Connected Communities: Active Democratic Citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe

The 2013 University of Glasgow's Centre for Russian, Central and East European Studies (CRCEES) Summer School will be held at the Centre for European Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland and the theme will be Connected Communities: Active Democratic Citizenship in Central and Eastern Europe. The Summer School will take place from July 4 - 14, 2013.

The 2013 CRCEES Summer School is open to postgraduate students from UK and overseas CRCEES partners whose research interests fall within the remit of the summer school programme.

Key issues of the Summer School will include:
 
• The evolution of civil society organizations
• The role of local communities in developing civil society
• Relation between local governments, NGOs and citizens
• The Politics of Memory
• Heritage, museums, libraries, theatres and galleries as means for community activity
• Faith and religion
• Migration, multiculturalism and diasporic communities
 
The Summer School consists of seminar and study visits which allow students to take part in challenging discussions with experts in the field. In addition to seminar classes, students will have the possibility to participate in weekend excursion to the Polish Tatra mountain and a day-trip to Aushwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum and Wieliczka Salt Mine. Social integration evenings and a walking tour around Krakow are also planned.
 
A full programme will be available through the CRCEES website.
 

CRCEES will pay the full costs of registration, accommodation and excursions for students from CRCEES and its partner institutions, but students will be expected to cover their own travel costs to the Summer School. Postgraduate students from other UK and European universities are welcome to apply, but they will not be able to receive CRCEES scholarship.

All postgraduate students wishing to participate in the Summer School should email their CV, one academic reference and a 500-word outline of their research interests by 15 May 2013 to Mrs. Ann Mulholland (Ann.Mulholland@glasgow.ac.uk). 

Places on the Summer School are limited so apply soon to avoid disappointment.