XXIII. International Summer University (ISU)

Organized by the Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg (iASK) and the Institute for Social and European Studies (ISES), in cooperation with the University of Pannonia and supported by iASK, the Central European Initiative and UNESCOSince 1996 the international summer university has been a great opportunity for experts, activists, practitioners, policy makers, researchers, social scientists and students to meet and discuss contemporary challenges and international cooperation.The International Summer University will focus on the creation, accumulation and dissemination of new knowledge. Through a multidisciplinary approach, we will engage with the complex relationship between political, ideological, economic and cultural dynamics of integration and disintegration in Europe. Politicians, social scientists, practitioners, cultural heritage experts and artists will ensure an exciting experience for participants. We invite students to apply who are interested in local, national, regional, and transnational processes in a diverse and changing European space.

Reflecting on global transformations and increasing global crises, there is a need to develop new ways of thinking.  As complex and interdependent strategic thinking gains momentum, new approaches by experts in many different fields need to be understood. For example, regional development strategies need to consider social and economic cohesion and sustainability in Europe, in the EU, and in Central Europe.Kőszeg is called “The Jewel of Pannonia”. This beautiful medieval town borders 5 countries (Austria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary). This provides a rich cultural and regional added value, and provides the opportunity for strong cross-border cooperation on many levels. In a region where the iron curtain was built, developing a regional knowledge centre is exceptional and contributes to supporting opportunities furthering cooperation in an age of increasing uncertainties.

Topics:

• European Security and Security Policy in a Changing Global Landscape
• Remembering and Forgetting Communism
• The Future of European Democracy and Democracy in a Global Context
• Memory and Populist Politics in Popular Culture
• At the intersection of Migration and Populist Politics
• Societies at Risk: Climate Change and Sustainable, Resilient Societies
• From Global to Local Sustainability: Microregional Aspects and the Circular Economy
• Interreligous Dialogue

Application deadline: 31^st May 2018 

Application deadline: 15^th June 2018 (only for CEI students!)

Application FormParticipation fee:

EUR 450 for participants from non-CEI countries

EUR 100 for participants from CEI countries

The organizers provide:

• educational programme and materials
• special events (opening-closing dinner), crossborder excursion
• accommodation with breakfast and lunch
• (if you need) 5 ECTs by the University of Pannonia you should give a presentation.

Participants cover:

travel costs to/from Kőszeg

insurance

Applicants please send us the following:

• completed application form
• a 2-page statement on the topic of your academic interest (description of your studies, fields of research and their relation to the topics of the International Summer University)
• CV

Eligibility: Students pursuing their BA, MA or PhD degrees and have academic and/or professional interest and enthusiasm for the topics.

 

For more information please contact: [email protected] OR [email protected] OR call 0036-94-200-520.

 

 

25^th June – Monday

Venue: Europe House – Bibó Auditorium

10:00 The Future of EU and Central – European Perspectives

Moderated by FERENC MISZLIVETZ (Director, iASK)

Hungary and teh EU – by GÁBOR ZUPKÓ (The European Commission Representation in Hungary)

 

The EU and Russia Relations – by LYUBOV SHISHELINA (Russian Academy of Sciences Institute Europe)

Slovakia and the EU – by LUCIA MOKRA (Dean, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava)

11:30-11:45 Coffee break

11:45-12:45 The Future of EU and Central – European Perspectives

Moderated by IVÁN BÁBA (iASK, Former State Secretary of Foreing Affairs, Hungary)

BOGLÁRKA KOLLER: V4 as a new emerging from in the EU (Dean for Science and International Affairs, Department of European Studies, Faculty of International and European Studies)

MAGDALÉNA VÁŠÁRYOVÁ (Former State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovakia)

MICHAL VASECKA (Masaryk University)

13:00 Lunch

14:30-16:00 Conflict, Cooperation, Migration: Central European panel with diplomats, politicians

H.E. ELISABETH ELLISON-KRAMER (Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Hungary) GABRIELE MATZNER (Former Ambassador of Austria) IVÁN BÁBA (iASK, Former State Secretary of Foreing Affairs, Hungary)

16:15-17:00 Exhibition Opening of GABRIELE MATZNER

Venue: Zwinger Old Tower

17:00-18:00 “Talking & Sounding City” – Soundwalk by ZOLTÁN MIZSEI and MÓNIKA MÁTAY

ZOLTÁN MIZSEI (Associate Professor at Church Music Department, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, research fellow at Collegium Sonorum, iASK) MÓNIKA MÁTAY (Associate Professor at the Institute of History at Eötvös Loránd University and research fellow at Hankiss Research Archive, iASK)

This Soundwalk requires a portable media player or smartphone and earphones. The sound files can be downloaded from HERE.

20:00 Café Bloom with SEAN CLEARY

26^th June – Tuesday

Venue: Europe House – Bibó Auditorium

9:30 Climate Change and Sustainable Societies

Climate Change and its Consequences – by DANIEL BROOKS (Emeritus Professor, University of Toronto) 

 

Sustainable Societies – by SÁNDOR KEREKES (iASK, Corvinus University of Budapest) 

AMARJOT JOHAL: Global Warming and the Sweetness of Life: A Tar Sands Tale (Simon Frazer University, Vancouver, British Columbia)

11:00-11:15 Coffee break

11:15-12:45 Discussion

13:00 Lunch

14:30-16:00 Sustainability Tour in Kőszeg guided by students of CUNY and iASK young scholars

 

Sustainability Plans for Kőszeg – Made by Students of CUNY

20:00 The Apple Cider and Spritzer Contest – Bar-hopping in Kőszeg

27^th June – Wednesday

Venue: Europe House – Bibó Auditorium

9:30-11:00 The Future of Europe

WILLIAM OUTHWAITE: De-Europeanisation East and West (Emeritus Professor, Newcastle University, UK) & STUART HOLLAND: The Future of European Democracy (iASK, University of Coimbra)

11:00-11:15 Coffee break

11:15-12:45 Discussion

CHRISTIAN FRANCK: The EU’s and the Trump’s Foreign Policies: How Far they Diverge (Emeritus Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain, UCL Belgium)

13:00 Lunch

14:30-16:00 The Future of Democracy in a Global Context – Trust, Distrust and Democracy. Allophilia in Theory and Practice

TODD PITTINSKY (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University): Trust, Distrust and Democracy

28^th June – Thursday

Venue: Europe House – Bibó Auditorium

9:30-11:00 

Tales from Central Europe: Remembering and Forgetting Communism

ATTILA PÓK (iASK, Hungarian Academy of Sciences) ANDRÁS NAGY (Associate Professor at the University of Pannonia, Department of Theater Studies) ADAM HUDEK (Senior Researcher, Institute of History, Slovak Academy of Sciences) MATEUSZ MAZZINI (Graduate Student, Graduate School for Social Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology) GERGELY ROMSICS (Senior Researcher, Research Center for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences) LYUBOV SHISELINA (Russian Academy of Sciences Institute Europe)

11:00-11:15 Coffee break

11:15-12:45 Discussion

13:00 Lunch

14: 30 Discussion panel continued

HEIDEMARIE UHL (University of Vienna) ATTILA PÓK (iASK, Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

15:30-16:45

From Global to Local Sustainability: The Microregional Aspects and the Circular Economy

ANDRÁS GELENCSÉR (University of Pannonia) 

JÁNOS BOGÁRDI (University of Bonn)

HILLARY BROWN (City University of New York) 

SÁNDOR KEREKES (iASK, University of Kaposvar, Corvinus University of Budapest)

19:30 Piano performance by Sijin Chen

Venue: Bibo Auditorium Europe House, Kőszeg H-9730 Chernel st. 14.

29^th June – Friday

Venue: Europe House – Bibó Auditorium

9:30-11:00 European Foreign and Security Policy

JAMES SKELLY (iASK Senior Researcher)

 

SIMON DUKE (European Institute of Public Administration, Maastricht) 

 

LIDIJA GEORGIEVA (UNESCO Chair in Intercultural Studies and Research, UKIM, Skopje)

 

NORBERT KROÓ (professor emeritus, ordinary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

12:00-12:45 Visiting the Town Hall of Kőszeg – guided tour by Béla Básthy

BÉLA BÁSTHY (Deputy Mayor of Kőszeg)

13:00 Lunch

Free Research Afternoon

30^th June – Saturday

Excursion to Slovenia (Lendva and Maribor)

Slovenia In Europe Introduction in Maribor by GORAN GUMZE (Alma Mater Europea, European Center, Maribor)

1^st July – Sunday

Relaxation

2^nd July – Monday

Venue: Europe House – Bibó Auditorium

9:30-11:00

Memory and Populist Politics

RUBIN ZEMON (Special Adviser to the Macedonian Prime Minister on Multiculturalism) DIMITAR NIKOLOVSKI (iASK Researcher) IGOR STIPIC (iASK Researcher) ASTREA PEJOVIC (Central European University)

11:00-11:15 Coffee break

11:15-12:45 Discussion

13:00 Lunch

14:30 Interactive Feedback Session

DIMITAR NIKOLOVSKI (iASK Researcher)  IGOR STIPIC (iASK Researcher)

19:00 

Performance of the Women Choir of medieval music

Venue: St. Emeric’s Church Kőszeg, Jurisics square

3^rd July – Tuesday

Venue: Europe House – Bibó Auditorium

9:30-11:00

Inter-religious Dialogue Panel

GYÖRGY CSEPELI (iASK, Emeritus Professor, Eötvös Loránd University) ANDREJ CILERDZIC (Bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Austria and Switzerland) VIKTÓRIA HEDVIG DEÁK (Prioress General, Dominican Sisters of the Congregation of St. Margaret of Hungary) MUAMER BECIROVIC (Student and regional president of Young ÖVP Vienna) LENART SKOF (Alma Mater Europaea, European Center, Maribor) RICHARD PAPP (Associate Professor, Cultural Anthropology Department, Eötvös Loránd University)

11:00-11:15 Coffee break

11:15-12:45 Discussion

13:00 Lunch

14:30 Church and city tour in Kőszeg with TAMÁS FEJERDY (International Council on Monuments and Sites)

Kőszeg Church Tour by Tamás Fejérdy 

16:30-18:00 Engaging Citizens

STEVE AUSTEN (Felix Meritus Foundation, Amsterdam): Role +Responsibility of NGOs and individuals in Shaping European Citizenship

RYSZARD PRASZKIER (University of Warsaw): Empowering Leadership of Tomorrow

Culture, Heritage and Citizenship – Successful joint Erasmus+ application

6^th July – Friday

10:00 Closing Ceremony

Venue: Zwinger Old Tower

13:00 Farewell Lunch

Venue: Sigray room, Europe House

DeparturesElena Alekseenkova (Russian International Affairs Council, Moscow, MGIMO-University (besides RIAC))

Steve Austen (Felix Meritus Foundation, Amsterdam)

Iván Bába (iASK, former State Secretary of Foreing Affairs, Hungary)

Miloslav Bahna (Chairman of the Slovak Committee for the UNESCO MOST Programme)

Muamer Becirovic (Student and regional president of Young ÖVP Vienna)

János Bogárdi (University of Bonn)

Daniel Brooks (Emeritus Professor, University of Toronto)

Hillary Brown (City University of New York)

Andrej Cilerdzic (Bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Eparchy of Austria and Switzerland)

Sean Cleary (Founder and Executive Vice Chair of the Future World Foundation)

György Csepeli (iASK, Emeritus Professor, Eötvös Lorand University)

Viktória Hedvig Deák (Prioress General, Dominican Sisters of the Congregation of St. Margaret of Hungary)

Simon Duke (European Instutute of Public Administration, Maastricht)

Tamás Fejérdy (International Council on Monuments and Sites)

Christian Franck (Emeritus Professor,  Université Catholique de Louvain, UCL Belgium)

András Gelencsér (University of Pannonia)

Lidija Georgieva (UNESCO Chair in Intercultural Studies and Research, UKIM, Skopje)

Goran Gumze (Alma Mater Europea, European Center, Maribor)

Stuart Holland (iASK, University of Coimbra)

Tara Hopkins (Small Projects Istambul – for Syria)

István Horváth (Professor at the Hungarian Language Sociology and Social Work Department of the Babeș-Bolyai University of Cluj/Kolozsvár)

Adam Hudek (Senior Researcher, Institute of History, Slovak Academy of Sciences)

Jody Jensen (iASK, Jean Monnet Professor)

Amarjot Johal (Simon Frazer University, Vancouver, British Columbia)

Sándor Kerekes (iASK, University of Kaposvar, Corvinus University of Budapest)

Boglárka Koller (Dean for Science and International Affairs, Department of European Studies, Faculty of International and European Studies)

Slomó Köves (Executive Rabbi of EMIH Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation)

H.E. Elisabeth Ellison-Kramer (Ambassador of the Republic of Austria to Hungary)

Mónika Mátay (Associate Professor at the Institute of History at Eötvös Loránd University and research fellow at Hankiss Research Archive, iASK)

Gabriele Matzner (Former Ambassador of Austria)

Mateusz Mazzini (Graduate Student, Graduate School for Social Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology)

Ferenc Miszlivetz (Director, iASK)

Zoltán Mizsei (Associate Professor at Church Music Department, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, research fellow at Collegium Sonorum, iASK)

Lucia Mokra (Dean, Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences Comenius University in Bratislava)

András Nagy (Associate Professor at the University of Pannonia, Department of Theater Studies)

Dimitar Nikolovski (iASK Researcher)

William Outhwaite (Emeritus Professor, Newcastle University, UK)

Richard Papp (Associate Professor, Cultural Anthropology Department, Eötvös Loránd University)

Astrea Pejovic (Central European University)

Todd Pittinsky (John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)

Attila Pók (iASK, Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

Ryszard Praszkier (University of Warsaw)

Dr. Miklós Réthelyi (Chair, Hungarian National Commission for UNESCO)

Gergely Romsics (Senior Researcher, Research Center for the Humanities, Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

Lyubov Shishelina (Russian Academy of Sciences Institute Europe)

James Skelly (iASK Senior Researcher)

Lenart Skof (Alma Mater Europaea, European Center, Maribor)

Igor Stipic (iASK Researcher)

András Szöllősi-Nagy (Engineer, Hydrologist, Professor – Budapest University of Technology and Economics)

Heidemarie Uhl (University of Vienna)

Magdalena Vasaryova (Former State Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Slovakia)

Michal Vasecka (Masaryk University)

Rubin Zemon (Special Adviser to the Macedonian Prime Minister on Multiculturalism)

Marco Zoppi (Research Assistant, University of Bologna)

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