Contesting Illusions: History and Intellectual Class Struggle in Post-Communist Romania

PhD defense of Florin Poenaru

Dissertation Examination Committee:

Chair: Andras Bozoki, Professor at the Department of Political Science, CEU

Supervisor:  Don KalbProfessor at the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, CEU

Internal Examiner: Dan Rabinowitz, Professor at the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, CEU

Concert of Elsa Valle and Her Band

Born in Cuba and living now in Hungary, singer and composer Elsa Valle, shortly after graduating at the best music school in Havana, appeared at the most well-known Cuban and South-American festivals. Her style can be defined as an interesting and fantastic blend of traditional and contemporary Cuban singing. Her voice and singing is melancholic, luscious and explosively improvisational at the same time.

Quo Vadis, ICC? The International Criminal Court in its second decade

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first permanent international criminal court established with an aim to put an end to impunity for the perpetrators of the most serious crimes of concern to the international community as a whole. The first ten years of its functioning were affected by strong criticism and doubts about its capability to deliver effective and timely justice to the victims of these horrendous crimes and therefore contribute positively to the peace and reconciliation efforts in the affected regions.