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AGENDA

Sunday, 23th Juli 2006 Copenhagen
12:00-15:00	Registration
15:00	Opening: General introduction Get together	Uffe Jakobsen Bernd Henningsen Katrin Hecker Carsten Schymik

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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Matthew Adams   *1976, USA, MA in History (2002)

Malini Bhattacharjee   *1982, India, MA in Political Science (2005), M. Phil in Political Science (degree in progress)

Ekaterina Bolotnikova   *1984, Russia, BA in European Studies (2005), MA in Baltic and Nordic Studies (degree in progress)

Melissa Comenduley   *1972, USA, BSc in Accountancy (2002), Master of Public Policy (degree in progress)

Stela Garaz   *1982, Moldova, MA in Political Science (2005), Ph.D. in Comparative Politics (degree in progress)

Irakli Gvaramadze   *1984, Georgia, BSc in Int. Economics (2005), MA in International and European Studies (degree in progress)

Kathleen Herrmann   *1977, USA, , B.S. in Environmental Science (1999), M.M.A. in Marine Affairs (degree in progress)

Anna Koreneva   *1980, Russia, MA in Philology (2005)

Anton Kotenko   *1983, Ukraine, BA in History (2005), MA in History (degree in progress)

Inna Kvanina   *1984, Ukraine, BA in International Relations (2005), MA in International Relations (degree in progress)

Jan-Mark vanderLeest   *1980, Canada, BA in History, International Development Studies (2003), MA in European and Russian Studies (degree in progress)

Pulatkhon Lutfullayev   *1979, Uzbekistan, MA in English Philology (2003), Ph.D. (degree in progress)

Julia Makkoveeva   *1978, Russia, MA in Arts of Philology (2000), Ph.D (degree in progress)

Corina Maxim   *1982, Moldova, BSc in International Economic Relations (2005) , Master's Degree in International Development (degree in progress)

Vitaly Pojarsky   *1980, Kyrgystan, Journalism, BA in Journalism (2001)

Aldo Ponce   *1975, Peru, MA in International Studies (2005), Ph.D. in Economics (degree in progress)

Maja Savic   *1980, Bosnia-Herzegovina, MA in European Politics and Institutions (2005), PhD (degree in progress)

Oksana Shved   *1982, Ukraine, MA in History (2004), Ph.D. in History (degree in progress)

Shoasil Shomansurov   *1982, Uzbekistan, MA in Theory & History of International Relations (2005)

Alesia Slizhava   *1981, Belarus, BA in International Relations (2003), MA in International Relations (degree in progress)

Igor Spasovski   *1981, Macedonia, BSc in Economics (2005)

Alexey Timofeychev   *1976, Russia, MA in Society & Politics (2003), Ph.D. (degree in progress)

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TEACHERS

Hanna Acke MA student of Scandinavian Studies and Linguistics at the Department for Northern European Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. Exchange student at Åbo Akademi University in Turku, Finland, in 2002/03. Has been working as guide for the Pedagogical Exchange Service of the German Länder and for the Goethe Institute since 2000.

Kristian Gerner PhD in history, Lund University, Sweden. Since 1993 professor of East European culture and history at the Department of History, Uppsala University, and since 2001 professor at the Department of History, Lund University. Chairman of The Swedish Committee Against Anti-Semitism since 1998. His publications include books and articles on Russia, Central Europe and the Holocaust. Research interests: historical culture and questions of identity formation.

Jan Gunnarsson Associate professor at the Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Research interests: production and settlement systems, politics (states) and markets, European integration and multi-level governance, conceptions of human cognition and reasoning, evolutionary modelling and networking in the Baltic Sea Region. Current teaching on industrial and innovation policy and corporate governance.

Eeva Hallikainen MA, lecturer at the Department of Art History, University of Turku. Her research interests include Finnish art and the art of the Baltic Sea Region. Teaches art history in the Baltic Sea Region Studies Programme at the University of Turku.

Katrin Hecker MA, project co-ordinator of BalticStudyNet, Department for Northern European Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. Research/publications on history of the women's movement, suffrage movement, identities, literary science.

Bernd Henningsen Professor, founding director of and honorary professor at the Department for Northern European Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. Head of BalticStudyNet programme, since 2005 also honorary professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen. Research/publications on philosophy, culture, and identity of the North, political and welfare systems of the Nordic countries and Baltic Sea region.

Uffe Jakobsen PhD, associate professor at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Research interests: political theory, conceptual history and history of political ideas, theories of democratisation, particularly in relation to the political, economic and national identity transitions in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, peace and conflict research, particularly political movements, war and democracy/democratisation. Member of the 'History of Social and Political Concepts Group', and member of the IPSA research committee on the 'The Political Economy of Democracy'.

Andres Kasekamp PhD, professor of history and Baltic politics at the Department of Political Science, University of Tartu, Estonia; director of the Estonian Foreign Policy Institute, Tallinn. Visiting junior professor at the Department for Northern European Studies, Humboldt University Berlin in 2002/03. Editor of the Journal of Baltic Studies, 2002-2005. Research/publications on Estonian foreign policy, European Union enlargement, 20th century Baltic political history, fascism, contemporary right-wing extremism and collaboration with Nazi Germany.

David Kirby Professor of modern history, head of Department of History, University College, London. Research/publications on modern history of Northern Europe, especially Finland; European socialism during the period of the Second International, history of the Baltic region; history of working-class movements.

Hannu Laaksonen Lic.Phil., cultural historian, University of Turku, Finland. His research interests include the history of the city of Rome, the cultural and educational history of Turku and the history of the Baltic Sea Region. Wrote several newspaper articles on regional history.

Kari Liuhto Professor and director, Business Research and Development Centre, Pan-European Institute, Turku, Finland. Research interests: Russian inward and outward foreign direct investments, EU-Russian economic relations and EU's Northern Dimension, energy sector in Russia, the EU's 'Wider Europe' policy, Baltic Sea Economic Region. Holds a professorship in international business at Turku School of Economics and Business Administration.

Janne Mäkelä PhD in cultural history, now postdoctoral researcher of the Academy of Finland at the Renvall Institute, University of Helsinki. Research on the pursuits of international fame in Finnish popular music from the early 1960s to the late 1990s. Has published on issues of popular culture, pop music, stardom, and crime fiction. His book 'John Lennon Imagined: Cultural History of a Rock Star' was published by Peter Lang, New York, in 2004.

Sami Moisio PhD, docent, senior assistant, Department of Geography, University of Turku, Finland. Teacher for the Baltic Sea Region Studies Programme at the University of Turku. Publications/research on political geography, historical geography, European integration.

Maria Novrup Project manager, Øresund Study Gateway, a newly launched web guide to the 4 000 educational programmes and courses offered by the 14 universities in the Øresund University consortium, Denmark/Sweden.

Teemu Palosaari MA, researcher at the Centre for European Studies, Department of Political Science, University of Helsinki, Finland. Research interests: security politics, EU enlargement, Arctic issues, Northern Dimension. Current research project on the Europeanisation of Finnish foreign and security policy. His publications include articles on the enlargement of the European Union and the Nordic Council.

Elina Pelti Senior research associate, Pan-European Institute, Turku School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland. She is writing her dissertation on foreign direct investment's spill over effect on Russian regions.

Vello Pettai PhD in political science, research fellow at the University of Tartu, Estonia. Chief researcher in the project 'The Evolution of Democratic Political Culture in Re-Independent Estonia'. Research interests: comparative ethno-politics, electoral systems, democratic transition, political theory. Advisor to the President of the Republic of Estonia on national minorities, 1997-1999. Recent publications include articles on the Baltic accession to the European Union.

Kristi Raik PhD, research fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. Research interests: EU enlargement, Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) of the EU, democracy and civil society in post-communist Eastern Europe, democracy in the EU, Estonian domestic and foreign policy. Since 1999 lecturer of the course 'The Role of the European Union in the Democratisation of Central and Eastern Europe', University of Turku, Baltic Sea Region Studies Programme.

Marta Reuter PhD, research fellow in the BaltSeaNet programme in 2002/03, currently guest lecturer at the Centre of German Studies, Södertörn University College, Sweden. Research/publications on theory and practice of civil society, particularly in the Baltic Sea Region, cultural and religious values in international politics, sociological and cultural aspects of globalisation.

Tom Schumacher PhD, fellow of the Research Group for Northern European Politics (FOR:N) at Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. Research/publications on Nordic co-operation and foreign policy, economics, EU integration.

Carsten Schymik PhD, project co-ordinator of BalticStudyNet and lecturer at the Department for Northern European Studies, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. Fellow of the Research Group for Northern European Politics (FOR:N). Research/publications on anti-EU movements in Scandinavia, civil society in the Baltic Sea region, Europeanisation of domestic security in northern Europe.

Anamaria Dutceac Segesten Visiting teacher of comparative politics, international relations at Lund University, research interests: identity, ethnic relations, Balkans.

Alexander Sergunin Professor and head of the Department of International Relations & Political Science at the Nizhny Novgorod State Linguistic University, Russia. Programme director of the International Relations Program. Research/publications on international relations theory, Russian foreign policy making and international security. Participant in the Fulbright Scholar Program in 2003-2004, host institution: Cornell University.

Viktor Trasberg PhD, head of Centre for Baltic Studies and docent at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu, Estonia. Research/ publications on macroeconomics, public sector financing and Baltic economies, local government financing and reform.

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READINGS

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