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About the Summer School

Summer School of Ethnicity and Migration Studies is a two-week educational program covering topics connected with nationalism and ethnicity, de-ethnization of the public sphere, migration and integration analysis, approaches and policies. Topics connected to de-construction of national myths, analyses of public policies concerning minorities and discussions over desired migration policy models form the core of the Summer school activities. Through debates, lectures and workshops, it presents a unique informal learning space for student from the Central European countries and creates space for the participants to get familiar with each other’s ideas and initiate international cooperation. Lectures and workshops held by highly qualified experts from the region has been complemented with topical study trips.

It starts to be obvious that issues of ethnicity are becoming even more salient in 21st century than in previous ones. As the latest research conducted by CVEK has shown, the young generation tends to be even more radicalized mainly due to lack of public discussion, adequate education and negative influence provided by the media. The Summer School of Ethnicity and Migration has an ambition to influence future experts in the broadly understood ethnic studies.

The Summer school has been organized in a historical building of the Janos Selye University around four modules, lasting 2,5 days each. Topics of particular modules will be changing each year within the following modules:

1st Modul:
De-construction of the term nation in Central Europe;

Meanings of nationalism, ethnicity and identity in Central Europe;

Processes of reconciliation between Central European countries.

2nd Modul:
De-ethnization of the public sphere in Central European countries;

Changes and pluralization of identities in globalized times;

Conceptualization of post-national era.

3rd Modul:
Insight into the migration studies in Central European region;

Changes of migration patterns;

Evaluation of migration and integration policies of Central European countries.

4th Modul:
Integration of migrants and aliens in Central Europe;

Migration and social cohesion in Central Europe;

Changes of citizenship boundaries – citizenship and denizenship.

Target group

The Summer School aims to create an alternative learning platform for advanced studies for MA Students, PhD students, young researchers, young public officials from countries of Central and Eastern Europe – Slovakia, Czech republic, Hungary, Poland, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, Lithuania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Macedonia, Turkey, Latvia, Estonia, Ukraine, Belorus, Georgia and Azerbajdzan. The working language of the School is English.

Application:

Accepted participants were informed by June 5, 2010.

Application package included:
• Application form duly filled and signed
• Motivation letter (not more than one A4 format page)
• CV
• Recommendations*
*Recommendations from one person (from the academia) familiar with the applicants work. Should be in English, printed on letterhead paper and bear the signature of the issuer. No special envelope is needed; recommendations should be simply attached to the application.

Costs

Registration fee for successful candidates was 50 Euro. Costs of the program, study material, field trips as well as accommodation and board were covered by the organizer. Participants were responsible for their travel costs and insurance.

Participants of the 1st edition of Summer School of Ethnic and Migration Studies:

Jarmila Androvičová, Slovakia     
Bojana Babic, Bosnia and Hercegovina       
Tereza Blahoutova, Czech republic     
Edita Bezdičková, Slovakia     
Graciela Boruszko, USA    
Marta Čonková, Slovakia     
Anna Júlia Donáth, Hungary     
Piotr Drozd, Poland      
Ana Simina Guga, Romania     
Teodor Gyelník, Slovakia     
Cristina Haruta, Romania      
Dorota Chabiera, Poland     
Maria Chernyaeva, Bulgaria     
Anna Jurek, Poland      
Darko Karačić, Croatia       
Shorena Kobaidze, Georgia     
Judit Kontsekova, Slovakia     
Jan Kopkáš, Czech republic      
Kateryna Kravchuk, Ukraine     
Andreea Lazar, Romania     
Bahruz Mammadov, Azerbaijan    
Miroslav Mavra, Croatia     
Salome Mekhuzla, Georgia      
Iga Mergler, Poland      
Tereza Modráková, Czech republic     
Claudia Mullauer, Austria     
Elzbieta Okuniewska, Poland     
Slávka Otčenášová, Slovakia     
Adam Puchejda, Poland     
Marija Roglić, Croatia     
Daria Ronchetti, Czech republic     
Lenka Safrankova Pavlickova, Czech republic  
Onur Sen, Turkey     
Ondrej Schutz, Slovakia     
Monika Stafa, Albania     
Ali Turunz, Turkey     
Mária Tömösváryová, Slovakia    
Anna Zamejc, Poland     
Aleksander Zdravkovski, Macedonia   
Olga Zubrzycka, Poland     
Drago Župarić-Iljić, Croatia  

Want to apply in 2011?

2nd edition of the Summer School of Ethnicity and Migration Studies will be organized in 2011. Detailed information will be announced in March 2011.