VLADISLAV B. SOTIROVIC, Ph.D.

Academic activities by Vladislav B. Sotirovic

updated on 2009-06-28

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:

Participant at the International Conference and Festival "European Union and Cultural Heritage of Byzantium: History and Future", June 19-25, 2009, Vilnius, Lithuania, organized by the Greek Society of Lithuania - "Pontos" with the research paper presentation "The Battle of Manzikert (1071): The Beginning of Decline of Byzantium"

Lecturer at the 4th International Summer School "Challenges of Democracy in Post-Communist Europe: National Identity", Vilnius, Lithuania, organized by Dept. of Political Science, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania, June 14-21, 2009. Lecture: "Balkan Nationalism and Destruction of Yugoslavia"

Visiting lecturer at the Institute of European Studies and International Relations, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciencies at Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia, March 30-April 3, 2009, giving lectures to Ph.D. and B.A. students: "Balkan Nationalism and Destruction of Yugoslavia", "Kosovo, Serbia and EU", "Nationalism, Ethnicity and State" (sponsored by ERASMUS/SOCRATES Program)

Visiting lecturer at the Institute of Political Sciences at Grenoble, November 17, 2008, Grenoble, France, giving lectures to B.A./M.A. students: "Linguistic Nationalism in Contemporary Europe" and "Destruction of Yugoslavia"

Paper presenter at the "11^th Annual Mediterranean Studies Association Congress", May 28-31, 2008, Luneburg, Germany. The congress is organized by the Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA. The paper presentation: "Turkey, Greece, Italy and Security in the Mediterranean Area"

Visiting lecturer at the Porto University, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science, May 12-16, 2008, Porto, Portugal, giving lectures to BA students: "Multicultural Society and Minority Rights" and "Globalization" (sponsored by ERASMUS/SOCRATES Program)

Visiting lecturer at the Lisbon University, Faculty of Law, May 5-11, 2008, Lisbon, Portugal, giving lectures to BA students: "European Integration Processes" and "Globalization" (sponsored by ERASMUS/SOCRATES Program)

Paper presenter at the 2^nd Annual Conference of the Open Society Institute-Central European University Comparative History Project: "New Approaches to Comparative History in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe", April 17-19^th, 2008, Sofia, Bulgaria. The paper presentation: "The Idea of Pan-Slavic Ethnolinguistic Kinship and Reciprocity in Dalmatian and Croatian Literature and Historiography, 1477-1706

Visiting lecturer at the Warsaw University, Eastern Winter School 2008 at the East European Studies Programme organised by the East European Collegium, Wroclaw, March 1-10^th, 2008, Poland. Lectured course: "National, Ethnic and Political Backgrounds of the Balkan Conflicts" (sponsored by the Warsaw University)

Visiting lecturer at the University of Tartu, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science, November 26-30, 2007, Tartu, Estonia, giving seminars-lectures to BA/MA students: "Balkan Nationalism and the Destruction of Yugoslavia" and "Macedonian Question in Historical Perspective, 1878-2007". Given a public lecture (by the invitation of EuroCollege of the University of Tartu): "Post-Milosevic Serbia and the Question of Kosovo" on November 28^th, 2007 (sponsored by ERASMUS/SOCRATES Program)

Paper presenter at the Third international conference: "The Recent Development of the European Union: Challenges and Experience", October 11-12, 2007, Klaipeda, Lithuania. The conference is organized by the Baltic Sea Region University Network, the University of Klaipeda and the Vilnius University. The paper presentation: "The European Union and the European Identity"

Paper presenter at international conference: "European Union and Cultural Heritage of Byzantium: History and Future", June 22-27, 2007, Vilnius, Lithuania. The conference is organized by the Greek society in Lithuania - "Pontos". The paper presentation: "The Triumph of Christianity in the Early Byzantium"

Paper presenter at the international Vishegrad 4 conference: "Processes of Redefinition and Reconstruction of the Term Nation in Central Europe", June 8-9, 2007, Telch, Czech Republic. The conference is organized by Center for Research of Ethnicity and Culture (CVEK), Bratislava, Slovakia and Institute for the Research on Social Reproduction and Integration (IVRIS), Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. The paper presentation: "Making Boshnjak Ethnonational Identity by Creation of Bosnian Language in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Sandzak, 1993-2007"

Paper presenter at the international conference: "European Studies: Dialects and Language Policy", April 27-28, 2007, Siauliai, Lithuania. The conference is organized by European Studies Institute, Humanities Faculty at the Siauliai University. The paper presentation: "Disintegration of Serbo-Croat Language and Linguistic Policy in Bosnia & Herzegovina: Making Boshnjak Ethnonational Identity by Transformation of Regional Dialect into Bosnian Language"

Paper presenter at the international conference: "Representation and Formation of National and Civic Identity Nowadays", April 26-27, 2007, Kaunas, Lithuania. The conference is organized by the Department of Lithuanian Literature, Humanities Science Faculty, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas. The paper presentation: "Making Boshnjak Ethnonational Identity by Creation of Bosnian Language in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Sandzak, 1993-2007"

Visiting lecturer at the Warsaw University, Eastern Winter School 2007 at the East European Studies Programme organised by the East European Collegium, Wroclaw, March 1-10^th, 2007, Poland. Lectured course: "The Politics of the Borderlands of Central, East and Southeast Europe from Pre- to Post-Communism" (sponsored by the Warsaw University)

Visiting lecturer at the University of Tartu, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science, February 12-16, 2007, Tartu, Estonia. Lectured course: "Balkan Nationalism and the Destruction of Yugoslavia". Given a public lecture: "Serbia's Political Scene and Future of Regional Security" on February 13^th, 2007 (sponsored by ERASMUS/SOCRATES Program)

Paper presenter at the international conference: "Current Theoretical and Practical Tendencies in the Russian Studies", May 12-13, 2006, Klaipeda, Lithuania. The conference is organized by the Slavonic Centre of the Klaipeda University, Russian State University "I. Kant", Kaliningrad, and Russian General Consulate in Klaipeda. The paper presentation: "Balkans and Russian national interest: Russia Between Euro-Atlantics integration and the myth of pan-Slavic solidarity, reciprocity and brotherhood"

Paper presenter at the Second International Conference: "Nation and Language: Modern Aspects of Socio-Linguistic Development", April 28, 2006, Panevezys, Lithuania. The conference is organized by Kaunas University of Technology, Panevezys Institute, Faculty of Management and Administration, Centre of Languages. The paper presentation: "The Croatian National Revival Movement (The 'Illyrian Movement') and the Question of Language in the Phase from 1830 to 1841"

Visiting lecturer at the European Studies, Institute for Political Science, University of Hannover, February 4-11, 2006, Hannover, Germany. Lectured course: "Balkans in International Relations, 19-20^th, cc."

Paper presenter at the international conference "Organizations of National Minorities: Cultural Aspect", November 18, 2005, Kaunas, Lithuania. The conference is organized by the Cultural Center of Kaunas Various Nations. Paper presentation: "The Role of the Serbian Orthodox Church in the protection of minorities and 'minor' religious communities in Serbia and Montenegro"

Academic Ph.D. supervisor to Ph.D. candidate Rene Barba Para (Mexico) at Vilnius University, Lithuania, from September 2005 to September 2006. Ph.D. dissertation: "The role of Slobodan Milosevic in Yugoslav crisis 1991-1995"

Paper presenter at the Third International Conference in Stateless Cultures ("The Weakest Minorities: Reconstructing Europe of Local Cultures"), May 13-14, 2005, Vilnius, Lithuania. The conference is organized by the Center for Stateless Cultures, Faculty of History at the Vilnius University, Lithuania. Paper presentation: "Roma Holocaust in Central and Southeast Europe, 1939-1945"

Paper presenter at the international conference "Inheritance of the Byzantine Culture", Vilnius, Lithuania, March 18-19, 2005. The paper presentation: "The Balkans: Crossroads of civilizations and political spheres of influences". Conference organized by the Greek society in Lithuania

Monthly archival research at the Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest, Hungary upon the dissolution of Yugoslavia, 1990-1995, January 5-February 5, 2005

Paper presenter at international conference "Recent Pasts: Looking Back, 2003-1933" at Institute for Political Research, University of Bucharest in Bucharest, Romania, May 21-23, 2004. The paper presentation: "Emigration, Refugees and Ethnic Cleansing During Yugoslavia's Disintegration: Ethnic Nationalism and Creation of the National States". The conference is organized by Pasts, Inc. Centar for Historical Studies, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

Paper presenter at the seminar "Inheritance of the Byzantine Culture", Vilnius, Lithuania, April 26, 2004. The paper presentation: "Byzantium and the Fourth Crusade". Seminar is organized by the Greek society in Lithuania

Research at the Library of Central European University and Open Society Archives at Central European University, Budapest, Hungary, on creation of Albanian independent state at the beginning of the 20^th c. sponsored by Special and Extension Programs-Central European University, July 3-August 3, 2003

Paper presenter in the "Workshop for new Doctoral Research on the History of Southeast Europe", Sofia, Bulgaria, June 26-28, 2003. The workshop is organized by the Center for Democracy and Reconciliation in Southeast Europe, Thessaloniki, Greece and the Centre for Advanced Study, Sofia, Bulgaria. The paper presentation: "The Lingustic Model of the Definition of the Serbian Nation by Vuk Stefanovic Karadzic and the Project of the Creation of a Linguistically-Determined Serbian National State by Ilija Garasanin"

Paper presenter in the Early Modern Panels of a Conference for Young Scholars in the Humanities: "Statehood Beyond Ethnicity: Comparative and Trans-National Perspectives in Europe", Fleminsberg near Stockholm, Sweden, June 13-14, 2003. The conference is organized by Sodertorns hogskola, University College, Fleminsberg near Stockholm, Sweden. Paper presentation: "The Idea of Greater Croatia in the Seventeenth-Century"

Paper presenter in the Second International Conference in Stateless Cultures, December 4-6, 2002, Vilnius, Lithuania. The conference is organized by the Center for Stateless Cultures, Faculty of History at the Vilnius University, Lithuania. Paper presentation: "Stateless Minority Threatened with Extinction: The Vlachs/Aromani in the Balkans"

Paper presenter in the panel No. 68 "Language Nationalism and Globalization" in the Special Convention "Nationalism, Identities and Regional Co-operation: Compatibilities and Incompatibilities", June 4-9, 2002, Forli, Italy, organized by the Centro per l' Europa Centro Orientale e Balcanica, the Association for the Study of Nationalities and held under the auspices of the Europe and the Balkans International Network, with the participation of the Italian Association for Slavic Studies and the European Association for Comparative Economic Systems, Bologna University and the Municipality of Forli. Paper presentation: "A Linguistic Model of Serbian National Identity and the Creation of Ethnolinguistic State of Serbs"

Speaker in the conference "Balkan Conflicts" with the research paper "Serbian Question" and the Collapse of Yugoslavia, organized by Vytautas Magnus University, March 8, 2002, Kaunas, Lithuania

Speaker in the conference "Religion and Culture" with the research paper The Role of Patriarchate of Pec in Preservation of Serbian National and Cultural Identity within the Ottoman Empire, organized by the Center for Religious Studies, Vilnius University, February 28-March 1, 2002, Vilnius, Lithuania

Speaker in the international conference "Beginnings and Ends of Emigration: Life without Borders in Contemporary World" with the speech and research-paper Emigration, Refugees and Ethnic Cleansing in Yugoslavia 1991-2001 in the Context of Transforming Ethnographical Borders into National-State Borders, organized by Vytautas Magnus University, Faculty of Social Sciences Vytautas Kavolis Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Kaunas and The Lithuanian Emigration Institute, Kaunas, Lithuania, November 22-23, 2001, Kaunas, Lithuania

Guest lecturer at the Department of Classical Philology, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania with the topics 1) Political and Cultural Foundations of the Byzantine Empire, 2) Nations and Languages in the Early Byzantium and 3) Christianity and Religious Sects in the Early Byzantine State, February 14, 21 and March 14, 2002

Key speaker and the leader of the public seminar International Terrorism and Contemporary Balkan Security, Vilnius University, Faculty of History, Center for Stateless Cultures, October 16, 2001, Vilnius, Lithuania

Speaker in the international seminar "Multilinguistic Europe: Past, Present, Future" with the speech and research-paper Linguistic Nationalism in Contemporary Europe, organized by Department of National Minorities and Lithuanians Living Abroad to Government of Republic of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania, October 4, 2001

Key speaker and the leader of the public seminar South Tyrolean Question, Vilnius University, Faculty of History, Center for Stateless Cultures, May 1, 2001, Vilnius, Lithuania

Participant in professional training programme ogranized by Curriculum Resource Center, Central European University, Budapest College, Budapest, Hungary, March 26-30, 2001

Key speaker and the leader of the public seminar The Balkans: Meeting Ground and Melting Pot of Ethnic Minorities, Vilnius University, Faculty of History, Center for Stateless Cultures, March 20, 2001, Vilnius, Lithuania

Key speaker and the leader of M. A. seminar Serbian Nationalism and Destruction of Yugoslavia, Vilnius University, Institute of International Relations and Political Science, November 21, 2000, Vilnius, Lithuania

Participant with the paper about Serbian linguistic nationalism in the Summer Academy "Regions and Minorities in a Greater Europe 2000", organized by European Academy Bozen/Bolzano, Brixen/Bressanone, South Tyrol (Alto Adige), Italy, September 4-15, 2000

Participant of UASEC (University Association for Contemporary European Studies, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS) 30^th Anniversary Conference and Fifth Research Conference, co-organised with the Central European University, April 6-8, 2000, Budapest, Hungary

Participant of the Conference "Democratization in Theory and Practice in Eastern Europe" co-orgnized by the European University Institute, Robert Schuman Centre, Florence, Italy, and University of Melbourne, Australia, with the research- report/analysing paper The process of democratization and Yugoslavia, October 25-November 2, 1998, Florence, Italy

Academia 2

Grenoble, France, 2008: Teaching Room

1. ASN Conference (Draft Programme) "Globalization, Nationalism and Ethnic Conflicts in the Balkans and its Regional Context", Belgrade, September 28th - 30th, 2006.

Link: http://www.freewebs.com/oplenac/ASN Conference in Belgrade 2006.pdf

2. Conference Programme, Kaunas, 2007 04 26-27

"REPRESENTATION AND FORMATION OF NATIONAL AND CIVIC IDENTITY

NOWADAYS"/VYTAUTO DIDZIOJO UNIVERSITETAS, HUMANITARINIU

MOKSLU FAKULTETAS, LIETUVIU

LITERATUROS KATEDRA, Tarptautine moksline konferencija,

"TAUTINIO IR PILIETINIO IDENTITETO REPREZENTACIJA

IR FORMAVIMAS SIANDIEN"

Link: http://www.freewebs.com/oplenac/Kaunas conference 2007 programme.doc

3. Conference Programme, June 8-9, 2007, Telc, Czech Republic

" Processes of redefinition and reconstruction

of the term nation in Central Europe",

International Vth conference organized jointly by

Center for the Research of Ethnicity and Culture Bratislava (CVEK) and

Institute for the Reproduction and Integration of Society (IVRIS)

Link: http://www.freewebs.com/oplenac/Telc conference program preliminary.doc (preliminary programme)

Link: http://www.freewebs.com/ovsiste/Telc conference final program.pdf (final programme)

V. B. Sotirovic's paper presentation:

Link: http://www.freewebs.com/oplenac/Boshnjak identity and Bosnian language.doc

4. Letter of invitation to the conference:

Warsaw East European Conference titled

"DEMOCRACY vs.

AUTHORITARIANISM POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL CONTEXT",

Warsaw, Poland, on 15th-18th of July 2007.

Link: http://www.freewebs.com/oplenac/Leter of Invitation for Poland 2007.pdf

5. Conference Programme, October 11-12th, 2007, Klaipeda, Lithuania

The 3rd International Scientific Conference:

"The Recent Development of the European Union": Challenges and Experience",

organized by the Klaipeda University, Lithuania

Link: http://www.freewebs.com/oplenac/Conference programme for Klaipeda 2007.doc

6. Letter of Invitation to Teach a Course in 2007 at the Charles University in Prague, the Czech Republic

Link: http://www.freewebs.com/ovsiste/Invitation to Prague 2007.pdf.partial

7. Programme of the International Conference: "European Union and Cultural Heritage of Byzantium: History and Future", June 22-27, 2007, Vilnius, Lithuania. The Conference is Organized by the Greek society in Lithuania - "Pontos"

Link: http://www.freewebs.com/ovsiste/Byzantine conference Vilnius 2007 programme.doc

8. Letter of invitation to teach courses at Porto University, Portugal (May 2008)

Link: http://www.freewebs.com/meraklija/Letter of Invitation to Porto.pdf

9. Letter of invitation to take participation at scientific conference in Armavir, Krasnodar Region, Russia, 28-29 February 2008

Link: http://www.freewebs.com/meraklija/Letter of Invitation to Russia.doc

10. Letter of invitation to take participation at scientific conference in Klaipeda, Lithuania, October 2-3, 2008

Link: http://www.freewebs.com/meraklija/Sotirovic invitation to Klaipeda 2008.doc

11. Visiting lecturer at the Warsaw University, Eastern Winter School 2008 at the East European Studies Programme organised by the East European Collegium, Wroclaw, March 1-10, 2008, Poland. Lectured course: "National, Ethnic and Political Backgrounds of the Balkan Conflicts" (sponsored by the Warsaw University)

Letter of Invitation: Invitation za WSZ 2008.pdf

Programme of the Winter School: Program WSZ 2008.pdf

Proposed courses to teach: List of Courses 2008.pdf

Syllabus of the lectured course: Syllabus 2008.pdf

12. Letter of Invitation to the Sofia 2008 Conference in April 2008, Sofia, Bulgaria

Link: http://www.freewebs.com/shatornja/Sotirovic invitation to Sofia 2008.pdf

13. LETTER OF INVITATION TO LUNEBURG CONFERENCE, MAY 2008, GERMANY

Link: http://www.freewebs.com/shatornja/Luneburg.pdf

14. LETTER OF INVITATION TO KOPER CONFERENCE, DECEMBER 2008, SLOVENIA

Link: http://www.freewebs.com/shatornja/Invitation to Koper.PDF

15. LETTER OF INVITATION TO COMENIUS UNIVERSITY IN BRATISLAVA, APRIL 2009, SLOVAKIA

Link: http://www.freewebs.com/shatornja/Comenius University Invitation.JPG

16. LETTER OF INVITATION TO KLAIPEDA CONFERENCE, October 2009, Lithuania

Link: http://lepenica.webs.com/Klaipeda invitation October 2009.pdf

17. LETTER OF INVITATION TO SARDINIA CONFERENCE, May 2009, Italy

Link: http://lepenica.webs.com/MSA Sardinia 2009.pdf

18. LETTER OF INVITATION TO LAVOV CONFERENCE, May 2009, Ukraine

Link: http://lepenica.webs.com/Lavov 2009.bmp

19. MYKOLAS ROMERIS UNIVERSITY'S SUMMER SCHOOL'S PROGRAMME, VILNIUS, JUNE 2009

Link: http://shatornja.webs.com/Summer School at Mykolo Romeris University Vilnius 2009 Program.pdf

20. BYZANTINE CONFERENCE'S PROGRAMME, VILNIUS, JUNE 2009

Link: http://shatornja.webs.com/Byzantine Conference Vilnius 2009 Program.pdf

21. LETTER OF INVITATION TO TAMPERE UNIVERSITY, FINLAND, TO TEACH A COURSE, September/October 2009

Link: http://shatornja.webs.com/Invitation.for Tampere in Finland.pdf

Academia 3

Plitvice, visited in 1997 during the academic trip through the Western Balkans organised by the Central European University in Budapest

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1. HANNOVER, GERMANY

Visiting lecturer at the European Studies, Institute for Political Science, University of Hannover, February 4–11, 2006, Hannover, Germany. Lectured course: “Balkans in International Relations, 19–20^th, cc.”. Given a public lecture: “Emigration, Refugees and Ethnic Cleansing in Yugoslavia between 1991 and 2000” on February 7^th, 2006 (sponsored by ERASMUS/SOCRATES Program)

Old Town Hall

Lutheran Church

Hannover down town

Old Town Pharmacy

Lutheran Church

Hannover University

Hannover down town

Hannover down town. A square in front of the main Lutheran church

Hannover down town

Hannover down town main Lutheran church

Hannover Old Town Hall

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2. TARTU & TALLINN, ESTONIA

Visiting lecturer at the University of Tartu, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science, February 12–16, 2007, Tartu, Estonia. Lectured course: “Balkan Nationalism and the Destruction of Yugoslavia”. Given a public lecture: “Serbia’s Political Scene and Future of Regional Security” on February 13^th, 2007 (sponsored by ERASMUS/SOCRATES Program)

Tartu University - the main building

Tartu University inside

Tartu down town - Lutheran church

Tartu down town

Tartu Town Hall

Tartu down town

Tartu

Tartu Russian Orthodox Church

Tallinn - the Parliament (back side)

Tallinn - the Parliament (front side)

Tallinn Old Town

Old Town Hall in Tallinn

Tallin Old Town Hall Square

Tallinn Old Town

Tallinn Old Town Hall Square

Tallin Old Town

Russian Orthodox Church in Tallinn Citadel

Tallinn Old Town

Tallinn Old Town Panoramic View from the Citadel

Tallin Old Down Town from the Citadel

Tallinn Old Town

Swedish Embassy in Tallinn Old Town

Tallinn Old Town Citadel

Sabor of lexander Nevski - a Russian Orthodox Church at the Citadel accross the Parliament

Tallinn Old Town

Tallinn Old Down Town by Night from the Citadel

Embassy of Finland at Tallinn Citadel

Tallinn Citadel

3. WARSAW & WROCLAW, POLAND

Visiting lecturer at the Warsaw University, Eastern Winter School 2007 at the East European Studies Programme organised by the East European Collegium, Wroclaw, March 1–10^th, 2007, Poland. Lectured course: “The Politics of the Borderlands of Central, East and Southeast Europe from Pre- to Post-Communism” (sponsored by the Warsaw University)

Warsaw

Warsaw - Polish Academy of Science

Warsaw - The Parliament of Poland

Warsaw

Warsaw - the Old Town

Warsaw - the Royal Palace

Warsaw - the Old Town

Warsaw - The Royal Palace

Warsaw - the Old Town

Wroclaw/Breslau

Wroclaw - the Cathedral

Wroclaw - the Old Town

The Old Town Hall of Wroclaw/Breslau

Wroclaw - the Old Town Hall/Rathaus

Breslau - Alt Rathaus

The building in which V. B. Sotirovic gave a lecture during the Winter School 2007

The inner courtyard

The lecture room

Wroclaw - the Opera House

Wroclaw - the Cathedral

University of Wroclaw - the main building

University of Wroclaw - interior of the main building

Wroclaw

Wroclaw - Old Town

Wroclaw - Hotel Tumski

Academia 4

4. Telch, Prague, Czech Republic

Paper presenter at the international Vishegrad 4 conference: “Processes of Redefinition and Reconstruction of the Term Nation in Central Europe”, June 8–9, 2007, Telch, Czech Republic. The conference is organized by Center for Research of Ethnicity and Culture (CVEK), Bratislava, Slovakia and Institute for the Research on Social Reproduction and Integration (IVRIS), Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic. The paper presentation: “Making Boshnjak Ethnonational Identity by Creation of Bosnian Language in Bosnia & Herzegovina and Sandzak, 1993–2007”

During the conference

The conference room

Town of Telch

Telch from the lake

The main street in Telch

The walls of Telch castle (right)

Telch main street

Inner courtyard of Telch castle

Telch castle

Telch

Telch Old Town

Telch Dom from the lake

Telch Dom

Telch main square

Telch

Prague

Prague - Walenstein's Park

Prague - Charles Bridge

Prague - Hrad

Prague - Faculty of Philology

Sightseeing Prague by Old Timers

Prague - Hrad

Prague - Hrad, Royal Palace

Prague from Hrad

Embassy of Republic of Serbia in Prague

Prague - Legia Bridge

Prague - Charles Bridge

Prague

Prague - Vaclav's Square

Prague from Hrad

Prague - Hrad, courtyard of the Royal Palace

Prague - Hrad

Prague from Hrad

Embassy of Republic of Serbia in Prague

Prague - Charles Bridge

Prague - Charles Bridge Gate

Prague

Prague - Vaclav's Square

Prague

Academia 5

5. Vilnius, Lithuania

Paper presenter at international conference: “European Union and Cultural Heritage of Byzantium: History and Future”, June 22–27, 2007, Vilnius, Lithuania. The conference is organized by the Greek society in Lithuania - “Pontos”. The paper presentation: “The Triumph of Christianity in the Early Byzantium”

Vilnius

Vilnius - the Cathedral Square

Vilnius - Gedimino avenue

Vilnius - Cathedral Square

Vilnius - Pilies street

Seimas - The Parliament of Republic of Lithuania (first day conference place)

The dinner time

The conference room

Inside the Parliament

National Library

Entrance to the Parliament

Russian Orthodox Church in Vilnius

The River of Neris in Vilnius

Neris River in Vingio Park

Academia 6

6. Klaipeda/Memel, Lithuania

Paper presenter at the Third international conference: “The Recent Development of the European Union: Challenges and Experience”, October 11–12, 2007, Klaipeda, Lithuania. The conference is organized by the Baltic Sea Region University Network, the University of Klaipeda and the Vilnius University. The paper presentation: “The European Union and the European Identity”

Klaipeda

Klaipeda/Memel Old Theatre

Old Town of Klaipeda/Memel

Klaipeda/Memel

Hotel Reval Inn - accommodation during the conference

Klaipeda/Memel Old Town

Klaipeda/Memel - Old Town

Klaipeda/Memel Old Town

Conference room at the new building of the Klaipeda University

Klaipeda/Memel Old Town

Klaipeda University

Sea Port of Klaipeda

Klaipeda Sea Port from Kursiu Nerija

Kursiu Nerija

Klaipeda

The Bookstore of the Klaipeda University

Academia 7

7. Tallinn & Tartu, Eesti/Estonia

Visiting lecturer at the University of Tartu, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science, November 26–30, 2007, Tartu, Estonia, giving seminars-lectures to BA/MA students: “Balkan Nationalism and the Destruction of Yugoslavia” and “Macedonian Question in Historical Perspective, 1878-2007”. Given a public lecture (by the invitation of EuroCollege of the University of Tartu): “Post-Milosevic Serbia and the Question of Kosovo” on November 28^th, 2007 (sponsored by ERASMUS/SOCRATES Program)

Remix video Tallinn, Eesti/Estonia, November 2007

Video Tartu, Eesti/Estonia, November 2007

Estonia from airplane

Hotel Metropol, Tallinn

Tallinn, entrance to Sea Port

Tallinn Old Town (Vana Tallinn)

Vanalinn - Tallinn

Russian Embasy to Estonia, Tallinn

Tallinn - Old Town

8. Paper presenter at the “11^th Annual Mediterranean Studies Association Congress”, May 28–31, 2008, Lüneburg, Germany. The congress is organized by the Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA. The paper presentation: “Turkey, Greece, Italy and Security in the Mediterranean Area”

Park near the hotel

One of the buildings of The University of Luneburg

University campus in the down town

Conference building: part of The University of Luneburg's campus in down town

Stadium near the hotel

Library of The University of Luneburg

University of Luneburg - Hall

University of Luneburg - Auditoriums

The University of Luneburg "Leuphana"- main campus

Conference opening ceremony - the hall in down town

9. Visiting lecturer at the Porto University, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science, May 12–16, 2008, Porto, Portugal, giving lectures to BA students: “Multicultural Society and Minority Rights” and “Globalization” (sponsored by ERASMUS/SOCRATES Program)

Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science of Porto University

Faculty of Medicine of Porto University

Hotel Ibis, Porto

10. Visiting lecturer at the Lisbon University, Faculty of Law, May 5–11, 2008, Lisbon, Portugal, giving lectures to BA students: “European Integration Processes” and “Globalization” (sponsored by ERASMUS/SOCRATES Program)

Hotel in Lisbon "Golden Tulip"

The Lisbon University - Campus

Campus of the Lisbon University

Faculty of Law of the Lisbon University

11. Paper presenter at the 2^nd Annual Conference of the Open Society Institute-Central European University Comparative History Project: “New Approaches to Comparative History in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe”, April 17-19^th, 2008, Sofia, Bulgaria. The paper presentation: “The Idea of Pan-Slavic Ethnolinguistic Kinship and Reciprocity in Dalmatian and Croatian Literature and Historiography, 1477?”

Hotel street, "Pirotska"

Hotel room

Conference room

Hotel Restoran

12. Visiting lecturer at the Institute of Political Sciences at Grenoble, November 17−20, 2008, Grenoble, France, giving lectures to B.A./M.A. students: “Linguistic Nationalism in Contemporary Europe” and “Destruction of Yugoslavia”