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.