Modernity and the Futures of Capitalism in Eurasia
Published: Mon 19th May
HESP Regional Seminar for Excellence in Teaching Higher Education Economic Sociology Chair, Faculty of Sociology International Center for Comparative and Institutional Research, St. Petersburg State University, Russia Department of Political Science, University of Milan, Italy are pleased to invite the Social Sciences and Humanities junior faculty members from the Universities of Central and Eastern Europe, and the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union to participate in a new three-year Project:
The mission of the Project is to present to young scholars from the region innovations and solutions in the area of theoretical debates about modernity and European capitalisms, as well as to discuss and develop new methods of teaching about modernity, modernization, globalization, Europeanization, and socio-economic developments in post-Communist countries of Eurasia.Modernity and the Futures of Capitalism in Eurasia: Scholarly Debates and Teaching Practices
By presenting crucial issues in the form of debates between opposing viewpoints, and by employing the methodology and approaches of interdisciplinary scholarship, the Project aims to stimulate academic circles to enter into new disciplines of International Political Economy, new institutional economics and new institutional sociology.
The participants will have the possibility to gather information firsthand and to participate in the debates between two schools/approaches to Modernity in Contemporary Social Theory: the Alberto Martinelli's approach and Goran Therborn's approach.
The Project is oriented towards motivated scholars who will participate in year-round activities, online inter-sessions and follow-up workshops.
All activities of the Project are in English.
Core Resource Persons
Patrick LeGales, Professor of Politics and Sociology at Science Politique, Paris, France
Alberto Martinelli Professor, Political Science Department, University of Milan
Goran Therborn Professor, Chairman, Sociology Department, Cambridge University, UK
Yuri Veselov Professor, Chairman, Economic Sociology, St. Petersburg State University
Interested young social scientists and faculty members with a strong command of English are encouraged to apply for the first contact summer session of the Project
"Rethinking the Project of Modernity: Theoretical Approaches, Debates and Problems for Teaching"
July 6 - July 20, 2008 St. Petersburg, Russia
Eligibility: Social Sciences and Humanities junior faculty members from the Universities of Central and Eastern Europe, and the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union and Mongolia
Degree Courses
A number of degree courses related to the study of wider Europe are available at NUI Maynooth, including:
