Project Europe at a Crossroads: Building up open structures or breaking down into local identities? (4694)
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| Project Europe at a Crossroads: Building up open structures or breaking down into local identities? | |
| Variant code (CID): | 4694 |
| admission procedure terminated | |
| Orientation: | Lifelong learning programme - Interest-oriented |
| Faculty: | Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Institute of International Studies [23-IMS] | |
| full-time | |
| English | |
| The objective of the Summer University Prague 2018: “Project Europe at a Crossroads”, is to provide students with a broad understanding of the most significant political and social issues in contemporary Europe. Instead of relaxing at the “End of History” after the collapse of the Eastern Bloc in 1989, Europe is facing new challenges at the beginning of the 21st century. These new challenges – including the economic and financial crisis, ageing population, growing separatist/devolutionist tendencies in Scotland, Catalonia and other European regions, complicated relations with Russia and Turkey, terrorist attacks connected with the activities of the Islamic State, and the strong immigration flow – are raising concerns and leading to significant political radicalization and social unrest. This challenging period raises feelings of uncertainty: How should Europe tackle these challenges? Europe stands at a crossroads. Should it build open structures and intensify the project of European integration? Or is it more likely to break down into local identities and follow regional and national interests? What will “Europe” mean in the future? How many people from outside can Europe welcome and still be Europe? What are the prospects for future cooperation and negotiations between Europe and its neighbours, and between Europe and other global actors like the USA and China? Are the current populist and separatist sentiments more threatening than those which arose in past decades? Whence come Europe's problems: are they self-inflicted, external, or bubbling up from the member states? This “Age of Uncertainty” is an ideal time to revise common approaches and look for new perspectives. We will, together, analyse and discuss the current development of Europe in an inspiring environment made up of students coming from countries all over the world. The course provides an interdisciplinary approach and combines multiple learning methods, such as lectures, workshops, round-table discussions, field work, group-work and student presentations. Students will not only have the opportunity to explore a range of interesting topics and gain valuable insights into the current challenges and risks to the development of Europe, but will also have occasion to improve their research and presentation skills. |
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| Project Europe at a Crossroads: Building up open structures or breaking down into local identities? | |
| Date: September 8th - September 22nd, 2018 Syllabus: 1/ Project Europe at a Crossroads • Lecture: Facing New Challenges instead of Relaxing at the End of History • Workshop: From Liquid Times to Which Times? 2/ European Identity • Lecture/Workshop: Does a Common European Identity Exist? • Field work: Uncovering Cultural Heterogenity in Prague 3/ European Integration • Lecture/Workshop: European Dis/Integration after the Brexit Referendum • Workshop: Searching for the Limits of European Integration 4/ Frontiers and Separatism • Lecture: Frontiers in an Integrated Europe? – From Iron Curtain to Schengen and back? • Workshop: Devolutionist Tendencies: The Case of Catalonia 5/ Populism and Political Stability • Lecture/Workshop: Populism – A Threat to European Democracy? • Workshop: Germany and France: A Stable Core of Europe? 6/ Czech Republic and the other V4 Countries • Lecture/Workshop: V4 Countries – Troublemakers from the EU Perspective? • Excursion & Discussion: Visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or to the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic 7/ EU and its Neighbours • Lecture/Workshop: EU-Russia Relations • Lecture/Workshop: EU and Turkey 8/ Europe and Global Actors • Lecture/Workshop: USA: so close – so far • Lecture/Workshop: Europe and China • Excursion & Discussion: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 9/ Building up open structures or breaking down into local identities? • Group work (3 tutorials during the course) • Final Group Presentations & Political Discussion Simulation Requirements for successful participation in the course: 1/ Preparation for lessons (reading materials) 2/ Attendance, activity in discussions 3/ Final group presentations (+ 4/ Seminar paper) More is to be found on our website www.summer-university.fsv.cuni.cz. |
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| Requirements: The programme is intended for students who are currently enrolled in a college or university or recently graduated. A very good level of English is essential for successful participation in the course. Required documents: 1/ CV (in English language) 2/ Motivation letter 3/ Proof of studentʼs enrollment in a college or university or of his/her recent graduation 4/ Proof of studentʼs knowledge of English (if he/she is not a native speaker). We require at least the B2 level of The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Students should note that the spring school classes are not part of the standard curriculum and we therefore have to charge them to cover our costs. Everybody who wishes to attend these classes must pay a fee of EUR 990. |
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Course requirements and qualification acquired | |
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| Certification: | Osvědčení o absolvování programu |
| 4 ECTS kredity bez psaní seminární práce/8 ECTS kreditů včetně seminární práce | |
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Guarantor and venue | |
| doc. PhDr. Jiří Vykoukal, CSc. | |
| Department of German and Austrian Studies | |
| Institute of International Studies | |
Dates and duration | |
| 2017/2018 | |
| summer semester, September | |
| Short-time | |
| 55 (total number of hours) | |
Fees and financing | |
| 990 EUR / kurz | |
Application | |
| on-line: www.summer-university.fsv.cuni.cz/how-to-apply | |
| PhDr. Petra Baštová, Ph.D. | |
| summer.university@fsv.cuni.cz | |
| 00420251080250 | |
| 30.06.2018 | |
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