Since the establishment of LSEE - Research on South Eastern Europe in September 2009, they have endeavoured to maintain an interesting and varied programme of public events both here at the LSE and in the region. This page is updated throughout the year with fresh announcements.
For more details about LSEE Events please visit their Events Homepage
Lent Term 2015
Events
Monday 19 January 2015, 18.00 - 19.30
The Western Balkans in the European Union: Mission to be Completed
Lecture by Macedonian Deputy Prime Minister H.E. Dr Fatmir Besimi
Venue: Cañada Blanch Room, (COW 1.11), 1st floor, Cowdray House, LSE
Monday, 23 March 2015, time TBC
Book Launch: State-building in Kosovo: Democracy, EU Interests and US Influence in the Balkans with author Andrea Lorenzo Capussela
Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Building, LSE
Friday, 13 March 2015, 9.30 - 17.30
A LSEE-SEESOX Public Event Conference: Russia in the Balkans
Venue: Shaw Library, Old Building, LSE
Speakers: TBC
Visiting Speaker Programme
The LSEE Visiting Speaker Programme is a regular series of research seminars aimed at bringing research and scholarship by academics, policy professionals and other South Eastern Europe experts to a wider audience.
The Visiting Speaker Programme attracts researchers and specialists from the UK, Europe and South Eastern Europe, covering a broad range of topics.
Venue: Canada Blanch Room, COW 1.11, 1st floor, Cowdray House, Portugal Street, LSE, London WC2A 2AE
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Tuesday, 13 January 2015
Varieties of Bureaucracy in Central and Eastern Europe and the Western Balkans
Dr Jan-Hinrik Meyer-Sahling, University of Nottingham
Twitter: #LSEEM-Sahling
Tuesday, 27 January 2015
The Crisis of Democracy in the Balkans. The interrelationship between Europeanisation and the New Authoritarian Temptation
Dr Florian Bieber, Centre for Southeast European Studies at the University of Graz
Twitter: #LSEEBieber
Tuesday, 10 February 2015
Bulgarians in Macedonia and Macedonians in Bulgaria - Do They Exist?
Dr Kyril Drezov, Keele University
Twitter: #LSEEDrezov
Tuesday, 24 February 2015
The Politics of Europeanisation and Economic Nationalisms in Estonia and Slovenia
Dr Nicole Lindstrom, University of York
Twitter: #LSEELindstrom
Tuesday, 10 March 2015
Understanding Roma Nomadism Today: the case of Romanian Roma
Dr Anca Pusca, Goldsmiths, University of London
Twitter: #LSEEPusca
Michaelmas Term 2014
Events
Wednesday 15th October 2014, 18.00 - 19.30
Canada Blanch Room (COW 1.11), First Floor, Cowdray House, LSE
Book Launch: False Apocalypse
LSEE Research on SEE and Istros Books, with the support of English PEN and the Anglo-Albanian Association, present the book launch of Fatos Lubonja's "False Apocalypse: From Stalinism to Capitalism". The event will be followed by a reception.
Monday 27th October 2014, 18.00 - 19.00
Venue to be confirmed to ticketholders
A lecture by the Serbian Prime Minister, Aleksandar Vučić
Tickets will be released on Monday 20 October at this link.
Visiting Speaker Programme
The LSEE Visiting Speaker Programme is a regular series of research seminars aimed at bringing research and scholarship by academics, policy professionals and other South Eastern Europe experts to a wider audience.
The Visiting Speaker Programme attracts researchers and specialists from the UK, Europe and South Eastern Europe, covering a broad range of topics.
Venue: Canada Blanch Room (COW 1.11), First Floor, Cowdray House, Portugal Street, LSE, London WC2A 2AE
Time: 18:00 - 19:30
Tuesday 7th October 2014
Cultures of Democracy in Serbia & Bulgaria - How Ideas Shape Politics
Dr James Dawson, University College London
Twitter: #LSEEDawson
Tuesday 21th October 2014
Political Orientations and Internal Power-Struggles within the Nationalist Movement in Kosovo, 1968-2008
Dr Gëzim Krasniqi, SSEES-University College London
Twitter: #LSEEKrasniqi
Tuesday 4th November 2014
Political Economy of Unemployment in the Western Balkans
Dr Mihail Arandarenko, Belgrade/LSE
Twitter: #LSEEArandarenko
Tuesday 18th November 2014
The 2013 Belgrade-Pristina Normalization Agreement - What has it delivered?
Dr Joanna Hanson, LSE
Twitter: #LSEEHanson
Tuesday 2nd December 2014
TBC (Seminar details to be announced soon)
Dr John O'Brennan, NUI Maynooth
Twitter: #LSEEOBrennan