[aaus-list] Conf.: Ukraine's Re-Integration into Europe, Kyiv 26.-27.2.09

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CONFERENCE OF THE PROJECT 

"THE (RE)-INTEGRATION OF UKRAINE INTO EUROPE"
http://www.univie.ac.at/reintegration/

CULTURE & ART CENTRE
THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY „KYIV-MOHYLA ACADEMY“
ILLINSKA ST. 9
04070 KYIV

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26th 2009, 10:00 – 18:00 & FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27th 2009, 10:00 – 18:00


THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26th 2009, 10:00 – 18:00

10:00 OPENING
Serhiy Kvit, President, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Andreas Bayerl, Councillor of the Embassy of Austria, Kyiv
Manuel Müller, First Secretary, Political Section, Embassy of Germany, Kyiv
Larysa Chovniuk, Vice-President, International Cooperation, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
Juliane Besters-Dilger, Coordinator of the Project

10:40 Dieter Segert, Department of Political Science, University of Vienna
POLITICAL PARTIES IN UKRAINE SINCE THE ORANGE REVOLUTION
Discussant: Oleksandr Fisun, Department of Political Science, Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv

11:20 – 11:40 Coffee Break

11:40 Ingmar Bredies, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Department of Political Science, Kyiv
THE 2004 CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM: ORIGINS, DRIVING FORCES AND CONSEQUENCES
Discussant: Maksym Yakovlev, Department of Political Science, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv

12:20 Heiko Pleines, Research Centre for East European Studies, Bremen
THE POLITICAL ROLE OF THE OLIGARCHS
Discussant: Andrei Zotkin, Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences, Kyiv

13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Break

14:30 Åse Grødeland, Christian Michelsen Institute, Bergen
CULTURAL CONSTANTS, CORRUPTION AND THE ORANGE REVOLUTION
Discussant: Juhani Grossman, MSI - Management Systems International, Kyiv

15:10 Martin Schauer/Anna Lawrenjuk, Department of Civil Law, University of Vienna
UKRAINIAN COMPANY LAW BETWEEN MODERNISATION AND POST-SOVIET TRADITION– THE JOINT STOCK COMPANY AS AN EXAMPLE
Discussant: Yevheniy Deyneko, CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz, Kyiv

15:50 – 16:10 Coffee Break 2

16:10 Susan Stewart, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin
NGO DEVELOPMENT IN UKRAINE SINCE THE ORANGE REVOLUTION
Discussant: Viktor Stepanenko, Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences, Kyiv

16:50 Bettina Haidinger, Forba -Working Life Research Centre, Vienna
SOCIAL POLICY AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN UKRAINE FROM A GENDER PERSPECTIVE
Discussant: Olga Pyshchulina, National Institute for Strategic Studies, Kyiv

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27th 2009, 10:00 – 18:00

10:00 
Gerhard Simon, Department of Political Science & Sociology, University of Bonn
AFTER THE ORANGE REVOLUTION: THE ROCKY ROAD TO DEMOCRACY
Discussant: Oleksiy Haran, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv

10:40 
Martin Malek, Institute for Peace Support & Conflict Management, National Defence Academy, Vienna
THE “WESTERN DIMENSION” OF THE FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY OF UKRAINE SINCE 2005 WITH SPECIAL CONSIDERATION OF THE “RUSSIAN FACTOR”
Discussant: Nico Lange, Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, Kyiv

11:20 – 11:40 
Coffee Break

11:40 
Lina Klymenko, Department of Slavonic Studies, University of Vienna
WHAT HOLDS UKRAINE AND POLAND TOGETHER? ON EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL FACTORS OF UKRAINIAN-POLISH RELATIONS
Discussant: Mykola Riabchuk, Ukrainian Centre for Cultural Studies, Kyiv

12:20 
Juliane Besters-Dilger, Department of Slavonic Studies, University of Freiburg
UKRAINIAN MEDIA POLICIES ON THE WAY TO EUROPE
Discussant: Natalia Ligachova, Telekrytyka, Kyiv

13:00 - 14:30 
Lunch Break

14:30 
Alois Woldan, Department of Slavonic Studies, University of Vienna
CULTURE DIMENSIONS IN UKRAINE
Discussant: Mykola Riabchuk, Ukrainian Centre for Cultural Studies, Kyiv

15:10 
Renate Pillinger, Department of Classical Archaeology, University of Vienna
UKRAINE’S APPROACH TO THE PRESERVATION OF ITS ANCIENT AND RELIGIOUS INHERITANCE
Discussant: Vitaliy Zubar, Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Kyiv

15:50 – 16:10 
Coffee Break

16:10 
Igor Gordyi, Theological Faculty, University of Vienna
THE UKRAINIAN CHURCHES AND THE EUROPEANISATION OF UKRAINE
Discussant: Oleh Turiy, Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv

16:50 
CLOSING
Juliane Besters-Dilger, Coordinator of the Project


WORKING LANGUAGES ARE UKRAINIAN AND ENGLISH. SIMULTANEOUS TRANSLATION WILL BE PROVIDED. TRAVEL COSTS AND ACCOMMODATION WILL NOT BE PROVIDED.