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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 workshop will deal with the new forces and the new patterns of mobility between South-Eastern Europe and the European Migration System.
The seminar will be analyze changes that the treaty of Lisbon has brought about for the "Area of Freedom, Justice and Security", the challenges for the EU in this policy area in view of efficiency and legitimacy in the years to come, and finally the potentials and the limits for further cooperation and integration.
The Summer School on Integrity is addressed at fighting corruption. It is addressed to graduate students and young professionals from EU/EEA, CIS and other countries.
The American Councils Eurasian Regional Language program provides graduate students, advanced undergraduates, scholars, and working professionals intensive individualized instruction in the languages of Eurasia.
Prominent media figures and academics from the UK and the respective countries will talk in Oxford about the state of the media in the former Soviet Union.