Sylabus
The Summer Seminar will focus on four different but interconnected themes. Every theme will be discussed over two consecutive days, being divided into three subsections (Framework and Theory, Interdisciplinary Approach, Case Study) and a fieldwork. Overall, the Seminar will take place over 10 days, 60 working hours including fieldwork trips. In addition, a Sunday trip to Terezín (Theresienstadt) memorial will be organized. The themes specification and schedule will be following:
June 20, 2016 - Program Opening
Introduction to the program
Keynote lecture: Pieter Lagrou
Welcome evening at Vaclav Havel Library: Round Table on "Past, Present and Future of Global Migration" with Suzanne Brown-Fleming, Harry Tzimitras, Pieter Lagrou, Basil C. Gounaris, and moderated by Kateřina Králová
June 21-22, 2016 - Theme 1: Institutions and Politics
Sections with Nikos Skoutaris, Igor Štiks and Harris Mylonas
Fieldwork: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
June 23-24, 2016 - Theme 2: Violence (incl. Genocide)
Sections with Atina Grossmann, Hana Kubátová and Dirk Moses
Fieldwork: Visual History Archive (Malach Center for Visual History) / The Jewish Museum in Prague
June 26, 2016 - Trip to Terezín Ghetto Memorial (Theresienstadt)
June 27-28, 2016 - Theme 3: Nationalism and Borders
Sections with Lucia Najšlová, Ildikó Barna and Nenad Stefanov
Fieldwork: The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes
July 29-30, 2016 - Theme 4: Memory
Sections with Fabien Theofilakis, Nadège Ragaru, Johannes-Dieter Steinert
Fieldwork: Visual History Archive (Malach Center for Visual History) / The Jewish Museum in Prague
July 1, 2016 - Official Program Closure
Certificate awarding
Farewell evening
Minor changes in the schedule may occur, if neccessary.
Anotace
The course (summer school) provides an interdisciplinary approach and combines multiple learning methods, such as lectures, workshops, round-table discussions and fieldwork applications. The enrolment in the course is possible only after fulfilment of necessary application requirements.
For details please visit the website of the summer seminar: http://nrvsschool.fsv.cuni.cz/ (see section "Fees and Registration").