g a z e t t eT H E C H R O N I C L E O F C E N T R A L E U R O P E A N U N I V E R S I T Y

Winter 2004 Vol. 14, No. 2

W o r k s h o p o n J u d i c i a l A c c o u n t a b i l i t y A m o n g H i g h - P r o f i l e F a l l E v e n t s a t C E U

On November 25-26, the Open Society Institute and

Central European University held a two-day workshop on

judicial accountability. The workshop culminated with the

Honorable Judge Arthur Chaskalson, Presi-

dent of the South African Constitutional

Court, delivering the First Marek Nowicki

Memorial Lecture, entitled "Human Rights

and Transition to Democracy: The Experience

of the Constitutional Court of South A f r i c a . "

The lecture, dedicated to the achievements of

Marek Nowicki, the admired Polish human

rights advocate, explored the decade-long

efforts of South African constitution makers

and human rights defenders in undoing the

injustices of apartheid.

During his career at the South African Bar,

Arthur Chaskalson appeared as counsel on behalf of members

of the liberation movements in several major political trials,

including the Rivonia Trial in 1963/1964, at which Nelson

Mandela and other leaders of the African National Congress

were convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment. In June

1994, he was appointed by then President Mandela to be the

first President of South Africa's new Constitutional Court. In

2001 he became the Chief Justice of South A f r i c a .

Participants in the workshop sessions included Chaskalson,

former counsellor Roger Errera (Conseil d'État, France),

Giuseppe Di Federico (University of Bologna), Judge

Lech Garlicki (European Court of Human

Rights), Judge Andrea Kenéz (Budapest Mu-

nicipal Court), Judge Allen Linden (Fe d e r a l

Court of Appeal, Ottawa), as well as Wi k t o r

O s i a t ynski (CEU University Professor) and

András Sajó (CEU University Professor).

Observers in attendance were Petra Bárd

(CEU, SJD Candidate), Daniela Cavallini

(University of Bologna), Emily Martinez

(OSI–Budapest) and Yervand Shirinyan

( O S I – B u d a p e s t ) .

Judicial accountability is of central impor-

tance in societies respecting the rule of law

and human rights, however, structural deficiencies in

many contemporary governments hinder proper account-

ability. Therefore, cooperation between judiciaries, bar

associations and NGOs is a precondition for enhancing

the feasibility of monitoring and finding remedies to

problems. The workshop succeeded in bringing together

important voices in the field working to this end.

Arthur Chaskalson

C e n t e r f o r M e d i a a n d C o m m u n i c a t i o n S t u d i e sG e t s i n t o F u l l S w i n g w i t h L e c t u r e S e r i e s

CEU students and faculty filled the A u d i t o r i u m

September through December to listen to a series of pub-

lic lectures discussing the recently held US elections. The

lecture series was organized by the Center for Media and

Communication Studies (CMCS), and featured speakers

from the Annenberg School for Communication, Univer-

sity of Pennsylvania, US, and other distinguished experts.

The first lecture, entitled "Does Foreign Policy Matter in

US Presidential Elections?" was given by Michael Delli

Carpini (Annenberg School) on September 30 in the

Auditorium. Carpini cited a substantial amount of statisti-

cal data, suggesting that US public interest and awareness

of international issues has risen in the last few years and,

as a result, has gained importance in the context of the cur-

rent election. The second lecture, held on October 5, was

given by Joseph Turow (Annenberg School) on "New Media

and the US Elections." Turow drew attention to the con-

temporary developments in American news reporting, name-

ly the "niche" type of entertainment which has gained

ground and shifted the nature of US political discourse. On

October 19, Thomas Carothers (Carnegie Endowment for

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C o o r d i n a t o r s ’ C o n f e r e n c e

In the last week of October, CEU hosted the annual gathering of local CEU coor-

dinators, partners and friends of the university who render assistance in the

recruitment and admission of CEU students. For many years this event has

served as an information session on CEU programs and admissions procedures

for representatives of local Soros foundations and other recruitment partners.

This year, taking into account the important achievements of the university with

regard to its US accreditation and recognition by the Hungarian Parliament, CEU

decided to extend the scope of the annual conference by inviting a wider group

of participants, and especially colleagues from other higher education institutions.

For many years now CEU has built upon the excellence of these institutions in

Central and Eastern Europe, and beyond, by welcoming their graduates to con-

tinue in CEU's Master's and doctoral programs. And when commendation is

extended to the outstanding international student body of CEU, this acknowl-

edgment also goes to the universities where these students received their first

degree and prepared for their further academic explorations.

The event, dedicated to "open doors at CEU" where professors and students of

the university met with representatives of CEU's current and future partner insti-

tutions, sought to deepen inter-institutional contacts and encourage future col-

laborations. The series of presentations on CEU's history, distinctive nature and

recent developments (led by István Teplán, Liviu Matei, István Rév, Rositsa

Bateson, Sophia Howlett, heads of departments, and other guests) open the doors

to student mobility and exchange programs in the EU context. As always, the

atmosphere was much invigorated by the presence of CEU's local coordinators,

whose long experience and first-hand knowledge of the challenges and pleasures

of student recruitment livened the conversations and added many "best practice"

examples to the already extensive CEU recruitment network.

For more information on the conference and materials, visit:

h t t p : / / w w w. c e u . h u / c o o r d _ c o n f e r e n c e . h t m l

APPOINTMENTS

A l ex Antypas has been appoint-

ed Associate Professor in the

Department of Environmental

Sciences and Po l i c y, effective

October 1, 2004.

Gábor Betegh has been

appointed Associate Professor in

the Department of Philosophy,

effective December 1, 2004.

A l eg Cherp has been appointed

Associate Professor in the

Department of Environmental

Sciences and Po l i c y, effective

October 1, 2004.

Allaine Cerwonka has been

appointed Associate Professor in

the Department of Gender Stu-

dies, effective January 1, 2005.

Jan Gallip Erk (photo not available) has been

appointed Assistant Professor in the Department

of International Relations and European Studies,

and the Department of Political Science, effec-

tive January 1, 2005.

I n M e m o r i a m

Ida Mária Keresztúrszki ( 1 9 7 4 - 2 0 0 4 ) was unusual in a way we wished

were typical. With her background in comparative literature and anthro-

pology and doing an MA with us in 1999/2000, she seemed to represent

history as the par excellence humanities branch, interdisciplinary by

nature. Ida brought to us wit and grace. She traveled far and wide after

leaving CEU and before joining the Department of Media Studies at the

University of Szeged, while also working on a dissertation in the field of lit-

erary history—which, as we now sadly know, will remain unfinished.

If only she knew how much she will be missed.

With the constitution of a heavyweight wrestler, Marian Ghita ( 1 9 7 6 -2 0 0 4 ) was a conspicuous member of the CEU community in 2001/2002

—but we remember him on account of his soft-spoken modesty, his eager-

ness to learn and to communicate what has been learned. Having graduat-

ed with an MA from the Department of History, he continued doing both

of these things, working on a dissertation at the University of Iasi, and as

an assistant professor at the University of Galati. The intellectual history of

the Romanian revolution of the 1820s will once find its scholar; but

Marian, the fellow we knew and liked, will not be resuscitated.

May they both rest in peace, and those close to them find consolation.

László Kontler (Head, Department of History)

P r o g r a mR e g i s t r a t i o n s

In a letter dated September 30, 2004, the New

York State Education Department (NYSED) af-

firmed that the PhD program offered by the

Department of Sociology and Social A n t h r o p o l o g y

has been officially registered. In a letter dated

October 4, 2004, the NYSED affirmed that the

MA program in public policy offered by the Center

for Policy Studies has also been officially registered.

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G e o r g e S o r o s i n C o n v e r s a t i o n w i t h C E U S t u d e n t s

On November 9 in the Auditorium, CEU

founder George Soros held an open floor,

question and answer session with CEU stu-

dents. Vice President for Student Services,

Rositsa Bateson, opened the discussion,

which featured Soros fielding questions on a

wide variety of topics, including the recent

US elections, the war in Iraq, the current and

future role of the Open Society Institute

(OSI), regional issues of Central and Eastern

Europe, the former Soviet Union and Central Asia, and Central

European University itself.

Soros frequently evoked

the theme of open society,

and how it is evolving in

the face of current world

circumstances, and how

this may affect the founda-

tion. It was within this fra-

mework that he addressed

the popular topic of the re-

cent US elections: "I think

the real issue that has arisen with the [US] elections is the atti-

tude of the President toward reality. How can you deal with a

threatening reality? [It is] particularly threatening after 9/11.

This goes to the epistemological foundation of an open society.

President Bush’s response is to impose his interpretation of

reality and ignore what is

really happening."

And when questioned

about the future direction

of OSI, he replied: "Our

role is changing as the

world is changing. The

very concept of an open

society needs to be clarified and brought home in a way—estab-

lished—particularly in America. [This] will be a much more

important goal of the foundation. We have tried not to get involved

in developing the idea of open society but rather the practice. But

now that is changing, we now must work at developing the idea."

Soros took questions for well over 90 minutes. The highly enthu-

siastic audience filled the Auditorium to capacity, with the over-

flow audience watching the event on a screen outside.

H i s t o r i c a l S t u d i e s : D i s c i p l i n e s a n d D i s c o u r s e s

On October 21-24, some 60 scholars from 30 countries on five

continents participated in one of the largest conferences ever

on the history and theory of historical studies. The conference

was initiated, hosted, and mainly funded by CEU’s Pasts, Inc.

Center for Historical Studies, with additional support from the

European Science Foundation, and the French, German, and

Romanian embassies in Budapest. The conference was en-

dorsed by the International Commission for the History of

Theory of Historiography and by the International Committee

for Historical Studies, and was convened by Sorin Antohi (CEU

University Professor, Director of Pasts, Inc.), Jürgen Kocka

(Freie Universität Berlin, President of the Committee), Chris

Lorenz (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Jörn Rusen (Kultur-wissenschaftliches Institut, Essen), Richard T. Vann (Wesleyan

University, President of the Commission), and Hayden White

(Stanford University).

The participants focused on key issues in the history and theory

of historical studies, including the rise of global history; history

textbooks and didactics; the epistemology, philosophy, ideology,

and ontology of historical narratives; the comparative history of

national historiographies; post-1989 Eastern European historical

studies; history, fiction, and irony; history, memory, trauma, and

culture; and medieval historiographies. (the full program of the

conference can be found at h t t p : / / w w w. c e u . h u / p a s t s) . Based on

the conference proceedings, a number of collective volumes

will be published in 2005 with CEU Press, under the editorship

of Sorin Antohi, Chris Lorenz, Jörn Rusen, and Hayden White.

The conference was the culmination of ten intensive days at

Pasts, Inc., and was preceded by the first Jan Comenius

Lecture Series on the Humanities, delivered by Hayden White

(October 15-19), to be published as a book in the new series—

launched at the conference—Pasts Incorporated. CEU Studiesin the Humanities, edited for CEU Press by Sorin Antohi and

László Kontler (Head, Department of History). Also preceding

the conference was the Third Regional Seminar on Recent

H i s t o r y, convened by

Sorin Antohi with finan-

cial support from HESP,

and devoted to the dis-

cussion of the draft chap-

ters for a collective vol-

ume on the field of recent

history in post-1989 Cen-

tral and Eastern Europe,

soon to appear under the

editorship of Sorin A n t o h i ,

Péter Apor (Pasts, Inc.),

and Michal Kopecek (In-

stitute for Contemporary History, Prague). Also integrated with

the conference were two other events: The German-French

Cultural Day (October 21), highlighted by the opening of a his-

tory textbook exhibition at CEU (and the launching of a new

Pasts, Inc. research project), by a scholarly panel and a public

debate on "History Textbooks in the Public Sphere," as well as

the first workshop on "Representations of the Pasts: The Writ-

ing of National Histories in Europe," funded by the European

Science Foundation.

Sorin Antohi (second from right) opened the

history textbook exhibition.

George Soros

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R e c e n t P u b l i c A c a d e m i c E v e n t s a t C E U

To help give an indication of the variety of academic

happenings at CEU, each G a z e t t e offers a list of re-

cent public lectures, workshops, conferences, and se-

minar series which have taken place at the university.

The list is meant to be as comprehensive as possible.

PUBLIC LECTURES

Department of Mathematics and its A p p l i c a t i o n s

" Weighted Sobolev Spaces, Quasi-elliptic

Operators and Equations Not Solved with

Respect to the Highest Derivative"

Gennadii V. Demidenko (Novosibirsk State

University, Russia)

September 14, 2004

Budapest Economics Seminar Series

"The Quantity and Quality of Life and the

Evolution of Wo rld Inequality"

Gary S. Becker (University of Chicago, US)

September 15, 2004

Department of Philosophy

"Budapest Mind Society Inaugural Lecture"

Howard Robinson (CEU)

September 17, 2004

CEU Rectorate

"Some Thoughts about Reforming

the Health Sector"

János Kornai (Harvard University, US)

September 24, 2004

Budapest Economics Seminar Series

"The Transmission Mechanism in a

Changing Wo rl d ? "

Michael Artis (European University Institute, Italy)

September 27, 2004

Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology

"Changes in the State"

Bob Jessop (University of Lancaster, UK)

September 27, 2004

Budapest Economics Seminar Series

" M o n e y, Credit and Banking"

Christopher Waller (University of Notre Dame, US)

September 29, 2004

Center for Media and Communication Studies,

Department of Political Science

"Does Foreign Policy Matter in US

Presidential Elections?"

Michael Delli Carpini (University of Pennsylvania, US)

September 29, 2004

Human Rights Students’ Initiative, Center for

Media and Communication Studies

"After Beslan: Reflections on Human

Rights, Terror and Media Coverage"

Ekaterina Sokirianskaia (Chechen State

U n i v e r s i t y, Russia)

October 1, 2004

Center for Arts and Culture

"The End of A rt History—Three Ve r s i o n s "

Hans Belting (Karlsruhe University, Germany)

October 2, 2004

Center for Media and Communication Studies,

Department of Political Science

"The New Media and the US Elections"

Joseph Turow (University of Pennsylvania, US)

October 5, 2004

Humanities Center

"Ludwig Wittgenstein: A Union of

Philosophy and Religion"

Brian Stock (CEU/University of Toronto, Canada)

October 6, 2004

CEU Rectorate

"Mathematics and Computing"

Peter Lax (New York University, US)

October 8, 2004

Department of Political Science, Nationalism

Studies Program, Humanities Center

"The Deadly Ethnic Riot"

Donald L. Horowitz (Duke University, US)

October 11, 2004

Jewish Studies Project

"100 Years after Herzl: Zionism as

International Nationalism"

Michael Brenner (CEU/University of Munich,

Germany)

October 12, 2004

Department of Environmental Sciences

and Policy

"Road Tr a n s p o rt: The True Costs and the

Hidden Subsidies"

Lars Hansson (Lund University, Sweden)

October 13, 2004

Humanities Center

" S keptical Arguments in Hume and

Wi t t g e n s t e i n "

Mark Steiner (Hebrew University of Jerusalem,

Israel)

October 13, 2004

Center for Arts and Culture

"An Overv i ew of Hungarian Fine A rts in the

Twentieth Century "

László Beke (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

October 13, 2004

Department of International Relations and

European Studies

"The Federal Idea and its Enemies"

Bob Rae (Forum of Federations, Canada)

October 14, 2004

Center for Arts and Culture

" Trends and Traditions of Hungarian

Literature in the Twentieth Century "

András Kappanyos (University of Pécs, Hungary)

October 14, 2004

Budapest Economics Seminar Series

"Designing Neutral versus Redistribu t i v e

M e ch a n i s m s "

András Simonovits (CEU)

October 15, 2004

Center for Policy Studies

"European Neighborhood Policy: Strategy

or Placebo?"

Michael Emerson (Center for European Po l i c y

Studies, Belgium)

October 18, 2004

Center for Media and Communication Studies,

Department of Political Science

"What Does the US Presidential Campaign

R eveal About America's Future Wo rld Role?"

Thomas Carothers (Carnegie Endowment for

International Peace, US)

October 19, 2004

Nationalism Studies Program,

Center for Policy Studies

"American Sports Culture in Comparative

Perspective: Yet Another A m e r i c a n

E x c ep t i o n a l i s m "

Andrei Markovits (University of Michigan, US)

October 25, 2004

Jewish Studies Project, Center for Policy Studies

"European Anti-Americanism: Analysis of a

Pe d i greed Prejudice"

Andrei Markovits (University of Michigan, US)

October 26, 2004

Center for Media and Communication Studies,

Department of Political Science

" W h a t ’s Going On in the US Presidential

E l e c t i o n s ? "

Michael Traugott (University of Michigan, US)

October 27, 2004

Department of History

"TUNA-I ‘MIRE. The Ottoman Imperial

D a nu b e "

Mihai Maxim (University of Bucharest, Romania)

October 28, 2004

Department of Gender Studies

" G e n d e r-based Violence in Ta j i k i s t a n :

Theoretical Fr a m ew o rk, Issues on the

Ground, NGO Responses"

Colette Harris (Virginia Tech University, US)

October 28, 2004

Department of Mathematics and its A p p l i c a t i o n s

"Functional Models for Operators with

S p e c t rum on a Curv e "

Alexey Tikhonov (Taurida National University,

Russia)

November 4, 2004

Budapest Economics Seminar Series

" Testing the Home Market Effect in a

M u l t i - c o u n t ry Wo rl d "

Gianmarco Ottaviano (University of Bologna, Italy)

November 5, 2004

Department of Sociology and Social A n t h r o p o l o g y

"On the Nature of Organizational Nich e s "

Gábor Péli (University of Gröningen, Germany)

November 11, 2004

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Budapest Economics Seminar Series

"Endogenous Exchange Rate Pa s s - t h r o u g h

with Imported Intermediates"

Zoltán Jakab (CEU)

November 12, 2004

Jewish Studies Project

" S w i t z e rland, National Socialist Past, and

the Legacy of History "

Jacques Picard (University of Basel, Switzerland)

November 16, 2004

Pasts, Inc.

" A u t o b i o graphy and History: Writing about

the Post-war Ye a r s "

Peter Kenez (University of California, Santa

Cruz, US)

November 17, 2004

Department of Philosophy

"Productive Imagination"

Zsigmond Szabó (SEP Fe l l o w )

November 17, 2004

Center for Arts and Culture

"Highlights of Twentieth and Tw e n t y - fi r s t

C e n t u ry Czech Literature"

Márton Beke (literary critic)

November 17, 2004

Center for Arts and Culture

"Magic and Rudolphine Prague"

György Endre Szônyi (historian)

November 19, 2004

Department of Legal Studies

"The International Legal Profession in

Practice—Experiences of an International

Business Lawyer"

Harald Seisler (Lovells, Germany)

November 24, 2004

Budapest Economics Seminar Series

"The Demand for 'Gatedness'"

Steven Plaut (University of Haifa, Israel)

November 26, 2004

Open Society Institute, CEU

"Human Rights and Transition to

Democracy: The Experience of the

Constitutional Court of South A f r i c a "

Arthur Chaskalson (Constitutional Court of

South A f r i c a )

November 26, 2004

WO R K S H O P S / C O N F E R E N C E S

Center for Media and Communication Studies

"Divided Cities in Conflict Zones"

October 11-12, 2004

Open Society A r c h i v e s

"Digital Preservation Wo rk f l o w "

October 13-15, 2004

Department of Medieval Studies

" M e d i eval and Early Modern Queens and

Queenship: Questions of Income and Pa t r o n a g e "

October 14-16, 2004

Pasts, Inc.

" R epresentations of the Past: The Writing of

National Histories in Europe—Narrating

National Histories in Europe"

October 21-23, 2004

Pasts, Inc.

"Historical Studies: Disciplines and Discourses"

October 21-24, 2004

Center for Media and Communication Studies

"Sunshine on Public Data"

October 26, 2004

Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy

"Membranes, Where and How Are They Used

in Municipal and Industrial Water Tr e a t m e n t "

Diana Mourato (Zenon Environmental, Inc., Canada)

October 27, 2004

Department of Gender Studies

"Reunited after Bitter Experiences—Constitu-

tionalization Through 'Recrafting the Pa s t'"

October 29, 2004

Open Society A r c h i v e s

" Freedom of Information Today and To m o r r o w "

November 4-5, 2004

Pasts, Inc.

" R egional and Imperial Histories in Europe"

November 26-27, 2004

SEMINAR SERIES/RO U N D TA B L E

D I S C U S S I O N S

Center for Arts and Culture

"A Literary Conv e r s a t i o n "

George Szirtes (poet, translator, editor)

October 1, 2004

Center for Arts and Culture

"What is Po v e rt y ? "

Multiple Pa r t i c i p a n t s

October 4, 2004

Pasts, Inc., Department of History

"The Jan Comenius Lectures on the

H u m a n i t i e s — H i s t o ry as Metaphysics"

Hayden White (University of California,

Santa Cruz, US)

October 15-19, 2004

Pasts Inc., OSI-HESP

"Recent History: The State of the A rt "

Multiple Pa r t i c i p a n t s

October 20, 2004

Human Rights Students’ I n i t i a t i v e

"The Refugee Situation in Hungary :

Between Theory and Practice"

Multiple Pa r t i c i p a n t s

October 20, 2004

Humanities Center

"The Middle East Peace Process"

Multiple Pa r t i c i p a n t s

November 8, 2004

Department of Legal Studies

"Modernization of Secured Tr a n s a c t i o n s

Law: Hungary and the Rest of the Wo rl d "

Harry C. Sigman (governmental consultant)

November 18, 2004

Department of International Relations and

European Studies

" C o m p u t e r-aided Content A n a l y s i s "

Will Lowe (Trinity College, Ireland)

November 26, 2004

International Peace) delivered a

lecture on what the US Presi-

dential campaign could reveal

about America's future world role.

Carothers posited that the two

presidential candidates differ in

their view of the role of America in

the world, but that difference is

more in style than substance. The

next lecture in the series, on

October 27, saw Michael Tr a u g o t t

(University of Michigan) address

the topic of "What’s Going On in

the US Presidential Elections?"

Traugott offered a general outline of

the American election process and further analyzed the financing,

campaigning and media coverage of this year's election. A final lec-

ture was added to the series on December 2, delivered by Eric

Browne (University of Wisconsin) on "Reflections of the US

Elections 2004."

The CMCS, which operates under the direction of the

Humanities Center, together with the Hungarian Ministry of

Informatics and Communications, and the Council of Europe,

also recently held a conference on the freedom of electronic infor-

mation. The conference, entitled "Sunshine on Public Infor-

mation," featured presentations and roundtable discussions con-

ducted by academics, civil society organizations, and government

ministers, and included opening remarks by the Hungarian

Minister of Informatics and Communications, Kálmán Kovács.

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T h e F e d e r a l I d e a a n d i t s E n e m i e s

E n c o u n t e r s w i t h C e n t r a l a n d E a s t e r n E u r o p e a n C u l t u r e s

Beginning in fall 2004, the Center for Arts and Culture (CAC) is

offering a series of special culture weeks entitled "Encounters with

Central and Eastern European Cultures." The series is a good op-

portunity to learn more about Central and Eastern Europe than the

purely academic. Every month from October 2004 to May 2005,

the CAC is presenting films, concerts, art shows, and lectures,

designed to display the characteristic aspects, as well as the cultur-

al and artistic achievements, of many of the countries that make up

the CEU community. In total, eight countries (or regions) are high-

lighted with the help of film critics, musicians, art historians, and lit-

erary scholars. The CAC develops its program in collaboration with

these regional experts, as well as partner institutions.

The first week (October 11-15) was dedicated to Hungarian culture,

and included films by István Szabó and Miklós Jancsó; some of

B a r t ó k ’s and Kodály’s music, played by the Accord Quartet; a public

lecture on modern Hungarian art by László Beke; and finally a jazz

concert by Quartet B, which was inspired by Central and Eastern

European folk music. During the second, Czech Week (November

15-19), CAC presented films by Jirí Menzel and Jan Sverák; a cham-

ber music concert featuring the masterpieces of Smetana, Dvor á k ,

and Janacek; a public lecture on Czech literature; and finally, a con-

cert by the Prague band, Gothart. The Russian Week (December

7 - 1 0 ) offers the chamber music of Scriabin and Rachmaninov played

by two well-known Hungarian soloists (Gábor Csalog and István

Varga); a jazz solo-concert by David Yengibarjan, accordionist; a film

by Tarkovsky; and a public lecture on the Russian ballet.

The CAC also counts on CEU student participation, and to date

this has been in the form of photo exhibitions. Hungarian week

saw an exhibition entitled "Unheeded Budapest" by Endre Sebôk

(PhD, Department of Legal Studies); Czech Week saw Kamila

Stullerova (PhD, Department of Political Science) remember the

Prague Velvet Revolution with the accompaniment of works by

Czech photographer Dana Kyndrova; and Russian Week features

a "visit" to Moscow from the perspective of Marina Fa l i n a ’s (MA,

Department of History) camera.

The "Encounters" series continues in 2005 with presentations

on Romania, the Baltics, Poland, Bulgaria, and Caucasia. The

cultural weeks are open to the public as well as members of the

CEU community.

On October 14 in the Popper Room, the Honorable Bob Rae,

former Premier of Ontario, Canada, and current President of

the Forum of Federations, delivered a lecture entitled "The

Federal Idea and its Enemies." Julius Horvath (Head,

Department of International Relations and European Studies)

served as chair of the event. In his lecture, Rae summarized the

idea of federalism as one where distinctive communities, in a

conscious act of will, agree to share power and/or pool sover-

eignty in such a way that any religious, linguistic, or ethnic dif-

ferences are transcended. He later pointed out that the antithe-

ses to the federal idea are centralized government systems that

existed more prominently in the previous century, namely: fas-

cism and communism. According to Rae, federalism is still

quite relevant today, because the majority of today’s conflicts

are occurring within a recognized state, primarily in the form of

religious, linguistic, or

ethnic strife, as opposed

to between different sta-

tes. He later pointed out

that federalism ostensi-

bly should have a place

in three current hotspots:

Iraq, Sudan, and Sri

Lanka, but that expecta-

tions must be tempered

because there is no blan-

ket model for the applica-

tion of a federal model of

government. After his lecture, Rae fielded questions from IRES

students, as well as the chair.

Julius Horvath (left) and Bob Rae

N e w T e c h n o l o g y t o O b t a i n C l e a n W a t e r

On October 27 in the Gellner Room, Diana Mourato (Zenon

Environmental, Inc., Canada) delivered a lecture entitled

"Membranes: Where and How Are They Used in Municipal

and Industrial Water Treatment." Ruben Mnatsakanian (Head,

Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy) provided

opening remarks. The presentation summarized the current sta-

tus of membranes used in both municipal and industrial appli-

cations and showed their potential in the present and future of

water and wastewater treatment. While microfiltration, ultrafil-

tration and reverse osmosis polymeric membranes are still con-

sidered by many to be innovative technologies in the water and

wastewater fields, these are however rapidly becoming the stan-

dard in some municipal and industrial applications. As the size

of membrane plants be-

c o mes larger, they are

readily becoming an

important part of the

overall water treatment

market.

Diana Mourato, is a

Vice President, Interna-

tional Division, of Zenon

E n v i r o n m e n t a l Inc. She has over 17 years experience working for

municipal, defense and industrial customers. Mourato received

her PhD from McGill University in 1990.

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C e n t e r f o r P o l i c y S t u d i e s L e a d s T h r e e - Y e a r E U - F u n d e d P r o j e c t

Having been a partner in three EU-funded projects, the Center for

Policy Studies is now proceeding to lead an international research con-

sortium with eight partners, in as many countries, for a three-year EU-

funded research project on socio-economic culture(s) in "Eastern" and

" Western" Europe. The project is funded by the European Union’s 6th

Framework Program for Research and Development.

The project, "Eastern Enlargement–Western Enlargement. Cul-

tural Encounters in the European Economy and Society A f t e r

Accession," takes the acronym DIOSCURI after the mythological

twins Castor and Pollux, sons of Zeus, representing the "East" and

the "West." The primary objective of the project is to explore the

cultural dynamics of exchanges in the European economy between

"East" and "West," and to assess their impact on social cohesion in,

and between, old and new member states. The project also aims at

identifying the types of cultural encounters in the European econ-

omy during and after the enlargement; mapping the major cultural

gaps and strategies to bridge them; and enabling the EU to draw

lessons for the next rounds of accessions.

The field research will be carried out in Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech

Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, and

Slovenia. It revolves around three research areas: entrepreneurship,

governance and knowledge. In addition to interviews, the project will

use focus group discussions, literature and media analysis, and case

studies to reach its objectives. The target groups for interviews within

each field are businesspeople, civil servants and economists. These

groups are critical to both producing and mediating economic culture.

The project offici-

ally started on

June 1, 2004, and

is expected to end

in May 2007. It has

received 730,000

Euro in funding

from the Euro-

pean Union.

C E U ’ s 1 4 t h A n n u a l O p e n i n g C e r e m o n y

The 14th annual CEU Openi n g

Ceremony was held on September

24, in the CEU Residence and

Conference Center. This year's

opening address was delivered by

Josef Jarab, former CEU Presi-

dent and Rector (1997-1999),

and Senator in the Czech Parli-

ament. Opening remarks were

given by President and Rector

Yehuda Elkana, as well as Acade-

mic Pro-Rector László Mátyás (who was also Master of Cere-

monies). János Kornai, Allie S. Freed Professor of Economics

Emeritus at Harvard U n i v e r s i t y, received an Honorary Doctorate

at the ceremony, and gave a lecture entitled "Some Thoughts

about Reforming the Health Sector." The alumni speaker was

Lívia Járóka (SOCI '99), the only Roma member of the

European Parliament, while the current student greeting was

provided by Nicole Gallagher (IRES '04). During the brief

musical interlude, Aisalkyn Botoeva (SOCI '04) played a tradi-

tional Kyrgyz instrument. CEU students, alumni, friends, as

well as representatives from the diplomatic corps and the press

were present at the event.Yehuda Elkana (left) and János Kornai

C P S P o l i c y S t u d i e s S e r i e s

From the Ground Up: Assessing the Record of A n t i c o r r u p t i o nAssistance in Southeastern Europe

Based on research findings from 20 case

studies of donor-supported projects in

Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bul-

garia and Macedonia, the paper assesses

the effects of five years of anticorruption

projects and high-profile public aware-

ness campaigns in the Southeastern

European region. As a starting point, the

paper posits that while projects seem to

have succeeded in raising demand for

reform, solutions to match that demand

have yet to be found. The authors ques-

tion what reforms or change in particular

the projects raised demand for, and also

what success the solutions applied thus

far may claim.

Martin Tisné and Daniel Smilov. From theGround Up. Assessing the Record of A n t i-corruption Assistance in Southeastern Europe.(Budapest: Center for Policy Studies, July 2004)

Social Capital in Central and Eastern Europe: A Critical A s s e s s m e n tand Literature Review.

This study offers a critical review of

over 70 studies that have applied social

capital to developments in Central and

Eastern Europe and the former Soviet

Union. The author draws from a vari-

ety of social science disciplines, and

also includes several reports from

international organizations. The aim

of the review is investigate some of the

principal fields in which social capital

has been used to date, and to examine

how such research can help to encour-

age institutional and policy innovation.

Dimitrina Mihaylova. Social Capital in Centraland Eastern Europe. A Critical Assessment andLiterature Review. (Budapest: Center for Po l i c y

Studies, July 2004)

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I A U I n t e r n a t i o n a l E x p e r t s S e m i n a rH o s t e d b y C E U

On November 12-13, CEU hosted a two-day seminar of interna-

tional experts on "Intercultural Learning and Dialogue," organized by

the UNESCO-affiliated organization, International Association of

Universities (IAU) in association with Central European University.

I AU was formally established in 1950 to encourage links between

universities throughout the world.

The seminar—the first in a series of events initiated by IAU on this

topic—brought together an international group of over 30 partici-

pants, who addressed topics such as internationalization and inter-

cultural dialogue, university policies to encourage promotion of inter-

cultural learning and communication, and advocacy of intercultural

understanding by the higher education community. The objective of

the project is to encourage universities to undertake initiatives and

actions to promote and develop intercultural learning and dialogue as

an essential step in the preparation of students and staff to function

in a pluralistic society. Project organizers intend to meet this objec-

tive by gathering best practices on intercultural learning and dialogue

from universities around the world; and developing an international

network of higher education institutions to exchange and dissemi-

nate information on intercultural learning and dialogue. From CEU,

participants included Ayse Caglar (Head, Department of Sociology

and Social Anthropology), Liviu Matei (CEU Academic Secretary),

Susan Zimmerman (Professor, Department of Gender Studies), and

István Teplán (CEU Executive Vice-President), who was also

recently elected to serve on the Board of IAU .

WELCOME PARTY

To help bring together the CEU community

at the beginning of the academic year,

a Welcome Party was held at the Gödör Klub

on September 17. The successful event gathered

over 500 participants to watch a jazz concert

and enjoy dance music until the late hours.

LEIDEN GAT H E R I N G

CEU International Council member,

Roger Hazewinkel, is shown meeting with

CEU students who were recipients of the

CEU-Leiden Praesidium Libertatis

Scholarship for 2004/2005.

H U N G A R I A N F R I E N D S O F C E U

On September 24, CEU President and Rector

Yehuda Elkana welcomed Hungarian friends of CEU for a

luncheon reception in the Exhibition Hall. On June 21, the

Hungarian Parliament had voted in favor of the Act which

gave recognition to CEU as a Hungarian non-state university.

The prestigious guests included those who have assisted CEU

in its efforts to gain Hungarian accreditation.

M AGNA CHARTA

U N I V E R S I TAT U M

Following a decision adopted by the CEU

Senate, the university's representative, CEU

Academic Secretary Liviu Matei, signed the

Magna Charta Universitatum during a

ceremony organized in Bologna in September

2004. The Charta was adopted in 1988 to

encourage strong bonds between European

universities, and has now been signed by over

500. Shown signing the document is Liviu

Matei, with Pier Ugo Calzolari, Rector of

Bologna University, standing to his right.

ROMA ACCESS PROGRAM GRADUATION

The 12 students of the Roma Access Program's first intake will

graduate on December 17. Previously on November 10,

the students were able to meet with George Soros to share

their life and educational experiences. These promising

young students will continue their studies at the Master's

or doctoral level at CEU and other universities.

CHILEAN PRESIDENT VISITS C E U

On October 14, Ricardo E. Lagos, President of the Republic of Chile,

paid a short visit to CEU. The President was in Budapest for

the Progressive Governance Conference, which brought together

over 150 leading strategists, policy makers, intellectuals and

politicians from the progressive center-left. CEU President and

Rector Yehuda Elkana, Executive Vice-President István Teplán,

and Academic Pro-Rector László Mátyás, discussed possible areas

of cooperation with the President.

M o r e N e w s i n P i c t u r e s