September 19, 2019
Nador Street 15, Room 103
Welcome
Professor José María Rosales
Dr. Meike Schmidt-Gleim
1. Panel 15.30 – 17.00
New Movements and Counter-movements: between Neoliberalism and Illiberalism
Chair: Professor Jussi Kurunmäki
Renata Uitz, Professor, Department of Legal Studies, Central European University, The Urban Landscape of Illiberalism: Erasing Traces of Dissent from the Public Square
Vasil Gluchmann, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics at the Institute of Ethics and Bioethics,University of Prešov,New civic movements in Slovakia
Gonçalo Marcelo, Researcher, University of Coimbra,Progressive Politics within the EU’s fiscal orthodoxy: lessons from the Portuguese “contraptio
Venue (please note this venue is not located at the CEU!): Aurora
Panel discussion and site visit 17.30 - 19.00
Chair: Meike Schmidt-Gleim
Participants:
Pavel Antonov, Co-founder and Executive Editor of BlueLink Bulgaria
Aron Demeter, Advocacy and media manager of Amnesty International
Andras Kadar, Co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee
September 20, 2019
Nador Street 15, Room 103
1. Panel 9.00 – 10.30
Beyond Organization: Activism Transformed
Chair: Prof. José María Rosales
Christel Stormhøj, Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences and Business, Roskilde University,Thinking and practicing transformation in times of crisis: The case of Feminist Transformation
Aleksandra Belina, PhD student in the Institute of Sociology at Warsaw University, From formalism to activism? Social consequences of commercialization of NGOs
Maria Brown (John Portelli?), University of Malta, Toward robust democracy and the ethics of subversion: Dialoguing the pitfalls of neoliberalism
Coffee break 10.30 - 11.00
2. Panel 11.00 -12.30
New Media and Communicative Practices: Reinventing Democracy
Chair: Ruzha Smilova
Lilia Rajcheva, Professor, St. Kliment Ohridski Sofia University,
Comparing the communication practices in the social protests 2013/2018
Přemysl Rosůlek, Associate Professor, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Fake News attacking movements calling for the resignation of Prime Minister in Czech Republic and Slovakia
Gergana Dimova, Lecturer in Politics, University of Winchester, Reinventing Democracy and Civil Rights: From “Proactive Majorities” to “Reactive Minorities”
Lunch break 12.30 - 14.00
3. Panel14.00 -14.45
Life-act: Civic activism
Christoforos Pavlakis, New-media artist and cultural policy advisor, City of Errors, Watch Out My Neighborhood! The good practice of a multimedia project in the city of Athens, Greece
4. Panel 14.50 - 16.20
Beyond ‘pure’ Politics: Widening Democracy through narratives
Chair: Maria Brown
Meike Schmidt-Gleim, Philosopher, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Narrating social protests or nothing is lost for history!
Lia Duran Mogollon, Research Assistant, University of Siegen, The conscious consumer and the politics of everyday life
Natalija Shikova, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law at the International Balkan University in Skopje,Democracy beyond the ballot box: Open Government Partnership and Citizens Budget initiatives
16.20- 16.50 - coffee break
5. Panel 16.50-18.20
Equality and Civic Rights: what Next?
Chair: Gonçalo Marcelo
Aristeidis Myriskos, PhD student, Bielefeld Graduate School in History and Sociology, From Inclusive to Equal European Public Spheres
Ruzha Smilova, Senior Assistant Professor, St. Kliment Ohridski Sofia University and Centre for Liberal Strategies, Beyond the human rights movement?
Leire Rincón, PhD Student, University of Barcelona and Unconditional Basic Income Europe, Advocating for UBI in UBIE: combining research and activism
Closing remarks 18.20 - 18.30
Ruzha Smilova
José María Rosales