Imagining the future of research on South East Europe
Kings College London
The BISA South East Europe (SEE) Working Group, in collaboration with LSEE – Research on South East Europe at the Hellenic Observatory Centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science and King’s College London, will host a workshop titled Imagining the Future of Research on South East Europe. The event will bring together scholars and practitioners to reflect on the evolving research agenda for the study of South East Europe and to explore how scholarship from and about the region can contribute to wider debates in International Relations. The workshop aims to foster dialogue on emerging themes, theoretical approaches, and methodological innovations that can advance the study of the region while engaging with ongoing transformations in the discipline.
Programme
Opening Remarks - 10.00-10.15am
Denisa Kostovicova, LSEE, Mate Subašić, BISA SEE WG & Adam Fagan, KCL
Panel 1: Political Economy, Elites, and Norm Diffusion - 10.15-11.45am
Chair: Mate Subašić, LJMU
Discussant: Adam Fagan, KCL
Tena Prelec, University of Rijeka, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Exeter
"The Technomanagers: The Pre-Capitalism Capitalists. Yugoslav Elites at the Edge of Worlds"
Elvisa Drishti, University of Shkodra "Luigj Gurakuqi"
"Imagining the Western Balkans as a Distinct Welfare Regime: Informality, Inequality of Opportunity, and the Living-Wage Gap in Comparative Europe"
Burcu Özdemir-Sarıgil, Visiting Researcher, University of Edinburgh
"Civil Society Inclusivity and the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in the Western Balkans: Insights from the National Action Plans"
Vlora Rechica, Open Society Foundations – Western Balkans
"Enlargement Countries as a Laboratory of Post-Liberal International Order: EU Conditionality in an Age of Geopolitical Competition"
* Coffee break *
Panel 2 — Everyday, Cultural, and Spatial Re-imaginings - 12.00-1.30pm
Chair: Alexandra Karppi, KCL
Discussant: Jessie Barton-Hronešová, UCL
Ethan Chandler, University of Athens
"Toward an Everyday Political Geography of Southeast Europe: Reframing the Region from Cyprus"
Catherine Baker, University of Hull
Queer south-east European knowledge and the international politics of Eurovision: a reflection
Zlatan Krajina, University of Zagreb
"Learning from Trieste How informal interethnic solidarities, friendships, and quotidian mobilities in a frontier city- port narrate European multiculture"
Nikola Lero, University of Sheffield
"Entangled Positionalities: Southeastern Europe and the Multiplex Geographies of the World-System"
* Lunch break *
Panel 3 — Sovereignty, Governance, and Political Order - 2.15-3.30pm
Chair: Daniela Lai, Royal Holloway, University of London
Discussant: Denisa Kostovicova, LSE
Mehdi Sejdiu, Heidelberg University
"Performing Sovereignty under International Administration: Political Parties in Kosovo, 1999–2008"
Aleksandar Jekić, University of Ljubljana
"Ontological Security Gaps and the Limits of patrmonial/neo-royalist modes of Governance"
Zeki Sarigil, Bilkent University
"Blame Games in Times of Crisis: Experimental Evidence from the Turkish Case"
Workshop Closing Remarks - 3.30-3.45pm
Policy Roundtable - 4-5.30pm
Peace is Possible: Bosnia and Herzegovina 30 Years After Dayton
Workshop participants are warmly invited to remain for this policy roundtable organised by the KCL’s War Crimes Research Group. Marking thirty years since the Dayton Peace Agreement, the discussion will bring together scholars, practitioners and policymakers to reflect on the legacies and future of peacebuilding in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with particular focus on the work of the Post-Conflict Research Centre (Sarajevo).
Participants are also invited to attend The Partisan Necropolis film screening and Q&A with authors, organised by Rachel Kerr, Co-Convenor, War Crimes Research Group, following the workshop.
Further information about the movie screening is available here.