This volume is based on contributions to the international seminars "Old Region, New Institutions: Hungary, Slovakia, Romania" (29 april 2004) and "Contemporary Change in the Balkans: Migration and Political Change after the EU Enlargement" (26 november 2004) that were held at the Baltic and East European Graduate School (BEEGS), at Södertörn University College, Huddinge, Sweden.

Subjects covered include: Migration, International Relations and Security, European Elargement, Ethnic Minorities, Writing National Histories and Historiography.

This volume is a resource for students of Eastern European countries in transition, as well as for those interested in the interplay between tradition and change in the contemporary (post)nation-state.