ICR Romanian Cultural Institute London

Panel discussion and book launch Ottomans into Europeans

St Antony's College (Oxford University) hosts the book launch Ottomans into Europeans. State and Institution Building in Modern Balkans edited by Wim van Meurs and Alina Mungiu-Pippidi and published by C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd, followed by the panel discussion on the same topic.
Participants: Alina Mungiu-Pippidi (Hertie School), Richard Clogg (St Antony's College, Oxford), John Gledhill (London School of Economics), Tim Judah (The Economist), Stevan K. Pavlowitch (Southampton University), Andrei Pippidi (Bucharest University).

The book Ottomans into Europeans. State and Institution Building in Modern Balkans offers a special view on the subject. While many histories of the Balkans have been published, there is yet no complete history of institutions in the Balkans. The contributors to Ottomans into Europeans offer to the reader a history of the most salient political institutions of the region: bureaucracies, judiciaries, democratic elections, free media, local and central government - and the kind of relations with traditional institutions.

For anyone interested in the Balkans this is the right book at the right time. Just as the Balkans 'return to Europe' and Greece, given its current difficulties, returns to the Balkans, this book is a timely examination of key historical issues essential for an understanding of state and society today, especially in the light of the great project of the age, European integration.
Tim Judah, Balkans Correspondent, The Economist

The event is organised with the support of the Romanian Cultural Institute.

When: 13 May, 5pm;
Where: Seminar Room, European Studies Centre, 70 Woodstock Road, Oxford University;
Free entrance.