Heroji Treće gimnazije

Author(s): David M. Berman / Language(s): Bosnian

David M. Berman, who interviewed many of Treca Gimnazija's students, teachers, and administrators during the siege of Sarajevo, 1992-1995, as well as after the war, chronicles the human drama of everyday life in a high school operating under the constant threat of enemy guns and mortar fire. These educators and students of Treca Gimnazija tell the stories of their own personal war in the battle for the mind.

Educaţia istorică între discursul politic şi identitar în Republica Moldova

Author(s): Sergiu Musteaţă / Language(s): Romanian

The work is the result of the project Geschichtslehrbücher zwischen politischer Propaganda, nationalistischen Konstruktionen und Wissenschaft. Untersuchungen zur Entwicklung des Schulfaches Geschichte in den posttotalitären Staaten Südosteuropas am Beispiel der Republik Moldau, der Ukraine und Rumänien started in 2005 and completed in 2008, implemented in partnership with „Georg Eckert” Institute for International Analysis of Textbooks and due to the financial support of „Gerda Henkel” Foundation, Germany.The work comprises the following parts: introduction, the role of history in society development, teaching history in the Republic of Moldova – between ideology and propaganda, conclusions and recommendations, sources and bibliography, summary in English and index of names, the main text being enriched with tables, annexes, and pictures.In Chapter I, The Role of History in Society Development, the author approaches several aspects regarding history as science, the relations between history and politics, the right of every citizen for access to authentic history, relations between history education and national identity, the role and importance of history in the system of education, the place of history curriculum in the national system of education and the importance of the school textbook in achievement of the educational objectives.In Chapter II, History Teaching in the Republic of Moldova: Between ideology and political propaganda, the following issues are discussed: the policy of the Communist Party in the Soviet times – pollution of history science, from the national idea to the national curriculum (1988/89-2001), development and publishing of the school history textbooks (1991-2009), history between reform and counter-reform (2001-2009) and history teaching in Transnistria separatist region.The author comes with the list of conclusions and recommendations. In the Republic of Moldova there is no unity and continuity in history teaching. Frequent interventions in history teaching have not allowed forming qualitative history education in citizens. For reconciliation in history teaching and historical content in the Republic of Moldova, some specific steps are to be taken in the following fields: politics, finance, and administration; publishing, curriculum design, and textbook development, as well as printing and dissemination of textbooks. Thus, the author recommends the Government of the Republic of Moldova: to carry out a series of actions through which they will ensure that education is a national priority; to provide a legal and legislative background for qualitative education; to develop mechanisms of public debates on educational policies; to bring contribution to the development of national publishing industry based on the principles of competition; to support research referring to textbook development and assessment; to promote and facilitate exchange of information regarding research in the field of curriculum and educational materials; to develop partnerships among governmental and non-governmental institutions expressed in partnership agreements, as well as agreements between two or more parties in the field of educational policies; to establish forms of regional cooperation in the field of history teaching in order to educate young generations for better understanding between neighbors; to promote mutual understanding among nations that would help understand everybody and fight prejudice and mutual outcast; to facilitate and encourage contacts among professional associations of historians and teachers at both the national and international level in order to allow exchange of experience, ideas, and suggestions on curricula, textbooks, teaching methods, and research in history.

Protecţia patrimoniului arheologic. Studiu comparativ: legislaţia Republicii Moldova şi Statelor Unite ale Americii

Author(s): Sergiu Musteaţă / Language(s): Romanian

This work provides an overview of the legislation that is intended to protect archaeological heritage. It is focused on the most significant legal sources at international, European and national levels. A case study of the legal framework and infrastructure of the cultural heritage in the USA is presented. There is also a list of most useful on-line links of the institutions, documents and journals from Europe and the USA; list of laws on archaeological heritage preservation from the Republic of Moldova, Romania, Ukraine; list of resolutions, recommendations and European conventions; list of decisions, recommendations and international conventions and list of scientific literature. In appendix we added the following laws Law of the Republic of Moldova on protection of the monuments, no. 1530-XII, 22.06.1993, Charter for protection and Management of the Archaeological Heritage, Venice, 1990, European Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (revised), Malta, 1992 and the project of Law of the Republic of Moldova on protection of the archaeological heritage.

O istorie multidimensională a carierelor universitare: instituții, rețele sociale, biografii

Author(s): Sergiu Musteaţă,Diana Ețco,Iulian Gherca,Adrian Vițălaru,Lilia Crudu,Valentin Tomuleţ,Marius Tărîță,Valentin Burlacu,Ion Valer Xenofontov,Lidia Prisac,Ana-Felicia Diaconu,Elena Buzinschi,Gheorghe Calcan,Larisa Noroc,Maria Proca,Andrei Antonov,Valentina Ursu,Valeria Cozma,Liuba Petrenco,Igor Șarov,Valentina Samoilenco,Corina Savițchi,Adriana Cîteia,Adriana Claudia Cîteia,Mariana Rusu / Language(s): Romanian

A collective book on history of the university careers, institutions, social networks, biographies, interviews from the Republic of Moldova

Fără termen de prescripţie. Aspecte ale investigării crimelor comunismului în Europa

Author(s): Vladimir Tismăneanu,Leonidas Donskis,Aigi Rahi-Tamm,Meelis Maripuu,Meelis Saueauk,Raimo Poom,Uve Poom,Matej Medvecký,Pavel Navrátil,Vojtěch Ripka,Vladimir Tolz,Dennis Deletant,Smaranda Vultur,Alina Pavelescu,Cristian Vasile,Octavian Roske,Adrian Cioflâncă,Nikolai Vukov,Octavian Ţîcu,Ion Varta,Tatiana Varta,Gheorghe Negru,Mihai Tașcă,Viorica Olaru-Cemîrtan,Aurelia Felea,Elena Postică,Nicolae Enciu,Sergiu Chircă,Igor Cașu,Ludmila Tihonov,Sergiu Musteaţă,Petru Negură,Demir Dragnev,Pavel Parasca,Igor Șarov,Andrei Cușco / Language(s): Romanian

The book on Communist regimes in Eastern European countries

Arheologia și politicile de protejare a patrimoniului cultural în România.

Author(s): Irina Oberländer-Târnoveanu,Eugen S. Teodor,Marius Mihai Ciută,Sergiu Musteaţă,Elena Loredana Cozma,Alexandru Popa,Vitalie Josanu,Carmen Marian,Dragoş Gheorghiu,Livia Ștefan,Octavian Ciobanu,Katarzyna Jaroszek,Dan Dascălu,Cristina Ciobanu,Laurențiu Marin Dobre / Language(s): Romanian

The book is a collection of papers on archaeological heritage preservation and management in Romania

Two Decades of Development in Post-Soviet States: Successes and Failures

Author(s): Edward W. Walker,Ludmila Coadă,Andrey Chebotaryov,Malkhaz Matsaberidze,Shairbek Dzhuraev,Ivane Tsereteli,Gabriel Micu,Eduard Baidaus,Ciprian Ciuciu,Seyidabas Oglu Abasov,Rasa Čepaitienė,Arman Vardanyan,Tamara Vardanyan-Ayvazyan,Sergiu Musteaţă,Dan Dungaciu,Elizabeth A. Worden,Octavian Ţîcu,Sufian Zhemukov,Zardusht Alizade,Igor Grosu / Language(s): English

The book includes various chapters on post-soviet developments

Basarabia, România şi Geopolitica Marilor Puteri

Author(s): Gabriel Micu / Language(s): Romanian

The book on Bessarabian problem, Romania and Geopolitics of the Great Powers

Biserica Ortodoxa din Basarabia şi Transnistria (1940-2011)

Author(s): / Language(s): Romanian

The on history of Church of Bessarabia and Transnistria (1940-2011)

Of Red Dragons and Evil Spirits. Post-Communist Historiography Between Democratization and New Politics of History

Author(s): / Language(s): English

The collection of well researched chapters assesses the uses and misuses of history 25 years after the collapse of Soviet hegemony in Eastern Europe. As opposed to the emphasis on the recovery of memory or revival of national histories that seemed to be the prevelant historiographical approaches of the 1990s, the last decade has seen a particular set of narratives equating Nazism and communism and so providing opportunities to exonerate wartime collaboration, cast the nation as victim even when its government was allied with Germany, and acknowledge the Jewish Holocaust while obfuscating its meaning and significance.In their comparative analysis the authors are also interested in new practices of performing ‘Europeanness.’ Therefore their presentations of Slovak, Hungarian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Bosnian, Croatian and Slovenian post-communist memory politics move beyond the common national myths in order to provide a new insight into transnational interactions and exchanges in Europe in general. The juxtaposition of these politics, the processes in other parts of Europe, the modes of remembering shaped by displacement and the transnational memory practices enable a close encounter with the divergences and assess the potential of the formation of common, European memory practices.

Human Rights and Accountability. - Serbia 2003 –

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): English

ULJE NA VODI. Ogledi iz istorije sadašnjosti Srbije

Author(s): Dubravka Stojanović / Language(s): Serbian

Kosova: Separate Worlds. Reflections and Analyses 1998

Author(s): Shkëlzen Maliqi / Language(s): English

Published in 1998 by Dukagjini Publishing House (Prishtina) // "I had not planned to write this book. It gathers a number of articles that deal with current (1998!) aspects of the problem of Kosova and the Balkan crisis in general. The selection of articles is perhaps not as representative as it could have been; out of hundreds that I have published since the mid- 1980s to today, included in this book are only those that were translated into English. Still, I hope that this selection of articles will be useful to specialists dealing with the Balkan crisis and the Albanian question, as well as to journalists and those interested in learning more about the essence of the processes underway. // For those with a wider interest, I have included two texts that deal with Kosova's art scene in the 1990's as well as an interview containing autobiographical references and information in which internal political and spiritual currents among Kosova Albanians overlap." (Shkelzen Maliqi)

Moldova on the Way to Democracy and Stability. From the Post-Soviet Space towards the World of Democratic Values

Author(s): Igor Munteanu,Romaniţa Berghia-Revenco,Iulian Chifu,Iulian Fruntașu,Nicolae Chirtoacă,Valeriu Prohniţchi,Dan Dungaciu,Ion Naval,Radu Gorincioi / Language(s): English

Since the disintegration of the USSR in 1991, Republic of Moldova has made clear progress towards the consolidation of its state, of its military and civil institutions, making itself notable on the geopolitical map of Europe. However, Moldova seems to be still scarcely present on the mental maps of the decision-makers from the West. Unlike the Baltic nations, that embedded themselves into the mind of the European public as a cohesive group of free nations, distinct from their poorer neighbors (Belarussians, Russians or Ukrainians, whit their more violent history after the disintegration of the Soviet Union), Moldova was approached with prudence if not completely neglected so that when important EU officials have remembered, after 2003, about the post-soviet origins of this republic, the Chisinau diplomacy felt offended. // The book provides a conceptual and analytic foundation for addressing the agenda of the security sector reform in Moldova. Given the tremendous tasks that have challenged Moldova in the last decade we all expect that the energy and commitment of its political, economic and cultural elites will be at least equivalent to it. By “anatomizing”, these crisis-prone issues have invited us to reflect upon their complex interdependence, as well as towards effective policies in Moldova.

Виклики національного самовизначення

Author(s): Maksym Rozumnyi / Language(s): Ukrainian

National self-determination is interpreted as a complex process of selforganization of society, which follows the path of modernization. This process includes the nationalization of the collective consciousness, democratization of the political life and integration into existing international relations and communications. Each of these tasks requires innovative approach of the national leaders and elites, their good will and unique intelligent solutions. Some of these ideas and decisions are offered by the author for a public debate and close examination. The book is based on the author’s publications in the media and academic magazines. The book is addressed to the active citizens and fellow researchers in the field of humanities and social sciences.

Трансформація спеціальних служб постсоціалістичних країн Європи

Author(s): V. O. Palivoda / Language(s): Ukrainian

After the Second World War in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, which came under the influence of the USSR, the creation of special services was on the Soviet model (with some national features) and with the help of advisers from Moscow. In different years, the security agencies of these countries had NKVD-MGB-KGB offices of the USSR, which later also performed the function of coordinating the activities of special services in the Warsaw Pact countries (hereinafter - ATS). // The processes that took place in the Soviet Union in the late 1980s directly affected the states of the so-called socialist commonwealth. By 1991, anti-communist opposition had come to power in virtually all of these states, and the new governments set out to form a multiparty system and a democratic society, accompanied by the transformation of the special services.

Two Years of the Dream. Georgian Foreign Policy during the Transition

Author(s): S. Neil MacFarlane / Language(s): English

Despite some stumbles, the Georgian Dream government has managed to make considerable progress on most of its foreign policy objectives. Relations with Russia have improved significantly, reopening an important trading relationship. At the same time, relations with Western institutions have deepened. Georgia initialled an association agreement with the EU in November 2013. Partly prompted by the crisis in Ukraine, the EU accelerated the process that led to signature of the agreement in June 2014, which the European Parliament ratified in December. This happened without the kind of interference from Russia that Armenia and Ukraine experienced over the same issue. In addition, although Georgia failed to obtain the NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) that it had sought at the organization’s September 2014 summit, NATO agreed to enhance cooperation with it. At the same time, the government has delivered on popular demands for members of the previous government to be held to account for alleged corruption and abuse of power. This is a puzzlingly positive outcome, which this paper seeks to explain. The paper begins with a brief discussion of the background to Georgian Dream’s electoral success. It then analyses the major challenges Georgian Dream faced in foreign policy and its performance in dealing with them. The paper concludes by considering how sustainable this success is, given that it is due mostly to factors outside Georgia’s control. // A CHATHAM HOUSE PUBLICATION, PUBLISHED BY THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Public Dialog in Belarus: from Grass-Roots Democracy to Civic Participation

Author(s): Uladzimir Matskevich / Language(s): English

The book continues the “Belarus for Beginners” series and deals with the problem of organizing political dialog in Belarus. The book studies successively a number of questions which lie in the foundation of this problem: from the differentiation of the notions “people” and “society” — to the specificity of public communication and dialog organization principles. Much attention is given to the analysis of the Belarusan forms and precedents of the solution of this problem. As an annex to this book, there is Olga Smolyanko’s analytical material on the legal regulation of the activity of public advisory councils in Belarus. The book is aimed at setting a reflective and reasonable attitude to the organization of public dialog in Belarus, suggesting notions, categories, and schemes for an activity attitude to this process. The book is intended for public, cultural, and political figures, as well as everybody who is interested in the adequate understanding of the processes that take place in Belarusan society.

Katarza i katarakta

Author(s): Miodrag Stanisavljević / Language(s): Serbian

This book (almost) completes the mosaic. Under the common title Catharsis and Cataracts, all the aforementioned units have been brought together, which speak of a "wolf time" with whose legacy we are entering the new millennium. And the question is how much longer Miodrag Stanisavljević will have to follow the traces of that legacy, decipher its metamorphoses, call for caution, and awaken our dormant conscience.

Koren zla

Author(s): Ivan Stambolić / Language(s): Serbian

The disappearance of Ivan Stambolic, former President of Serbia, on August 25, 2000, on the eve of major political changes in Serbia, is a political crime of the first order. The equal indifference of both the previous and current regimes towards this unique crime does not allow for a clear line to be drawn between them - political, legal and moral. The suspicion is deeper, the revolt restrained but more concentrated. Hence it is a mere illusion that the memory of the crime against Ivan Stambolic will fade away in the gloomy landscape of today's Serbia, or that it will be drowned in a great criminal enterprise. On the contrary, the anatomy of this individual crime is important not only as a grain of truth in the past and present, but also as a sign of the times to come.