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Warsaw East European Conference 2011 Warsaw Warsaw East European Conference 20 11 20 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE OF POST-SOVIET MEDIA PARTNERS: COUNTRIES DAY 1 – Friday – July 15 Friday, July 15 4:00 p.m. OPENING CEREMONY 4:00 PM OPENING CEREMONY 5:00 p.m. Round Table I INAUGURAL SESSION 1 BY VALDAS1 ADAMKUS DAY 2 – Saturday – July 16 „From Common History to Common Future” 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Session I 1 12:30-2:30 p.m. Session II 4:00-6:00 p.m. Session III Friday, July 15, 5 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Round Table II Round Table I 1 The Soviet Union Collapse – the Greatest Geopolitical Catastrophe of the Twentieth Century DAY 3 – Sunday – July 17 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Session I Saturday, July 16, 7 p.m. 12:30-2:30 p.m. Session II Round Table II 4:00-6:00 p.m. Session III 7:00 p.m. Round Table III Years of Independence – the Balance of Profits and1 Losses. What remains of the Independence of the Former Socialist Camp? DAY 4 – Monday – July 18 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Session I Sunday, July 17, 7 p.m. 12:30-2:30 p.m. Session II Round Table III 7:00 p.m. CLOSING CEREMONY Old and New1 Divisions in Europe: how to avoid a new Iron Curtain? Monday, July 18 7:30 PM CLOSING CEREMONY University of Warsaw – Main Campus Main Gate of the University 1 Old Library (Stara Biblioteka) 2 Kazimierzowski Palace 1 2 (Pałac Kazimierzowski) 1 3 3 Auditorium Maximum 1 Centre for East European Studies 4 (Studium Europy Wschodniej) 5 St. Joseph the Betrothed Church 5 Coffee/Lunch – cellar (– 1 Floor) 1 4 26/28, KRAKOWSKIE PRZEDMIEŚCIE STREET TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Foreword from Włodzimierz Lengauer, Vice-Rector of the University of Warsaw .............. 3 2. Foreword from Jan Malicki, Conference Director ...................................................................... 5 3. Conference organizing Board and Staff ........................................................................................ 7 4. Panel Grid ......................................................................................................................................... 8 5. Invitation for Inauguration .......................................................................................................... 12 6. FRIDAY Grid ................................................................................................................... 14 7. FRIDAY Schedule ............................................................................................................ 15 8. Round Table I ................................................................................................................................. 16 9. SATURDAY Grid............................................................................................................. 20 10. SATURDAY Schedule ..................................................................................................... 21 11. Session I ......................................................................................................................................... 24 12. Session II ........................................................................................................................................ 26 13. Session III ....................................................................................................................................... 29 14. Round Table II ............................................................................................................................... 32 15. SUNDAY Grid .................................................................................................................. 34 16. SUNDAY Schedule .......................................................................................................... 35 17. Session I ......................................................................................................................................... 38 18. Session II ......................................................................................................................................... 40 19. Session III ....................................................................................................................................... 44 20. Round Table III .............................................................................................................................. 48 21. MONDAY Grid ................................................................................................................ 50 22. MONDAY Schedule ......................................................................................................... 51 23. Session I .......................................................................................................................................... 54 24. Session II ......................................................................................................................................... 56 25. Final Discussion ............................................................................................................................ 60 26. Closing Speech ............................................................................................................................... 63 27. University of Warsaw .................................................................................................................... 65 28. Index of Panels and Issues ............................................................................................................ 78 29. Index of Panelists .......................................................................................................................... 84 FROM WŁODZIMIERZ LENGAUER Professor, University of Warsaw Vice-Rector for Research and International Relations It is with great satisfaction that I pronounce that the Warsaw East European Conference is already an eighth year old tradition of our University. Th e very existence of this tradition is proof that meetings of this kind are highly appreciated and important, if not necessary. Th e Warsaw East European Conference provides a great opportunity for many scholars interested in research on Central and Eastern Europe, not only to meet, but to exchange ideas and to present the results of their work with the aim of developing them even further. Th is conference was always an inspiration for many new studies, particularly those carried out by younger scholars. Th e University of Warsaw, the biggest and according to the last ranking the best university in Poland, has in the last few years strongly enlarged its fi eld of studies. And now it belongs to the most important research centres in this part of Europe. Eastern Studies have a very important place in its research projects, as do its programs for students. I believe the subject of the conference entitled : “1991 – 2011. 20 years of independence of post-Soviet countries” is full of many ideas thought provoking and very inspiring. During the conference in Warsaw, over 200 people will have an opportunity, I will stress again, to develop their scientifi c skills. But also to have hundreds WEEC 2011 • of conversations and meetings with their colleagues from diff erent countries. Th is conference is a place for meetings and discussions of specialists on Eastern aff airs and I am convinced that the fact that English will be the conference language will prove rather helpful, than an obstacle. I would like to express my gratitude to the Centre for East European Studies, which organizes the WEEC. For many years the Centre has been organizing sessions, schools and scholarship programs. It must be said, however, that the Warsaw East European Conference is an event of unusual value because it has become the place to connect East with West, right here in Warsaw. Dear participants of Warsaw East European Conference 2011! On behalf of the authorities of the University of Warsaw I thank you for coming and wish you great speeches, eff ective discussions, an excellent atmosphere, wonderful impressions from Warsaw, and of course from our University. • WEEC 2011 FROM JAN MALICKI Director, Warsaw East European Conference, Centre for East European Studies, University of Warsaw Th is is the eighth time we meet here in Warsaw at the opening ceremony of the annual Warsaw East European Conference. Th is is again a wonderful opportunity to see some old friends and meet new ones. It is also a possibility to discuss and confront sometimes similar and sometimes diff erent views on the recent history of our region. Th is year we have an honour to host president Valdas Adamkus, who visited our Centre several times during the conference and the East European Summer School. But today President Adamkus will present an inaugural lecture - “From Common History to Common Future”, which could be a symbolic motto of this year’s conference. Symbolic – because this year marks 20 years since the former Soviet Union countries gained or regained their freedom and independence. In August 1991, communist hardliners tried a death-or-glory tactic to save the Soviet Union - seizing power by force. Th eir coup failed and the Soviet Union was dead within months. Th e collapse of the Soviet Union has not only led to the creation of a new world order, but transformed the lives of all those who once lived there. Th e demise of one empire led to the birth of 15 independent countries. Th e changes have been profound - economic, political, social and psychological. Th at is why the title of this year’s Warsaw East European Conference, Eighth Annual Session, is “1991 –