The CEU Summer University announces the course “National identity in Europe and in Russia at the crossroads”

In collaboration with the Faculty of Social Sciences, Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE), Budapest and the EUinDepth FP7 project.

June 29 –July 10, 2015, Budapest, Hungary.

Course Directors

Gyorgy Csepeli, Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary

Antal Orkeny, Eotvos Lorand University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary

Faculty

Liana Grancea, Center for European and Eurasian Studies, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), USA
Louk Hagendoorn, General Social Sciences, University of Utrecht, Netherlands
Andras Jakab, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg, Germany
Szabolcs Pogonyi, Nationalism Studies Program, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
Irina Semenenko, Applied Socio-political Studies, Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences / Public Policy Department, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation

Brief course description

The course provides an opportunity to reflect on the recent political upheavals in Russia and in Ukraine. The aim of this course is, however, to explore national identity and nationalism in Europe and Russia disentangled from the news and to reveal hidden historically embedded patterns. The course will be built on texts and data of recent research materials with interdisciplinary, comparative and empirical approaches. Its overall objective is to raise participants’ awareness of the synergy resulting from these various approaches. Course faculty will include well-known international experts and CEU faculty.

The target audience includes MA students interested in the interdisciplinary aspects of nationalism and national identity as well as PhD students working on problems of national identity in Central and Eastern Europe in the context of the transformation crisis. We also encourage applications from students of leading Russian universities willing to take part in the century-old dialogue between Russia and Europe on the nature of national identity.

Participants will be expected to arrive with a basic understanding of global and national framework conditions for the transformation crisis in the countries of Eastern and Central Europe. They will also be expected to be familiar with core concepts of theories of nationalism, historical conditions of the area and principles of research methods through advanced studies, reading, research and/or practice. High level of fluency in written and spoken English will be a requirement for participation.

Central European University's summer school (CEU SUN), established in 1996, is a program in English for graduate students, junior or post-doctoral researchers, teachers and professionals. It offers high-level, research-oriented, interdisciplinary academic courses as well as workshops on policy issues for professional development, taught by internationally renowned scholars and policy experts (including CEU faculty). Application from all over the world is encouraged. Financial aid is available.

Application deadline: February 14, 2015

For further academic information on the course and on eligibility criteria and funding options please visit the web site at http://summer.ceu.hu/nationalidentity-2015