East goes west - West goes east?
Searching for a new European order after 1990

Day 1 – Saturday, September 7, 2013

• Arrivals and Registrations
• Evening: Welcome dinner

Day 2 – Sunday, September 8, 2013

• 09:00 – 12:00 Ice-breaking activities
• 12:00 – 14:00 Lunch break
• 14:00 – 17:00 Guided tour of Prague
• Evening: Free

Day 3 – Monday, September 9, 2013

Topic: Opening remarks. Past and present

• 09:00 – 10:00 Official welcome, Introduction to the Programme
• 10:00 – 12:00 Lecture: What did the Cold War mean to Europe?
• 12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
• 14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: The European and Central-European context of Czech development after 1989
• Late afternoon or evening: Prague river cruise

Day 4 – Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Topic: Political development after 1990

• 09:00 – 12:00 Lecture: Continuities and discontinuities of European development after 1989: reality and prospects
• 12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
• 14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: The transformation of the communist parties in Central Europe
• 16:00 – 17:00 Tutorial: Preparation for group presentations
• Evening: Free

Day 5 – Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Topic: European Integration

• 09:00 – 12:00 Lecture: Central-East European Countries and European Integration since 1989
• 12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
• 14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: Searching for the limits of European integration (thematic and geographic)
• Evening: Walk through the Prague Castle compound (guided tour)

Day 6 – Thursday, September 12, 2013

Topic: Society and Culture

• 09:00 – 12:00 Lecture: Parallels and differences in the social development of Europe after 1989: the legacy of the Cold War and its innovation
• 12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
• 14:00 – 15:00 Workshop: Czech Art in European context
• Later afternoon: Excursion: Czech art
• Evening: Free

Day 7 – Friday, September 13, 2013

Topic: Economy

• 09:00 – 12:00 Lecture: Changes in the European economy and its condition after 1989 (economic integration and transformation)
• 12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
• 14:00 – 16:00 Workshop/Discussion with guest(s): Stability of the Eurozone
• Evening: Prague’s Nightlife and Clubbing (guided tour)

Day 8 – Saturday, September 14, 2013

All-day trip

Day 9 – Sunday, September 15, 2013

Free

Day 10 – Monday, September 16, 2013

Topic: European foreign and security policy

• 09:00 – 12:00 Lecture: European foreign and security policy: fiction or opportunity?
• 12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
• 14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: Energy security and energy consumption in Europe
• 16:00 – 18:00 Tutorial: Preparation for presentations
• Evening: Film projection

Day 11 – Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Topic: Foreign relations I

• 10:00 – 12:00 Workshop: Transatlantic relations and their importance for today’s Europe
• 12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
• 14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: The west and Russia: cooperation and/or rivalry
• 16:30 Guided tour of the Carolinum
• Evening: Free

Day 12 – Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Topic: Foreign relations II

• 10:00 – 12:00 Workshop: Europe and Turkey or one of Asian regions
• 12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
• 14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: Challenges of Czech foreign policy after 1990
• Evening: Sport activities

Day 13 – Thursday, September 19, 2013

Topic: Migration and social problems in the history

• 10:00 – 12:00 Workshop: Forced migration as a historical European problem
• 12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
• Afternoon: Jewish Prague (guided tour)
• Evening: Free

Day 14 – Friday, September 20, 2013

Topic: Migration

• 09:00 – 12:00 Lecture: Migration – New social challenge?
• 12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
• 14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: Migration as a challenge to the European vision of cohesion and solidarity
• 16:00 – 17:00 Tutorial: Preparation for group presentations
• Evening: Individual preparation for group presentations

Day 15 – Saturday, September 21, 2013

• 09:00 – 12:30 Group presentations
• 12:30 – 13:00 Closing ceremony, Conferring of the commemorative certificates of participation
• 13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
• Afternoon: Free
• Evening: Farewell dinner

Day 16 – Sunday, September 22, 2013

• Free program
• Departure

We reserve the right to make minor changes in the programme, if necessary.