The European Union After Enlargement:
Policies and Politics in a New Context

University of Washington

May 1-2, 2008

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Schedule

Thursday, May 1:
Opening Reception and Plenary Roundtable

7:30	Public Roundtable Discussion, Kane Hall 220
	"The Nature of the Enlarged European Union: Change versus Continuity"
Chair and Moderator:	Steven Pfaff, Director of UW Center for West European Studies
Participants:	Frank Schimmelfennig, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Adam Michnik, Editor-in-Chief, Gazeta Wyborcza Timo Summa, European Commission Birol Yesilada, Portland State University

Friday, May 2:
Conference Panels, Husky Union Building (HUB) 310

8:30 - 9:00	Coffee and Welcoming Remarks
9:00 - 10:45	Panel #1: (Re)Assessing Democratic Conditionality After the Eastern Enlargement
Chair:	Jim Caporaso, University of Washington
Discussant:	Steve Hanson, University of Washington
Panelists:	Frank Schimmelfennig, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology "EU Democracy Promotion in the European Neighbordhood: Political Conditionality, Economic Development, and Transnational Exchange"
	Milada Vachudova, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill "Tempered by the EU? Political Parties and Party Systems Before and After Accession"
	Grigore Pop-Eleches, Princeton University "From Overstretching to Backsliding? The EU's Impact on Democracy and Governance Before and After Accession"
10:45 - 12:30	Panel #2: The Domestic Political Impact of Membership in Eastern Europe
Chair:	Arista Cirtautas, University of Washington
Discussant:	Theresa Squatrito, University of Washington
	Conor O'Dwyer, University of Florida "From Conditionality to Persuasion? The EU and the Struggle Over Gay and Lesbian Rights in Post-Accession Poland"
	Peter Vermeersch, Catholic University, Leuven "Domestic Discourses on European Integration in Poland After 2004: Ideology, Nationalism, and Party Competition"
12:30 - 2:00	Lunch Break
2:00 - 3:45	Panel #3: The Domestic Economic Impact of Membership in Eastern Europe
Chair:	Jim Caporaso, University of Washington
Discussant:	Jason Scheideman, University of Washington
Panelists:	Nina Bandelj, University of California, Irvine "EU Enlargement and Foreign Direct Investment in Central and Eastern Europe"
	Wim Van Aken, European Central Bank "The Sectoral Implications of EU Enlargement"
	Zbigniew Bochniarz, University of Washington "Sustainability and Environmental Issues after EU Enlargement"
3:45 - 4:00	Coffee Break
4:00 - 5:45	Panel #4: The Enlarged EU as Strategic Actor: Security, External Relations and the Future of Enlargement
Chair:	Chris Jones, University of Washington
Discussant:	Min-hyung Kim, University of Washingtopn
Panelists:	Wade Jacoby, Brigham Young University "'We'd Like to Get Our Groups Together if We Can Afford it': The EU Battle Groups in Sweden and the Czech Republic"
	Stefan Gaenzle, University of British Columbia "Adapting to European Integration? Kaliningrad, Russia and the European Union"
	Ainius Lasas, University of Washington "Once Accounts are Settled: The Dynamics of the EU's Eastern Enlargement and Beyond"