Temat: 1-2 X 2010, Bratislava, My PhD2010 - "Where do we go from...

Call for papers "My PhD 2010"
We invite you to participate in the 4th PhD students' international conference - "Where do we go from here? Economic trends, social trajectories and policies of identities in post communist capitalism."
- organized by Friedrich Ebert Foundation in cooperation with Proforum under the auspices of Ms. Brigita Schmögnerová, Vice-President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and President of Proforum :

Aims of the project

24 Students dealing with Central Eastern Europe in the transition period have an opportunity to present, discuss and oppose their papers from different research areas in 8 panels under the supervision of 8 distinguished Senior-Academics .The main goals of the conference are:

- promotion of cross disciplinary dialogue between young scientists in the regions of Central Eastern Europe
- promoting a common language of public interest in different research areas at the level of EU and national policies
- promoting mobility and productive confrontation of PhD students from countries of Central Eastern and Western Europe
- establishing an effective knowledge based network
- publishing the collection of all contributions in electronic form
- publishing the best papers selected by Senior-Academics in print form

Target group: PhD students in the fields of anthropology, cultural studies, ethnology, social geography, history. philosophy, political sciences , economics , law and media studies

Practical traineeship and publishing of the best paper
We are glad to inform you that European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) a partner of our conference will publish the best conference contribution as a ETUI working paper and strongly encourages an application from the participants for a three month traineeship dealing with labour environment issues from European perspective.

Conference language: English

Important dates:
Abstract Submission Deadline: Jun, 20, 2010
Author Notification: July 15, 2010
Paper submission: September,11, 2010
Applications must include: application form, CV and an abstract of the paper in that shall be presented at the conference, max. 300 words

Accommodation, food and travel expenses: will be granted by organizer

Please send your applications to:
myphd@fes.sk
Contact/info: Miroslava Kotrasova
421 9O7 594 784
Application form: http://fes.sk