Could be of interest for your members:
Summer Seminar on
Beyond liberalism and
socialism: searching for a
decent society
Vama Veche, Romania
23 – 28 August 2010
Organized by the
Luxembourg Institute for
European and International Studies
Black Sea University Foundation
European Cultural Centre, Bucharest
MAIN TOPICS
Why did socialism not work as socialist theorists
expected it would ?
Liberalism and its – inherent? - limits
The utilitarian view of good life and decent
society
The utopian designs: Plato, Augustinus,
Campanella, Thomas Morus, Erasmus of
Rotterdam, ...
The sceptical/pessimistic view of man and
society: Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Cioran, ...
Critical and transcendental idealism
Moral philosophy: Jean Jacques Rousseau,
Reinhold Niebuhr, Max Scheler, Hans Jonas, ...
The role of religion
Anarchism, communitarianism, vegetarianism,
feminism, Jainism
Principles for a decent society – justice,
benevolence, empathy, tolerance etc. and how to
implemet them
MAIN SPEAKERS
Prof. Mark ALMOND
Bilkent University, Turkey
Prof. G. MICHAEL AMBROSI
Jean Monnet Chair in European Economic Policy
University of Trier, Germany
Dr. ARMAND CLESSE
Director, Luxembourg Institute for European and
International Studies
Prof. CHRISTOPHER COKER
Head, Department of International Relations
London School of Economics and Political Science
Prof. MIRCEA MALITZA
Member of the Romanian Academy
President, Black Sea University Foundation
Vicepresident, European Cultural Centre
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
• students, young researchers and professionals
from both Eastern and Western Europe
• young representatives of higher education, of
specialized institutions, of political parties, of
NGO’s, of the mass media
VENUE
The course will be held at Vama Veche, an
exceptional youth holiday village, which is
situated at about 50 km south of Constantza,
the main Romanian port on the Black Sea
coast, close to the Bulgarian border.
Access ways:
¨ by air: Mihail Kogălniceanu airport of
Constantza; transfer by bus/taxi (80 km)
¨ by car: E60, E70, E81, E87
¨ by train: railway station at Constantza or
Mangalia; transfer by bus
The cost of 395 Euro includes participation
fee, accommodation in double rooms with own
bathroom and all meals.
The working language is English.
Application deadline: 12 June 2010
The environment
The weather at this time of the year is
particularly nice and warm at the seaside.
The sun is shining brightly on the wide beach
of Vama Veche, and the water temperature is
well above 200 C, inviting to swimming
parties. Besides, the Black Sea shore
landscape is delightful, with large orchards
and vineyards. Mangalia, the nearest town,
whose ancient name is Callatis, boasts
vestiges from the age of the Hellenic
colonization in the 6th century BC through the
times of the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman
rules.
For more information on the programme,
you may like to contact:
Mrs. Maria Burs-Popescu, Executive Director
European Cultural Centre, Bucharest
49-51, Sf. Voievozi St., 010968, apt. 16
Bucharest-1, Romania
Tel./fax:+4021-6503280;tel.:+4021-6508145
E-mail: c...@clicknet.ro
The Luxembourg Institute for European
and International Studies (LIEIS) is a
forum of academic and intellectual
discussions and research, as well as a
platform of training and upgrading for
undergraduates and young professionals
from both western and eastern countries.
One of LIEIS’ constant themes of
research and debate has been the
European integration process as well as
developments in the wider Europe. The
topic has been explored for the last 16
years under the form of summer schools
organized by the Institute in cooperation
with the Black Sea University
Foundation, and, later on, with the
European Cultural Centre in Romania.
The ambition of the 2010 seminar is to
have a critical look at some key societal
models such as liberalism and
socialism, their possible strengths and
shortcomings, as well as at a few more
marginal concepts such as utopianism,
anarchism, communitarianism and the
underlying philosophical ideas:
utilitarianism, materialism, idealism,
pessimism. What can be the guiding
principles and values in the quest for a
decent society – tolerance, empathy,
justice, benevolence – and how to
implement them ?
STUDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APLLY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS.
If you wish to join in the programme,
please fill in the application form:
First name:
Last name:
Institution:
Position:
Payment of course fee amounting to
395 Euro/1590 RON can be made:
in cash, at arrival
by bank transfer
I wish to apply for a scholarship *)
(only for students)
*) The LIEIS offers a grant covering the fee of 395 Euro to
the students whose application is accepted.
All candidates are kindly requested to send the filled
in Application Form together with:
• Curriculum vitae
• Letter of intention
• Two-page essay on one of the topics
addressed in the seminar
to the EUROPEAN CULTURAL CENTRE
Centrul European de Cultură, Bucuresti
49-51, Sfinii Voievozi St., 010968, 4th floor, apt. 16,
Bucharest-1, Romania
Phone/fax: 4021 650 32 80 E-mail: c...@clicknet.ro
Application deadline: 12 June 2010
Bank transfer to account
RO46 RNCB 0090000508330001 (EUR) opened by the
European Cultural Centre at the Romanian Commercial
Bank, Lipscani branch, 18-20 Lipscani St., Bucharest – 3,
Romania Swift: RNCB ROBU
