Civil Society Conference Programme
Published: Wed 10th February
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE?
CIVIL SOCIETY AND TRANSITIONS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS
FRIDAY, 7 MAY 2010
London School of Economics and Political Science
R405, 4th Floor, Lionel Robbins Building
09:00-09:30 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Promises and Constraints of Civil Society in Multi-Track Transitions: Questions for the Western Balkans
Denisa Kostovicova, James Ker-Lindsay and Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic
09:30-11:00 CIVIL SOCIETY AND STATEBUILDING
Chair: James Ker-Lindsay, London School of Economics and Political Science
State and Society within the Stabilization and Association Process in the Western Balkans: The European Commission’s activities within the Civil Society Sphere
John O’Brennan, National University of Ireland, Maynooth
Civil Society Development or State-Building? EU Assistance and Conditionality in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Adam Fagan, Queen Mary, University of London
Peacebuilders, Local Elites & Civil Society: Push-Pull Factors in Kosovo’s Peacebuilding Process
Jens Narten, University of Hamburg
11:00-11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30-13:00 CIVIL SOCIETY AND DEMOCRATISATION
Chair: Denisa Kostovicova, London School of Economics and Political Science
The Albanian Youth Organisation 'Self-Determination’: Democratisation Through Political Defiance in Kosovo?
Stephanie Schwandner Sievers, School of Slavonic and East European Studies
The Strange Case of Civil Society in FYR Macedonia: From Post-Communist to Uncivil Society
Nenad Markovic, Saints Cyril and Methodius University
The Diaspora Dilemma: Croatian-American Civil Society Institutions and their Political Role in Democratisation of the Homeland
Anita Brkanic, London School of Economics and Political Science
13:00-14:00 LUNCH
14:00-16:00 CIVIL SOCIETY AND POST-CONFLICT RECONSTRUCTION
Chair: Vesna Bojicic-Dzelilovic, London School of Economics and Political Science
Parallel Societies: Nationalism and Civil Society Organisations in Post-Independence Kosovo
Francesco Strazzari and Enza Roberta Petrillo, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies
Human Rights Organisations and Transitional Justice in Serbia
Mladen Ostojic, Queen Mary, University of London
Confronting the Legacy of the 1990s in a Divided State: Attempts to Create Truth Commissions in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Jasna Dragovic-Soso, Goldsmiths, University of London
War Criminals in the Police: The Role of Civil Society in Vetting Processes
Gemma Collantes, City University
16:00-16:30 COFFEE BREAK
16:30-18.00 POLICY DIALOGUE - ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Chair: TBC
Filippo Addarii, Euclid Network for Third Sector Leaders
David Gowan, University of Birmingham
Gabriel Partos, Economist Intelligence Unit
Joanna Hanson, Research Analysts, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
**Please contact Dr James Ker-Lindsay at LSE for further details **
Degree Courses
A number of degree courses related to the study of wider Europe are available at NUI Maynooth, including:
