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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.
A summer school devoted to the in-depth analysis of the theme of Liberty with a multidisciplinary perspective will take place in Motovun, Croatia, next July 2013.
The Prague Security Studies Institute is organizing a summer school in Měřín, Czech Republic. The aim of the summer school is to offer a high-profile study course for students currently enrolled in Master’s degree programs, based on presentations, interactive workshops and simulations with international security experts from academia and government fields.
A summer school on peacebuilding and intercultural dialogue by Institute for Peace and Dialogue will take place in Wien (Austria) next September 2013.
The Caucasus International Summer School (CISS) represents a unique opportunity to discuss and understand what makes the South Caucasus a priority in contemporary international studies, providing multiple authoritative insights on an area around which gravitate the interests of the EU as well as of regional powers such as Russia, Turkey and Iran.