Dear EPSA members, please find attached the call for applications to the international conference: *"V4. Past. Preset. Future"* organized by the *Faculty of Political Science and International Studies University of Warsaw* in partnership with: - Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics in Bratislava, - Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of International Studies and Institute of Political Studies, Charles University in Prague, - Department of International Relations, Institute for International, Political and Regional Studies, Corvinus University of Budapest - Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Pecs. *The conference will take place on 16-17th December 2021, at the University of Warsaw. * Our two-day conference will include: opening lecture, plenary sessions and panel sessions. The opening lecture will be given by Ms. Marianna Neupauerová, Deputy Executive Director from Visegrad Fund who will present the practical dimension of regional cooperation. She is a Slovak diplomat who started professional career with the Slovak Commission for UNESCO and continued by focusing on human rights issues and later development cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic. The second speaker will be Ivan Krastev, political scientist and philosopher, the Chair of the Centre for Liberal Strategies in Sofia and a Permanent Fellow at the IWM Institute of Human Sciences in Vienna. He is also a founding Board Member of ECFR and the Member of the Board of Trustees of the International Crisis Group. Submission of individual papers and panels on national, regional and international aspects of the analysis of the role of the Visegrad Group are all invited. Please see the below list of suggested topics of interest or offer one from beyond 2 main frameworks: *I framework: Political and Economic Transformation in V4* • Dynamics and changes of political systems or evolution and dynamics of changes in political systems of V4 states • Dynamics and changes of party systems • Political parties and social movements • Populism, civic activity, socio-political cleavages • Dilemmas of Social Policy • Cultural policy, higher education cooperation • Economic cooperation • Cooperation in crisis – counteracting the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic • Energy security in V4 *II Framework: V4 in International Relations* - Sub-regionalism and regionalism - Defense and Security - Foreign Policy - Political and economic cooperation of V4 - Challenges and threats to the development of the V4 - Transatlantic relations - Relation with Emerging Powers and Emerging Markets - EU external relations with neighborhood - China factor in Central Europe - Russia factor in Central Europe and the EU Abstracts of up to 300 words for the papers should be sent through the following application form: http://bityl.pl/eLVET All additional information you can find on conference website: https://wnpism.uw.edu.pl/en/v4/ Best regards, Agnieszka Bejma -- Dr Agnieszka Bejma Pełnomocnik Dziekana ds. studenckiego ruchu naukowego Dean's Representative for Student Scientific Movement [image: Logo] <https://wnpism.uw.edu.pl/> https://wnpism.uw.edu.pl/pracownicy/bejma-agnieszka/ *Katedra Teorii Polityki i Myśli Politycznej* ul. Nowy Świat 67, pokój 208, 00-927 Warszawa Dyżur dydaktyczny: wtorki 9.00-10.00 Dyżur administracyjny: czwartki 12:00-13.00