Schedule | Summer University
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Schedule

Conflicts, polarization, and international institutions:
the world between the old and new order

Each day of the academic programme will be composed of an introductory lecture to a topic and a workshop. During workshops, students will be asked to discuss particular problems in groups as "case studies". At the end of each day, the topic will be summed up in a plenary discussion.

Day 1 – Sunday, September 1, 2024
12:00 – 17:00 Arrival and Registration
18:00 – 20:00 Welcome Dinner

Day 2 – Monday, September 2, 2024
09:00 – 10:00 Czech Language Workshop (free-time activity)
10:00 – 12:00 Ice-breaker activities
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
15:00 – 18:00 Guided tour of Prague (Martin Benda)
Evening: Free

Day 3 – Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Topic: Conflicts: affinities and differences of the roots
09:00 – 10:00 Official Welcome, Introduction to the Programme
10:00 – 12:00 Lecture: Origins of Armed Conflicts in 21st Century - theory and cases (Michal Smetana) 
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: Frozen and hot conflicts in Post-Soviet Area (Karel Svoboda)
19:00 – 21:00 Bowling

Day 4 – Wednesday, September 4, 2024 
09:00 – 10:15 Workshop: Post - conflict in Balkan (Jan Žíla)
10:30 – 12:00 Workshop: Conflict in Middle East (Irena Kalhousová)
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 17:00 Field work: Uncovering Cultural Heterogeneity in Prague 
Evening: Free

Day 5 – Thursday, September 5, 2024
Topic: Polarization
09:00 – 12:00 Lecture: Polarization in the European Society (Martin Mejstřík)
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: Divided US society (Jana Sehnálková) 
20:00 – 22:30 Walk through the Prague Castle district (guided tour)

Day 6 – Friday, September 6, 2024
Topic: Politics in Practise
09:00 – 12:00 Excursion + Discussion
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Tutorial: Preparation for final group presentations
Evening: Free

Day 7 – Saturday, September 7, 2024
Fun and Relax
All-day trip: Tábor/ Kutná Hora/ Pardubice

Day 8 – Sunday, September 8, 2024
Free day

Day 9 – Monday, September 9, 2024
Topic: Populism
09:00 – 12:00 Lecture: Populism as a European Challenge (Martin Mejstřík)
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: Populism in Italy, France, V4/Countries
18:00 – 20:00 Guided Tour of less known Prague

Day 10 – Tuesday, September 10, 2024
09:00 – 10:15 Workshop: Divided Societies in Central Europe (Zuzana Lizcová)
10:30 – 12:00 Workshop: Tensions in Ukraine (Valeria Korablyová)
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: Presidential Elections and Czech Society (Michal Kubát)
Evening: Free

Day 11 – Wednesday, September 11, 2024
Topic: Institutions
09:00 – 12:00 Lecture: Revisionism and the liberal international order: changes and reforms of international institutions (Jan Hornát)
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:15 Workshop: Changing Role of the EU and its Institutions (Ivo Šlosarčík)
15:30 – 17:15 Tutorial: Preparation for final group presentations
Evening: Free

Day 12 – Thursday, September 12, 2024
09:00 – 10:15 Workshop: Workshop: USA and NATO: changing relationship? (Jan Hornát)
10:30 – 12:00 Workshop: Small States in the New Global Order (Tomáš Weiss) 
12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: Understanding of the Role of China (Zack Lavengood)
Evening: Individual preparation for final group presentations

Day 13 – Friday, September 13, 2024
09:00 – 12:30 Final Group Presentations 
12:30 – 13:00 Closing Ceremony, Conferring of the commemorative certificates of participation
13:00 – 15:00 Farewell Lunch
Afternoon: Free, Departure 

Day 14 – Saturday, September 14, 2024
Free Programme and Departure

Day 15 – Sunday, September 15, 2024
Optional extension of your stay to enjoy a free weekend in Prague


We reserve the right to make minor changes if necessary.