CALL FOR PAPERS
A Workshop for new Doctoral Research on the History of Southeast Europe In June 2004

Location to be announced

The Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeastern Europe (CDRSEE) is convening a workshop to present, compare and discuss new doctoral research relevant to the history of Southeastern Europe. The CDRSEE are seeking to bring together younger scholars who have undertaken the primary research for their doctoral dissertations or who have completed their dissertations within the recent past (typically 3-4 years). In addition to dissertations from History Departments, those that deal primarily with the history of any part of the region but are being done or completed in departments other than History are also welcome.   Scholars from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, FY Republic of Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia & Montenegro are invited to apply.  A limited number of spaces are also available for students who originate from other countries but who are working on Balkan issues.  The 15 selected will be notified by March 27 and asked to submit a 5-page summary of their dissertations' findings, methods and sources to the Center by April 19. At the workshop, selectees will be asked to make a 15-20 minute oral presentation on their work, as well as a 10-minute discussion on somebody else's pre-circulated presentation to others selected, and to 6 senior historians drawn from the Center's international Board of Eminent Scholars. The majority of the workshop's time will however be devoted to a joint discussion of papers and presentations.

Applications should reach the CDRSEE by the deadline of 20 February 2004. All applications, papers, presentations and discussions will be in English.   Applications should consist of the following:

§ A short CV of three pages maximum
§ A one or two page description of your dissertation and its main theses.
§ An e-mail or other address for March 27 notification  

Applications should be submitted by e-mail to info@cdsee.org .   The travel and accommodation, together with a small honorarium, will be covered by the organisers.  The list of senior scholars attending will be available to selectees by April.   This project is supported by generous funding from USAID.  

The Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe (CDRSEE) is a non-governmental organisation incorporated in the Netherlands and based in Thessaloniki, Greece. The CDRSEE seeks to foster democratic and pluralist societies and to encourage cross-border cooperation and reconciliation between peoples of the region.  The workshop is a part of the History and History Teaching Project of the Stability Pact for Southeastern Europe, and is an annual event. 

For further information, please consult the Center's web site:
www.cdsee.org or contact us at
info@cdsee.org,
Tel. +30 2310 960820,
Fax: +30 2310 960822.