This area offers a wide range of continuously updated news regarding both academic and cultural events together with academic calls and study programs
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).
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.
Vytautas Magnus University, Tartu University, Stockholm University and Johannes Gutenberg University offer a new M.A. in Sociolinguistics and Multilingualism. The program familiarizes students with the general key theories and methods of sociolinguistics (traditional, variationist sociolinguistics, constructivist sociolinguistics, language variation, the dialogic relationship of language use and societal patterns), as well as offers a new and wider perspective and understanding of multilingualism as the parallel use of national, minority and migrant languages alongside one or more international vehicular language(s).
The University of Graz is pleased to announce the call for applications for the Master Programme “South East European Law and European Integration (LL.M.)”. The course provides a profound postgraduate education with a focus on South East Europe and the upcoming enlargement. This unique additional qualification will enable graduates to outstand their international competitors.
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.
The University of Leicester is organizing a workshop on EU enlargement and democratic consolidation in Central and Eastern Europe.