XXIII. International Summer University – Europe in the Vortex of Change – DEMO

XXIII. International Summer University (ISU)

Central European Scenarios

25th June – 6th July, 2018

Kőszeg, Hungary

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 UNESCO

Since 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^stMay 2018
Application deadline: 15^thJune 2018 (only for CEI students!)
Application Form

Participation 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 apresentation.

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

24^thJune – Sunday

16:00

Registration

Venue: Zwinger Old Tower

17:00

Opening Ceremony

Venue: Zwinger Old Tower

(Ernő Sebestyén – Violin, Tamás Mérei – Cello)
Keynote: SEAN CLEARY:Europe in Global Vortex
Panel discussion:

DANIEL BROOKS(Emeritus Professor, University of Toronto)
JODY JENSEN(iASK, Jean Monnet Professor)
JAMES SKELLY(iASK Senior Researcher)

19:00

Registration

Venue: Sigray room, Europe House

25^thJune – Monday

10:00

The Future of EU andCentral – European Perspectives

Venue: Europe House – Bibó Auditorium

Moderated byFERENC 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

Venue: Europe House – Bibó Auditorium

11:45
12:45

The Future of EU and Central – European Perspectives

Venue: Europe House – Bibó Auditorium

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

Venue: Europe House – Bibó Auditorium

14:30
16:00

Conflict, Cooperation, Migration: Central European panel with diplomats, politicians

Venue: Europe House – Bibó Auditorium

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
14:00

Exhibition Opening of GABRIELE MATZNER

Venue: Zwinger Old Tower

17:00
18:00

“Talking & Sounding City” – Soundwalk by ZOLTÁN MIZSEI and MÓNIKA MÁTAY

Venue: Europe House – Bibó Auditorium

ZOLTÁN MIZSEI(Associate Professor atChurch Music Department, Liszt Ferenc Academyof 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.

This program can be’walked’anytime while you are in Kőszeg. A printed guide map can be picked up at the entrance of Bibó Auditorium (Europe House 2nd floor)

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Invited speakers

Elena 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)
Gábor Zupkó (The European Commission Representation in Hungary)