventh Edition of the International Conference After Communism. East and West under Scrutiny, Craiova, 24-25 March 2017: including free guided tours of the:

Museum of Arts Craiova
http://www.muzeuldeartacraiova.ro/

Oltenia Museum (all sections included):
http://www.muzeulolteniei.ro/index.php?view=content&c=26

Casa Baniei
http://www.muzeulolteniei.ro/index.php?view=content&c=26

CERTIFICATES OF ATTENDANCE
Certificates of attendance will be offered at the end of the conference on Saturday, March 25, 2017
PUBLISHING THE PAPERS IN THE INTERNATIONAL INDEXED JOURNAL REVISTA DE STIINTE POLITICE. REVUES DES SCIENCES POLITIQUES

After the reviewing process, the conference papers will be published in Revista de Stiinte Politice/Revue des Sciences Politiques.

The whole text of the papers must be written in English and delivered until April 3, 2017 at the following addresses:

Center of Post-Communist Political Studies (CEPOS) cepos2013@yahoo.com, cepos2013@gmail.com

Important note: All conference materials presented at the:

- Second International Conference After Communism. East and West under Scrutiny (Craiova, House of the University, 2-3 March 2012) were published in no. 33-34, 35 and 36/ 2012 of the Revista de Stiinte Politice. Revues des Sciences Politiques (RSP).

See the full text (free acces) at the following address:
http://cis01.central.ucv.ro/revistadestiintepolitice/acces.php

- Third International Conference After Communism. East and West under Scrutiny (Craiova, House of the University, 5-6 April 2013) were published in no. 37-38, 39, 40/ 2013 of the Revista de Stiinte Politice. Revues des Sciences Politiques (RSP).

See the full text (free acces) at the following address:
http://cis01.central.ucv.ro/revistadestiintepolitice/acces.php

-Fourth International Conference After Communism. East and West under Scrutiny (Craiova, House of the University, 4-5 April 2014) were published in no. 41, 42, 43, 44/ 2014 of the Revista de Stiinte Politice. Revues des Sciences Politiques (RSP).

See the full text (free acces) at the following address:
http://cis01.central.ucv.ro/revistadestiintepolitice/acces.php.

- Fifth International Conference After Communism. East and West under Scrutiny (Craiova, House of the University, 24-25 April 2015) were published in no. 45, 46 (pending publication -47 and 48/ 2015 of the Revista de Stiinte Politice. Revues des Sciences Politiques (RSP).

- Sixth International Conference After Communism. East and West under Scrutiny (Craiova, House of the University, 8-9 April 2016) are published in no. 49, 50, 51, 52/ 2016 of the Revista de Stiinte Politice. Revues des Sciences Politiques (RSP).

See the full text (free acces) at the following address:
http://cis01.central.ucv.ro/revistadestiintepolitice/acces.php.

INTERNATIONAL INDEXING OF REVISTA DE STIINTE POLITICE/REVUE DES SCIENCES POLITIQUES

Revista de Stiinte Politice/Revue des Sciences Politiques is an International Indexed Journal by:

ProQuest

ERIH PLUS

ProQuest Political Sciences

EBSCO

KVK

Gale Cengage Learning

Index Copernicus

Georgetown University Library

Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek EZB

Journal Seek

Intute Social Sciences.

Revista de Stiinte Politice. Revue des Sciences Politiques. Indexing and abstracting in other relevant international databases, services and library catalogues

Statistics June, 2015

Google Scholar


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ProQuest 5000 International


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Birmingham Public Library, United Kingdom


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Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University


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Miami University Oxford, Ohio, USA


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German National Library of Science and Technology


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Bibliotek Hamburg


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Sabre Libraries of University of Sussex, University of Brighton and Brighton and Sussex NHS


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University of Southern Denmark


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Edith Cowan Australia


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University College Cork, Ireland


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Region Hovedstaden Denmark


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WorldCat


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York University Library, Toronto, Ontario, Canada


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The University of Chicago, USA


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Wellcome Library, London, United Kingdom


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The University of Kansas KUMC Libraries Catalogue


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University of Saskatchewan, SK


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Academic Journals Database


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Journal Seek


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Sherpa


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University of New Brunswick, Canada


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State Library New South Wales, Sidney, Australia,


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Electronic Journal Library


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Jourlib


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Cheng Library Catalog


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Open University Malaysia


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Wayne State University Libraries


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Kun Shan University Library


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Western Theological Seminar


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NYU Health Sciences Library


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Swansea University Prifysgol Abertawe


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Vanderbilt Library


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Wissenschftszentrum Berlin fur Sozial


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Keystone Library Network


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Quality Open Access Market


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Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek EZB (Electronic Journals Library)


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Harley E. French Librayr of the Health sciences


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Open Access Articles


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Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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The Hong Kong University


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Biblioteca Universitaria di Lugano


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Olomuc Research Library, Czech Republic


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California State University Monterey Bay University


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University of Huddersfield UK


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Saarlandische Universitats-und lasdesbibliotek Germany


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EKP Pulications


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OHSU Library


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Valley City State University


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Centro de Investigaciones Sociologicas, Spain


http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-

Archivos/Revistas_de_libre_acceso_xseptiembre_2010x.pdf

Drexel Libraries


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Impact Factor Poland


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Pol-index


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ILAN University Library


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Dowling College Library


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Universite Laval


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For more details about the past issues and international abstracting and indexing, please visit the journal website at the following address:


http://cis01.central.ucv.ro/revistadestiintepolitice/acces.php.