April 02, 2013
Courses: New Master of Arts Degree Program in Central Asian Studies
The American University of Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, and its Central Asian Studies Institute are happy to announce the opening of a new MA program in Central Asian Studies in Fall 2013. The program will provide students with a critical understanding of past and present social, political, economic and cultural processes in Central Asia and a proficiency in a local language at a level allowing them to conduct independent research or professional work. Students enrolled in the program become part of a vibrant academic and research community and are offered the possibility, through the ongoing series of meetings, lectures, seminars and round tables, to meet key political actors and experts and to get in touch with a variety of visiting scholars.
The M.A. program is four-semesters long, but motivated students could also be given the option of completing it within two semesters. On request, and with a prior approval by their home universities, foreign students can be admitted to the program for a single semester, combined or not with summer field work, internship, or with AUCA Summer Language School (see http://www.auca.kg/en/sls/).
To learn more on the program, visit: http://www.auca.kg/en/masters_of_central_asian_studies/
Further enquiries can be addressed to Svetlana Jacquesson at jacquessonsvetlana@gmail.com
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March 21, 2013
Course:"Challenging the Social Order: Revolution, Reform and Transformation Under and After Socialism"
Deadline: April 30, 2013
http://www.ukrainianstudies.uottawa.ca/summer_school_2013.html
Fifth International Social Science Summer School in Ukraine
Co-Sponsored by
The Embassy of France in Ukraine
The countries of the former Socialist Bloc have repeatedly
experienced throughout the last century the difficult, perilous and
uncertain task Machiavelli warns us against. Building, managing and
deconstructing socialist states and societies appears to be a
circular process of radical social and economic transformation. Thus,
collectivization, arguably one of the most ambitious attempts
implemented by a state to alter the socio-economic order, can be been
as a starting point for major crises such as famines, population
displacement and deportation, and the disruption of the countryside.
Perestroika, enacted as a response to the decline of the Soviet
economy, served as a catalyst for painful transition processes in
Central and Eastern Europe, the introduction of neoliberal reforms
and steep rise of social inequalities. Similarly, Soviet informal
practices have been interpreted both as a reaction to the deep
economic crisis of the late 1980s and as constituting a major cause
of yet another crisis, the failure of the rule of state and economic
transition. These challenges to the social order have had seminal
political consequences, such as Soviet industrialization and the rise
of Stalinism, the post-war establishment of Communist rule in Central
Europe, the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, the introduction of
political pluralism under perestroika, the August 1991 putsch and the
collapse of the Soviet Union, shock therapy, the 1998 financial
crises in Russia, the colored revolutions and the return of
authoritarianism.
The Summer School seeks to examine these moments of disruption of the
existing social order when state and society are challenged in their
institutions, rules, values and principles.
The Fifth International Social Science Summer School in Ukraine
welcomes proposals from the disciplines of history, sociology,
anthropology, political science, economics, and adjacent fields.
While the primary focus will be on the socialist and post-socialist
era (in the former Soviet Union, Central, Eastern and Southern
Europe), pre-Soviet history may also be examined. The Summer School
is designed to be interdisciplinary and international and follows the
format of a Workshop. Each participant will have the opportunity to
present a paper and receive comments from a group of international
scholars, as well as from the other participants, who are expected to
be active in these discussions.
Duration: One week, Tuesday 2 July - Tuesday 9 July 2013.
Eligibility
The Summer School is open to PhD students (or students enrolled in a
kandidat nauk program) and young researchers (up to six years removed
from their PhD or kandidat nauk degree). Proposals strong on theory
and empirical research are particularly welcomed. The working
language of the Summer School is English. Prospective participants
must be fluent in English. Selected candidates will be notified
before the end of May. Program Costs There is no program fee. Local
transportation from/ to Kyiv, accommodation, meals, classes,
lectures, seminars and excursions are provided by the organizers and
free of charge. The participants or their universities will only have
to pay the travel expenses from their current place of residence
country to Kyiv.
How to apply
To be considered for the Summer School, candidates must
complete an application form (that includes a 500 word project
proposal) and add a CV. They are also encouraged to send an
additional written sample, such as a conference paper, a dissertation
chapter, or a publication, although this is optional. The application
must be sent by e-mail to ukrainesummerschool@gmail.com, by 30 April
or downloaded on the following address:
http://www.ukrainianstudies.uottawa.ca/summer_school_2013.html
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Course: Summer Institute for Sexualities, Cultures and Politics, August 2013, Ohrid, Macedonia
Deadlines: April 20 and May 20, 2013
The Euro-Balkan University (Skopje, Macedonia) in cooperation with the Faculty for Media and Communications at Singidunum University (Belgrade, Serbia)
Announces the CALL FOR APPLICATIONS for the
OHRID SUMMER UNIVERSITY 2013
SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR SEXUALITIES, CULTURES, AND POLITICS
(August 15-21 2013, Ohrid, Macedonia)
CONFIRMED LECTURERS
- Didier Eribon (School of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the
University of Amiens, Paris, France)
- Antke Engel (Institute for Queer Theory, Hamburg/Berlin, Germany)
- Tomasz Sikora (Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland)
*COURSES OFFERED*
- Title TBC (Lecturer: Didier Eribon)
- Desire, Power and Fantasy (Lecturer: Antke Engel)
- The Violence of Inclusion and the Ethics of Betrayal (Lecturer:
Tomasz Sikora)
** For detailed information for the Summer Institute programme please
visit our website
<http://euba.edu.mk/details-ohrid-summer-university/items/158.html,
or see detailed document
<http://euba.edu.mk/tl_files/OSU%20aplikacii%202013/SISPC%20Call%202013.pdf
*ELIGIBILITY *
- Participants should be postgraduate students (preferably MA, PhD
student or young researchers) interested in exploring the issues of
Gender,
Queer, Cultural Studies, Visual Arts and Humanities and related Studies.
- Participants from all countries are eligible to participate.
- All applicants should send Application form including paper abstract
(appr. 200 words max.). Please download the application form on our
website.
*TUITION FEE: 300 EUR *
- *Note that we offer 20% discount if the participant apply in the first
application deadline and pays the total fee to 15th of May and 10%
discount
if the participant pay the total fee to 15th of June.*
- *Applicants from the partner universities are offered 30% tuition fee
discount*
Discounts: university partners, alumni and university groups (see more on
this in the detailed
document
http://euba.edu.mk/tl_files/OSU%20aplikacii%202013/SISPC%20Call%202013.pdf
or on our website
http://euba.edu.mk/details-ohrid-summer-university/items/158.html
MOBILITY & GRANTS: CEEPUS Freemover Mobility Grants (see instructions here
*APPLICATION DEADLINES* - Deadline 1 for early applications (20% discount): April 20th / Please send all applications to Slavco Dimitrov and Stanimir Panayotov: slavco.euba@gmail.com, spanayotov@gmail.com
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We offer programs offer intensive language instruction for participants with a variety of academic or non-academic goals. Whether you are planning to study or work abroad, or just wish to strengthen your skills so you can enroll in higher-level courses at your home institute, our intensive and custom language programs might be just what you are looking for. We offer summer language programs in 6 languages (www.miis.edu/academics/language/summer), as well as customized one-on-one and small group language training programs in common and less-commonly taught languages (www.miis.edu/academics/language/custom). These programs are open to anyone interested in language study and development of cross-cultural understanding. Program Dates: June 17-August 9, 2013 Program Highlights: • Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, French, Russian, Japanese For more information, contact: Monterey Institute of International Studies
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Deadline: April 26, 2013 Following the great success of the last two Summer Schools, we are delighted to announce the third, expanded Summer School 2013. This five-day event will take place at Birkbeck University of London in central Bloomsbury (Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX: access via Torrington Square) on 22-26 July 2013. It comprises courses in translation into English from Chinese, French academic, French literary, German academic, German literary, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Swedish – each class subject to a minimum group-size of five students – and, for the first time this year, a full course in Editing; plus additional editing skills classes for all. There will also be games, a competition, meet-the-publishers, and guest lectures and workshops. Videos showing extracts from earlier events can be found on the website (url above). Though hotel accommodation is readily available in the Bloomsbury area, we have block-booked 30 single rooms in one of London University’s international student halls for the five nights 21-25 July inclusive, on a first-come-first-served basis. The rooms are fairly basic, ie bed, desk etc with no en-suite and you would share the bathroom & a basic pantry, but they include breakfast, and you can also get dinner in hall by booking on the day (see http://www.halls.london.ac.uk/visitor/garden/Default.aspx). Further information on this accommodation can be obtained from info.gardens@london.ac.uk . To obtain one of these rooms, make sure you tick the box on the online booking form and add £210 to your payment. Summer School fees: Full fee: £450; student fee: £300. Bursaries available: deadline 26 April 2013. The online booking form is now open at https://www2.bbk.ac.uk/european/. Naomi Segal, Ros Schwartz and Amanda Hopkinson
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Portland State University is pleased to announce that it will offer Intensive First-Year, Second-Year and Third-Year Russian in Summer 2013 as well as Russian Culture Courses taught by International visiting Professor, Dr Alexander Kochetkov from the Linguistics University of Nizhny Novgorod. Language Courses: Culture Courses: More information is available at http://www.pdx.edu/wll/courses-summer-2013
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Deadline: May 24, 2013 The Arizona State University Critical Languages Institute is now accepting applications on a rolling basis for summer study in ALBANIAN, ARMENIAN, BOSNIAN CROATIAN SERBIAN, PERSIAN, POLISH, RUSSIAN, UKRAINIAN and UZBEK. Russian and Ukrainian classes are held in 8-week sessions overseas. Other classes combine 7-weeks of study in Arizona with (optional) 4-week programs in country. Summer Language & Study-Abroad Opportunities for Less Commonly-Taught Languages:
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The Committee on College and Pre-College Russian annual list of US-based Summer 2013 programs in Russian, Slavic, and other East European languages is posted on the CCPCR Summer Program website at: http://www1.american.edu/research/CCPCR/Summer%20programs.htm
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Deadline: April 16, 2013 The Center for Russia, East Europe, and Central Asia (CREECA) and the Department of Languages and Cultures of Asia at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are pleased to announce the third annual Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute, CESSI, to be held at UW-Madison from June 17-August 9, 2013. Information and application materials are available on the CESSI Website: www.creeca.wisc.edu/cessi/. The priority deadline for admission and the fee remission grant is April 16, 2013. The application deadline for Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships at UW-Madison is February 15, 2013. More information about UW-Madison FLAS fellowships is available at: www.flas.wisc.edu In summer 2013, intensive courses in beginning and intermediate Kazakh, Tajik, Uyghur, and Uzbek will be offered. With sufficient enrollment, other Central Eurasian Turkic languages could also be offered. Please contact the CESSI program coordinator if you are interested in a language not listed above. Scheduling of all courses is contingent upon enrollment. Students should apply to CESSI as early as possible to help ensure that your class will be offered. CESSI 2013 will also feature lectures (in English) on Central Eurasian history and culture and a rich program of cultural events and field CESSI is a joint initiative of 17 U.S. Department of Education-funded National Resource Centers at 10 U.S. universities. For further information about CESSI 2013, please contact Nancy Heingartner, CESSI program coordinator, cessi@creeca.wisc.edu,
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Deadline: May 17, 2013 The University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Slavic Languages and Literature is pleased to announce that it will offer Intensive First, Second and Third Year Russian in Summer 2013. Study Russian on the shores of beautiful Lake Mendota in Wisconsin’s vibrant capital, Madison! Dates: June 17-August 9, 2013 Slavic 101 and Slavic 102: Intensive First Year Russian (8 credits) Tuition and fees for the 8-credit courses in the Summer 2013 (est.): Students who are not current UW-Madison students must apply to enroll as University Special Students at least one month in advance of the course. See: http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/info/applySpecial.htm The earliest date students will be able to enroll in summer courses as Special Students is April 8. Students with prior experience in Russian from outside of post-secondary educational settings should contact Dr. Anna Tumarkin in advance for a placement test. Contact: Project GO at UW-Madison has generous funding for ROTC students (commissioned and participating) to study Russian during Summer 2013. All ROTC students, both at UW-Madison and at other institutions, are encouraged to apply to domestic and study abroad programs. Please visit rotcprojectgo.wisc.edu for more information and the online application.
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Deadline: May 20 (earlier funding deadlines - see below) The Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute (HUSI) is now accepting applications for its 2013 summer program. HUSI offers seven weeks of intensive accredited university instruction in Ukrainian studies beginning Monday, June 24 and concluding on Friday, August 9, 2013. The courses are intended for graduate students and advanced undergraduates who are concentrating in Ukrainian studies or who wish to broaden their educational experience. The program is run jointly by the Harvard Summer School and the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI), and has been in existence since 1971. This summer’s offerings include: * Ukrainian for Reading Knowledge * Ukraine as Linguistic Battleground * Frontier of Europe: Ukraine since 1500 Important HUSI application deadlines: Further information about the program and the application process is available on the HUSI website: www.huri.harvard.edu/husi.html. Additional questions may be directed to Tamara Nary, HUSI Program
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A National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for College & University Teachers This Institute will consider the substance of the terms "diaspora," "transnational," "accommodation," and "memory" through the specific prism of the four distinct waves-First (1917-40), Second (1947-55), Third (1967-89), and Fourth (1989 to the present)- of Russian-speaking immigrants to America. One of the core issues addressed is whether we can create a sophisticated narrative synthesis of the "Russophone Experience" in America, that could be integrated into broader courses on American politics and immigration, sociology, anthropology, and ethnic studies. More than this, can this synthesis be applied to the experience of other immigrant groups? Institute applicants-current faculty members at U.S. institutions, independent scholars, museum curators, and up to three advanced graduate students-will compete for the twenty-five available Summer Scholar spots. Over a three-week period, this select group will engage in a lively dialogue with an extraordinary array of upwards of fifty master teachers, scholars, and social services and community representatives of the last three waves of emigration (and with the children of the first). A full description, daily schedule, and application information will be found at: http://nehsummerinst.columbia.edu/
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An academic program "Spring University Prague 2013", taking place at Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic) during April 2013 (April 14 – 25) Objective: Method: Extras: Price: 780 EUR (approx. 1000 USD) Application: http://spring-university.fsv.cuni.cz Contact:
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selection results by April 30th / payment due May 15th
- Deadline 2 for early applications (10% discount): May 20th /
selection results by May 30th / payment due June 15thCOURSES: 2013 Summer Intensive Language Program at the Monterey Institute
• 8-week intensive program
• Small class size (8-10 student average)
• Graduate and undergraduate credit earned
• Elementary, intermediate, and advanced courses offered
in most languages
Intensive and Custom Language Programs
831-647-4115
silp@miis.eduFebruary 25, 2013
Course: Literary Translation Summer School July 2013 (includes Russian and Polish)
Robert Chandler, 42 Milson Road, London, W14 OLDFebruary 19, 2013
Courses: Summer 2013 Russian, Portland State U
RUS 101, RUS 102 & RUS 103: Intensive First-Year Russian (4 credits each)
RUS 201, RUS 202 & RUS 203: Intensive Second-Year Russian (4 credits each)
RUS 301, RUS 302 & RUS 303: Intensive Third-Year Russian (4 credits each)
Dates: June 24-August 23, 2013
RUS 410: Constants of Russian Culture in Modern Literature (4 credits, in English)
RUS 421: Contemporary Issues in Post-Soviet Russia (4 credits, in Russian)
Dates: June 24-August 16, 2013Courses: Summer 2013 Language and Study-Abroad Opportunities, ASU CLI
Courses award 8-11 ASU credits.
Courses are tuition free, but study-abroad fees and summer fees of $850 apply.
Rolling admission deadline is May 24.
THE ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY CRITICAL LANGUAGES INSTITUTE
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CLI HYBRID PROGRAMS:
7-week intensive courses on the ASU main campus plus optional 4-week follow-on courses overseas, providing 8-11 academic credits.
In-language cultural programming, one-on-one peer-led extramural programming in select locations
- Albanian (Arizona - Tirana, 1st-Year - 2nd-Year)
- Armenian (Arizona - Yerevan, 1st-Year - 2nd-Year)
- Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (Arizona - Sarajevo, 1st-Year - 2nd-Year)
- Persian (Arizona, 1st-Year - 2nd-Year)
- Polish (Arizona - Poznan, 1st-Year (research focus))
- Uzbek (Arizona, 1st-Year - 3rd-Year)
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CLI OVERSEAS PROGRAMS:
8-week summer programs providing 8 academic credits.
Homestays, one-on-one peer-led extramural activities, summer internships and extensive cultural programming
- Armenian, Advanced (Yerevan)
- Russian 3rd-Year - 6th-Year (Kiev)
- Ukrainian, 1st-Year - 4th-Year (Kiev)
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- DATES: Vary. See http://cli.asu.edu
- COSTS: Vary. See http://cli.asu.edu/costs
- DEADLINE: May 24, 2013
- DETAILS/APPLICATION: See http://cli.asu.eduCourses: List of US-based summer programs in Slavic and East European languages
February 12, 2013
Courses: Central Eurasian Studies Summer Institute (CESSI), UW-Madison
trips related to the countries of Central Eurasia.
1-608-262-3379.Courses: Intensive First, Second and Third Year Russian at UW-Madison
Times: 8:50-10:45 am, 12:05-2:10 pm, Monday-Friday
Slavic 117 and Slavic 118: Intensive Second Year Russian (8 credits)
Slavic 279: Intensive Third Year Russian (8 credits)
• Wisconsin resident: $2,690.52
• Non-resident: $6,627.96
• Minnesota resident: $3,455.05
Dr. Anna Tumarkin
University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Slavic Languages and Literature
atumarki@wisc.edu
(608) 262-1623January 21, 2013
Course: Harvard Ukrainian Summer Institute (HUSI)
Volodymyr Dibrova, Preceptor, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University
This 8-unit language course is designed primarily for graduate students in the humanities and social sciences who wish to acquire a reading knowledge of Ukrainian for research purposes.
Michael Flier, Oleksandr Potebnja Professor of Ukrainian Philology, Harvard University
An exploration of the Ukrainian language in linguistic, historical, sociolinguistic, anthropological, and political terms.
Serhii Plokhii, Mykhailo S. Hrushevskyi Professor of Ukrainian History, Harvard University
The history of Ukrainian territory and its people within a broad context of political, social, and cultural changes in Eastern Europe in the course of the half of a millennium.
* For students requesting Harvard FLAS funding: February 4
* For students requesting financial aid: March 4
* For students requesting I-20, but no financial aid: April 29
* Harvard Summer School registration, housing and full tuition payment deadline: May 20
* Late registration begins: May 21
Coordinator at (617) 495-3549 or by email at nary@fas.harvard.edu or husi@fas.harvard.edu.
December 12, 2012
Course: America's Russian-Speaking Immigrants and Refugees: Twentieth Century Migration and Memory
Columbia University, New York
June 9-29, 2013
November 07, 2012
Course: "East goes west-West goes east?" in Prague
• to provide students with a broad understanding of the political, economic, social, and cultural development of
Europe after 1990
• to analyze the current challenges and risks to the development of Europe
• the course is interdisciplinary and combines multiple learning methods, such as lectures, workshops, roundtable
discussions, group-work and student presentations
• numerous cultural, sport, and social activities which enhance the academic program
Included in price:
• Tuition (all lectures, workshops, discussions, etc. as mentioned on our website)
• Cultural and social events (as mentioned on our website)
• Reading materials (an on-line version will be at your disposal after enrolling)
• Housing at the Hall of Residence
• 2 meals per day (breakfast and lunch)
Spring University 2013
Charles University Prague
Faculty of Social Sciences
Smetanovo nabrezi 6
CZ–110 00 Praha 1
Czech Republic
E-mail: spring.university@fsv.cuni.cz
Tel: (+420) 251 080 250
Fax: (+420) 251 620 294
Skype: spring-university-prague
ICQ: 615-450-043
Facebook: Spring and Summer Universities Prague