FYI...
Stefanie Rixecker
ECOFEM Coordinator
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CEU Summer University Program
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Central European University
Summer University Program, Hungary, 2000
A Program for University Professors and Professionals in the Social
Sciences
and Humanities
July 10 - August 4, 2000
Application deadline: Januray 17, 2000
The Summer University (SUN) is an academic program for university
professors, administrators and professionals. It offers a series of
intensive two, three or four-week courses in the social sciences and
humanities to encourage and promote regional academic co-operation
and
curriculum development by drawing togther young faculty in lectures,
seminars and workshops.
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Eligibility and Funding
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Applications are invited from all countries. For participants from
Central
and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union the grant will cover
tuition
cost, accommodation, travel, health insurance, and a book allowance.
The
grant will also include a stipend to cover meals and incidentals.
However,
participants from Budapest will only receive free tuition, a book
allowance
and a reduced stipend.
Applicants from countries other than the former Soviet Union and
Central
Eastern Europe must pay for tuition ($200/week of instruction
equalling
1,200 classroom minutes), accommodation, health insurance, travel and
meals. There are, however, a limited number of tuition waivers
available
for which applications are accepted on a competitive basis.
Applicants must meet the following criteria
Applicants must have a university degree and hold a teaching job at a
university or college in their home country, or work as an
administrator or
a professional. Graduate students with teaching experience may also
apply.
Undergraduates without a university degree will not be considered.
The language of instruction is English, thus all applicants have to
demonstrate a strong command of English to be able to follow lectures
and
participate actively in discussions at seminars and workshops.
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Admission policy
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Applicants are not eligible to apply to a SUN course if they attended
either
a CRC session or Popper Workshop in the same calendar or academic
year
(i.e.,
they must wait one year after their participation in one of the above
programs before applying to SUN). Additionally, applicants are not
eligible
to apply to SUN if they have participated in two CEU faculty
initiative
activities (i.e., CRC, SUN, Popper Workshop) within a four-year
period.
Former CEU students may only apply if they currently hold a teaching
position n their home country. Preference will be given to new
applicants
over former participants in Summer University courses.
Applications must be received by the Summer University Office no
later than
January 17, 2000.
A detailed course description with names of lecturers and topics to
be
covered will be available in due course. Changes in faculty and/or
topics
may occur. For additional information please contact:
Summer University Office
1051 Budapest, Nádor u. 9.
Hungary
Tel: (36-1) 327-3811
Fax: (36-1) 327-3124
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (for information and general correspondence)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (for requesting application forms)
WWW site: http://www.ceu.hu/sun/sunindx.html
Central European University does not discriminate on the basis of-
including,
but not limited to--race, color, national and ethnic origin,
religion,
gender or sexual orientation in administering its educational
policies,
admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and
other
school - administered programs.
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The program will offer the following courses in 2000
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Anthropology 17 July - 28 July
Cultures of Capitalism in Late Modernity
Course Directors: Peter Niedermuller
Violetta Zentai
Archives 10 July - 21 July
Access to Information, Access to Archives
Course Director: Ivan Szekely
Cultural Studies 10 July - 28 July
Innovative Cultural Policies and Cultural Management in
Societies in Transition (in co-operation with the Council of Europe)
Course Director: Milena Dragicevic-Sesic
Economics and Environment 10 July - 21 July
Business and Ecology
Course Director: Laszlo Zsolnai
Economics and Legal Sciences 17 July - 4 Aug
Law and Economics
(Economic Analysis of Law and Regulation)
Course Director: Zeljko Sevic
Economics and European Studies 10 July - 21 July
The Political Economy of an Eastern Enlargement of the EU
Course Director: Alf Vanags
Education 10 July - 21 July
Educational Policy Analysis
Course Director: Thomas B.Timar
Gender Studies 24 July - 4 August
Gender, Nation and Identity: Cross-Cultural and
Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives
Course Director: Laszlo Kurti
Human Rights 24 July - 4 Aug
Human Rights and Forced Displacement:
An Interdisciplinary Approach
Course Directors: Arthur C. Helton
Boldizsar Nagy
International Relations 10 July - 4 Aug
The UN, Civil Society, and the Private Sector in Global Governance
Course Director: Roger Coate
Jewish Studies 10 July - 28 July
Ritual and Commandment in Jewish Thought and Philosophy in the Modern
Period
Course Director: Michael K. Silber
Legal Studies 10 July - 28 July
The Law of International Business Transactions
(in co-operation with Cardozo Law School, New York)
Course Director : Francis Gabor
Workers' Representation Rights in Theory, Teaching and Practice
10 July - 21 July
(in co-operation with Cardozo Law School, New York)
Course Director: Csilla Kollonay Lehoczky
Health Care Law from a Comparative and European Perspective
10 July - 21 July
Course Directors: Judit Sandor
Andre den Exter
Library 24 July - 4 August
Digital Literacy for Open Societies;
Networked Information and Libraries
Course Director: Peter Burnett
Medieval Studies 17 July - 11 Aug*
Resources and Issues for the Study of Medieval Central Europe
Course Director: Janos M.Bak
Please note that this course will have a field trip and will end
a week
later than all the other summer courses.
Political Science 24 July - 4 Aug
Emerging from Communism: Russia and China and the New International
Order
Course Director: Jonathan Adelman
Intercultural Citizenship: the South - East European Context 24 July
- 4
Aug
Course Director: Cesar Birzea
Public Policy
Designing and Delivering Public Policies - from Values to
Implementation
10 July - 4 Aug
Course Director: Laszlo Varadi
Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and Local Financial Management
10 July - 28 July
(in co-operation with the World Bank, EDI and the Open Society
Institute,
LGI)
Course Directors: Robert D. Ebel, Adrian Ionescu, Jozsef Hegedus
Religion
Oriental Religions in Central-Eastern Europe
Religious Multiculturalism and Renaissance
24 July - 4 Aug
Course Director: Agnes Birtalan
CEU reserves the right to change course offerings at its discretion.
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Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker
Division of Environmental Management & Design
Lincoln University, Canterbury
PO Box 84
Aotearoa New Zealand
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fax: 64-03-325-3841
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