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Summer schools are courses organized during the summer break from academic activities, usually intented to explore and deepen the knowledge of a specific theme related to one's field of study. PECOB collects information of upcoming summer schools taking place in Central Eastern and Balkan Europe or dealing with this region.
Forthcoming summer schools will address post-enlargement EU policies, Ukraine since 1991 and its relations to the European Union and anthropology and folklore of the Balkans. Other courses will focus on global governance and international institutions and violence in soviet and post-soviet contexts.
The Saint-Petersburg University, together with the University of Bologna, the University of Malta (Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies), and the University of George Mason organises the 18-day summer school "The Ark of Europe: Time for Strategic Knowledge".
The EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy organises the European Summer School 2009 in Prague to discuss EU-US relations from the perspective of Central European countries.