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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 Central European University (CEU) in Budapest calls for applications to its annual summer school program "SUN". This year's programs feature a number of interesting courses in the areas of European Union law, public policy, global governance and development.
The summer school will take an interdiciplinary approach to relevant elements related to the expression “Macedonian cultural identity” not as an exclusive feature of the dominant ethnicity in the Republic of Macedonia, rather as a historical category reflecting the cultural existence of Macedonians through the centuries, today reflecting itself in the political and social actuality.
The summer school for international students aims to provide foreign students with a comprehensive picture of contemporary Russian politics, institutions and processes as well as international energy policy.