The Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg (iASK)
in association with the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the
UNESCO MOST Program organises
The 4th European Blue Sky Conference
Faultlines and Frontlines of European Transformation
7-10 November 2019, Budapest
Institute of Musicology at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
What possible futures await Europe and the EU? Are we moving towards more just and cohesive societies, or towards further breakdown and fracture? What and where are European values today? What is democracy today? Europe is in flux as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, and 15 years of EU expansion eastwards. There is a lack of consensus on European values that underpin European institutions, and the question is whether we can reach a consensus today for a new European social contract or a European New Deal. Faultlines in Europe, East and West, North and South, are growing aggravating social upheaval, insecurity and political polarization. Has Europe lost its chance for global leadership in this new age and become increasingly irrelevance on with world stage? What are your visions for Europe’s future?
The 4th Annual Blue Sky Conference addresses these questions and many more. This event offers participants to exchange views amidst increasing global and local, economic, political and social turbulence. In the panel discussions perspectives from Africa, Russia, Turkey and the Balkans will be especially highlighted.
PROGRAM
7 November – Thursday venue: Bartók room*
15.30 – 16.00 Registration
16.00 – 16.15 Opening
16.15 – 18.00 The Future of Europe in a Global Context
Opening remarks: Jody Jensen: Angels and Demons: The Fight for the Soul of Europe
Keynote: Albrecht von Müller: The Future of Democracy in Europe
George Schöpflin: Europe’s Many Skies, Colorblind or Varifocal
Emil Brix: What Lies Beyond the Crisis? Europe’s Chances in an Age of Geopolitics
Chair: Ferenc Miszlivetz
18.30 Piano concert by Anna Nagy venue: Bartók room
19.30 Opening Dinner venue: Haydn room
8 November – Friday
8.30 – 9.00 Registration
9.20 – 10.50 Unity in Diversity? European Democracy, Citizenship and the Question of Shared Values
Szabolcs Takács: Is there Europeanness After Brexit?
Rafal Smoczynski: Moral Panics Today – Far from the Le Bonian Thought
Ferenc Miszlivetz: Re-Enchanting Europe – A New Beginning after Failure
Vidia Negrea: Increasing Social Trust Through Restorative Practices
Chair: Anikó Magasházi
10.50 – 11. 10 Coffee Break
11.10 – 12. 30 Fortress Europe? From State Security to Human Security – debates and dilemmas
Keynote: Peter Schulze: Multipolarity and Multilateralism: Cooperative or Rival Cornerstones of a New World Order
Toni Haastrup: The Martial Politics of Europe’s Migration Regime
James M. Skelly: Climate Change and the Emergence of a Human Security Regime
Juozas Kasputis: States & Civil Societies – The Hollow Laugh of Hegel
Chair: Izabella Agárdi
12.30– 14.30 Lunch Break and sightseeing tour venue / meeting point: Haydn room
14.30 – 16.30 The EU and its External Relations – Russia, Turkey and China
Keynote: Andrei Kortunov: Possibilities for Cooperation Between Russia and Europe
Ahmet Evin: Europe: Dynamics of Centre and Periphery in a Historical Context
Márta Bartha-Rigó: Chinese Presence in Europe and the EU in the Far East
Mariia Popova: The Maintenance of Russian Linguistic Minorities in the Baltic States
Mária Bábosik: The Role of EU Aid in Supporting Transition and Sustainable Development in Central Asia
Chair: Attila Pók
16.30 – 17.00 Coffee Break
17.00 – 18.30 New Centre, New Peripheries: The Role of Central Europe in the Changing Political Landscape
Roundtable discussion with Iván Bába, Zbigniew Bujak, Erhard Busek and Lyubov Shishelina
Moderator: Iván Bába
9 November – Saturday
8.30 – 9.00 Registration
9.00 – 10.30 Sustainable and Resilient Societies in and Beyond Europe
Keynote: Daniel R. Brooks: Focusing the DAMA Protocol in a Time of Climate Triage: EU Policies on Migration and Disease
Guido Caniglia: What knowledge can help humanity overcome the climate crisis?
Ilan Chabay: Learning to Design for Change to Sustainable Futures in Diverse Societies
Comments: Norbert Kroó
Chair: Jody Jensen
Discussion
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee Break
11.00 – 12.30 Parallel Sessions:
Session A: Navigating in Networks with Narratives on Sustainability – Interactive workshop on Sustainability
Moderator: Ilan Chabay
Session B: New Scenarios for Europe’s (Dis)integration – interactive workshop
Moderator: Dion van den Berg
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch Break venue: Haydn room
13.30 – 15.30 Europe and Africa: Towards a Sustainable Equal Partnership I. Topic: Development (keynote and roundtable)
Keynote: Edward Kirumira: Unequal Siamese Twins
Sean Cleary: Africa in a Global Context
Zsuzsánna Biedermann: Europe and Africa – Economy and Development
Péter Poczai: Europe and Africa – Environment and Natural Resources
Chair: János Bogárdi
Discussion
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 – 18.00 Europe and Africa: Towards a Sustainable Equal Partnership II: Migration (Roundtable)
Panelists: Tamer M. Afifi, Augustin Nguh, Ildikó Szilasi, István Tarrósy
Moderator: János Bogárdi
10 November – Sunday
8.30 – 9.00 Registration
9.00 – 12.00 Faultlines and Frontlines of European Integration – Notes from CEE and the Balkans
Panelists: Sanja Angelovska, Marija Ivanovic, Dimitar Nikolovski, Astrea Pejovic, Igor Stipic, Leda Sutlovic, Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu
Moderator: Ferenc Miszlivetz
12.00 The conference ends
The Museum of Music History on the ground floor is open daily between 10-16.
* The venue for all conference events is the Bartók room of the Institute if Musicology unless otherwise indicated.
The conference is organised by the Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg
Contacts: Izabella Agárdi: agardi.izabella@archive.iask.hu , Izabella Szász: izabella.szasz@archive.iask.hu
Co-organizers: Hungarian Academy of Sciences ▪ UNESCO
Register for the conference at: info@archive.iask.hu
List of Speakers:
Tamer M. Afifi – Former Associate Academic Officer/Senior Scientist, UNU-EHS
Gabin Ananou – DLR Project Management Agency, Bonn
Sanja Angelovska – Research Fellow, iASK
Iván Bába – Deputy Director, iASK
Mária Bábosik – Senior Economic Analyst, Central Bank of Hungary; doctoral student, University of Pécs
Márta Bartha-Rigó – Lecturer, International Business School, Budapest
Zsuzsánna Biedermann, MTA Institute of World Economy
Dion van den Berg – PAX for Peace, Utrecht
János Bogárdi – Scientific Advisor, iASK;
Professor, University of Bonn
Emil Brix – Director, Diplomatische Akademie, Wien
Daniel Brooks – Research Fellow, iASK; Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto
Zbigniew Bujak – Research Fellow, iASK
Erhard Busek – Member of Advisory Board, iASK;
Former Vice-Chancellor of Austria, Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM), Vienna
Guido Caniglia – Scientific Director, Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research, Klosterneuburg
Ilan Chabay – Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies, Potsdam
Sean Cleary – Member of Advisory Board, iASK;
Chairman of Strategic Concepts (Pty) Ltd.
Ahmet Evin – Professor and Founding Dean, Sabanci University
Toni Haastrup – Associate Professor, University of Stirling
Marija Ivanovic – Research Fellow, iASK
Jody Jensen – Research Fellow, iASK; Jean Monnet Professor, University of Pannonia, Kőszeg
Juozas Kasputis – Research Fellow, iASK
Edward Kirumira – Director, Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Andrei Kortunov – Director, Russian International Affairs Council, Moscow
Norbert Kroó – Member of Advisory Board, iASK; Vice-President, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
Ferenc Miszlivetz – Director, iASK; University Professor, University of Pannonia
Albrecht von Mueller – Director, Parmenides Centre for Thinking and LMU, Munich
Vidia Negrea – Doctoral student, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj
Augustin Nguh – Research Fellow, iASK
Dimitar Nikolovski – Research Fellow, iASK
Astrea Pejovic – Research Fellow, iASK
Péter Poczai – Research Fellow, iASK; Associate Professor, University of Helsinki
Mariia Popova – Doctoral student, University of Pannonia, Veszprém
György Schöpflin – Chair of iASK Advisory Board;
Former MEP
Peter Schulze – Professor, Georg-August University, Göttingen
Lyubov Shishelina – Head of the Department for the Studies of Central and Eastern Europe, the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Europe
James M. Skelly – Research Fellow, iASK; visiting lecturer, University of Pannonia Kőszeg Campus
Rafal Smoczynski – Research Fellow, iASK
Igor Stipic – Research Fellow, iASK
Leda Sutlovic – Research Fellow, iASK
Ildikó Szilasi – Coordinator, African-Hungarian Union, Budapest
Szabolcs Takács – Government Commissioner
István Tarrósy – Associate Professor, University of Pécs
Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu – Former Prime Minister of Romania
Organised by the Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg
Contacts: Izabella Agárdi: agardi.izabella@archive.iask.hu , Izabella Szász: izabella.szasz@archive.iask.hu
Co-organizers: Hungarian Academy of Sciences ▪ UNESCO
Register for the conference at: info@archive.iask.hu