American Institute on Political and Economic Systems-AIPES / AIPES summer program in Prague!

WHEN? July 4-25, 2012
VENUE: Prague, Czech Republic

The American Institute on Political and Economic Systems (AIPES) is an academic program designed to

explore the political, economic and cultural issues of the world as it grows under democratic principles.

AIPES embodies diversity and culture as its cornerstone to educating future leaders.

lectures on US and European government systems and their economic practices/conditions.

The economic lectures center around the theory and practical benefits of a free market society.

The institute also sponsors a number of prominent guest lectures from the region. Topics of these

guest lectures can range in politics, economics, international relations, law, and government in the media

ELIGIBILITY: Students must be currently enrolled in university in either an undergraduate or graduate level of study. Students must also be citizens of the United States, Europe and/or former states of the Soviet Union.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS: On-line application. Applicants must submit one letter of recommendation, resume, personal statement, analytical essay (500 words), transcripts, scholarship essay (not required).

DEADLINE: Early deadline: January 31 2012, late deadline: March 15 2012.

CONTACT PERSON: Ms. Brigit Moore, bmoore@tfas.org

Experience Prague this summer in a unique educational environment with 100 students from more than 25 countries in Central and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the United States. The American Institute on Political and Economic Systems (AIPES) is an academic program designed to explore the political, economic and cultural issues of the world as it grows under democratic principles. AIPES embodies diversity and culture as its cornerstone to educating future leaders. Over 1500 alumni have attended AIPES since its founding in 1993.

Students gather in the historical and cultural capital of the Czech Republic to study the basic foundations of a free society. Students are encouraged to apply these concepts to the transitions already taking place in their home countries. Students from a wide range of nationalities, religions and ethnicities have a chance to interact, learn and share their experiences in ways that can benefit their educational and professional development.

American students are given an opportunity study abroad with their European/Central Asian counterparts comparing and contrasting languages, customs and cultures while forming freindships that can last a lifetime.

Students who complete AIPES graduate into a network of over 11,000 TFAS alumni who live in over 100 countries around the globe. Graduates of our eleven institutes have discovered this vast network opens doors never that have lead to life changing opportunities in various corners of the world.

Come join us for this once in a lifetime opportunity this summer!

Application Deadlines: Early Deadline: 31 January 2012

Final Deadline: 15 March 2012

American Institute on Political and Economic Systems
The Fund for American Studies
1706 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20009
United States of America
Tel: 001-202-986-0384
Fax: 001-202-315-3880 For Specific AIPES questions, please contact:
Mr. Matthew Kwasiborski
European Institutes Director

For Recruitment and Application Information, please contact:
Ms. Brigit Moore
International Programs Admissions Manager

International Summer School on Religion and Public Life, Negotiating Space in Diversity: Religions and Authorities, Yogyakarta and Bali, Indonesia, 3-17 July 2012

International Summer School on Religion and Public Life Negotiating Space in Diversity: Religions and Authorities, Yogyakarta and Bali, Indonesia July 3-17th 2012

The International Summer School on Religion and Public Life (ISSRPL) is a unique, global initiative providing an annual international, inter-religious summer school of approximately two weeks. Each year the school explores critical issues around religion and society that influence the nature of community. It combines pluralistic perspectives on religious thought with social scientific research on tolerance, civil society and an open, dialogic, and reflective approach to pedagogic practice.

Increasingly and throughout the world, societies are facing the challenge of renewed religious identities and the negotiation of such identity claims in the public sphere. In essence they are facing the challenge of how to acknowledge diverse identities while at the same time finding common ground for conversation, often, in a highly contested public space. Related issues include questions of (individual) freedom (of speech, of religion) and the need to maintain (communal) identity and inter-group harmony in such contested locales.

This year’s ISSRPL will explore these issues in the context of Indonesia, a Muslim majority country (with more Muslims than all the Arab countries combined) but also, historically, one of great religious diversity. Under the authoritarian New Order (1966-1998) diversity was acknowledged in Indonesia, but was strictly regulated. The transition to democracy in 1998 saw an opening of political space for the expression of multiple social interests based on ethnic, religious, and other identities, while at the same time weakening the authorities of the central government and the military. The combination of these two forces contributed to new trends (at least in some areas) such as more frequent conflicts between communities, the aspiration to implement shari’a at the local level supported by some secular political parties, and the phenomenon of “religious radicalization”. New barriers between diverse identity-based communities (as well as within such communities) arose, posing challenges for the creation of a civil, pluralist democracy.

Indonesia is not alone in witnessing the rise of identity politics. In many parts of the world, including in Europe and the US, the old 19th and 20th century political ideologies seem to be receding, as identity becomes the new determinant of politics and economy. Multiple and new actors, often divided and mobilized on the basis of their identity claims (including prominently, religious ones), compete in the common public sphere, asserting alternative visions of politics and society.

This year’s ISSRPL will be located in two very diverse places in Indonesia, Yogyakarta (which has a majority of Muslims but also a strong presence of other religions) and Bali (which is a Hindu majority area). Contrasting and comparing these different locales will allow participants to reflect on these issues based on the Indonesian experience as well as those of the participants from many different countries. The school’s host this year will be the Indonesian Consortium for Religious Studies (www.icrs.ugm.ac.id) and Center for Religious and Cross Cultural Studies, Graduate School Gadjah Mada University (www.crcs.ugm.ac.id), Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

The school’s goal is to transform both the theoretical models and concrete practices through which religious orientations and secular models of politics and society engage one another. Its guiding principle is that in order to build relations of tolerance and understanding between groups and to shape a civil society, the perceived barrier between secular, modern and more traditional religious values must be questioned. Political orientations and social practices must be developed that will draw on both religious traditions and the insights of secular modernity in new and creative ways. The program is centered on three different kinds of learning (formal, informal and experiential) together with intense processes of group building and the construction of working relationships across religious and ethnic identities. Commitment to all forms of learning and group work is expected of school participants. Thus, the didactic goals of the school are social as well as cognitive. It is expected that, as a result of attendance at the school, fellows develop and operationalize programs in their home countries.

In 2003 the ISSRPL met in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia to study The Role of Religion in the Conflicts of ex-Yugoslavia. In 2004 it met in Bosnia and Herzegovina to study The Muslim Question in Europe. In 2005 it met in Israel, focused on the problem of Religion, Nationalism, and Fundamentalism: The Challenge of Coexistence. In 2006 it met in both Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Boston, USA and was focused on Religion and Civil Society: A Comparative Perspective. In 2007 it met in Istanbul, Turkey to study comparative perspectives on State, Ethnos, Religion: The Legacy of Empire and the Nation-state. In 2008 the school met in Birmingham, England around the theme of The Good City: Living Together Differently. In 2009 it met again in Birmingham, one of two major English cities likely soon to have an “ethnic minority, majority”. We then explored these norms on the micro-scale of neighborhoods, and so that year’s title was The Language of Neighborhood and Practices of Public Life. In 2010 the school met in Nicosia, Cyprus and Jaffa, Israel and compared the dynamics of divided and mixed cities, in a program entitled Together and Apart: Divided Cities. In 2011 the school met in Sofia and Plovdiv Bulgaria focused on a study of A Mosaic of Margins: Ethnicity, Religion and Belonging.

We look forward to a small but select group of international fellows who may include, religious elites, NGO leaders, school teachers, major actors in the non-profit world and civil society, as well as political leaders, academics and members of the business communities of different countries. Fellows will be joined by an international faculty and so comprise a cohort from the Americas, the Balkans, Central and Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Western Europe and elsewhere. The success of the school has always depended on the wide range of people, commitments and views presented. It is through the intense encounter with the truly different that we are forced to rethink our fundamental assessments and so break-through to new ways of knowing, thinking, feeling, and hence, acting.

The deadline for receiving applications is 11 March 2012, with application material found at http://www.issrpl.org/programs/application.html

School of Public Policy Mother Theresa, Skopje, 2011-2012

The call for participants for the second generation of students of the School of Public Policy "Mother Theresa" is now open. The School is organized by the Center for Research and Policy Making from Skopje (www.crpm.org.mk), under the auspices of the Council of Europe Schools of Political Studies Program. Every generation of student of the School attend at least three weekend seminars (three working days) and one Summer University of Democracy. Each July, the Summer University assembles over 500 young leaders from 16 Council of Europe schools, which, during their five-day stay in Strasbourg, have the opportunity to not only listen to a large number of international experts, and visit the European Court of Human Rights and other institutions, but also to connect with colleagues from other schools. On the last day of the seminar, the Secretary- General of the Council of Europe presents diplomas to participants in a formal ceremony. Highly renowned experts, professors and diplomats are guest lecturers at the seminars which are held in English and Macedonian language.

Our potential candidates should be mid-career professionals, age between 24 and 40 years from the: universities, public administration, media, business, civil society and political parties. Schools like |Mother Theresa| are also organized in other European capitals: Baku, Belgrade, Bucharest, Kiev, Moscow, Pristina, Sarajevo, Sofia, Tirana, Tbilisi, Erevan and Zagreb.

For applying for the second generation of the School you will need to submit the following documents:

- Curriculum vitae
- Letter of motivation (not longer than one page)
- Two recommendations (optional)

Please send the required documents to: crpm@crpm.org.mk not later than 1st of September, with subject: Application for the School of Public Policy "Mother Theresa". Only short listed candidates will be contacted. Please note that in the selection of the candidates we will pay special attention to the regional, ethnical, and gender balance of the group. The call is open only to Macedonian citizens.
For more information visit: www.schoolsofpoliticalstudies.eu.

14th South-East European Summer School for Democracy, Belgrade 19-23 September 2011

The Fourteenth South-East European Summer School 
for Democracy
 
Entitled
 
EU Perspective of the Western Balkans: 
Challenges and Opportunities
 
to be held in Belgrade, Serbia 
 
from 19th till 23rd September 2011
 
 
Organisers
The School is organized by the Hellenic Observatory and LSEE (LSE Research on South East Europe) of the London School of Economics and Political Science and the Anglo-Serbian Society, Belgrade
The Co‑Directors of the School are: Prof. Vukasin Pavlovic, Faculty of Political Science, Belgrade and Dr. Spyros Economides, Hellenic Observatory/LSEE, LSE, London.
 
The School's Council is composed of two co-directors and additional five members: Prof. Margaret Blunden, former Provost of the University of Westminster, Prof. Vojislav Stanovcic, member of the Serbian Academy, Prof. Christopher Coker, London School of Economics, Prof. Kevin Featherstone, Hellenic Observatory/LSE and Prof. Slobodan G. Markovich, Executive Director of the Summer School.
The Background of the Idea
The School was established in 1998 and was originally organised by the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Belgrade and the University of Westminster. This annual summer school has been held since 1998. The School was originally called The Yugoslav-British Summer School for Democracy, but was later re-named The International Summer School for Democracy. Due to the repressive Bill on Education enacted during the reign of former Yugoslav dictator Slobodan Milosevic, the School was placed under organisational control of the Anglo-Yugoslav Society and the Centre for the Study of Democracy, who directed it from 1999. The AYS and the CSD co-organised the Summer School till 2007. In 2004 the Anglo-Yugoslav Society changed its name to the Anglo-Serbian Society. Since 2005 scholars from LSE have lectured at the School and since 2008 the School has been co-organised by the Hellenic Observatory (and later with LSEE as well)  of the London School of
Economics and the Anglo-Serbian Society under a new name and a modified format.
 
The 1998 course was: DEMOCRACY AND SOCIAL CHANGE,
The 1999 course was: MODERNITY AND THE STATE - EAST, WEST
                                   (CIVIL SOCIETY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE),
The 2000 course was: THE DEMOCRATIC RECONSTRUCTION OF SOUTH-
                                               EASTERN EUROPE,
The 2001 course was: GOOD GOVERNANCE - GLOBALISM AND LOCALISM,
The 2002 course was: CONSOLIDATION OF NEW DEMOCRACIES 
The 2003 course was: DEMOCRACY, GLOBALISATION AND SECURITY
The 2004 course was: GLOBALISATION, THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE WESTERN BALKANS
The 2005 course was: CULTURAL IDENTITIES AND DEMOCRACY IN EUROPE AND IN THE BALKANS
The 2006 was: NATIONALISM AND DEMOCRACY
The 2007 course was: TRANSITION, ISLAM AND DEMOCRACY
The 2008 course was: EUROATLANTIC INTEGRATIONS AND DEMOCRACY IN THE BALKANS
The 2009 course was: GLOBAL IMPACT ON STABILITY AND SECURITY IN THE BALKANS
The 2010 course was: ENLARGEMENT FATIGUE AND EU PROSPCETS OF THE WESTERN BALKANS
The 2011 course is: EU Perspective of the Western Balkans: Challenges and Opportunities 
The Mission of the School
- To improve junior faculty skills in modern democratic theory and European studies;
- To create networks of young scholars, political and NGO activists in SEE dealing with democratic theory and European studies;
- To analyse conditions and possibilities for democratic social changes, especially in so‑called transition societies;
- To develop and promote academic exchange between Western universities, Serbia and SEE countries.
- To improve regional academic co-operation and to overcome mutual stereotypes and preconceptions.
 
 
 
Participants and Lecturers
The main target group of participants are junior faculty, young political and NGO activists. There will be up to 30 participants altogether. Fifteen participants are to be selected from Serbia and an equal number will come from elsewhere in the region of South-Eastern Europe (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hellenic Republic, (F.Y.R.) Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania and Slovenia). Participants should have at the very least a BA degree, and preferably an MA degree in the social sciences or humanities. All other nationals are welcome to apply but the organisers can contribute only partially to their transportation costs.
 
            All accommodation costs and all transportation costs within the region of SEE for selected participants are covered by the Summer School through donations.
 
The course lecturers (resource persons) are professors and associates from the Hellenic Observatory/LSEE of the London School of Economics, from the University of Westminster, the University of Belgrade and occasionally professors from other SEE countries, Western Europe, and the United States.
Objectives 
1. The strengthening of existing networks from previous schools and the creation of new networks of critically oriented, open-minded individuals from the field of social sciences endeavoring to contribute to the process of democratization and European integration in SEE both theoretically and practically.
2. Dissemination of democratic theory among young political leaders, junior scholars and NGO activists in the region of SEE, thus facilitating the consolidation of democracies in the region. 
3. Promotion of Euro-Atlantic integration.
Rationale
The School was initiated during the authoritarian rule of Slobodan Milosevic, and has always endeavoured to foster regional co-operation and keep Serbian and SEE political and NGO activists and young scholars open to experiences and practices of Euro-Atlantic community. It was established at a time when Serbia faced xenophobia and ethnic hatred and this was an effort to overcome such attitudes. In the meantime the School has been developed into an active promoter of democratic values and tolerance in the region of SEE and it has become a regional Balkan School open to participants from other European countries as well.
Time and Place
The School lasts one week and is organized in Belgrade from September 5, till September 11. 
 
Lecturers
-          Prof. Margaret Blunden, Formerly Provost at the University of Westminster
-          Prof. Christopher Coker, London School for Economics and Political Science
-          Dr. Spyros Economides, Hellenic Observatory, LSEE, LSE
-          Dr. James Ker Lindsay, LSEE, LSE
-          Dr William Bartlett, LSEE, LSE
-          Prof. Slobodan G. Markovich, Faculty of Political Science, Belgrade
-          Prof. Vukasin Pavlovic, Vice-Dean at the Faculty of Political Science, Belgrade
-          Ms. Sonja Licht, President of the Belgrade Fund for Political Excellence
-          Dr. Eric Beckett Weaver, University of Debrecen 
            Format
There will be three morning lectures every day from 10.00 till 13.30 with a lunch break till 15.00. In the afternoon times Afternoon Workshops will be held from 15.00 till 17.00. 
All lectures are divided in half-an-hour to 45-minute introductions to the topic and the remaining time is dedicated to debates and questions for the lecturers. 
Afternoon Workshops
 
All the selected participants are expected to prepare either a short presentation (15 minutes long) or an essay (3-5 pages) dealing with one of the following topics:
 
-          How do EU prospects or lack of such prospects affect democratization and transformation of my native country (for nationals coming from the Western Balkans only)
-          European perspective as a tool for stabilization of aspirant and candidate countries  
-          How could enlargement fatigue affect the region economically
 
Presentations and essays can be either descriptive or analytical depending on preferences. 
 
For presentations all technical equipment is available including: power point presentations, over-head projector and flip charts.
 
The organizers will attempt to publish those essays that can be upgraded to good-quality papers in the South-Slav Journal.
Accommodation and Transportation
The Summer School will be held in a centrally located hotel in Belgrade (accommodation is in double rooms) in the very heart of Belgrade, Serbia, based on half-board. There are lunches for all participants organised in down town restaurants.
 
The organisers will cover adequate transportation costs to Belgrade from the region. Travel costs of applicants applying outside of the region of SEE may only partially be covered, but applicants from countries outside of SEE are very welcome to apply.
 
Arrival Day 
All the participants should arrive to Belgrade on Sunday, September 18, 2011, in afternoon or evening hours. 
Rooms in Hotel in down town Belgrade are double. The hotel is situated in the very heart of down town Belgrade.
 
Departure Day
All the participants should depart from Belgrade on Friday evening (September 23)
 
 IMPORTANT NOTE: All the participants are expected to attend all the lectures. Organisers are not in a position to offer places to participants who will be able to attend only part of lectures or who will not be in a position to be present at the summer school during its whole duration.
 
VISA REGIME: Nationals of the EU countries and EEA, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Albania do not need visas for Serbia. 
 
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS:
Applications may be sent in the period from July 26, till August 12, 2011
 
By August 14, 2011 the Selection Committee will have selected applicants.
 
Selected applicants will receive e-mails and will be asked to confirm their participation and will be informed what transportation costs the organisers can cover. After confirming their participation they will receive official letters of invitation.
 
REQUIREMENTS:
 
1. Applicants should have at the very least a BA degree, and preferably an MA or PhD degree in social sciences or humanities. Applicants without completed BA degrees will not be taken into consideration.
 
Applicants should be researchers or lecturers. They can also be political or NGO   leaders in their community (provided that they have at least a BA degree) 
 
2. All participants should be proficient in English since all the lectures are in English.
 
3. Participants should preferably be nationals or residents of SEE countries or other neighbouring countries. Nationals of other countries can also apply but the organisers can not guarantee that they will be able to cover all their travel costs.
 
All transportation and accommodation costs for selected participants from SEE are covered by sponsors of ISSD.
 
APPLICATION PROCESS:
 
All prospective applicants are expected:
1.               To send their CVs. 
2.               To send a short letter of motivation explaining in up to two hundred words why they wish to be participants of the School
3.               To send a letter of recommendation written by a university lecturer or a researcher.
4.               To fill in the application form available at www.anses.rs

All the applications should be sent in digital form only to:
 
Ms. Milica Bogdanovic,
Programme Co-ordinator 
e-mail: angloserbiansociety@gmail.com
phone: +381-11-3629-734
fax: +381-11-2686-471
Address: Kraljice Natalije 21,
11 000 Belgrade, Serbia

EASP Summer School, University of Limerick, Ireland, 6-19 August 2012‏

EASP Summer School
University of Limerick, Ireland

6th - 19th of August 2012

The Department of Psychology and the Centre for Social Issues Research at the University of Limerick, Ireland, are organizing the next EASP Summer School from the 6th to the 19th of August 2012.

Description and History of the EASP Summer Schools

The Summer Schools of the European Association of Social Psychology have a long tradition dating back to 1967, and are currently run on a two-year basis. The EASP Summer School is a key activity of the Association, providing an excellent opportunity for junior researchers to interact and develop research projects in collaboration with senior researchers and colleagues from across Europe and elsewhere. The summer school runs for 2 weeks, providing a setting for interactive small group teaching and discussions, within 5 different workshops. Over the years, the EASP Summer Schools gained the worthy reputation of being the origin of long lasting, creative and valuable networks of academics in the field of social psychology. Please visit the EASP website for more information:

http://www.easp.eu/activities/own/summerschool.htm

The previous EASP Summer School took place on the island of Aegina, Greece, in 2010, and was organized by Professor Xenia Chryssochoou, in collaboration with the Department of Psychology of Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, and the Municipality of Aegina, Greece. Click here for more information on the 2010 EASP Summer School:http://summerschool2010easp.pblogs.gr/

The European Bulletin of Social Psychology (Volume 22, No. 2, December 2010) contains detailed reports on the outcomes of the 2010 Summer School (http://www.easp.eu/publications/ebsp/ebsp_22_2.pdf ).

Location of the 2012 EASP Summer School:

The 2012 EASP Summer School will be hosted on the beautiful campus of the University of Limerick, on the banks of the River Shannon. Click here to get a glimpse of the UL campus:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eteYvGF2eSk&feature=player_embedded

Students will be offered accommodation in one of the residential villages on campus.

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We will use the university facilities for the workshops and other events of the Summer School, while planning to explore the world outside the campus for both academic and leisure purposes.

Otranto Legality Exprience - OLE2011 Summer camp and forum‏

The application for the new edition of OLE - Otranto Legality Exprience 2011 is 

OPEN!

Apply now, cause places are limited! --- go to www.ole2011.orgWHAT IS OLE?

Otranto Legality Experience is a unique opportunity to investigate issues 

related to the relationship between organised crime and globalisation, through 

workshops, seminars and discussions held by Italian and international speakers.

Organised by FLARE Network, the event is held from 5th to 11th of September 

2011.

The goal is to develop and set a benchmark in Europe for the role of civil 

society in combating transnational organised crime.

The 2010 edition of the event was attended by more than 60 speakers and more 

than 200 members. Media partners of the event were Current TV Italy, 

Lastampa.it, La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno and Telenorba.

OLE is dedicated to the memory of Renata Fonte, killed by mafia on March 31, 

1984, and this year to the journalist Toni Fontana. The cultural coordintator of 

the event is Vittorio Agnoletto. 

Programme: 

OLE is made of two parts: the Summer Camp and the Forum. 

1. OLE SUMMER CAMP

from 5th to 8th September

The summer camp is open to 200 participants. The aim is to examine and to 

attempt to identify what and how large the gray areas are in the workings of 

finance and economics and to suggest possible legal actions against people 

involved.

The four areas open for discussion and analysis at the 2011 event will be: 1) 

International organisations, 2) States, 3) Corporations 4) Civil society.

* Strategies to fight organised crime triggered by the European Union and 

international bodies: potential, constraints and proposals

* Legality and illegality in social relations, economic and financial relations 

between the European Union and the countries of North Africa with a focus on 

process migration and trafficking in human beings

* The business of energy between mafias, transnational corporations and states

2. OLE FORUM

From 9th to 11th September

The 2011 edition of the summer camp will follow a public forum open to all, with 

meetings, debates, cultural events on issues of globalisation, social justice 

and finance. Participants include highly qualified speakers from different 

regions of the world.

The title of the 2011 event is Illegal Economy, Mafias and Financial 

Globalisation, aimed at civil society, public administration and all 

stakeholders. The forum also provides an opportunity for visibility of civil 

society organisations, national and international presence through stands and 

spaces.

Participation fee:- FLARE members: no participation fee

- FLARE21 members: 50 eur

- others: 250 eur

APPLY NOW on www.ole2011.org

International Youth Exchange, Kosovo-Montenegro, 8-15 August 2011‏

Environmentally Responsible Action (ERA) group welcomes you to participate in an international youth
exchange, which takes place in the cross-border Accursed Mountains region (Bjeshkët e
Nemuna/Prokletije) between Kosovo, Montenegro and Albania. The youth exchange is organized by ERA
group (Kosovo Contact Point) in cooperation with Interkulturelles Zentrum as part of the EU funded project
"EKOsovo – Development through Biodiversity", with additional support from SALTO SEE Resource
Center.

What? The International Youth Exchange "EKOsovo" will gather youth from Kosovo, Macedonia, Albania,
Montenegro, Austria, France and Greece to explore and discover Kosovo's beautiful nature while learning
about environmental issues and intercultural dialogue through outdoor mountain activities. Project ideas
among the participants will then be further developed during a project writing training at the end of the
experience.

The program begins on 8th August and lasts until 15th August, excluding travel days. The program consists of
a 6-day Youth Exchange, immediately followed by a 2-day training course on project development and
writing for the European Commission's Youth in Action program.

When? from 8th to 15th August 2011 (with travel dates, arrival on 7th and departure on 16th August)

Where? The youth exchange will be held in the cross-border mountain region between Kosovo and
Montenegro. The participants will first arrive in Peja, Kosovo, where we will depart together to Plav,
Montenegro on 8th August. From there we will cross the mountainous border back into Kosovo by hiking.
During the days, we will have sessions of topics such as team-building, environmental values, active
citizenship, eco-tourism and many more, with the chance to develop these ideas into projects at the end of
the exchange. Detailed program will be provided later.

How can I participate? We are looking for participants that:
- are 18-25 years old;
- can communicate in English;
- interested in learning and sharing about environmental issues, and outdoor activities;
- physically able to day-hike, and willing to camp in tents;
- interested to develop further international projects.

Packing Lists will be provided for all participants.

Travel & Accommodation
The organizers will cover 100 % of the travel costs of the participants, and board and lodging while on the
program. Important! Before booking the flights, confirm the travel arrangements and costs with
Interkulturelles Zentrum. The travel costs will be reimbursed after receiving all original tickets.

Please contact Joanna Paw³owska at joanna.pawlowska@iz.or.at with any questions and in order to apply
for participation.

IRIR 2011 Summer School, Was communism a way of modernizing society? Moeciu de Sus, Brasov County, 28 August-2 September 2011‏

CALL FOR APPLICATION: IRIR 2011, Summer School, Moeciu de Sus, Romania, 28
August-2 September 2011

Romanian Institute for Recent History - 2nd edition Summer School

Was communism a way of modernizing society?

Moeciu de Sus (Brasov County), Romania, August 28-September 2, 2011

We expect 20 participants, MA and PhD students in the fields: history,
political science, philosophy, architecture, art, law, journalism, theology,
letters, sociology, psychology, interested in Romania's recent past.

Send an application to Scoaladevara@irir.ro. Your application should consist
of your CV and an essay / research study of 5-10 pages on issues, topics and
approaches and which should answer the question "Was communism a way of
modernizing the society?", with suggested topics (not necessarily limited
to) such as:

� Memory of repression (Gulag, marginalizing, exclusion) vs memory of
accomplishment (industrialization, education, promoting women rights, the
increase of the life standard, sports achievements);

� Daily life, economy, society, institutions, propaganda and culture;

� The new man;

� One-class society;

� Cohabiting nationalities;

� Passive submission and participation vs combat and resistance;

� Communist mythology;

� Obedience, tradition, conformism and harmony in communist Romania;

� Members of the working class vs citizens;

� Elites� adhesion.

Participants' works will be evaluated by a scientific committee.

The deadline for submitting applications: July 17, 2011.

The organisers will cover the cost of meals, accommodation, events, tours
and educational materials. Transportation costs are covered by the
participants.

Please notice that all papers should be submitted in Romanian. The language
of the Summer School will be Romanian.

For more information and the Summer School Rules and Regulations, please
visit: www.irir.ro

International Summer Journalism School 2011 Date: 15- 21 August 2011 Location: Lviv (Ukraine)

.
International Summer Journalism School «EURO 2012: UA Diary» It is held for learning foreign journalists the basics and actual problems of journalism, getting new skills in creating media projects. One of the priorities of this school is to introduce the foreign participants the Ukrainian culture, the diversity of the regions of Ukraine, as well as all the processes connected with preparation for Euro 2012.
P.S. The classes will be held in English.

Why?
That you should be involved because:
· this is a wonderful chance to see Ukraine as it really is
· you’ll have a great opportunity to know more about unique Ukrainian culture
· you’ll get interesting and useful knowledge in the field of journalism
· meet new friends from other countries
· see the process of preparation for Euro-2012
· spend your time educating & relaxing

When & Where?
Date: 1 5- 21 August 2011
Location: beautiful and unique city of Lviv (Ukraine)

How?
You should:
1) pay the participation fee 50 € *
2) be of 18-25 age old
3) interesting journalism
4) fill in the application form
5) be with a good mood!!!)))
P.S. Notebook and camera will help you at this school, so you should have them J
* travel expenses are on you.
* Accommodation, food, excursions, etc are on the organisers
Deadline: the 20 th of July !!!
Contacts:
e-mail: uadiary@gmail.com For more information

Summer Academy for Woman in German, Frauen-Sommerakademie, Kotor, Montenegro, 16-21 August 2011‏

Sommerakademie in Montenegro 16. bis 21. August 2011

Zur diesjährigen Sommerakademie zum Thema „Schuld und Scham" lädt das Zentrum für Frauen- und Friedensstudien (ANIMA, Kotor) Frauen aus dem deutschsprachigen Raum, aus Montenegro, Serbien, Kroatien Bosnien und Herzegowina ein, um gemeinsam zu lernen und sich zum Thema auszutauschen. In selbstorganisierten Workshops soll die Bedeutung von Schuld und Scham für Individuum und Gemeinschaft diskutiert werden.
Die Teilnehmerinnen sind eingeladen mit eigenen Beiträgen zum Thema und/oder mit Interesse am Austausch die Sommerakademie zu gestalten.

***Ablauf
Dieses Treffen ist in Form einer selbstorganisierten Sommerakademie geplant. Dies bedeutet, dass sich alle Teilnehmerinnen aktiv beteiligen (inhaltlich und/oder organisatorisch). Unser Ziel ist es, einen Ort zu schaffen, an dem Interessierte und Erfahrene der
Erinnerungs- und Friedensarbeit sowie zur Auseinandersetzung mit der Vergangenheit Erfahrungen sich austauschen und vernetzen können. Die aktive Zusammenarbeit ermöglicht neues Wissen zu entdecken, gemeinsames Neues entstehen zu lassen und Impulse für die eigene Arbeit zu bekommen. Durch das selbstorganisierte Lernen möchten wir die Teilnehmerinnen ermuntern, außerhalb des Gewohnten neue Erfahrungen zu machen. Indem sie sich aktiv an der Organisation der Akademie beteiligen, entsteht ein Lernort aus der Gemeinschaft heraus, an dem sich jede mit ihren Wünschen und Themen wieder findet. Der genaue Ablauf der Akademie wird vor Ort festgelegt.

***Vom 16. bis 21. August 2011

***Organisation
Ein Projekt von protranskultur e.V. (Marijana Gršak und Ulrike
Reimann) und von ANIMA (Zentrum für Frauen- und Friedensbildung), Kotor, Montenegro (Ljupka Kovaèeviæ).
Die Sommerakademie wird finanziell unterstützt von der Stiftung die schwelle, Bremen.

***Für wen / mit wem
Frauen aus Deutschland und Montenegro, Serbien, Kroatien, Bosnien und Herzegowina – Expertinnen aus der Praxis, Universität, Pädagoginnen, Sozialwissenschaftlerinnen, Psychologinnen, Trainerinnen, Interessierte an Friedensarbeit, Erinnerungsarbeit, Trauerarbeit aus Frauenperspektive.
Max. 10 TN
Die Sommerakademie findet in Deutscher und Serbisch-Bosnisch- Kroatischer Sprache mit Übersetzung statt.

***Kosten
Der Teilnahmebeitrag für die 6-tägige Sommerakademie beträgt 250 bis 150 Euro nach Selbsteinschätzung inklusive Unterkunft und Verpflegung.
Wir möchten, insbesondere für Frauen aus Montenegro, Serbien, Kroatien, Bosnien und Herzegowina die Teilnahme an dieser Sommerakademie ermöglichen. Mit Ihrem Teilnahmebeitrag unterstützen Sie die eine ermäßigte bzw. kostenfreie Teilnahme der Frauen aus der Region sowie das Projekt Sommerakademie Kotor.

***Anmeldung
Bitte melden Sie sich per Email unter Angabe Ihrer Kontaktdaten bis 25. Juli 2011 an. Für eine verbindliche Anmeldung überweisen Sie unter Angabe Ihres Namens und Sommerakademie Kotor 2011 bitte den
  ma.grsak@emotionskultur.de

Wie Sie dieses Projekt unterstützen können *Senden Sie die Ankündigung an Interessierte weiter *Wir freuen uns über Kooperationen mit Organisationen der Erinnerungs- und Friedensarbeit *Sie bzw. Mitglieder Ihrer Organisation/Institution nehmen an der Sommerakademie teil *Sie können uns als Dolmetscherin für Serbokroatisch-Deutsch unterstützen *finanzielle Zuwendungen allgemein oder projektbezogen, z.B. für Fahrt- und Unterkunftskosten der Teilnehmerinnen (insbesondere aus Serbien, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Kroatien), Honorarkosten etc..

BIRN Summer School of Investigative Reporting, Opatija, 21-27 August 2011‏

*BIRN Summer School of Investigative Reporting*

- *Scholarships for Balkan journalists - *

*S*pend a fun-packed week on the lovely Croatian coast and hone your
investigative journalism skills with an elite line-up of experts in the
field, August 21-27, 2011 in Opatija, Croatia.

*Learn from Leading Experts in the Profession*

This year's BIRN Summer School of Investigative
Reporting<http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/birn-summer-school/birn-summer-school-home-page>features
a superb line-up of journalists and trainers such as Sheila
Coronel <http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/birn-summer-school/sheila-coronel>,
Director and Professor of Professional Practice at Toni Stabile Center for
Investigative Journalism at Columbia University, Nick
Davis<http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/birn-summer-school/nick-davies>from
the Guardian newspaper, Journalist of the Year, Reporter of the Year
and Feature Writer of the Year, Randall
Joyce<http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/birn-summer-school/randall-joyce>an
Emmy Award-winning producer with CBS News, Paul
Bradshaw <http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/birn-summer-school/paul-bradshaw>,
On Line Journalism blog - one of the British most influential journalism
blogs and more. You can all trainers at
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/birn-summer-school/trainers-and-panelists-2011.

They will converge to cover various aspects and techniques of investigative
reporting with practical knowledge, examples and case studies from their
fields of expertise.

*Interactive and Practical Training Programme*

The week-long training programme is designed to provide you with lectures
and sessions centred around practical examples and case studies, while
maintaining an interactive and discussion-oriented approach and environment.

Through the programme participants will learn basic investigative
techniques, to structure an investigation and preparing a story memo, about
computer-assisted reporting skills, to use the web and public records as
sources of information and more.

*Investigative Initiative Fund for the Best Story Idea*

From day one, students will work and collaborate actively in small groups to
pitch an investigative story idea. The Investigative Initiative Fund will
sponsor the best proposal and the winners will have the opportunity to
research and develop their idea into a full story.

*And Finally, Lots of Sun and Fun*

This year, The BIRN Summer School is set in Opatija, on the beautiful and
entertainment-rich Croatian Adriatic coast.

Click here to read the enrolment requirements, fill in the application form
and spend a fantastic summer with the BIRN Summer School of Investigative
Journalism<http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/birn-summer-school/birn-summer-school-enrolment-2011>

*BIRN Summer School contact person*:

Jelena Cosic

BIRN Investigative Initiative
Project Coordinator
jelena.cosic@birn.eu.com

http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/birn-summer-school/birn-summer-school-home-page

War Crime Tribunals and Dealing with the Past – Justice crossing the Border, Summer School of the Graduate Centre Humanities and Social Sciences, University Leipzig, 19-22 September 2011‏

Summer School of the Graduate Centre Humanities and Social Sciences
University Leipzig
Research Academy Leipzig
19-22 September 2011
Panel:Crossing National Borders: People, Goods, Capital, and Ideas
War Crime Tribunals and Dealing with the Past – Justice crossing the Border?
The readiness to address atrocities committed in the past, as well as to work on culture of remembrance has been increasing during the last decades. International Tribunals are seen as one mechanism to trigger processes of dealing with the past. What is their role in this process? Are Tribunals appropriate legal tools to start debates about the past?
Although ambiguous, the legacy of the Nuremberg and Tokyo Tribunals has often been used as an argument that complex processes of dealing with past conflicts can be accelerated by War Crimes Trials. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has prosecuted and punished war criminals from all parties involved in this conflict, contributing to specific, transnational form of justice, more or less bitterly rejected by a new nation-states and their citizens. By challenging national concepts of justice and justifications of war, the ICTY offered a more complex, transnational approach to the justice in war.
PhD Students working on legal, historical, ethical or cultural aspects of War Crime Tribunals (Nuremberg, Tokyo, ICTY, etc) are invited to further elaborate upon the possibility of legal proceedings in contributing towards dealing with past process.
More information and application procedure at: http://www.uni-leipzig.de/ral/gchuman/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=9&Itemid=15
Contact: Dr. Martina Keilbach, phd@uni-leipzig.de

Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program, United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs‏

A program of United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, the Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program will offer intensive 
summer language institutes overseas in thirteen critical need foreign languages 
for summer 2011. The selection process will be administered by the Council of 
American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) with awards approved by the U.S. 
Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. The CLS Program
 will be administered by CAORC and American Councils for International Education.
 
Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) institutes provide fully-funded group-based 
intensive language instruction and structured cultural enrichment experiences 
for seven to ten weeks for U.S. citizen undergraduate, Master’s and Ph.D. 
students.
 
 * Arabic, Persian: Advanced beginning, intermediate or advanced level;
 * Azerbaijani, Bangla/Bengali, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Punjabi, Turkish, 
Urdu: Beginning, intermediate or advanced level;
 * Chinese, Japanese, Russian: Intermediate or advanced level.
 
The CLS Program is part of a U.S. government effort to expand dramatically 
the number of Americans studying and mastering critical need foreign languages. 
Students of diverse disciplines and majors are encouraged to apply. Participants 
are expected to continue their language study beyond the scholarship period, and
 later apply their critical language skills in their future professional careers.
 Please visit 2011 CLS Institutes for more information.
 
Countries may include: Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, 
Japan, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Russia, South Korea, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey,
 or others where the target languages are spoken. For more information

IRIR 2011 Summer School, Moeciu de Sus, Romania, 28 August-2 September 2011‏

CALL FOR APPLICATION: IRIR 2011, Summer School, Moeciu de Sus, Romania, 28
August-2 September 2011
 
 
 
Romanian Institute for Recent History - 2nd edition Summer School
 
Was communism a way of modernizing society?
 
 
 
Moeciu de Sus (Brasov County), Romania, August 28-September 2, 2011
 
 
 
We expect 20 participants, MA and PhD students in the fields: history,
political science, philosophy, architecture, art, law, journalism, theology,
letters, sociology, psychology, interested in Romania's recent past.
 
 
 
Send an application to Scoaladevara@irir.ro. Your application should consist
of your CV and an essay / research study of 5-10 pages on issues, topics and
approaches and which should answer the question "Was communism a way of
modernizing the society?", with suggested topics (not necessarily limited
to)such as:
 
� Memory of repression (Gulag, marginalizing, exclusion) vs memory of
accomplishment (industrialization, education, promoting women rights, the
increase of the life standard, sports achievements);
 
� Daily life, economy, society, institutions, propaganda and culture;
 
� The new man;
 
� One-class society;
 
� Cohabiting nationalities;
 
� Passive submission and participation vs combat and resistance;
 
� Communist mythology;
 
� Obedience, tradition, conformism and harmony in communist Romania;
 
� Members of the working class vs citizens;
 
� Elites

� adhesion.
 
Participants' works will be evaluated by a scientific committee.
The deadline for submitting applications: July 17, 2011.
The organisers will cover the cost of meals, accommodation, events, tours
and educational materials. Transportation costs are covered by the
participants.
Please notice that all papers should be submitted in Romanian. The language
of the Summer School will be Romanian.
For more information and the Summer School Rules and Regulations, please
visit: www.irir.ro

CBM Summer School 2011

The 2011 Summer School has been conceived as a short-term specialization course, aiming to give an overview of ageing, one of the most complex biological processes and major challenge for our societies. Ageing and main related diseases will be presented considering molecular, cellular and clinical perspectives.

The programme is structured over three days and features several high-level seminars given by international scientists, from research institutions and private companies, divided in four main sessions:

• Dietary versus genetic human models of longevity
• Cell processes and ageing
• Molecular mechanisms of ageing
• Nutrigenomics, nutrigenetics and health

WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Graduates, PhD students and researchers working in the field of molecular medicine, genetics, nutrition, as well as oncology, inflammation, neurodegenerative and cardiovascular disorders.
Registration for and attendance of the Summer School is free of charge, subject to availability. The official language of the school is English.

Please note that the deadline for registration is 17 June 2011.

MAIN TOPICS

• Cardiovascular risk and ageing
• Nutrition and ageing
• Health and ageing
• Cell processes and ageing
• Autophagy and cell death
• Nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics

 

BACKGROUND

Since 2005 CBM has been organizing Summer Schools in Trieste with the support of AREA Science Park and the Central European Initiative (CEI). The focus of this year follows the new European strategy "Europe 2020" and especially the first Innovation Union's pilot initiative, the "Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing".

The event is organized within the framework of NutriHeart ("Cardiovascular diseases: from genetic and environmental risk factors to prevention with innovative nutritional compounds"), an R&D partnership of 11 regional research institutions, companies and science parks cofunded by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region and by the European Regional Development Fund under the Regional Operational Programme 2007-2013.

This year the School is also supported by GlaxoSmithKline spa and Assicurazioni Generali spa.

 

The scientific organization is led by Luigi Fontana (Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis), Paolo Gasparini (University of Trieste, IRCCS Burlo Garofolo and CBM) and Valter Longo (University of Southern California). For more information

Ukrainian Summer School in Lviv, Ukraine, Summer 2011‏

The *2-week Ukrainian intensive courses* meet the ALTE (Association of
Language Testers in Europe) requirements and have the communicative
orientation. They* mix the language learning with unique Ukrainian
traditions*. During the courses you will have the possibility to:
 
 
   - cook and taste Ukrainian dishes
   - take part in Ukrainian traditional activities
   - visit the most interesting places of Ukraine
   - sing Ukrainian traditional and pop songs
   - play in Ukrainian folk and present-day games
 
 and it is not all!!!
 
You will also have the time to visit the most interesting places in Lviv
(National Art Gallery, Opera Theatre, ancient mountain High Castle, Open Air
Museum)
 
There are groups due to three levels: *Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced*.
The entry test helps us to check your knowledge.
 
*Our lecturers* have great teaching experience for foreigners and native
speakers in the best Ukrainian universities and abroad.
 
The *study program* has been approved during several years, that is why it
is effective and easy for students. It is flexible depending on student
level and wishes as well. It includes the developing of your *oral, writing,
reading *and* listening* skills.
 
You can choose the appropriate *accommodation* for you. We cooperate with
some hosting *Ukrainian families *during quite a long time and have good
opinions from our students who lived there. Practically all the family
apartments are in the very center of city, about 10-30 minutes to teaching
place on foot. You will have a separate room. A simple breakfast is included
in the accommodation fee. The sum of about 9-11 EURO is normal for 1 night
in Lviv in hosting family.
 
The *Ukrainian intensive course* fee for two weeks is 249 Euros.
 
*The school fee includes:*
 
� study-process, tutorials
 
� hand-outs and a certificate
 
� introduction to Lviv excursion
 
� a �survival file� (Lviv map, useful information, a program, a notebook, a
pen etc)
 
� coffee breaks
 
 
*Why in Lviv? � *Because Lviv is:
 
� ancient and the most interesting Ukrainian city for tourists
 
� really Ukrainian speaking city (opposite to Donetsk or even Kyiv)
 
� located not far from the west Ukrainian border
 
� not expensive city (opposite to Kyiv)
 
� has unique multicultural tradition: combines the Ukrainian, Polish,
Germans, Armenians, Jewish and others cultures
 
� modern and progressive city with up to day shops, restaurants, caf�,
theaters, cinemas, universities �
 
Not yet convinced? Try it yourself.
We look forward to see you in Lviv,
The team of Ukrainian Language and culture school
http://learn-ukrainian.org.ua

Summer School for representatives of Civil Society Organizations, University of Bologna, 4-17 September 2011‏

The *Institute for East-Central Europe and the Balkans* (IECOB) is pleased
to announce an open call for representatives of Civil Society Organizations
(CSOs) interested in participating in the
*17th International Summer School
Beyond Enlargement. The Wider Europe and the New Neighbourhood* *4th - 17th
September 2011
Palazzo dei Naldi di Bondiolo
via San Giovanni Bosco 1 - Faenza, Italy*

The aim of the summer school is to help participants learn about democratic
developments, human rights, peace and security issues, and European
integration.

*In particular the 2011 will offer an arena for exchange experiences as well
as tools for strengthening the actions of activists in the Central and SEE
Region, for fighting against discrimination (within the broader framework of
Diversity Management) and spreading new sense of economic development (with
a special reference to Green Economy and Sustainable development).*

The summer school is supported by the CEI and the P2P Programme of the
European Commission and particularly designed for participants belonging to
CSOs from the Western Balkans. *Scholarships* are available for CSOs
representatives who are citizens of the following countries: Albania, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, and Turkey.

The call for applications is open until *28th June 2011*. Interested
applicants can register and apply on the website of the summer school:
http://www.summerschools.it/cissc/<http://www.iecob.net/main/index.php?option=com_jlinks&controller=redirect&link=acjrl1emwvxz1q&lktype=acamail&subsid=12753>.
The full call for application is available here:

General information on 17th CEI International Summer
School<http://www.iecob.net/main/index.php?option=com_jlinks&controller=redirect&link=acjrl1emwvxz1q1&lktype=acamail&subsid=12753>

Summer School, Understanding International Criminal Law, Sibiu, Romania, 23-31 July 2011‏

The experience of the past century bitterly reminds us of the atrocities that took place in different parts of the world in a state of impunity from national authorities and international community. The brutal legacy of the last 100 years called for the need to establish a new field of law that would allow international bodies to exercise jurisdiction over individuals for a series of very grave crimes that "deeply shocked the conscience of humanity".

We warmly invite you to this summer school in order to study a field about which little is known, but represents an unprecedented milestone in the development of international law. In the course of the event, you will be guided through the essential notions of international criminal law.

The interactive and practice-oriented approach provides the best conditions to acquire knowledge and insight on the subject matter, while the inter-cultural dimension allows you to improve your appreciation of other peoples. Therefore, this summer seminar will greatly contribute to your development, by broadening your horizons and your understanding of the international legal system and also by opening the way to a possible career in the field.

The event is scheduled to take place 23-31 July 2011 in Sibiu, Romania. It will consist of a series of daily lectures and seminars, followed by a simulation of the International Criminal Court.

The Lectures will feature international specialists that will deliver presentations on different aspects of the matter and will engage in dialogues with the participants.

During the Seminars, the participants will be divided into groups and benefit from the expertise of our trainers. They will focus on the practical approach of the knowledge accumulated during the conferences and are designed to prepare the participants for the simulation of the ICC.

The Simulation of the International Criminal Court is a stage of the project that will stretch over several months.

After registration, the participants will be divided into teams of 3 and appointed as prosecutors, defense attorneys or judges. The teams will be comprised of students from different countries, in order to:

_facilitate inter-cultural exchanges;
_encourage dialogue;
_accustom the participants with international working environment.

Each group of 3 teams (prosecution, defense, judges) will be appointed a case, but all cases will have a common context.

Registration

The project is addressed to law students who:

_have successfully completed at least 2 years of study
_are interested in international law and criminal law
_wish to develop a career as a judge, prosecutor, attorney or diplomat
_have little or no previous experience in or knowledge of international criminal law
_are interested in learning about new things
_are highly motivated and ambitious
_are driven by curiosity and competition

The registration process will be open until June 18, 2011 .

In order to apply, please send your CV and letter of motivation at uicl@bismun.org .

Please indicate in the letter of motivation the 2 preferred positions that you wish to apply for (prosecutor, defense attorney or judge), in the order of your preference.
Registration

The participation fee is 100 EURO or 410 LEI.

The participation fee covers:

_accommodation for 9 nights
_3 meals a day
_coffee breaks
_conference materials
_use of all the conference facilities at the venue

Very important: Please do NOT transfer any money until we have confirmed you as a participant!

Summer School in Holocaust Studies, Ohrid, 26 September-3 October 2011

Institute for Social and Humanities Research “Euro-Balkan”, Skopje, Republic of
Macedonia

announces

SUMMER SCHOOL IN HOLOCAUST STUDIES

"The Diverse Survival Strategies of Jewish and Roma Communities in Macedonia:
From Resistance to Memorialization"
-International Ohrid Summer University 2011-

With the support of

Task force for international cooperation on Holocaust education, remembrance and
research (ITF)
September 26th - October 3rd 2011, Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia

The central interest of the School is focused on opening up the discussion about
the memorialisation of the Holocaust experience in Macedonia, and in particular
focusing for the first time on Roma people as victims of genocidal violence, by
taking the Holocaust as an important factor in the formation of Macedonia’s
historic and socio-cultural past. The presence of the Jewish narrative in
Macedonia will be compared to the scarce but important data on Roma people among
other minority groups - victims of the Holocaust (homosexuals, disabled people,
etc.). By promoting the memorialisation of Jewish and Roma experiences in a
comparative perspective from the Macedonian context and their “strategies of
survival”, in this Summer School we take as a starting point an attempt to
further thematise and raise awareness of the systemic violence of the Holocaust
through inter-disciplinary academic discussion.
Namely, does the Holocaust create a so-called “place of absence”? To what extent
does the political affect of the unanswered “concept of the Holocaust” represent
“the chronotope of the silence”, which in turn hinders the continuous
articulation of the past at the given historic moment, by marking the then
historical presence as a paradigmatic vacuum-space of the continuity of the
spiritual and material biography and autobiography of the Holocaust narrative
for the future? How much and in what ways does such a historic fact allow for
the reconstruction of the past in the present day? Does political terror
signify a rupture in the functionality of the sacral and material aspects of
history, within the framework of one diachronic vertical, written not only by
the metaphor of terror, violence, vanishing, and forgetting, but also forever
sealed by the colonial aspect of death?
The discursive critical approach to Holocaust narratives maintains
multidisciplinary nature relating to social sciences and humanities and arts. On
the other hand, such a multidimensional approach to Holocaust discourse expands
this School’s primary filed of interest to affirm today’s serious methodological
need for the techniques of using Holocaust studies as to formulate the cultural
and historical picture in educational process about and of Macedonia and the
experience of the Holocaust in a broader geographical framework on the Balkans
and East and Central Europe.
The Summer School is integral part of Ohrid Summer University (OSU) which is an
academic program for young faculty, PhD candidates, postgraduates, researchers
and professionals, offering intensive, problem-oriented and research-based
courses from the domains of social sciences and humanities. OSU was founded in
1998 and has functioned continuously since then, as one of the core programs of
the “Euro-Balkan” Institute, involving a significant number of both junior and
senior members of academic communities from various countries all over the
world. To date “Euro-Balkan” Institute, trough its OSU program, has organized
more than 30 summer schools from various areas with over 500 participants,
involving over 100 proffessors. During the 12 years-long period of its
existence, OSU has engaged itself in: adequate and effective training of the
academic staff, demonstration of successful linkage of state-of-the-art
scholarship and effective and innovative teaching, promotion of academic
excellence and ability to facilitate creation and sustenance of active networks
of academics, as well as collaborative advancement of learning in certain
disciplines within the international context.
Eligibility:
* Participant must be MA or PhD students interested in exploring the issues of
Holocaust studies (Jewish and Roma genocide), cultural studies, history,
literature, folklore, art (not older than 36 years of age);
* Participant must submit an abstract for a presentation in one of the summer
school’s workshops topics (which will be announced with the detailed programme
of the School) coherent with the School’s main topic;
* Participants with priority will be those from from Macedonia or other
South-Eastern Europe countries, however, participants from other European
countries are also invited to apply.

Number of participants: 14
Working language of the Summer School will be English.
Confirmed lecturers: Prof. Sofija Grandakovska (“Euro-Balkan” Institute,
Skopje), Prof. Michael Stewart (University College of London, UK), Prof. Krinka
Vidaković-Petrov (Institute of Literature and Arts, Belgrade), Prof. Miško
Šuvaković (University of Arts, Belgrade)
Interested applicants should send short CV, abstract for presentation and the
available application form. Download the application form here.
Please note that the Second Announcement with the detailed Programme of the
Summer School will follow on 1st of July 2011.
Deadline for submitting the application: July 15th 2011
Deadline for announcing the results of the selection process: August 3rd 2011

Please send your applications to the following contact persons:
Doc. Dr. Sofija Grandakovska,
Director of the Summer School
Email: sofija.grandakovska@euba.edu.mk

Sumer Workshop: The Re-birth of civil society? Theory and practice of the new civicmovements in Eastern Europe, Budapest, 29 August - 3 September 2011‏

The Re-birth of civil society? Theory and practice of the new civic movements in Eastern Europe.It will be held in Budapest from August 29 to Septemeber 3,2011.

The workshop, with participation of scholars and practioners from Western and Eastern Europe will focus on three fields: environmentalism, migration and cultural heritage, and will have, this year, a country focus on Hungary. The Workshop is structured in three parts: lectures, case studies and practice sessions whith attention for the development of multidisciplinary discussion. In the case studies each of the field will be introduced by local experts, practitioners and leaders of civic organizations transmitting their first-hand experiences, problems and strategies.

The Summer Workshop is addressed to graduate and postgraduate students in the social sciences, academic staff, practitioners in the third sector, policy makers and others.

Contact and applications: summerworkshop@docuart.hu The workshop website: http://www.isw.docuart.hu/