XXIV. International Summer University (ISU 2019)

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.

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.

30 years have passed since the fall of the Berlin Wall and former communist countries from Central and Eastern Europe took the path to (re)democratization. The process of EU accession began initially with enthusiasm and optimism in the early 1990s, as it was seen as paving the way towards a united, democratic Europe. However, the EU has faced and is facing both internal and external challenges (monetary crisis, unequal economic integration, migration crisis, Brexit) which put into question the very idea of liberal democracy. Some of the leadership of the Visegrad Four are increasingly at odds with EU leadership, and the ghosts of the 1990s haunt the Western Balkans candidate states. Increasing cleavages and conflicts on complex issues (economic convergence, security and migration) have resulted in sharpening divisions between North and South, East and West.

The idea behind this year’s summer university is to reevaluate the achievements and challenges of CEE and Western Balkans in the last 30 years with discussions between senior scholars, who have lived through and researched the transitions in CEE, and young researchers/students who face the current challenges intellectually and existentially. The envisioned outcome is a publication of an edited volume containing essays written by the young scholars as a result of these discussions, containing historical overviews of the developments in the last 30 years and visions of the future in the next 30 years.

Topics:

In addition to daily lectures and discussions with leading figures in academic and public life, students may choose between six interdisciplinary Working Groups for afternoon sessions:

• Narratives and Evaluations of the Transitions (narratives of social transformation, Europeanization and democratization)
• Social Entrepreneurship (grass-roots mobilization before and after 1989, social innovation and integration)
• Memory Politics (a potent mobilization framework in the current CEE context)
• Competing Cultures (migration, pop culture, European values)
• Sustainability and Resilient Societies (environmental policies, urban politics, austerity)
• Citizenship in Europe (transnationalism, sovereignty, European identity)

These working groups will be mentored by field experts who are affiliated with iASK. The purpose of these working groups will be to give collegial feedback to students’ work and to integrate their research into a common edited volume.

Application deadline:

– May 15, 2019 (for applicants who need visa)

– June 15, 2019 (for all other applicants)

Application Form

Participation fee: 250 EUR

(Limited scholarships are available for applicants from Central, Eastern, and South-Eastern Europe.)

The organizers provide:

• educational programme and materials
• special events, excursions
• accommodation with breakfast and lunch

Participants cover:

• travel costs to/from Kőszeg
• participation fee
• visa + insurance costs

Applicants should send the following documents to [email protected] :

• completed application form
• 300 word abstract for a research paper, indicating to which of the six working groups it best relates
• CV

Eligibility: Advanced MA and PhD students and young researchers, as well as social entrepreneurs, who have a keen academic or professional interest in the topics.

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 the opportunity for strong cross-border cooperation. 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.

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

28^th June – Friday

Arrivals and Registration from 12:00

16:00 Introduction to the Summer University

Venue: Zwinger Oldtower Chernel st. 16.

• 29^th June – Saturday

  • Excursion to Keszthely and Lake Balaton

  at 08:00  – Meeting point: Várkör 30 City Par

30^th June – Sunday

11:00 Opening Ceremony

Moderator: Ferenc Miszlivetz

Keynote Speeches:

Erhard  Busek (former Vice-Chancellor of Austria) 

Peter Schulze

Venue: Zwinger Oldtower Chernel st. 16.

12:30-14.00 Lunch (Portré Restaurant)

14:30-16:00 Keynote: Katalin Bogyay (Hungary’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to UN)

Roundtable: Narratives and Evaluations of the Transitions

Iván Bába,

Emil Brix (Director, Diplomatic Academy in Vienna)

Gert Weisskirchen

Venue: Europe House Bibó Room Chernel st. 14.

17:00 Cultural program

– Károly Binder (piano)

– Gábor Juhász (guitar)

Venue: Europe House Bibó Room Chernel st. 14.

18:00 – 20:00 Reception

Venue: Europe House Sigray Cellar Chernel st. 14.

01^st July – Monday

9:30-12:30

Social Entrepreneurship and Grassroots Mobilization

Zbigniew Bujak (fmr. Solidarnosc)

Agata Stafiej-Bartosik (Ashoka – Innovators for the Public)

Panel and discussion: Ryszard Praszkier, Dorota Kormoricka,

Moderator: Jody Jensen

Venue: Europe House Bibó room Chernel st. 14.

14:30-16:30

European cultural institutions 

Paul Spies (Director, Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin)

Oeds Westerhof (Leeuwarden-Friesland European Capital of Culture)

Miguel Martín

Moderator: Steve Austen

Venue: Europe House Bibó Room Chernel st. 14.

Parallel Session:

14:30-16:30

Narratives and Evaluations of the Transitions (2)

Lyubov Shishelina, Lidija Georgieva, Juozas Kasputis, Tibor Palánkai

Moderator: Attila Pók

Venue: Zwinger Oldtower Chernel st. 16.

18:00 Café Bloom with Zbigniew Bujak

Venue: Europe House Sigray Cellar Chernel st. 14.

20:00 Cultural program – Filmclub

Commentator: Mark Kramer

Venue: Europe House Bibó Room Chernel st. 14.

02^nd July – Tuesday

9:30-12:30 REMEMBRANCE AND MEMORY POLITICS 

Mark Kramer (Harvard University)

András Nagy (iASK)

Mateusz Mazzini (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences)

ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION: Lyubov Shishelina, Attila Pók

Moderator: Ferenc Miszlivetz

Venue: Europe House Bibó Room Chernel st. 14.

14:30-16:30

Working Groups Session I. 

• Memory Politics and Sustainability and Resilient Societies
• Citizenship in Europe
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Narratives and Evaluations of the Transitions

18:00-19:00 Cultural program

Zoltán Mizsei (Associate Professor at Church Music Department, Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, research fellow at Collegium Sonorum, iASK): Sounds of Kőszeg – City Walk

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

This program can be ’walked’ anytime while you are in Kőszeg.

The Soundwalk map can be picked up at the desk in Zwinger Oldtower

Venue: Zwinger Oldtower Chernel st. 16.

03^rd July – Wednesday

9:30-12:30 FUTURE SCENARIOS FOR EUROPE- SIMULATION WORKSHOP

Moderator: Dion van den Berg

Venue: Europe House Bibó Room 2nd floor Chernel st. 14.

14:30-16:30 CITIZENSHIP IN EUROPE

Steve Austen: Where is the citizen?

Dion van den Berg (PAX for Peace): The hour of the lawyer and the hour of the politician means little without the hour of the citizen

Comments: Ferenc Miszlivetz

Moderator: Izabella Agárdi

Venue: Europe House Bibó Room 2nd floor Chernel st. 14.

19:00-22:00 CULTURAL PROGRAM

Kanizsa Csillagai

Venue: Europe House Sigray Cellar Chernel st. 14.

04^th July – Thursday

05^th July – Friday

9:30-12:30 SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENT SOCIETY

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