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Conference Announcement

"Dynamics of National Identity and Transnational Identities
in the Process of European Integration"
International Conference
Balkan Ethnology Department, Ethnographic Institute and
Museum, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Sofia (Bulgaria)
7-10 June 2007

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In the last 16 years the political and social life of the
East European countries is in close connection with the
integration to the European Union. The question of “the way
towards Europe” becomes a general internal and external
political, economical and public topic in the region. Its
actuality increases during the process of negotiation or
integration to European Union. Opening of the borders,
movement of peoples and capitals, intensive labor
migrations, frequent contacts between border regions create
new reality and respectively new reflection and expectation
of the people from the EU integration.

We seek to discuss the Dynamics of National Identity and
Transnational Identities related to the EU integration
process. The objective of conference is: on the base of
analysis of social developments influcencd by EU accession
and EU integration process to open a discussion on changes
in notion of Identity in the region of Central and Eastern
Europe. The most important aspect there is an analysis of
processes of breaking up the borders of national identity
and transition towards new forms of transnational identities
and emerging of consciousness of All-European unity.

The conference will include following topics:
1. Theoretical and methodological framework for the research
   of euro-integration, globalization and nationalism;
2. The development of national and trans-national identities
   and the challenges of EU integration;
3. EU integration, globalization and national
   identification;
4. EU integration and creation of new multiethnic states;
5. EU integration and migrations.


Contact:

Department "Balkan Ethnology"
Ethnographic Institute and Museum
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Moskovska St. 6A
1000 Sofia
Bulgaria
Phone: +359 2 988 42 09 ext. 49
Email: [email protected]
Web: http://212.72.210.65/sr-www/JMC.html


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