Conference
Europe as viewed from the margins.
From World War I to Present
December 12-14, 2007
’Grigore Gafencu’ Study Centre for the History of International Relations
“Valahia” University of Târgoviste, Romania
1st Annual Grigore Gafencu Centre Conference
Organizing Committee:
Professor Ion Stanciu, Chair of Organizing Committee, Director, Grigore Gafencu Research Centre for the History of International Relations
Lecturer Dr. Silviu Miloiu, Coordinator of the Conference, Grigore Gafencu Research Centre for the History of International Relations
Lecturer Dr. Iulian Oncescu, Coordinator of the Conference, Grigore Gafencu Research Centre for the History of International Relations
Elena Dragomir, Helsinki University
Tuomas Hovi, Turku University
Tapani Kaakkuriniemi, Helsinki University
Cigden Ustun, Middle East
Technical
University of Ankara
Program Chairs:
Lecturer Dr. Silviu Miloiu, Grigore Gafencu Research Centre for the History of International Relations
Lecturer Dr. Iulian Oncescu, Grigore Gafencu Research Centre for the History of International Relations
Publication Chairs:
Professor Ion Stanciu, Grigore Gafencu Research Centre for the History of International Relations
Lecturer Dr. Silviu Miloiu, Grigore Gafencu Research Centre for the History of International Relations
Lecturer Dr. Iulian Oncescu, Grigore Gafencu Research Centre for the History of International Relations
Reception Committee:
Sergiu Baroian
Marius Grigoriu
Roxana Vasile
Wednesday 12 December
11.00 – 15.30 Registration of the participants - Grigore Gafencu Centre Conference Room, Building D, Ground Floor (Address: Lt. Stancu Ion Street, No. 33/35)
12.00 – 14.00
Lunch
14.00 - 14.15 Amphitheatre J 2 (Address: Lt. Stancu Ion Street, No. 33/35)
Opening Speech
Professor Ion Stanciu
Chair of Organizing Committee
14.15 - 15.30 Amphitheatre J 2 (Address: Lt. Stancu Ion Street, No. 33/35)
Keynote Session I
Chair:
Catalin Turliuc
Silviu Miloiu
Europe as seen from the margins: An East-Central European Perspective. The curriculum of a project
Ion Calafeteanu
Grigore Gafencu and the Hague European Congress (1948)
Tapani Kaakkuriniemi
The idea of the Northern Dimension in EU-Russian relations
Alina Timoasca
Rethinking EU frontiers:
Romania's contribution to the European Neighborhood Policy
15.30 – 16.00
Coffee break
16.00 – 17.30 Amphitheatre J 2 (Address: Lt. Stancu Ion Street, No. 33/35)
Session 1
Chair:
Tapani Kaakkuriniemi
Cezar Stanciu
With or without the Western Allies? Romanian policy towards Great Britain in the aftermath of World War II
Mioara Anton
From East to West. Romania’s way out of the Soviet sphere of influence: 1960-1965
Cosmin Popa
The Communist Camp. The USSR’s failure in Eastern Europe
Vlad Alexandru Puscasu
Main Political Differences between East and West Europe: The Communism
16.00 – 17.30 Grigore Gafencu Centre Conference Room, Building D, Ground Floor (Address: Lt. Stancu Ion Street, No. 33/35)
Session 2
Chair:
Ion Ciuperca, Iulian Oncescu
Florin Anghel
About strangers and unknowns. Romanian political elites towards Lithuania in the first years of Independence after 1918
Silviu Miloiu
New wine in old bottles. The League of Nations from hopes to disillusion: Baltic perspectives
Oana Laculiceanu
A glance towards the North. The "Danish model" in Romanian social and economic organization in the interwar period
17.30 Excursion in Targoviste
20.00 Reception
Thursday 13 December
8.30 – 9.15 Registration of the participants - Grigore Gafencu Centre Conference Room, Building D, Ground Floor (Address: Lt. Stancu Ion Street, No. 33/35)
9.15 – 11.00 Amphitheatre J 2 (Address: Lt. Stancu Ion Street, No. 33/35)
Session 3
Chair:
Florin Anghel
Dinu Balan
Romania - a periphery of Europe? Confession and Nation in the period from the First World War to the Second World War
Raul MichaelCarstocea
A Marginal Group on Europe’s Margin: Anti-Semitism in Romania from the Congress of Berlin to „The Legion of the Archangel Michael”
Radu Bruja
Romanian Minorities in the National Renaissance Front
Nicolae Razvan Mitu
National Political Programs in Central and South-Eastern Europe. Myth and reality
9.15 – 11.00 Grigore Gafencu Centre Conference Room, Building D, Ground Floor (Address: Lt. Stancu Ion Street, No. 33/35)
Session 4
Chair
Ustun Cigdem
Bogdan Schipor
A British Initiative in Peace and War. The Balkan Bloc of Neutrals in 1939
Emanuel Plopeanu
Looking to West: Considerations about the significance of Turkey’s adhesion to NATO
Elena Dragomir
Preparing the CSCE: Romanian definitions and perceptions on European security
11.00-11.30
Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 Amphitheatre J 2 (Address: Lt. Stancu Ion Street, No. 33/35)
Session 5
Chair
Mioara Anton
Ion Stanciu
The perception of Western Capital Investment as a Sharing Reality up to 1916
Catalin Turliuc
Mirror’s Distorsion. Nationalism, Modernisation and Borderlands in Central Eastern Europe
Tuomas Hovi
Romania as seen through Dracula tourism
Ana-Maria Iuliana Oteanu
Are we there yet? Socio-Cultural Aspects of Romanian International Labour Migration after 1990
11.30 – 13.00 Grigore Gafencu Centre Conference Room, Building D, Ground Floor (Address: Lt. Stancu Ion Street, No. 33/35)
Session 6
Chair:
Dinu Balan
Iulian Oncescu
Opinion Publique et Opinion Politique Roumaine pendant la Guerre Franco-Prussienne (1870-1871)
Nicoleta Ciachir
A Bulgarian vision of Western Europe
Gheorghe Sbarna
The Bucharest Interparliamentary Conference (1931). New social and political perspectives in constructing Europe of tomorrow
Ovidiu Basceanu
Considerazioni, guardando lo sviluppo industriale d’Italia e Romania nella seconda mezzo di ottocento fino a prima guerra mondiale; convergenze e differenze
13.00-15.00
Lunch
Keynote Session II Amphitheatre J 2 (Address: Lt. Stancu Ion Street, No. 33/35)
15.00 – 17.00
Chair
Alina Timoasca
Ustun Cigdem
Love and Hate relationship between Turkey and Europe: A historical analysis of Turkey’s relations with Europe
Simona Stefanescu
Europe as Social Representations
Sergiu Miscoiu
Radicalism, Contestation, Rebellion: An Incursion into the Other Europe through a Research Project
Constantin Viorel Mihai
Retrouver l’Europe - une approche des bénéficiaires roumains des programmes communautaires pendant la période postcommuniste
17.30 Excursion in Targoviste
20.00 Reception
Friday 14 December
Roundtable Session
9.30 – 11.00 Grigore Gafencu Centre Conference Room, Building D, Ground Floor (Address: Lt. Stancu Ion Street, No. 33/35)
Romania and Bulgaria as new EU members: European and Regional Perspectives
11.00-11.30
Coffee break
11.30 – 12.00
Book Presentation:
Europe as viewed from the margins (1918-1945), eds. Ion Stanciu, Silviu Miloiu, Iulian Oncescu
Closing Session
12.00 – 12.30 Amphitheatre J 2 (Address: Lt. Stancu Ion Street, No. 33/35)
Silviu Miloiu
Grigore
Gafencu
Research Centre for the History of International Relations
Coordinator of the Conference | 
