ADVANCED STUDIES

FOR OPEN SOCIETIES

REGIONAL NETWORK OF CENTRES FOR ADVANCED STUDIED IN SOUTHEAST EUROPE (RECAS)

Induces societal change by promoting the visibility, quality, and relevance of Western Balkans and Southeast European research while enabling early career researchers to conduct socially engaging and policy-relevant research in the region.

SPEAKING OUT for the freedom of research and ensuring the necessary prerequisites for innovative, creative, and scientific development, RECAS will continue TO ACT, opening up spaces for intellectual shifts and collective creation of OPEN SOCIETIES in the SEE region, building institutional and program capacities TO MOTIVATE an engaged community network that breeds groundbreaking ideas and instigates SOCIAL change.

EVENTS

CAS SEE Seminars with Guests: Vlado Danailov

On Thursday, July 18th, 2024 at 12:00 PM (CET), we are hosting the CAS SEE Seminar with Vlado Danailov on “Urban lived quality of public spaces. Places of conﬂict and encounter in the case of Skopje” in conversation with the RECAS Fellow Ivana Angelova.

CAS SEE Seminars with Guests: Christian Voss

On Thursday, July 11th, 2024 at 12:00 PM (CET), we are hosting the CAS SEE Seminar with Christian Voss on “Towards a Cultural History of Albanians in Tito‘s Yugoslavia” in conversation with the RECAS Fellow Elona Gjata.

CAS SEE Seminars with Guests: Faris Kočan

On Thursday, July 4th, 2024 at 12:00 PM (CET), we are hosting the CAS SEE Seminar with Faris Kočan on “The Story of Baljvine, a warless village in Bosnia-Herzegovina” in conversation with the RECAS Fellow Valentina Otmačić.

NEWS

RECAS Meeting in Belgrade

On October 25th, representatives of the Regional Network of Centers for Advanced Studies in Southeast Europe (RECAS) convened in Belgrade for a full-day working meeting aimed at evaluating and developing recent initiatives, sharing insights from individual centers, and outlining collaborative objectives for the upcoming year. The gathering focused on key elements of the RECAS mission ... Read more

RECAS at the Eighth Joint Science Conference of the Berlin Process

The conference, held at the Berlin State Library on 30 September and 1 October, gathered participants under the theme “Courage for Future”

9th Rectors’ Forum of Southeast Europe and the Western Balkans

From September 11-12, 2024, the University St. Kliment Ohridski in Bitola hosted the 9th Rectors’ Forum of Southeast Europe and the Western Balkans. The forum, a key regional higher education network, strengthens university collaboration and gives voice to academic institutions across the region.

Conference Change in Belgrade

The Conference Change, held from June 12th to June 15th in Belgrade, was undoubtedly one of the key academic events in the region this year. The conference gathered over 150 participants, notable for its scope, diversity, and quality of academic exchange.

RECAS member CAPRIS UKIM Announces Call for Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications

The Center of Advanced and Postdoctoral Research “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” University in Skopje (CAPRIS UKIM), one of the founding RECAS members is delighted to announce its Call for Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications.

Launching of the Regional Network of Centers for Advanced Studies (RECAS)

At the 8th Meeting of the Rectors’ Forum of Southeast Europe and the Western Balkans, held on May 30-31 in Sarajevo, an agreement to establish the Regional Network of Centers for Advanced Studies (RECAS) was signed.

FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

The program invites Early Career Researchers through open calls to form investigative teams and develop research project applications or conduct postdoctoral research. The fellows spend 3 to 12 months at one of the centers within the Network of Centres for Advanced Studies in the Western Balkans.

MOISE PALACE

MOISE P(A)LACE makes initial stage of building the Regional Residency Network with conference facilities in the Adriatic area, dedicated to continuing the cherished tradition of hosting lectures, roundtable discussions, mini-festivals, storytelling gatherings, and more, all deeply rooted in the Adriatic unique way of life, cultural history, diverse music genres, visual and performing arts, and literature.

RECAS NETWORK

This pioneering initiative is jointly hosted by major universities across seven countries in the region with a broad international partner network, including academics, civil society and policymakers.

RECTOR’S FORUM OF SOUTHEAST EUROPE AND WESTERN BALKANS

RECAS is the flagship initiative of the Rectors Forum of Southeast Europe and Western Balkans, gathering 30 universities that develop concepts, co-ordinate measures and jointly advocates for European and regional collaboration, and European integration