Draft Programme


Thursday, 21 october

Auditorium Jean Monnet, Faculty of European Studies, Em. de Martonne Street no 1, 1 st floor

8.30-9.30 Registration of participants
Room Robert Schuman, Faculty of European Studies, Em. de Martonne Street no 1, 2 nd floor
9.00-9.30 Meeting with the moderators of the panels
Room: Auditorium Jean Monnet, Faculty of European Studies, Em. de Martonne Street no 1, 1 st floor
9.30-11.30 Plenary Session I

Opening of the Conference:
Ladislau Gyémánt , Professor, Dean of the Faculty of European Studies, Conference organizer

Keynote speakers:
His Excellency Jonathan Scheele , Head of the Delegation of the European Commission in Bucharest
Mugur Isărescu , dr.h.c., Governor of the National Bank of Romania - TO BE CONFIRMED
Daniel DĂIANU , Professor, Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest, Corresponding Member of the Romanian Academy, former Minister of Finance of Romania, honorary president - Romanian Center for Studies on Globalization
Nicolae Bocșan , Professor, Rector of Babeș-Bolyai University

Questions from the floor

11.30-12.00

Coffee Break

12.00-14.00

Panels

Panel 1.1: European Studies within the Context of Globalization

Room:
Institute of European Research, Em. de Martonne Street no 1, 1 st floor
Moderators:
Grigore Silași,
Jean Monnet Professor, University of the West Timișoara , Romania
Howard Loewen , Lecturer, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies, Institute of Asian Affairs, Hamburg , Germany

12.00-12.20 Albert van Goudoever, Professor, University College Utrecht, The Netherlands
Vergangenheltsbewwaltigung: the Problem of a Past of State Terror
12.20-12.40

Folke Lindahl, Professor, Michigan State University , James Madison College , USA
The Role of Globalization in Post Communist Civil Society

12.40-13.00

Michael O'Neill, Jean Monnet Professor, Nottingham Trent University , UK
Prospects for European Citizenship: A Civic Response to Global Anomie?

13.00-13.20 Vintilă Mihăilescu, Professor, National School of Political and Administrative Sciences, Bucharest
Institutional Change and Network Transformation in the Post-communist Romania . Notes for an Anthropology of Transparency
13.20-13.40

Veronica Rebreanu, Lecturer, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of Law
Globalization. Environment. Information

13.40-14.00

Discussions

Panel 2.1: Europe of Regions

Room: Robert Schuman, Em. de Martonne Street no 1, 2 nd floor  

Moderators:
Ovidiu Pecican,
Professor, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies
Liliana Mihuț, Professor, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of Law

12.00-12.20 Franz Greif, Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Vienna , Austria
Border-crossing Land Markets Between Old and New European Member States
12.20-12.40

Mircea Teodor Maniu, Associate Professor, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies
The Global Challenge of European Regionalism

12.40-13.00 Adrian Basarabă, Lecturer, University of the West Timișoara , Romania
Human Resources - an Essential Factor of Regional Development. Case Study: 5th West Region , Romania
13.00-13.20 Liviu Druguș, Professor, Romanian Academy , Iași Branch Another Postmodern Transition Period: from the Europe of Countries to a Europe of Regions
13.50-14.30

Discussions

Panel 4.1: Economy and Economic Culture

Room: Council Room, Brătianu Street no 22, 1 st floor

Moderators:
Marta Stauder , Senior Researcher, Research and Information Institute of Agricultural Economics , Hungary
Florin Duma , Lecturer, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies
12.00-12.20

Wilfred Campbell, Director, Studia Interetnica Research, The Netherlands
Monica Săvulescu-Voudouris, Senior Researcher, Studia Interetnica Research , The Netherlands
Alina Branda, Lecturer, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies
Roxana Popa, "Al. I. Cuza" University Iași
Guest Workers from Eastern Europe - an Aspect of Globalization. Romanian Workers in The Netherlands

12.20-12.40

Monica Săvulescu-Voudouris, Wilfred Campbell, Alina Branda, Roxana Popa
Guest Workers from Eastern Europe - an Aspect of Globalization. Southern vs. Northern Model: a Comparative Study

12.40-13.00

Radu Nechita, Lecturer, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies
The "Tobin-Tax": A Wrong Good Idea

13.00-13.20

Nicoleta Paina , Lecturer, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies
Veronica Mateescu , Ph.D. candidate, Université de Marne-la-Vallée
An Analysis of the Romanian Small and Medium Enterprises' Social Responsibility Stage in the Globalization Context

13.50-14.10

13.20-13.40 Maria Bîrsan, Professor, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies
Business Environment. Study on Transylvania Case

13.40-14.00 Discussions

Panel 5.1: Gender and Globalization

Room: Mărgineanu, Avram Iancu Street no 19, ground floor  

Moderators:
Eniko Magyari-Vincze , Professor, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies

12.00-12.20

Linda Racioppi, Professor, Michigan State University , James Madison College , USA
Coleen M. Tremonte, Associate Professor, Michigan State University , James Madison College , USA
From James to Nikita: Gender and Espionage in Cold War and Post-Cold War Cinema

12.20-12.40

Simona Branc, Teaching Assistant, University of the West Timișoara , Romania
External Influences on the Family Educational Patterns in Banat during the 20th Century

12.40-13.00

Maria Roth, Associate Professor, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of Law
Protecting the Rights of Women - a Global versus a National Perspective

13.00-14.00

Discussions

Panel 6: Anthropology of Globalization

Room: 305, Avram Iancu Street no 19, 3 rd floor  

Moderators:
Marius Jucan
, Associate Professor, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies
Gabriel Troc , Lecturer, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies

12.00-12.20 Sarolta Simigne Fenyo, Associate Professor, University of Miskolc , Hungary
Global English - Euro English
12.20-12.40

Konrad Gündisch, Professor, University of Oldenburg , Germany
"Global Players" der Frühen Neuzeit: Die Familie a Lasco/ Lasky als Kulturmittler in Europa

12.40-13.00 Krista Zach, Professor onor. Ph.D., Institut für deutsche Kultur und Geschichte Südosteuropas München , Germany
Catechisms as 'Global Players' in 16th Century Central Europe
13.00-13.20 Cornelius Zach, Ph.D., Munich University , Germany
Semantics and Xenophobia. Observations on a Romanian Language Dictionary from 1939
13.20-14.00 Discussions
 
14.00-16.00 Lunch (Pyramid, Em. de Martonne Street no 1)
16.00-18.00 Panels

Panel 1.2: European Studies within the Context of Globalization

Room: Institute of European Research, Em. de Martonne Street no 1, 1 st floor  

Moderators:
Albert van Goudoever, Professor, University College Utrecht, The Netherlands
Nicolae Păun , Jean Monnet Professor, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies

16.00-16.20 Norman A. Graham, Professor, Michigan State University , James Madison College , USA
The Future of European and Eurasian Security Cooperation: Learning from the Past
16.20-16.40

Matthew Zierler, Visiting Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, James Madison College, USA
Understanding the Nature of the Trans-Atlantic Divide

16.40-17.00

Constantin Degeratu, Professor, "George C. Marshall" European Center for Security Studies, Germany
EU Security and Defense - a Matter of Identity in a Global Turbulent World

17.00-17.20

Valentin Naumescu, Associate Professor, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies
European Security Space According to Copenhagen School

17.20-17.40 Dorina Năstase, Executive president, Romanian Center for Studies of Globalization, Bucharest
Romania 's Sovereignty between Globalization and European Integration
17.40-18.00

Discussions

Panel 2.2: Europe of Regions

Room: Robert Schuman, Em. de Martonne no 1, 2 nd floor

Moderator: Krista Zach , Professor onor. Ph.D., Institut für deutsche Kultur und Geschichte Südosteuropas München , Germany

16.00-16.20

David Kideckel, Professor, Central Connecticut State University , USA
Little Americas : Labor and the Global in Two Romanian Regions

16.20-16.40

Jeffrey Stanyer, Research Fellow, University of Exeter , UK
A Europe of Regions? A Global Perspective

16.40-17.00 Ovidiu Pecican, Professor, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies
Romanian Regions Before and Post-National State
17.40-18.00

Discussions

Panel 4.2: Economy and Economic Culture

Room: Council Room, Brătianu Street no 22, 1 st floor

Moderators:
Elena Porumb
, Associate Professor, Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of European Studies
Boban Stojanovic, Professor, University of Nis, Yugoslavia

16.00-16.20 Ferencz Arpad, Ph.D., College of Kecskemet , Faculty of Horticulture , Hungary
Role of Economic Evaluation in the Examination of Breadwinning
16.20-16.40 Marta Notari, College of Kecskemet, Faculty of Horticulture, Hungary
Ferenc Baglyas, Lecturer, College of Kecskemet, Faculty of Horticulture, Hungary
The Effect of Globalization on the Evaluation of Regional Hungaricum Grape Varieties
16.40-17.00 Gabor König, Researcher, Research and Information Institute for Agricultural Economics, Budapest, Hungary
Anita Major, Ph.D. candidate, Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration, Hungary
Some Characteristics of the Competitiveness of the Globalising Hungarian Beer Market
17.00-17.20 Andrea Kürti, Researcher, Research and Information Institute for Agricultural Economics, Budapest, Hungary
The Impact of the Global Factors on the Hungarian Fruit Market
17.20-18.00

Discussions

Panel 5.2: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization

Room: Mărgineanu, Avram Iancu Street no 19, ground floor

Moderators:
Linda Racioppi,
Professor, Michigan State University, James
Madison College, USA
Coleen M. Tremonte,
Associate Professor, Michigan State University, James Madison College, USA

16.00-16.20 Daniela Băcescu, Lecturer, State University of Kishinev, Moldova
The Identity Values in the Context of the Globalization Symphony
16.20-16.40 Andaluna Borcilă, Associate Professor, Michigan State University, James Madison College, USA
From Invisibility to Hypervisibility: Romanian Sites on American TV
16.40-17.00 Guy Martin Pariseau, Guest Professor, University of Bucharest,
Faculty of Political Science, Romania
Globalization: the New Age of Uncertainty
17.00-17.20

Marius Jucan, Associate Professor, Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of European Studies
Images of Transition: Narrating Opposing ŽStoriesŽ About the Local

17.20-17.40

Raluca Moldovan, Teaching Assistant, Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of European Studies
Islands in the Stream: Preserving Cultural Identity in a Runaway World

17.40-18.00

Discussions

Panel 1 Students: European Studies within the Context of Globalization

Room: 305, Avram Iancu Street no 19, 3 rd floor

Moderator:
Georgiana Ciceo , Lecturer, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies

16.00-16.20 Elena Jipa , postgraduate student, BBU, Faculty of Law
The European Competition Law within the Framework of the Globalization
16.20-16.40

Sergiu Mișcoiu , Ph.D. candidate, BBU, Faculty of European Studies
The Helsinki Process: Changing the International Cooperation Pattern

16.40-17.00

Alexandru Paneș , 4 th year student, BBU , Faculty of European Studies
Failing the Dayton Accord - a Peace Building Approach

17.00-17.20

Irina Tănăsescu , Ph.D. candidate, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Isabelle Bedoyan , Ph.D. candidate, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Stakeholder Involvement in Policy-Making - The Case of the European Union

17.20-18.00

Discussions

 
19.00-21.00

Cocktail offered by Mr. Marius Nicoară, President of the County Council Cluj
Victoria Restaurant , 21 December 1989 Boulevard, no 54-56


Friday, 22 october

Room: Auditorium Jean Monnet, Faculty of European Studies, Em. de Martonne Street no 1, 1 st floor
9.30-10.30

Plenary Session II

Keynote speaker:

Andrei MARGA , Professor dr.h.c., President of the Academic Council of Babeș-Bolyai University

Award Ceremony for the founders of the Faculty of European Studies

Book presentation: Andrei Marga, Die Kulturelle Wende. Philosophische Konsequenzen der Transformation. Cotitura culturală. Consecințe filosofice ale tranziției (The Cultural Turn. Philosophical Consequences of Transition), Cluj-Napoca : Cluj University Press, 2004

Vasile Muscă , Professor, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of History and Philosophy

Ladislau Gyémánt , Professor, Dean of the Faculty of European Studies, Conference organizer

Marius Jucan , Associate Professor, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of European Studies, Conference organizer

10.30-11.00

Coffee Break

   
11.00-13.00

Panels

Panel 1.3: European Studies within the Context of Globalization

Room: Institute of European Research, Em. de Martonne Street no 1, 1 st floor  

Moderators:
Michael O'Neill , Jean Monnet Professor, Nottingham Trent University , UK
Vintilă Mihăilescu , Professor, National School of Political and Administrative Sciences, Bucharest

11.00-11.20 Wichard Woyke, Professor dr.h.c. , Wesfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster , Germany
CFSP/EDSP - an Answer of the EU to Globalisation?
11.20-11.40

Georgiana Ciceo , Lecturer, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies
The Theoretical Approach of the EU Enlargement

11.40-12.00

Ruxandra Ivan , Teaching Assistant, University of Bucharest , Romania
"Soft Power" or "Hard Power"? The EU in a globalized context

12.00-12.20

Nicolae Păun, Professor, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies
Collective Governance. The Capacity of the EU Institutions

12.20-13.00

Discussions

Panel 3: Approaches to Globalization

Room: Robert Schuman, Em. de Martonne no 1, 2 nd floor  

Moderators:
Norman Graham, Professor, Michigan State University , James Madison College , USA
Valentin Naumescu , Associate Professor, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies

11.00-11.20 Howard Loewen, Lecturer, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies, Institute of Asian Affairs, Hamburg, Germany
Institutional Interplay in the System of Global Governance - Theoretical and Empirical Notions
11.20-11.40

Dan Mateiu, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies
What is Globalization? An Analysis of Globalization Theories

11.40-12.00

Doina Micu, Associate Professor, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies
Standardisation - The Paradigm of Globalization

12.00-12.20

Liliana Mihuț, Professor, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of Law
Social Policy in Romania within the Context of Globalization

12.20-12.40

Grigore Silași , Jean Monnet Professor, University of the West Timișoara , Romania
Ioana Vădășan, Lecturer, University of the West Timișoara , Romania
La globalisation - phenomene complexe du monde moderne

12.40-13.00

Discussions

Panel 4.3: Economy and Economic Culture

Room: Council Room, Brătianu Street no 22, 1 st floor  

Moderators:
Maria Bîrsan
, Jean Monnet Professor, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies
Monica Săvulescu-Voudouris , Senior Researcher, Studia Interetnica Research, The Netherlands

11.00-11.20 Laszlo Simig, Professor, Szent Istvan University, Jaszbereny, Hungary
Towards the Common Market of Capital
11.20-11.40 Marta Stauder, Senior Researcher, Research and Information Institute of Agricultural Economics, Hungary
Concentration and Internalisation of Food Retailing in Hungary and Changes in the Relationship Between Producers and Retailers
11.40-12.00

Marton Szabo, Research Economist, Kopint-Datorg Rt., Research Division, Hungary
Multinational Firm Strategies in the CEECs ­ the Diary Industry

12.00-12.20 Boban Stojanovic, Professor, University of Nis, Yugoslavia
Target Function of the Enterprises in the Period Preceding and Following Privatization
12.20-13.00

Discussions

Panel 4.4: Economy and Economic Culture

Room: Mărgineanu, Avram Iancu Street no 19, ground floor
Moderators:
Radu Nechita , Lecturer, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies
Horea Todoran , Lecturer, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies
11.00-11.20 Alina Andreica, Lecturer, Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of European Studies
Study on ICT Impact within the Romanian Business Environment
11.20-11.40

Liviu Drugus, Professor, Romanian Academy, Iași Branch
End-Means Methodology and a Postmodern Definition of "Economic Culture" 

11.40-12.00 Radu Mleșnită, Ph.D., Transilvania Business Center, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Bianca Muntean, Transilvania Business Center, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
n2n: Networking-the-Networks. Study Cases on mNET-Mobile Networks Developed by: EU-LIRIC, SES-Consulting and IRC - Innovation Relay Center
12.00-12.20

Elena Porumb , Associate Professor, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies
Crina Bocoș, postgraduate student, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies
Challenge of Globalisation on Human Capital: Case Study IT Industry

12.20-12.40

Gheorghe Stratan, Professor, Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of European Studies
Science as a Factor of Globalization: History and Perspectives

12.40-13.00

Discussions

Panel 2 Students: Interfaces of Globalization

Room: 305, Avram Iancu Street no 19, 3 rd floor

Moderator:
Alina Branda
, Lecturer, Babeș-Bolyai University , Faculty of European Studies

11.00-11.20 Laura Herța, Ph.D. candidate, BBU, Faculty of European Studies
Melting Pot in Ex-Yugoslav Space
11.20-11.40 Petruța Mîndruț, Ph.D. candidate, BBU, Faculty of European Studies
Globalising Space. An Anthropological Reading of the Central Park in Cluj
11.40-12.00 Zsuzsa Plainer, Ph.D. candidate, BBU, Faculty of European Studies
Discourses of the Hungarian Democratic Alliance from RomaniaŽs 7th Congress
10.30-10.50 Efthymios Vlad Zindros, 3 rd year, BBU, Faculty of European Studies
Gender & Marketing. Morality and Immorality in Marketing
12.20-13.00

Discussions

Panel 3 Students: Economy and Economic Culture

Room: Konrad Adenauer, Em. de Martonne Street no 1, 2 nd floor

Moderators:
Nicoleta Paina
, Lecturer, Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of European Studies

11.00-11.15

Szilveszter P.P. Fekete, Ph.D. candidate, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary
János Lukács , Professor, Corvinus University of Budapest , Hungary
Implementing IFRS in Hungary

11.15-11.30

Alin Rus, Ph.D. candidate, BBU, Faculty of European Studies
Globalization and Working Class Culture

11.30-11.45 Alina Șraum, M.A. student, Université Aix-Marseille II, France
The Knowledge Economy ­ RomaniaŽs Readiness for a New Economic Revolution
11.45-12.00 Șerban Văetiși, Ph.D. candidate, BBU, Faculty of European Studies
Cultural Protection of Agricultural Commodities within the EU Markets
12.00-12.15 Katharina Lampe, student, Wesfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
The North - West Development Region. A Framework without Content?
12.15-12.30

Ilona Farkas, Ph.D. candidate, Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration, Hungary
Anita Major , Ph.D. candidate, Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration, Hungary
In the Shadow of Globalization. Possibilities of Vertical Enlargement of Hungarian Beverage Market from the View of Gaining Positions of Multifunctional Agrifood Business

12.30-13.00

Discussions

   
13.00-15.00 Lunch (Pyramid, Em. de Martonne Street no 1)
15.00-17.00

City Tour guided by Radu Ardevan, Professor, Faculty of History and Philosophy

17.30-19.00

Room: Auditori no 1 , 1 st floor
Plenary Session & closing of the conference

19.30-21.00 Cocktail (Pyramid, Em. de Martonne Street no 1)

Saturday, 23 october

08.30 Trip to Sighisoara


 

 

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