Eastern Europe from the Post-Socialist Perspective: Changes and Challenges
4EU+ ALLIANCE PRAGUE SUMMER SCHOOL
PRAGUE, CHARLES UNIVERSITY
24-28 AUGUST 2020
PRAGUE, CHARLES UNIVERSITY
24-28 AUGUST 2020
About the Project
The Summer School “Eastern Europe from the Post-Socialist Perspective: Changes and Challenges” will be held on August 24-28, 2020 at Charles University in Prague.
Invited scholars from the University of Milan, University of Warsaw, University of Heidelberg, and Charles University will deliver theoretical lectures followed by methodological seminars and workshops.
Prague Summer School 2020 is primarily aimed at bringing together students and young researchers from all universities affiliated with the 4EU+Alliance. The project has a strong interdisciplinary agenda and presents a platform for collaboration in research fields such as contemporary history, political science and cultural, linguistic and regional studies.
The main aim is creating, specifying and implementing new interdisciplinary approaches and interdisciplinary methodologies of teaching and research of Eastern Europe, which could later be applied at partner universities.
The main research areas are:
- Post-Soviet (-socialist) transformations, transitions, and their aspects (social, political, cultural, constitutional, etc.)
- Neo-nationalism, and the new wave of national emancipation
- Populism and post-socialist democracy including constitutional aspects
- Language policy and language planning in post-soviet countries
- Experiences of totalitarianism, socialism and post-socialism
- Identity formation and state ideology
- Historical memory and historical consciousness, etc.
The Summer School „Eastern Europe from the Post-Socialist Perspective: Changes and Challenges" was supported by the Charles University Minigrants 2020 program.
Program of the Summer School
Monday – Friday, August 24-28
PhDr. Stanislav Tumis, M.A., Ph.D., Head of Department of East European Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, "Famine and Banderivets Movement as a Source of Today Ukrainian Nationalism and Historical Consciousness"
Mgr. Alena Marková, Ph.D., Department of Historical Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, “Ethnic or Civic? Nation and Identity-formation in Post-Soviet Belarus”
Prof. Angela Di Gregorio, Department of International, Legal, Historical and Political Studies, University of Milan, "Illiberal Democracies. A Conceptual Framework"
Dr. Arianna Angeli, Department of International, Legal, Historical and Political Studies, University of Milan, "Recent Constitutional Developments in Hungary and Poland"
Dr. Witold Rodkiewicz, Center for Eastern Studies, Faculty for Eastern European Studies, University of Warsaw, "Foreign Policy “Culture” of the Post-Soviet Russian Political Elites"
Dr. hab. Joanna Getka, Head of Department of Central and East European Intercultural Studies, Faculty of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw, "Russia Versus the Rest of the World. Media Wars as Part of the Hybrid War"
Dr. Grzegorz Gąsior, Department of Central and East European Intercultural Studies, Faculty of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw, "1968 in Polish Memory"
Mgr. Alena Marková, Ph.D., Department of Historical Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University, “Ethnic or Civic? Nation and Identity-formation in Post-Soviet Belarus”
Prof. Angela Di Gregorio, Department of International, Legal, Historical and Political Studies, University of Milan, "Illiberal Democracies. A Conceptual Framework"
Dr. Arianna Angeli, Department of International, Legal, Historical and Political Studies, University of Milan, "Recent Constitutional Developments in Hungary and Poland"
Dr. Witold Rodkiewicz, Center for Eastern Studies, Faculty for Eastern European Studies, University of Warsaw, "Foreign Policy “Culture” of the Post-Soviet Russian Political Elites"
Dr. hab. Joanna Getka, Head of Department of Central and East European Intercultural Studies, Faculty of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw, "Russia Versus the Rest of the World. Media Wars as Part of the Hybrid War"
Dr. Grzegorz Gąsior, Department of Central and East European Intercultural Studies, Faculty of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw, "1968 in Polish Memory"
Online Joint Lecture
Dr. Karoline Thaidigsmann, Department of Slavic Studies, University of Heidelberg
Dr. Felicitas Fischer von Weikersthal, Historical Seminar, University of Heidelberg
Joint lecture: „Shifting Perspectives? Reconceptualizations of Belonging in Post-Soviet Poland"
Dr. Felicitas Fischer von Weikersthal, Historical Seminar, University of Heidelberg
Joint lecture: „Shifting Perspectives? Reconceptualizations of Belonging in Post-Soviet Poland"
August 28, Friday
Special Workshop for PhD and MA students
Reading&Writing in Humanities
Special Workshop for PhD and MA students
Reading&Writing in Humanities
Mgr. Karolína Šedivcová, Department of Electronic Culture and Semiotics, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University,
Mgr. Michal Karľa, Ph.D., Department of Electronic Culture and Semiotics, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University,
Mgr. Michal Karľa, Ph.D., Department of Electronic Culture and Semiotics, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University,
MEMORY WORKSHOP
The contested memory: Can there may be a historical truth established by law? Some sensitive issues in Central and Eastern Europe in the context of the European Parliament Resolution “On the importance of European remembrance for the future of Europe”
75 years after the end of the Second World War, the controversies over the responsibilities for the horrors unleashed and the outcomes of WWII continue to produce divisions, which are potentially dangerous for the political stability of the European continent. Inspired by the resolution of the European Parliament on 19 September 2019, some official documents and speeches will be analysed to highlight how the conflicts of memory continue to divide historians and political elites of the different Central and Eastern European Countries.
Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Nám. Jana Palacha 2, room 300,
9.30-11.30 am, Thursday, August 27, 2020
| Workshop Program |
Meet our speakers
The main grantee and coordinator of the project
Department of Historical Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University.
“Ethnic or Civic? Nation and Identity-formation in Post-Soviet Belarus”
Department of Historical Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University.
“Ethnic or Civic? Nation and Identity-formation in Post-Soviet Belarus”
PhDr. Stanislav Tumis, M.A., Ph.D.
Head of Department of East European Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University.
“Famine and Banderivets Movement as a Source of Today Ukrainian Nationalism and Historical Consciousness"
“Famine and Banderivets Movement as a Source of Today Ukrainian Nationalism and Historical Consciousness"
Dr. hab. Joanna Getka
Head of Department of Central and East European Intercultural Studies, Faculty of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw.
“Russia Versus the Rest of the World. Media Wars as Part of the Hybrid War"
“Russia Versus the Rest of the World. Media Wars as Part of the Hybrid War"
Prof. Angela Di Gregorio
Department of International, Legal, Historical and Political Studies, University of Milan.
"Illiberal Democracies. A Conceptual Framework"
"Illiberal Democracies. A Conceptual Framework"
Dr. Arianna Angeli
Department of International, Legal, Historical and Political Studies, University of Milan.
"Recent Constitutional Developments in Hungary and Poland"
"Recent Constitutional Developments in Hungary and Poland"
Mgr. Karolína Šedivcová
Department of Electronic Culture and Semiotics, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University.
Special Workshop for PhD and MA students "Reading & Writing in Humanities"
Special Workshop for PhD and MA students "Reading & Writing in Humanities"
Dr. Grzegorz Gąsior
Department of Central and East European Intercultural Studies, Faculty of Applied Linguistics, University of Warsaw.
“1968 in Polish Memory"
“1968 in Polish Memory"
Dr. Karoline Thaidigsmann
Department of Slavic Studies, University of Heidelberg.
Joint lecture: „Shifting Perspectives? Reconceptualizations of Belonging in Post-Soviet Poland“
Joint lecture: „Shifting Perspectives? Reconceptualizations of Belonging in Post-Soviet Poland“
Dr. Felicitas Fischer von Weikersthal
Historical Seminar, University of Heidelberg.
Joint lecture: „Shifting Perspectives? Reconceptualizations of Belonging in Post-Soviet Poland“
Joint lecture: „Shifting Perspectives? Reconceptualizations of Belonging in Post-Soviet Poland“
Mgr. Michal Karľa, Ph.D.
Department of Electronic Culture and Semiotics, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University.
Special Workshop for PhD and MA students "Reading & Writing in Humanities"
Special Workshop for PhD and MA students "Reading & Writing in Humanities"
Dr. Witold Rodkiewicz
Center for Eastern Studies, Faculty for Eastern European Studies, University of Warsaw.
"Foreign Policy “Culture” of the Post-Soviet Russian Political Elites"
"Foreign Policy “Culture” of the Post-Soviet Russian Political Elites"
Charles University has selected Dr. Alena Marková’s 4EU+Alliance joint project "Eastern Europe from the Post-Socialist Perspective: Changes and Challenges" for support in the form of seed funding.
Contacts and location:
Department of East European Studies, Faculty of Arts,
Charles University
Nám. Jana Palacha 2, Praha 1, 116 38
Department of Historical Sociology, Faculty of Humanities,
Charles University
Pátkova 2137/5, Praha 8, 182 00
Charles University
Nám. Jana Palacha 2, Praha 1, 116 38
Department of Historical Sociology, Faculty of Humanities,
Charles University
Pátkova 2137/5, Praha 8, 182 00
Address
Nám. Jana Palacha 1/2, Prague 1, Faculty of Arts
Pathway
The Summer School will be held in the very center of Prague, in the Old Town
