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SÜDOST-INSTITUT Güllstr. 7 Institut für deutsche Kultur und Geschichte Südosteuropas an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Generalkonsulat von Rumänien in München und dem Kulturreferat des Verbandes der Siebenbürger Sachsen in Deutschland laden ein zum öffentlichen Vortrag von Dr. Anneli Ute Gabanyi (Berlin) „Präsidentschaftswahlen in Rumänien – Neustart nach fünfundzwanzig Jahren?“ am 29. Juni 2015, 18 Uhr, im Generalkonsulat von Rumänien Richard-Strauss-Straße 149, 81679 München 2 Am 2. November 2014 fanden in Rumänien zum siebenten Mal seit dem Sturz des kom- munistischen Regimes Präsidentschaftswahlen statt. Nach einem ungewöhnlichen Wahl- kampf und einem dramatischen Wahlverlauf siegte mit Klaus Iohannis (55) überraschend ein Politiker, der gemäß seiner eigenen Einschätzung „atypisch“ für die politische Szene Rumäniens ist. Werdegang, Wertvorstellungen, Programmatik und politischer Stil des ehemaligen Bürgermeisters von Hermannstadt stehen in auffallendem Gegensatz zu einer Reihe von Tendenzen und Entwicklungen, welche die Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft dieses südosteuropäischen Landes nach fünfundzwanzig Jahren Transformation bestim- men. Im Zentrum des Vortrags steht die Frage: Kann ein so umfassender Neustart, wie ihn der neue Präsident offenbar in Angriff nehmen will, im gegebenen politischen Kontext überhaupt gelingen? Die Referentin Dr. Anneli Ute Gabanyi wurde 1942 in Bukarest geboren. 1963 übersiedelte sie in die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Nach dem Studium der Anglistik und Romanistik an den Universitäten in Klausenburg/Cluj-Napoca und München, der Ver- gleichenden Literaturwissenschaft in Clermont- Ferrand sowie der Internationalen Beziehungen an der University of Southern California promovierte sie in Hamburg mit der Dissertation „Systemwechsel in Rumänien. Von der Revolution zur Transformation“. Zwischen 1969 und 1984 war sie wissenschaftliche Referentin, zuletzt Leiterin der rumänischen Abtei- lung am Forschungsinstitut von Radio Free Europe in München, 1987–2000 wissenschaft- liche Referentin am Südost-Institut in München und 2001–2007 wissenschaftliche Refe- rentin (Forschungsgruppe EU-Außenbeziehungen) am Deutschen Institut für Internationa- le Beziehungen und Sicherheit der Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte sind: Rumänische Literatur und Kulturpolitik, Rumänien während der Zeit des Kommunismus, innenpolitisches Regime, Außenbeziehungen, Ideo- logie, Kulturpolitik; die rumänische Revolution von 1989; politische und wirtschaftliche Transformation in Rumänien und der Republik Moldau, Institutionen-, Eliten- und Mentali- tätswandel, Geschichtsbilder, Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, Integration in die euro- atlantischen Strukturen; die Erweiterungspolitik von EU und NATO. Unter ihren zahlreichen Veröffentlichungen sind im Kontext ihres Vortrags zu nennen: Par- tei und Literatur in Rumänien seit 1945. München 1975; Die unvollendete Revolution. Rumänien zwischen Diktatur und Demokratie. München 1990; Systemwechsel in Rumäni- en. Von der Revolution zur Transformation. München 1998; The Ceauşescu Cult. Power Politics and Propaganda in Communist Romania. Bucharest 2000; Ceaușescu și Literatura, Iași 2013. Fotografie von Dr. Anneli Ute Gabanyi: Konrad Klein 3 Programm Hon.-Prof. Dr. Konrad Gündisch: Begrüßung und Vorstellung der Referentin Dr. Anneli Ute Gabanyi: Präsidentschaftswahlen in Rumänien – Neustart nach fünfundzwanzig Jahren? Diskussion 4 Anfahrt: U 4 Richtung Arabella-Park, Ausstieg Richard-Strauß-Straße (Fußweg ca. 500 m) Tram 16 Richtung St. Emmeram, Ausstieg Station Effnerplatz (Fußweg ca. 30 m) .
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