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This page of PECOBcontains information on academic courses related to political, social, economic and cultural issues of Central Eastern and Balkan Europe. PECOB provides information on the academic program, eligibility requirements, costs and scholarships of Ph.Ds, Masters, Summer Schools, Winter Schools, Workshops and Language courses that take place in Central Eastern and Balkan Europe or deal with these regions.
Many academic courses on Central Eastern and Balkan Europe are about to start in the next months. The Universities of Bologna and Sarajevo announced the 2012-2013 edition of the European Regional Master's Degree in Democracy and Human Rights in Southeast Europe, to be held in the Bosnian capital. The Master of Arts Interdisciplinary Research and Studies on Eastern Europe (MIREES) will begin in September at the Faculty of Political Sciences "R. Ruffilli", University of Bologna.
The links below also highlitght the upcoming summer schools, such as the CEI summer course on EU enlargement and the new neighbourhood, organized by the Institute for Central Eastern and Balkan Europe (IECOB). Among the other schools, you can find summer courses to be held in Ukraine(on post-1991 Ukrainian politics and EU-Ukraine relations) and in Serbia(conflict studies and language courses).
The Summer School is an opportunity for doctoral students and PhDs (no more then 3 years from completion) to present papers and receive critical feedback from experts in the field.
The main topic of the summer school will be the phenomena of globalisation, analyzed from different points of view.
The Summer School focuses on the complexities of human and minority rights and diversity management in Europe through the discussion of the international and interregional protection mechanisms of the United Nations, the OSCE and the Council of Europe.
The Workshop tries to connect the developing literature on ‘Europeanisation’ to the recent transition of the countries of South-East Europe.