Workshop "The EU's Eastern Neighborhood in Transition: Risks and Opportunities in Europe's Two Largest Countries"

Conference venue: Brussels (Belgium)
Period: May 8, 2012
Deadline for submitting abstracts: Apr. 23, 2012

The University of Kent in Brussels and the National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" (Ukraine) announce a call for presentation and discussant proposals on issues related to the transition of Russia and Ukraine and their relations with the European Union.
Speakers who have done recent research and may have published relevant articles on the issue are especially invited to participate. They would be asked to either:
- Make a short presentation, 10-15 minutes, of their recent research results on a specific aspect of one of the three panel topics,
- Serve as a discussant of three such presentations and comment on them for ca. 10 minutes, on one of the three panels. Discussants should be established experts on the panel's topic.

Those wishing to participate should send their statement of interest/outline of proposal, and brief CV until April 23, 2012 to: andreas.umland@stanfordalumni.org

Andreas Umland
National University of "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy" (Ukraine)
e-mail: andreas.umland@stanfordalumni.org