[Bilimsel Haber] The 2nd International Summer Institute on European Transformation, July 1 - July 21, 2006, Wroclaw, Poland

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The 2nd International Summer Institute on European Transformation

under the honorary patronage of the Minister of Culture and National
Heritage of Poland and the Mayor of Wroclaw


	EXPERIENCING THE NEW EUROPE
	Wroclaw - Walbrzych - Krakow - Prague



	July 1 - July 21, 2006, Wroclaw, Poland


	About the program

Experiencing the New Europe, is a three-week international summer
program, which combines classroom study with on-site experiential
learning to explore cultural, political and economic transformation in
the newly integrated Europe. Through its interactive curriculum,
Experiencing the New Europe, studies how large processes of geopolitical
change (the fall of Communism, democratization, European integration)
play out in the local setting of a large European city and its
inhabitants. The program is based in Wroclaw, a large academic and
historical city located in the Southwest of Poland, the capital of the
region of Lower Silesia. The city of Wroclaw offers a unique urban and
cultural experience to international students who will have the
opportunity to study European culture, society and politics through
interactive learning methods, by visiting governmental, academic,
business and civil society organizations in the city and the region.

	

Course description

The Summer Institute offers an interdisciplinary course, European
Urban Cultures and Societies in Transformation. The course is divided
into two parts which have a different focus and can be credited as two
different subjects - Culture and Urban Environment (Anthropology, Urban
Studies), and Social History and Politics (History, Political Studies).
The course is co-taught by European and US anthropology faculty (Hana
Červinková, Ph.D., University of Lower Silesia, Wroclaw, Poland; Krista
Hegburg, Columbia University, New York, USA; Tom Chivens, Ph.D., Rice
University, USA). Morning classroom sessions are combined with afternoon
site-visits, film screenings and discussions, guest lectures and study
tours to Swidnica and Walbrzych, Oświęcim and Krakow and optionally to
Prague.

	

Eligibility and program costs

The Summer Institute is designed for third or fourth-year university
students who wish to enrich their studies with a short-term study-abroad
program. The program is taught in English. The full cost of
participation is 1,300 USD and includes all classes, afternoon
site-visits and guest lectures, accommodation in a comfortable hotel in
the old center of Wroclaw, breakfast on all days and study tours
(including Prague). Students can also choose to participate under the
following financial conditions: full program without hotel accommodation
and breakfasts - 630 USD or full program without hotel accommodation and
breakfasts and a trip to Prague - 500 USD. The classes will be held in
the Museum of Architecture in the center of the city, 10 minutes of
walking distance from the hotel.

	

Co-organizers and partners

The International Summer School is organized in collaboration with
Tennessee Technological University, State University of New York at
Brockport (SUNY), the Foundation for the Study of Culture and Education
ULS AAE in Wroclaw and in partnership with the Kolegium Europy
Wschodniej in Wroclaw and the Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw. The
program is held under the honorary patronage of the Minister of Culture
and National Heritage of Poland and the Mayor of Wroclaw. Students at US
universities can obtain credits through SUNY or TTU. European students
are eligible for ECTS credits. Applications are due by May 31, 2006 at
iisce at dswe.wroc.pl.

Application forms are available at http://www.iisce.org/ENE/ENE.htm

	

For more information, please contact:

Agnieszka Zembrzuska
Program Coordinator
e-mail: iisce at dswe.wroc.pl
tel.: +48-71-358-27-58

Please visit us at www.iisce.org <http://www.iisce.org/>



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