Summer University Prague 2018

Project Europe at a Crossroads: 
Building up open structures or breaking down into local identities?

 

Day 1 – Saturday, September 8, 2018

• 12:00 – 17:00 Arrival and Registration
• 18:00 Welcome Dinner

Day 2 – Sunday, September 9, 2018

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

Day 3 – Monday, September 10, 2018

Topic: Project Europe at a Crossroads

• 09:00 – 10:00 Official Welcome, Introduction to the Programme
• 10:00 – 12:00 Lecture: Facing New Challenges instead of Relaxing at the End of History
• 12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
• 14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: From Liquid Times to Which Times?
• 17:00 – 19:00 River cruise

Day 4 – Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Topic: European Identity

• 09:00 – 12:00 Lecture/Workshop: Does a Common European Identity Exist?
• 12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
• 14:00 – 18:00 Field work: Uncovering Cultural Heterogeneity in Prague
• Evening: Free

Day 5 – Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Topic: European Dis/Integration

• 09:00 – 12:00 Lecture/Workshop: European Dis/Integration after the Brexit Referendum
• 12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
• 14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: Searching for the Limits of European Integration
• 16:30 – 18:00 Czech Language Workshop (free-time activity)
• Evening: Free

Day 6 – Thursday, September 13, 2018

Topic: Frontiers and Separatism

• 09:00 – 12:00 Lecture: Frontiers in an Integrated Europe – From Iron Curtain to Schengen and back?
• 12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
• 14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: Devolutionist Tendencies: The Case of Catalonia
• 16:15 – 17:15 Tutorial: Preparation for final group presentations
• Evening: Walk through the Prague Castle district (guided tour)

Day 7 – Friday, September 14, 2018

Topic: Populism and Political Stability

• 09:00 – 12:00 Lecture/Workshop: Populism – A Threat to European Democracy?
• 12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
• 14:00 – 16:00 Workshop: Germany and France: A Stable Core of Europe?
• Evening: Free

Day 8 – Saturday, September 15, 2018

Fun and Relax:

• All-day trip: Konopiště chateau or Karlštejn castle

Day 9 – Sunday, September 16, 2018

Free day

Day 10 – Monday, September 17, 2018

Topic: Czech Republic and the other V4 Countries

• 09:00 – 12:00 Lecture/Workshop: V4 Countries – Troublemakers from the EU Perspective? 
• 12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
• 14:00 – 17:00 Excursion & Discussion: Visit to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or to the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic
• Evening: Free

Day 11 – Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Topic: Europe and its Neighbours

• 09:00 – 12:00 Lecture/Workshop: EU-Russia Relations
• 12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
• 14:00 – 16:00 Lecture/Workshop: EU and Turkey
• 16:15 – 18:15 Tutorial: Preparation for final group presentations
• Evening: Free

Day 12 – Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Topic: Europe and Global Actors I

• 09:00 – 12:00 Lecture/Workshop: USA: so close – so far
• 12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
• 14:00 – 16:00 Excursion & Discussion: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
• Evening: Bowling

Day 13 – Thursday, September 20, 2018

Topic: Europe and Global Actors II

• 09:00 – 12:00 Lecture/Workshop: Europe and China 
• 12:00 – 14:00 Lunch Break
• 14:00 – 16:00 Tutorial: Preparation for final group presentations
• Evening: Individual preparation for final group presentations

Day 14 – Friday, September 21, 2018

Topic: Building up open structures or breaking down into local identities?

• 09:00 – 12:30 Final Group Presentations & Political Discussion Simulation
• 12:30 – 13:00 Closing Ceremony, Conferring of the commemorative certificates of participation
• 13:00 – 14:30 Lunch
• Afternoon: Free
• 19:00 Farewell dinner

Day 15 – Saturday, September 22, 2018

• Free Programme and Departure

Day 16 – Sunday, September 23, 2018

• Optional extension of your stay to enjoy a free weekend in Prague

 

 

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