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No 2 // 2008 Contents 3 Institutional Impetus Project Parade 4 An overview of Project Accomplishment: CAS – Fribourg SCOPES Programme & CAS Shaken Order Project 6 … Research Yields ... or how it feels to work at CAS ... 8 ... and Our New Fellows' Expectations … 10 ‘Meet’ Negotiating Modernity: History of Modern Political Thought in East-Central Europe CAS New Fellows 11 The Negotiating Modernity Project 13 The Shaken Order Project 20 The Regimes of Historicity Project CAS Discussion Series 27 Studying Peoples in the People’s Democracies II: Book Presentation 28 Outlines on Anthropology in Southeastern Europe: an interview with Vintila˘ Miha˘ilescu, Ilia Iliev and Slobodan Naumović CAS Guest Lecture Series 31 Professor Claus Offe: The European Union after Eastern Enlargement 33 … ‘It is absolutely wrong to adopt a Euro-sceptic attitude’…Our Interview with Prof. Offe 36 CAS Retrospective Calendar of Events No 2 // 2008 WE, THE PEOPLE Politics of National Pecularity in Southeastern Europe edited by Diana Mishkova Contents and Contributors Introduction Part I: Ethnos and Citizens Alexander Vezenkov, Reconciliation of the Spirits and Fusion of the Interests Kinga-Koretta Sata, The People Incorporated Tchavdar Marinov, We, the Macedonians Balász Trencsényi, History and Character Part I: Nationalization of Sciences ‘… We, the People is a landmark book. It applies and the Definition of the Folk the latest theoretical insights and comparatist ap- Desislava Lilova, Barbarians, Civilized People proaches to a wealth of relevant and fascinating case and the Bulgarians studies, which, besides their intrinsic importance, are Levente T. Szabó, Narrating ‘the People’ now made available for comparative European and and ‘Disciplining’ the Folk macro-regional historical research.’ Stefan Detchev, Who are the Bulgarians? Part III. The Canon Builders Prof. Dr J. Th. Leersen, Bojan Aleksov, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj Chair of Modern European Literature, Artan Puto, Faik Konitza University of Amsterdam Bülent Bilmez, Shemseddin Sami Frashëri Current Donors / Partners Members of the CAS Academic Advisory Council Federal Department of Home Affairs, Netherlands Institute for Advanced  Prof. Urs Altermatt Swiss Confederation Study in the Humanities and Social History and Political Science, The Federal Ministry of Science Sciences /NIAS/ Fribourg University, Switzerland and Research, Austria New Europe College, Romania  Volkswagen Foundation, Germany Fribourg University, Switzerland  Prof. Michael Herzfeld Zuger Kulturstiftung Landis & Gyr, Center for Liberal Strategies, Anthropology, Harvard University, USA Zug, Switzerland Bulgaria  Prof. Kolyo Koev The Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Central European University, Sociology, Bulgarian Academy Foundation, Sweden Hungary of Sciences Stifterverband für die Deutsche Institut français, Sofia, Bulgaria Wissenschaft, Germany Fondation Maison des sciences de  Prof. Claus Offe Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, USA l’homme, Paris, France Sociology, Humboldt-Universität zu Trust for Civil Society in Central Berlin/Hertie School of Governance, and Eastern Europe CAS has working agreements Germany Fritz Thyssen Foundation, Germany for collaboration with: Rule-of-Law Programme  Assoc. Prof. Hristo Todorov South East Europe Konrad Adenauer The Bulgarian Academy of Philosophy, New Bulgarian University, Foundation Sciences Bulgaria The Bulgarian National Science Fund The Ministry of Education and of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Bulgaria  Prof. Maria Todorova Science of the Republic of Bulgaria History, University of Illinois Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, at Urbana-Champaign, USA Germany Collegium Budapest, Hungary 2 Centre for Advanced Study Sofia INSTITUTIONAL IMPETUS Members of the CAS Board of Trustees:  Prof. Dieter Grimm, Chairman, Permanent Fellow of Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Germany  Dr Mauro Moruzzi, Head of Bilateral Research, State Secretariat for Education and Research, Swiss Confederation  Prof. Andrei Pleşu, Rector of the New Europe College, Bucharest, Romania  Dr Johannes Hahn, Federal Minister of Science and Research, Austria  Prof. Alexander Shurbanov, The start of 2009 found the Centre for Advanced Prof. at Sofia University ‘St. Kliment Ohridski’ Study Sofia in a markedly upgraded status both in terms of institutional stability and research  Dr Heinz-Rudi Spiegel, expansion. Programme Director, Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, Germany The last couple of years of strenuous quest for a suitable location for the Centre has finally  Prof. Naum Yakimoff, brought fruit. Our Centre's new institutional home Deputy Rector for International Affairs is situated in the heart of Sofia’s city-centre, at at New Bulgarian University a five-minute walk from our current location. It  Mr Martin Zaimov, gives us indispensable office space and meeting Member of the Management Board capacity (over thirty – thirty-five seats) and will of Societe Generale Expressbank enable CAS to organise seminars, workshops and conferences for a larger number of participants from Bulgaria and abroad. We are particularly indebted for this acquisition Director and to our old and long-standing friends, Ms Hanna Academic Associates Widrig and the Zuger Kulturstiftung Landis & Gyr, Zug, the Swiss Confederation, and Stifterverband  Dr Diana Mishkova, für die Deutsche Wissenschaft; for making the purchase and forthcoming renovation of our new Director office possible. We would like to express our ap-  Dr Georgi Ganev, preciation for their trust and continuous backing Center for Liberal Strategies, Sofia of our institution and its development. Academic Associate Another ground-breaking news marking the end  Dr Georgi Kapriev, of 2008 was the success of the Centre’s applica- Sofia University ‘St Kliment Ohridski’, tion to the Bulgarian National Science Fund of Academic Associate the Ministry of Education and Science which will  Dr Pepka Boyadjieva, provide for independent research fellowships at Institute of Sociology, CAS for Bulgarian fellows for the next two years Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,Sofia (2009 – 2010). Within this Programme, the Academic Associate Centre will have the chance to grant six independent fellowships to promising young Bulgarian scholars. This will not only allow us to provide © Centre for Advanced Study Sofia the long-sought opportunity to support talented scholars within an inclusive thematic framework Articles, pictures and interviews can be reprinted only with the consent of the of research, but is also a sign of recognition on Editor/CAS. Any citations should be duly behalf of the Bulgarian state for the academic acknowledged. quality and international reputation of the Centre Editor: Dr Svetla Baloutzova Design: Vesselin Pramatarov for Advanced Study Sofia.  Printed by: Ango Boy No 2 // 2008 3 PROJECT PARADE An Overview CAS – Fribourg of Project SCOPES Accomplishment Programme & CAS Shaken Order Project The beginning of CAS academic year 2008- Commenced in October 2005, SCOPES 2009 was marked by the final workshop major objectives were to facilitate network of CAS – Fribourg SCOPES Programme: co-operation between scholars and institu- Institutionalisation of Scientific Networks tions on a European scale, develop interna- and Scholarly Activities for the Promotion tional research networks between young and of Cross-Cultural and Inter-Disciplinary established scholars of divergent academic Approaches on Nationalism in the Europe and cultural backgrounds, instigate cross- of Small Nations. cultural studies, and eventually develop a new curriculum in studying modern nationalism in the ‘small states’ of Europe. Its ultimate aim was to form a new research infrastructure, thus hoping to stimulate and contribute to educational reform in the academic curricula of Nationalism Studies and Constructions of National Identities, based on open-minded awareness of non-mainstream European cultural experiences in a pluri-cultural context. Designed as an academic experiment along the lines of inter-cultural course-building, the thirty-six-month long SCOPES Programme targeted to create transferable knowledge and inter-cultural course-materials corre- sponding to the needs of the trans-European mobility of students. Methodologically, it envisaged regular international workshops, exchange and training sessions for faculty, post-doctoral researchers and doctoral students at CAS Sofia (Bulgaria), the University of Fribourg (Switzerland), and CEU Budapest (Hungary). SCOPES concluding workshop was held on 24–25 October 2008 in Sofia. It opened with a talk by Professor Roumen Daskalov, CEU Budapest – NBU Sofia, discussing the methodological premises of a pluralised and diversified vision on Balkan Histories in their sharedness and entanglement. 4 C e n t r e f o r A d v a n c e d S t u d y S o f i a PROJECT PARADE Eight young scholars from Switzerland, tion of a transnational Homo Sovieticus The opening second-year seminar of Romania, Bulgaria, and Georgia identity in the Caucasus, and the prob- CAS Shaken Order Project Authorities presented case-studies on problems lem of Macedonian anticommunist re- and Trust in post-Communist Societ- of modern and contemporary Europe visionism in the light of a transnational, ies brought together the first-year Fel- whose wide-ranging impact in the past pro-European context. lows and their newly selected peers in a still provoke controversial responses common-ground discussion. Dr Ruzha Transnationalism was also a priority today. Smilova (Bulgaria), Dr Maria-Carmen topic in Franziska Metzger’s study, which Pantea (Romania), and Dr Vladimir Swiss fascism, its structures and char- dwelt on the comparative perspective of Petrović (Serbia), had the opportunity to acteristics in 1933-1939/45, and religion, moral and the nation in three present the outcomes of their one-year the perceptions of the Swiss Catholic European states – Great Britain, Switzer- studies on Duties to Obey the Law and Conservatives of the European crisis land and the Netherlands – in the nine- Social Trust in Bulgaria, Legal and Social in 1848-1889, were the central top- teenth and twentieth centuries. Gender Approaches to Early Entry into Employ- ics of interest and debates in Thomas and citizenship, too, proved a fertile ment in Romania, and Prosecuting War Metzger’s paper and David Luginbühl’s subject of exploration, as presented in Crimes Committed in former Yugosla- expose. These were followed by Oc- Catharine Bosshart’s essay. via in the National and International tavian Silvestru’s and Nadine Ritzer’s Dr Diana Mishkova’s (CAS Sofia) pa- Legal Context, to the Shaken Order interesting observations on the nature per on Legacies of Transnationalism second-year Fellows’ generation. The of anti-Semitism, and nationalism in at a Regionalist Perspective discussing new Shaken Order Fellows engaged in Romania in the 1870s, and war as a Balkanistic historiographies in a longue the debate of these presentations and plausible tool for nation- and state- durée added the ‘finishing touch’ to launched their own research agenda building as emerging from analyses of SCOPES last seminar. Prof. Dr Urs for the second and last year of the Romanian textbooks. Altermatt’s (University of Fribourg) con- Project. David Matsaberidze’s and Tchavdar tribution to the final discussions proved The first-year Fellows’ presentations Marinov’s papers addressed delicate especially useful for the evaluation of were succeeded by the opening work- contemporary issues, such as the legacy the overall academic results. shop for the second project year (6-9 of Soviet ethnic policy and the forma- November 2008). For an introduction of the new Fellows and a survey of their research proposals, see below.  No 2 // 2008 5 PROJECT PARADE … Research Yields ... or how it feels to work at CAS ... A number of academic ventures in 2007, which were enacted in the frameworks of CAS … It was a very inspiring experience for me to meet in the framework Shaken Order Project (First-year Fellowships) of our three-year SCOPES project a number of researchers who were and CAS Fribuorg SCOPES Programme came interested in an exchange on the theoretical and methodological to their successful end by September 2008. level. Although coming from diff erent research backgrounds, their Within the course of their realisations, we had critical commentaries and the techniques they brought in their own plenty of opportunities to set the stage for research contexts, was very stimulating for me – more stimulating their lively debates on methodological and than many other conferences where the participants were primarily empirical issues, spur readjustment of their interested in factual details rather than in conceptual ideas and initially charted-investigations, and encourage methodological debates. I am very grateful to our international each of them along the way. Step by step, we group for inputs to my PhD thesis on religion and historiography in watched the ‘sprouting’ and unfolding of an Switzerland as well as to my post-doctoral project on religion and international team of academics, whose social moral in the public sphere in Great Britain, the Netherlands and capital continued growing, crossing cultural Switzerland, the outline of which I presented at our fi nal SCOPES bounderies, and the emergence of networks conference in Sofi a in October 2008. of close co-operation and friendship. Franziska Metzger, At the end of their stay at CAS, we asked our University of Fribourg, Switzerland, international associates to ‘roll back’ the last SCOPES Project twelve months, sum up their experiences and tell us how it felt to be involved with us. Here are some of their comments.  … From my perspective, the SCOPES project was very successful in bringing together young scholars from several Central and Southeast- ern European countries. Th e international format of the conferences made them very interesting and led to fruitful discussions. I consider the inputs for my research in the fi elds of antisemitism, religion and antisemitism, and fascism as substantial both on a conceptual and a comparative and transnational level. Furthermore, I am very thank- ful for the teaching-exchange program of SCOPES that gave me the great opportunity to get some teaching experiences. Thomas Metzger, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, SCOPES Project 6 Centre for Advanced Study Sofia PROJECT PARADE … My CAS research aimed at exploring how young people experience their transition to work in a society that is re- forming its institutions and revisiting its values. It looked into the experiences of a ‘population’ that usually escapes the standardised data collection procedures (e.g. young people who are out of school, who live independently (and occasionally on streets), who work without a contract, etc.). Th e study was based on semi-structured biographical interviews with young people from Romania. Th e Shaken Order workshops at CAS off ered me the opportunity to discuss several methodological concerns that also appeared common to other fellows (e.g. the methodological inadequacy of measuring social capital at the individual level, the inherent poor validity of interviews and question- naires for measuring social trust, the various defi nitions of I came with a paper on the Soviet Identity, which was social capital). followed by a really interesting discussion on ideas and approaches. It was very valuable for me personally, as it Th e discussions highlighted that in many respects, young familiarised me with alternative opinions. Th ese came as people share similar experiences in their transition to work another way of thinking, though they did not change my across the Region (Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia), namely: initial hypotheses. unemployment, decline in state authority and social trust, poor political representation of youth following its use and Yet, the workshop session at CAS prompted me to rethink my abuse during communism. studies along the formula of Transnational Identity versus Soviet Identity, and assess local identities through another, To a certain extent, studies on youth share the marginal diff erent prism aft er the fall of Communism. In this direc- status of young people in society. Most oft en, young people tion, now I am thinking of taking into consideration the and children are studied in secluded areas (sociology of problem of interaction of the old central historical narrative youth / childhood), and poor communication between these (Supported by the Former Soviet Centre), the narrative(s) of areas and the primary discipline (be it sociology, history, the new Centres (Newly Independent States), as well as the political sciences) seems to be the rule. With several notori- Narratives of Minorities in the newly independent states. I ous exceptions, (e.g. the work of Bulgarian researcher Sijka have become interested in a comparative study of develop- Kovacheva), the study of young people is still a marginal ments aft er imperial breakdowns, and I am going to look into endeavour and a lonely occupation in Eastern Europe. CAS paths of similarities and diff erences in the Balkans and the is a place where one may expect to fi nd research on young Caucasus. Admittedly, this is not a novel idea, as a lot has people and (more recently) on childhood, to happen. been done in this fi eld. Nevertheless, I believe that there is a As professor Michael Herzfeld argued at his Guest Lecture niche for further contribution to be made there, especially in at CAS, things do not need to remain this way. Ideally, terms of comparative evaluation of the processes of identity children and young people’s stories (and histories) will be formation and identity building. Refl ection on overlap- integrated in the major disciplines, just as children and ping histories within these regions has become particularly young people themselves are becoming an active part of interesting for me. society. I have found particularly remarkable the way CAS undertook the challenge of incorporating research on young David Matsaberidze, people and children (see the Workshop on Childhood under Iv. Javakishvili Socialism) into the hitherto established academic disciplines. Tbilisi State University, Georgia, For me, CAS provides one of the few settings where qualita- SCOPES Project tive research on young people’s experience of transition in Eastern Europe can be supported, discussed and framed in broader social contexts. Maria-Carmen Pantea, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania, Shaken Order Project No 2 // 2008 7 PROJECT PARADE ... and … An important intention of our project is to increase the visibil- Our New Fellows' ity of the intellectual traditions East of the Elbe in the European canon of political thought. Whilst this Region has generally Expectations … received some moderate attention in literature, it is especially true for smaller intellectual cultures, such as Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian. While intellectuals from these countries have made some fascinating contributions to European political thought, it is due to the limited access to their languages, that these think- ers have remained virtually unknown beyond their borders. Our project will address this lacuna and I expect it to contribute to the integration of these smaller traditions into the European tradition of political thought. I hope that our small research team, which is comprised of people sharing the same interests but at the same Dictionaries define ‘expectations’ as an act or time bringing their own special ‘angle’ to the project, is an ideal state of looking forward to an event as about setup for this venture … to happen. Expectations go hand in hand with Monika Baár future prospects; they are set on grounds upon which something exceptional and good is hoped Negotiating Modernity Project to occur. Expectations signify mental pictures and standpoints cast along positive lines – these linked to high professional standards, a sense of responsibility, an adequate access to information, and undeniable brilliance of … In my research I intend to address some important societal performance. and legal changes in post-communist societies (with emphasis on We believe that our newly-selected Fellows for Slovenia) in order to uncover the reasons behind, and effects of, 2008-2009 possess all the necessary prerequi- the changes in social trust and the loci of authority. I am looking sites and qualities to make their academic ex- forward to many a fruitful conversation with the other fellows, to pectations happen. Hence, we decided to offer possibly generating new friendships and research networks … them an opportunity to present their scholarly plans to our reading public. We invited them Nina Peršak to lay out their project visions in an informal Shaken Order Project and sincere way, and here are the responses which we received and which we would gladly like to share. … My project looks at how disputes between economic agents were settled during the period 1992-2002 in Bulgaria and what legal mechanisms were applied. I hope to look into the emerging informal business practices and mechanisms to secure property rights and to what extent the state institutions designed to protect property rights and enforce contracts in Bulgaria were strength- ened by the end of the nineties. At the same time I hope that the CAS fellowship will help me further explore some important research questions I have posed in my doctoral dissertation and study the protection practices of the 1990s in a broader socio- economic context … Marina Tzvetkova Shaken Order Project 8 C e n t r e f o r A d v a n c e d S t u d y S o f i a PROJECT PARADE ... My project deals with the various aspects of the transforma- … The primary focus of my research is an in-depth look at what tion of the judiciary in post-communist societies, especially with I have termed ‘the other green intellectuals’ who sympathised respect to the Central European countries (the Czech Republic, with, and in some cases even joined, the Iron Guard (the most Slovakia, Poland and Hungary). Aspects of the research include important fascist movement in interwar Romania), and had a issues of judicial self-governance, administration of courts and genuine impact on its development. The project looks at their recall of presidents of courts, and the position of newly established radical response to the temporal crisis that interwar Romania had constitutional courts in the overall judicial structure. to face, how the particular time horizon shaped their political Expectations would include enlarging the horizon of my research views, and what their ideas for an alternative extreme right-wing to the Balkans, which I am not familiar with, and getting an revolutionary way towards modernity were … opportunity to familiarise myself with regional issues there. Joining CAS as a fellow I expect to experience the fortunate mix This would in turn give a greater comparative angle to my own of ‘business and pleasure’, i.e. a highly stimulating academic study … endeavor combined with a friendly environment that would re- sult in steady, long-lasting links. I think that the fellows’ diverse Michal Bobek range of topics and academic backgrounds would prove to be a Shaken Order Project valuable asset, especially because they are linked together by the theoretical framework of the program. I hope that the entangled experiences and shared (hi)stories of the fellows will prove focus points for plenty of meaningful, informal discussions ... … My research project addresses the question how the expansion Valentin Adrian Sandulescu and diversifi cation of higher education connects to issues, such Regimes of Historicity Project as openness, inclusion, and gender. A law for students’ credits has been recently adopted in Bulgaria, but no mechanism for its implementation has been developed so far. This leads to low trust in law. My expectations are to elaborate a link between the legal order … My project comparatively investigates two corporatist chal- and the social structure in the process of active interdisciplinary lenges to liberal national citizenship in Bulgaria (ca. 1900-1939) communication. Focusing on the line between sociology, law and – agrarianism and Turkish Muslim reformism. I situate these politics, I hope to contribute to bolster trust in a society ruled challenges, conceptually and historiographically, within the by law, and defi ned by meritocracy and openness of access to broader context of the crisis of liberal modernity in Europe. The education ... question guiding my research is whether ‘corporatist’ citizenship indicates mostly problems in the modernisation of post-Ottoman Rumiana Stoilova Southeastern Europe or the failure of liberal modernity to seek Shaken Order Project equality without enforcing mechanisms of marginalisation. As a new fellow, I have already had the invaluable opportunity to present my research in progress as well as to receive construc- tive and intellectually stimulating criticism from other fellows. … My project focuses on the musicological production in Turkey I fi nd the CAS format of workshop presentation and discussion and Greece in the period between 1900s and 1930s, on discourses particularly rewarding … of modernity and identity, and the ideas and concepts available to Anna Mirkova the musicians of different generations there. The project is unique Regimes of Historicity Project regarding the application of methodological approaches developed within the fi eld of intellectual history in the interdisciplinary study of music and history, as well as the suggested comparison between countries like Greece and Turkey with overlapping pasts but following different routes in the twentieth century. I expect to contribute appropriately to the debate that opened up in the fi rst workshop. It showed that each project has a lot to offer to other projects ... Merih Erol Regimes of Historicity Project No 2 // 2008 9 PROJECT PARADE ... My project examines academic historiography as a place where the conceptions of modernity, identity, and historicity have been shaped and debated. As a case study, I analyse the interpreta- tion of the Lamprechtian paradigm of historical scholarship in the Finnish context, especially in the works of the historian Gunnar Suolahti (1876–1933). My project suggests that European ‘small-states’, such as Finland, should not be considered mere second-class cases in relation to the so-called ‘leading nations’, but we should, instead, acknowledge their creative eclecticism and their contribution to the construction of mul- 'Meet' tiple modernities in Europe. On the professional level, respectively, I am interested in establishing Negotiating networks of interaction between other fellows from the ‘non-core’ Europe, whose voices are Modernity often quieted by the language barrier. By uniting our intellectual forces, we may reshape the ‘Eu- ropean canon’ of political thought and create a more balanced picture of our common European cultural-political heritage ... In 2008, CAS Sofia became the host Marja Jalava of a new project, which principle ob- Regimes of Historicity Project jective is the production of a synthetic volume on the history of modern political thought in East Central … My research project focuses on the discourses Europe. The envisaged collection is of identity, modernity and temporality in Mon- not meant to be compartmentalised tenegro from 1900 until 1941. The small but according to national sub-chapters, diverse and colourful group of Montenegrin intellectuals who were trying to make sense of but rather based on a diachronic all the dramatic political changes within this analysis sensitive to transnational period have left behind a lot of interesting and discursive phenomena, such as insuffi ciently researched texts. Trying to analyse ideological traditions (liberalism, and interpret their ideas often feels like walking through a primeval forest rich in wildlife. Some- socialism, federalism, conservatism), times, I feel alone in that forest and not quite which tend to transcend national sure where to go and what to do next. Should I borders. The project is equally open pick up strawberries or mushrooms? Collect wood to various supra-national and sub- or go hunting? … Getting together with other fellows in Sofi a dur- national (regional) frameworks, ing our fi rst working session was exactly what where different national projects I needed: some advice, some friendly critique, were interacting. a chance to learn from others and, last but not least, a huge intake of calories in the form of deli- cious Bulgarian food! Now I am back in my forest again, all alone, but this time with a map ... František Šístek Regimes of Historicity Project 10 C e n t r e f o r A d v a n c e d S t u d y S o f i a