CEES Seminars 2011-12 Semester 1 (pdf)
CEES Seminars 2011-12 Semester 2 (pdf)
CEES Seminars & Events Archive
West Coast Seminar Archive
Central & East European Studies Seminars & Events
The West Coast Seminar Series is organised regularly in conjunction with colleagues at the Universities of the West of Scotland and Strathclyde who also specialise in the study of Russia, Central and Eastern Europe. The seminars provide a lively and useful forum for discussion of the latest research and have acted as a basis for successful collaboration across the universities. In addition to attracting leading academics from other parts of the UK, Europe and further afield, CEES also encourages contributions from local and visiting postgraduates and early career researcher.
Eighteenth Series 2011-2012
SEMESTER 1 PROGRAMME
All seminars will be held at 5.30pm; Tea and Coffee from 5.00
Central and East European Studies Seminar Room
University of Glasgow, 8-9 Lilybank Gardens
All Welcome
CEES West Coast Seminars, 18th Series - 5 October 2011
Giedrius Česnakas: 'Energy resources as tools to preserve and expand Russia’s interests: the cases of the Republic of Lithuania and the Republic of Belarus'
CEES Work in Progress 19 October 2011
4.00-5.30 pm - Holly Porteous [PLUS PGR SOCIAL AFTERWARDS, ALL WELCOME]
CEES West Coast Seminars, 18th Series - 19 October 2011
Tom Gallagher: 'Romania and the European Union after 2000: Lessons from an unconsummated partnership'
Book Launch Lecture by Professor Henrik Meinander: 'A History of Finland'
Lecture, 11 am on 20 October, by Professor Henrik Meinander (University of Helsinki), to launch the English edition of 'A History of Finland'. His Excellency Mr Pekka Huhtaniemi, Finnish Ambassador to the UK, will be attending.
Floating Seminar: Roots of Research - Methods & Me
26.-28.10.2011 (group departing from Sweden) 27.-29.10.2011 (group departing from Finland)
CEES Work in Progress 2 November 2011
5.00-6.30 pm - [after staff meeting] Chiara Tessaris (Columbia University)
CEES West Coast Seminars, 18th Series - 9 November 2011
Dr Louis Clerc: 'Finland's public diplomacy before and after the independence'
Meeting of the Hungarian Studies Association (HSAUK)
Seminar Room, CEES, University of Glasgow, 9 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, 10 November 2011
CEES West Coast Seminars, 18th Series - 16 November 2011
Cerasela Voiculescu: 'The Historical Politics and Geography of Roma Leadership in Socialist and Post-Socialist Romania'
Seminar on Estonian Literature and Literary Translation (CEES) 1 December 2011
Estonian Literature & Literary Translation, with Eric Dickens
Book Launch 2 December 2011: Eric Dickens: Dedalus Book of Estonian Literature
Launch of 'The Dedalus Book of Estonian Literature', 5.30pm, John Smith Bookshop, Fraser Building
International Student Symposium: Perspectives on Estonia: Present, Past and Future II
2-3 December 2011, University of Glasgow
Translating Estonian Culture: Report on Nov-Dec 2011 Events
The attached report (in pdf form) provides a brief overview of the linked events held in November and December 2011. The events were part-funded and supported by the AHRC networking project.
CEES West Coast Seminars, 18th Series - 7 December 2011 - POSTPONED
Christian Nygaard: 'Local content, regulation and household opinion in Kazakhstan' This event has now been rescheduled for 7 March 2012
CEES West Coast Seminars 18th Series Wednesday 25 January 2012
Dr Dominique Moran: ‘Leaving prison behind? Women ex-prisoners in the Russian Federation’
CEES West Coast Seminars, 18th Series - Wednesday 1 February 2012
Professor Joanna Beata Michlic: ‘The Path of Bringing the Dark to Light: Memory of the Holocaust in Post-communist Europe’
CEES West Coast Seminars, 18th Series - Wednesday 8 February 2012
Roger McDermott: ‘Security in Central Asia’ (provisional title)
CRCEES - Lesbian Lives: Stories and Memories from Russia and Poland 15 February 2012
What was life like for lesbian and bisexual women in Soviet Russia? How have public images of homosexuality changed in post-communist Poland? Talks and discussion at Glasgow Women's Library.
CEES West Coast Seminars, 18th Series - Wed 22 February 2012
André Bywater: ‘EU integration and assistance projects - A lawyer's inside view of how they work in practice’
CRCEES: Translating Storytelling, St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, Glasgow, 29 February 2012
Performance event at St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art, Glasgow: Can storytelling connect us if we speak different languages? Can it cross geographic frontiers and bring us closer together?
CRCEES: Translating Storytelling, Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh, 1 March 2012
Performance event at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh: Can storytelling connect us if we speak different languages? Can it cross geographic frontiers and bring us closer together?
Central and East European Energy Strategies: Creating a Sustainable Energy Future within the EU
2 March 2012, University of Glasgow
CEES West Coast Seminars 18th Series Wednesday 7 March 2012
Christian Nygaard: 'Local content, regulation and household opinion in Kazakhstan' (previously scheduled for 7 Dec 2011)
PG Colloquium: Cultural Construction in the USSR and States of the Former Soviet Bloc
17-18 March 2012, University of Nottingham
CEES West Coast Seminars, 18th Series - Wednesday 21 March 2012
Dr Rosie Read: 'Gender, altruism and welfare state transformation. Some perspectives on volunteering in the Czech Republic.'