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  VENUE

The course will be held at Vama Veche, anexceptional youth holiday village, which issituated at about 50 km south of Constantza,the main omanian port on the !lack "eacoast, close to the !ulgarian border#

Access ways:

♦  by air$ %ihail &og'lniceanu airport of

Constantza( transfer by bus)taxi *+0 km♦  by car$ -.0, -/0, -+, -+/

♦  by train$ railway station at Constantza or%angalia( transfer by bus

The cost of 115 -2 includes participationfee, accommodation in double rooms withown bathroom, breakfast and dinner 

The working language is English.

  Application deadline: 25 May 2013

The environment 

The weather at this time of the year is particularly nice and warm at the seaside.The sun is shining brightly on the wide beachof Vama Veche, and the water temperature iswell above 200C, inviting to swimming parties. Besides, the Black ea shorelandscape is delightful, with large orchardsand vineyards. !angalia, the nearest town,whose ancient name is Callatis, boastsvestiges from the age of the "elleniccoloni#ation in the $ th century BC through thetimes of the %oman, By#antine and &ttomanrules.

For ore in!oration on the prograe"

you ay like to contact:%rs# %aria !ur34opescu, -xecutive 6irector -uropean Cultural Centre, !ucharest

7845, "f# Voievozi "t#, 008.+, apt# .

  !ucharest4, omania

  Tel#)fax$970:4.501:+0(tel#$970:4.50+75

-4mail$ cti;clicknet#ro

  INTRODUCTION

The Luxembourg Institute for European

and International Studies (LIEIS) is a forum

of academic and intellectual discussions and

research# The <=-=" is working on >uestionsrelating to the evolution of the international

system and the -uropean integration process

as well as on political, social and economic

issues of global relevance# =ts key pro?ect has been @The vitality of nationsA, a

multidisciplinary en>uiry into the causes of

the rise and decline of countries and empires#

The most recent long4term pro?ect revolvesaround the search for a more decent society#

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The topics researched by <=-=" have been

explored for the last 8 years under the form

of summer schools organized by the  Institute

in cooperation with the Black Sea Universit

!oundation, and, later on, with the

 European "ultural "entre in omania#B B B

The aim of the seminar is to examine whetherwhat has been the dominating political

 paradigm in large parts, not ?ust of the

estern world, above all since orld ar ==,

will remain as attractive or even gain inimportance or whether it is bound to decline

and perhaps fade away with the rise of

regions and countries that may choose a

different path of political and economicdevelopment# hat will a surge of religious

fundamentalism, of nationalism, but also ofthe contest for ever scarcer natural resources

as well as new cultural confrontations meanfor the prospects of liberal society D

  #uer #chool on

  Liberal democracyin the Asian century

  Vama Veche, 22 – 27 July 2013

  $rgani%ed &y the

 Luxembourg Institute for 

 European and International Studies

  Black Sea Universit !oundation

 European "ultural "entre# Bucharest 

  WHO HOULD ATTEND! 

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4 "tudents, young researchers and professionals fromany part of the world

4 Eoung representatives of higher education, of

specialized institutions, of political parties, of FGHIs,

of the mass media

 

"AIN #EA$ER

'ro!. e. (. M)*+AE, AM-$#)Jean %onnet rofessor ad personam

2niversity of Trier, Germany

/r. AMA/ *,E##E6irector, <uxembourg =nstitute for -uropean and

=nternational "tudies

'ro!. *+)#T$'+E *$E rofessor of =nternational elations

<ondon "chool of -conomics and olitical "cience

'ro!. M)*EA MA,)TA%ember of the omanian Kcademy

Lounding %ember, !lack "ea 2niversity Loundation

Vicepresident, -uropean Cultural Centre, !ucharest

Media partner: www.studentie.ro

 

"AIN TO#IC

1. Is democracy a Western idea? From Aristotles !olitics to "ants !er#etual !eace

2. $emocracy and li%eralinternationalism&democratisation' (romWoodro) Wilson to *.W. +ush

3. $emocracy and the end o( history-'democracy and astern uro#e #ost/1

. Why )as ussia lost- 4and )ho lost it-5?

6. $emocracy in crisis #ost/200' the rise o(nationalism. Fascism and #olitical etremism

8. 9he Ara% :#rin;' is Islam com#ati%le )ithdemocracy?

7. 9he Asian century 415' Illi%eraldemocracies

. 9he Asian century 425' <hina and the

authoritarian&-meritocratic- model

. <an Asia re/in=ent democracy' India and<hina?

If you wish to join in the programme, pleasefill in the application form:

%irst name& Last name&Institution&#osition& 

#ayment o' course 'ee amountin( to ))* Euro canbe made&

 in cash, at arri=al %y %an> trans(er 

 I )ish to a##ly (or a scholarshi# 5  4only (or students5

*) The '()( offers a grant covering the fee of **+ )uro to

the students whose application is accepted .

 All candidates are kindly requested to send the filledin Application Form together with:

• Curriculum vitae• Letter of intention• wo!page essay on one of the topics

addressed "y the seminar 

to the  EURO#EAN CULTURAL CENTRECentrul Euro+ean de Cultur,- .ucure/ti#$!%&, 'fin(ii )oievo*i 't+, &$-., #th floor, apt+ &- -/ucharest!&, 0omania1hone2fa3: #4& -% 54 . 6!mail:cti7clicknet+ro

A++lication deadline& 0* "ay 012)

-ank trans!er to account

$4 *- 000000506330001 7E89 opened &y the

European *ultural *entre at the oanian *oercial

-ank" ,ipscani &ranch" 1620 ,ipscani #t." -ucharest ; 3"

oania #wi!t: *- $-8

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