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The Association for Democracy in the Balkas and the Greece/Cyprus Office of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung cordially invite you on Thursday, 19 February to the presentation of the history books for South-East Europe. Volume 1 "The Cold War" covers the period 1944-1990, whereas the second with the title "Wars, Divisions, Integration" is dedicated to the years 1990-2008. Distinguished academics from Greece and aborad will discuss in panels about the book itself and its historical, political and social implications.

Speakers:

Panel 1: Teaching Post-War History in Greek schools: The two new volumes of the Joint History Project for the Balkans
Prof. Dr. Christina Koulouri, Department of Political Science and History, Panteion University of Athens
Prof. Dr. Neven Budak, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb
Assoc. Prof. Vangelis Karamanolakis, Department of History and Archaeology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Assoc. Prof. Konstantina Botsiou, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of the Peloponnese
Ass. Prof. Angelos Palikidis, Department of History and Ethnology, Democritus University of Thrace
Moderation: Henri Bohnet, Director, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Greece and Cyprus Office

Panel 2: The Joint History Project as model for History Education in Europe?
Costa Carras, Historian, Co-Founder, Association for Democracy in the Balkans
Prof. Dr. Niyazi Mustafa Kizilyürek, Department of Turkish and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Cyprus, Member of the European Parliament
Patrick Comoy, Director, Institut français de Grèce, Cultural Advisor, Embassy of France in Athens
Dr. Antoine Arjakovsky, Historian, Co-Director, Research Department Politics and Religions, Collège des Bernardins Paris
Moderator: Hannes Swoboda, B. Kreisky Forum for International Dialogue, A Soul for Europe, International Institute for Peace

The event is taking place on Thursday, 27 February 2020, at 17:00 at the "Leonidas Zervas" conference hall, at the National Hellenic Research Foundation.

Working languages: Greek and English (with simultaneous translation)

Registration is necessary. The Registration Form is available here.