South-Eastern Europe has for a long time been defined as marginal. Against this background a series of discussions will be organised which address the many specific difficulties to be met when attempting to define the region, and particularly the problems in situating study of South-Eastern Europe within existing disciplinary and area categories, whether old or new. For the study of nationalism, on the other hand, the region has been casually referred to for negative models at least since the writings of Mill and Renan, while in international relations The Eastern Question was viewed as a paradigmatic problem. The organizers have drawn up the following list of potential questions and themes for debate. Short, incisive contributions are sought, and the timing of presentations should be limited to 15 minutes.
Contributions are likely to be organized into panels of four speakers each with a moderator.
The role of historical events and discourses in shaping collective memory.