FYI... Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordinator ------- Forwarded message follows ------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ CEU Summer University Program ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Eligibility and Funding ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Admission policy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ The program will offer the following courses in 2000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ 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. ------- End of forwarded message ------- ************************************ Dr. Stefanie S. 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