Workshop

The Nexus between Democracy, Collective Identity Formation and Enlargement

WP 8 - Identity Formation and Enlargement

Prague, 6-7 May 2011

Workshop organisers: Zdenka Mansfeldova and Petra Guasti (Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic) in cooperation with Jagiellonian University, Krakow

The workshop is organised within the framework of RECON's work package 'Identity Formation and Enlargement'. Read more on the research objectives of WP 8, and on the overall research objectives of RECON.

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Friday, 6 May 2011
09:30	Opening of the workshop Zdenka Mansfeldova, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and Zdzisɫaw Mach, Jagiellonian University, Krakow
09:45-10:00	Coffee break
10:00-13:00	Panel 1: New theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of Europeanization
	Chair: Ulrike Liebert, CEuS, University of Bremen Q-sort Methodology, Common Identity Patterns, and RECON Models David Skully, Jagiellonian University, Krakow Identity Patterns among Polish University Students: A Q-methodology Study Report Olga Brzezinska and Beata Czajkowska, Jagiellonian University, Krakow Collective Identity Patterns among Hungarian University Students: Q-study Erika Kurucz, Corvinus University, Budapest Structured Diversity: Patterns of European Collective Identities in Comparative Perspective Rosemarie Sackmann, Jean Monnet Centre, Bremen Discussant: Petra Guasti, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
13:15-15:00	Lunch break
15:00-16:45	Panel 2: Changing Patterns of Collective Identity Formation and the EU Enlargement
	Chair: Petra Guasti, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Not Just a Nation Set in Stone. The Undercurrents that are Making the National Structure more Porous Marcin Galent and Paweɫ Kubicki, Jagiellonian University, Krakow Feeling European: Elite versus Mass Tomas Lacina Discussant: Zdzisław Mach, Jagiellonian University, Krakow
16:45-17:00	Coffee break
19:00	Dinner
Saturday, 7 May 2011
09:15	Arrival/coffee
09:30-11:30	Panel 3: Interplay between collective identity formation and democracy
	Chair: Zdenka Mansfeldova, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Transformation of Collective Identities in Europe and Democracy Magdalena Gora and Zdzisław Mach, Jagiellonian University, Krakow Axiological Aspects of mediated Identity: The Interplay among Politicians and Media during European Elections '09 in Poland Jacek Kolodziej, Jagiellonian University, Krakow National Identity in Comparative Perspective Petra Guasti, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Discussant: Aleksandra Sojka, University of Granada
11:30-12:00	Coffee break
12:00-13:30	Final Panel Discussion
	Zdzisław Mach, Jagiellonian University, Krakow / Magdalena Góra, Jagiellonian University, Krakow Petra Guasti, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Zdenka Mansfeldova, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Ulrike Liebert, CEuS, University of Bremen Aleksandra Sojka, University of Granada Followed by a discussion of practical aspects such as publications and other outcomes, as well as of the finalization of WP 8.
14:00	Lunch
19:00	Dinner

For further information, please contact Petra R. Guasti (Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic): petra.rakusanova[at]soc.cas.cz