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International Scientific Conference: “Identities, Democracy, Borders”
International Scientific Conference: “Identities, Democracy, Borders”

Author(s): Barbora Olejárová
Subject(s): Politics, Political Theory, Political Sciences, Conference Report
Published by: Univerzita Mateja Bela
Keywords: conference report;identities;democracy;borders;

Summary/Abstract: On the 6th and 7th of April 2016, the Faculty of Political Science and International Relations of Matej Bel University hosted an international conference organised within the framework of the Jean Monnet European Research Network entitled Identity, Culture, and Multilingualism Exchanges (EUROMEC). In times of identity crisis in the European Union, the conference aimed to analyse situations, perceptions, attitudes and activities of the citizens of the European Union with respect to identity dynamics and exploration of the bottom-up community building. It also aimed at analysing the impact of policies, programmes, cultural, educational, social, economic, geopolitical, and geo-economics activities of the European institutions on the identity mechanisms of the top-down identity building.

  • Issue Year: 19/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 249-251
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: English