Summer University 2015 - Reconfiguring Europe: An Old Continent in a New Millennium

Venue: Prague, Czech Republic
Period: September 5-22, 2015
Application deadline: June 22, 2015

We would like to inform you about our academic programme "Summer University Prague 2015", taking place at Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic) during September 2015 (September 5 – 20). Its topic is „Reconfiguring Europe: an Old Continent in a New Millennium”.
This study programme is internationally acknowledged and recognized, successful participants will be given 12 ECTS credits.

Objective:

Those who are interested in applying should apply online here before June 22, 2015.

Day 1 – Saturday, September 5, 2015

Arrivals and Registration
Welcome dinner

Day 2 – Sunday, September 6, 2015

09:00 – 12:00 Guided tour of Prague
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 17:00 Ice-breaker activities
Evening: Free

Day 3 – Monday, September 7, 2015

Topic: Opening remarks. Europe and the Legacy of the Cold War

09:00 – 10:00 Official welcome, Introduction to the Programme
10:00 – 12:00 Lecture: What Did the Cold War Mean for Europe?
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: Providing Security in Europe – The Primacy of NATO?
Later afternoon: Prague river cruise

Day 4 – Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Topic: Memory of Postcommunism

09:00 – 12:00 Lecture: The Memory of Postcommunism
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: The End of Anti-Communism in the Czech Republic?
16:30 – 17:15 Guided tour of the Carolinum
Evening: Free

Day 5 – Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Topic: Democracy and Authoritarianism

09:00 – 12:00 Lecture: Democracy – Still a Meaningful Word?
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: A Democratic Eastern Europe? : The Case of the Ukraine
16:00 – 17:00 Tutorial: Preparation for group presentations
Evening: Walk through the Prague Castle district (guided tour)

Day 6 – Thursday, September 10, 2015

Topic: European Integration

09:00 – 12:00 Lecture/Workshop: European Dis/Integration?
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 17:00 Excursion & Discussion: Czech Politics in Practice
(Office of the Government of the Czech Republic)
Evening: Free

Day 7 – Friday, September 11, 2015

Topic: Neoregionalism

09:00 – 12:00 Lecture/Workshop: Neo-Regionalism as a Threat? : The Western Balkans
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: Scottish Devolution
Evening: Prague’s Nightlife and Clubbing

Day 8 – Saturday, September 12, 2015

Fun and Relax

All-day trip (Konopiště chateau or Karlštejn castle)

Day 9 – Sunday, September 13, 2015

Free
Day 10 – Monday, September 14, 2015

Topic: Poverty and Affluence

09:00 – 12:00 Lecture/Workshop: The Socio-Economic Challenges of Europe
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: Economic Sanctions as an Instrument of Foreign Policy
16:00 – 18:00 Tutorial: Preparation for group presentations
Evening: Free

Day 11 – Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Topic: Migration and Multiculturalism

09:00 – 12:00 Lecture: Migration – The New Social Challenge for Europe?
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: Migration as a Security Issue
Evening: Bowling

Day 12 – Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Topic: Populism and Democracy

09:00 – 12:00 Lecture: Populism – A Threat to European Democracy?
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: An Illustrative Example of Populism : Austria
Evening: Film projection

Day 13 – Thursday, September 17, 2015

Topic: Europe and America

09:00 – 12:00 Lecture: “Europe” and “America” : Relations, Perceptions, Influences
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 17:00 Excursion in Transatlantic Relations
(Ministry of Foreign Affairs or Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Evening: Free

Day 14 – Friday, September 18, 2015

Topic: Europe as a Global Actor

10:00 – 12:00 Workshop: Turkey, West, and the Syrian Civil War
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: Globalization, Europe & New Colonialism?
16:00 – 17:00 Tutorial: Preparation for group presentations
Evening: Individual preparation for group presentations

Day 15 – Saturday, September 19, 2015

09:00 – 12:30 Final group presentations
12:30 – 13:00 Closing ceremony, Conferring of the commemorative certificates of participation
13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
Afternoon: Free
Evening: Farewell dinner

Day 16 – Sunday, September 20, 2015

Free program
Departure

Petra Bastova
Summer University 2015, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences
Smetanovo nabrezi 6, CZ-110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic
tel.: (+420) 251 080 250
tel.: (+420) 251 620 294
e-mail:   summer.university@fsv.cuni.cz