Events
NEC fosters critical thinking through public lectures and debates.
May 2026
Follow the Money. Networks, Influence, and Power in 1830s Wallachia
TransCorr SeminarDate:
4 May 2026, 16.00-18.00 (Bucharest time)
Location: NEC conference room & Zoom
Constantin ARDELEANU, Member of the ERC project TransCorr; Senior Researcher, Institute for South-East European Studies / New Europe College, Bucharest
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Meeting ID: 860 5356 4093
Passcode: 197637
Categorization, Loss and Displacement: Millet and Turkish Tinsmiths in Bucharest
NEC SeminarDate:
6 May 2026, 11.00-13.00 (Bucharest time)
Location: NEC conference room & Zoom
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Adriana CUPCEA, Ștefan Odobleja Fellow; Researcher, Romanian Institute for Research on National Minorities, Cluj-Napoca
Digital Public Sphere(s) and the Future of Democratic Autonomy
Research GroupDate:
6 May 2026, 17.00-19.00 (Bucharest time)
Location: NEC conference room & Zoom
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Participants:
Members of the POLARIS and NEC-TECH research groups
Papers under discussion:
Törnberg, P., & Rogers, R. (2026, April 21). “Towards a Post-Social Media Studies”. Retrieved from OSF | Towards a Post-Social Media Studies
Aylsworth, T., Castro, C. (2024). “The Duty to Promote Digital Minimalism in Group Agents”. In: Kantian Ethics and the Attention Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. The Duty to Promote Digital Minimalism in Group Agents | Springer Nature Link
From Erosion to Restoration and Consolidation of Democracy in Ukraine during and after the War: Institutional, Political, Electoral and Eurointegration Dimensions
NEC SeminarDate:
13 May 2026, 11.00-13.00 (Bucharest time)
Location: NEC conference room & Zoom
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Vitaliy LYTVYN, Sustaining Ukrainian Scholarship Fellow; Professor, Department of Political Science and Deputy Dean for International Relations, Faculty of Philosophy, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
Venit hora. Prilej și proiect pentru științele Antichității
Roundtable (in Romanian)Date:
14 May 2026, 17.00-19.00 (Bucharest time)
Location: NEC conference room & Zoom
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Participanți: Francisca BĂLTĂCEANU, Ioana COSTA, Emanuel CONȚAC, Ștefan COLCERIU, Theodor GEORGESCU, Bogdan MINCĂ, Cătălin PAVEL
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Meeting ID: 871 4636 2030
Passcode: 639859
Science and Misinformation in the Digital Age: Challenging Expertise, Credibility, and Authenticity in the Virtual Sphere
International WorkshopDate:
19 May 2026, 9.45-17.35 (Bucharest time)
Location: NEC conference room & Zoom
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Convener: Alexandra BACALU, Trust Fellow
Participants: Alexandra BACALU, Cristian DUCU, Andreea EȘANU, Dragoș MANEA, Răzvan NICOLESCU, Elena TRIFAN, Stephanie A. BAKER, Dragoș MANEA, Adriana MIHAI, Mihai OMETIȚĂ, Mircea TOBOȘARU
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Meeting ID: 821 7130 1678
Passcode: 143357
War and Artistic Responses: Theories, Practices, Meanings
International WorkshopDate:
20 May 2026, 9.45-18.30
21 May 2026, 9.45-16.45
Location: NEC conference room & Zoom
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Convener: Veronika ZINCHENKO, SUS Fellow
Participants: Constantin ARDELEANU, Volodymyr BALABA, Viktoria BAVYKINA, Katharina BIEGGER, Yurii CHEKAN, Galyna DUB, Mykola HOMANYUK, Katrya HONCHARUK, Tetiana KHOROSHUN, Olha KOLOMYYETS, Oksana MAKSYMCHUK, Max ROSOCHINSKY, Viktor RUBAN, Valentina SANDU-DEDIU, Iryna TUKOVA, Daria VYSTAVKINA
Economia morală a sacrificiului: muncă, migrație și proletarizare în România rurală
Research Group (in Romanian)Date:
25 May 2026, 17.00-19.00 (București)
Location: NEC conference room & Zoom
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Valer Simion COSMA, Istoric și Antropolog; Manager executiv al proiectului ECOJUST – Doing Environmental InJustice: A Theory in Praxis
Egypt as a Project: Dreamwork and Masculinity in President el-Sisi’s New Republic
NEC SeminarDate:
27 May 2026, 11.00-13.00 (Bucharest time)
Location: NEC conference room & Zoom
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Carl ROMMEL, NEC Award Fellow; Researcher, Department of Cultural Anthropology and Ethnology, Uppsala University
György Kurtág and Anatol Vieru – 100
SymposiumDate:
29 May 2026, 9.00-16.00
Location: NEC conference room
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Coordinator: Valentina SANDU-DEDIU
Participants: Arnaud ARBET, Laurențiu BELDEAN, Olguța LUPU, Iulia MOGOȘAN, Irina NIȚU, George PĂIȘ, Valentina SANDU-DEDIU, László TIHANYI, László VIKARIUS, Patrick ZUK
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