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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 __________________________________________________ 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 __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
