2013 Summer School in Comparative Conflict Studies

Call for Applications

The Center for Comparative Conflict Studies (CFCCS) at the Faculty of Media and Communications (FMK), Singidunum University invites you to apply for the forth Summer School in Comparative Conflict Studies. The 2013 Summer School will take place at the Faculty of Media and Communications in Belgrade, from July 1-8, 2013.

We are now receiving applications for the following four courses to choose from:

1. The Politics of Land and Identity: States and Minorities in Conflict

Prof. Oren Yiftachel (Ben-Gurion University, Israel)

2. International Intervention in a Globalised World

Dr. Maxine David (University of Surrey, UK) 

3. The Role of Social Memory Studies in Conflict Analysis and Transformation
Dr. Orli Fridman (Faculty of Media & Communications (FMK) & SIT study Abroad, Serbia)

4. From the discourse of brotherhood and unity to the discourses of EU integration: the case of "transition" in Serbia

Dr. Jelisaveta Blagojević (Faculty of Media & Communications (FMK), Serbia)

**Language instruction in all courses is English**

We invite graduate students, advanced undergraduate students, NGO leaders and civil society activists from all countries to apply.

Reduced tuition is available for applicants from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia. This reduced tuition is also available for students from other conflict or post-conflict regions.

A limited number of travel and accommodation scholarships may be available for applicants from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia. 

Deadline to submit applications: May 13, 2013 

Application form and cost information are available on our website and Facebook page.

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SUMMER SESSION IN BULGARIA

JULY 14 - AUGUST 4


The American Research Center in Sofia (ARCS), Bulgaria, sponsors a three-week summer session on Bulgarian history and culture. The session consists of lectures at ARCS with visit to sites in and near Sofia and historical and cultural excursions throughout Bulgaria. Lectures and site reports are given by leading experts from Bulgarian universities and museums.

The program is open to graduate and advanced undergraduate students in North America, high-school and college teachers, and other scholars with a serious interest in Bulgarian history and culture. The total cost for participation not including international travel is $2,000 (full room and board, use of research facilities, local travel, and lectures).

Applications may be downloaded on line at: http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/arcs/summersession.pdf and should be returned by e-mail to Dr. Emil Nankov (ehn2@cornell.edu). Applicants need to submit also a statement of interest (up to three pages), a CV, and, in the case of student applicants, two letters of recommendation (sent separately by e-mail). A limited number of grants to cover part of the participation fees will be available to the student applicants, to be awarded on the basis of merit.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: All application materials must be sent by February 15th.
The approved participants will receive a notification by March 15. The participation fee and a photocopy of a valid medical insurance card will be due by April 15.

CONTACT
Please direct any questions about ARCS academic programs, fellowships, or application procedures to Prof. Denver Graninger, Director of ARCS.
American Research Center in Sofia, 75 Vasil Petleshkov St., Sofia 1510, BULGARIA
TEL: (+359 2) 947 9498; FAX: (+359 2) 840 1962
graninger.arcs@gmail.com
www.einaudi.cornell.edu/arcs/