Visegrad Summer School, VIII. edition, June 28 - July 11, 2009
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| Year of publication | 2009 |
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| Description | In 2009 Dr. Michal Vašečka coorganized again V4 Summer School at the Willa Decius in Krakow. The 8th edition of the Visegrad Summer School brought a two week educational program which provided an interdisciplinary learning space for 47 young Czech, Hungarian, Polish and Slovak students, and for their peers from Ukraine, Romania, Russia, Kirgystan and Kosovo. The program consisted of lectures, panel debates and seminars on issues and challenges relevant to the Visegrad Group region, the European Union and beyond. School offered many opportunities to learn about each other and start an international cooperation between the people and the countries. The program of the 8th edition of the Visegrad Summer School included debates on current political, cultural and social challenges in the global and European perspective, e.g. global economic crisis, Euro adoption, energy security, deficiencies of democracy, gender equality, gender sensitivity, or media development. Students applied the theoretical knowledge in practical activities. During workshops they developed political and social projects that aimed at establishing collaboration between them and their countries. Students took part in art projects as well, film and photo workshops. An important part of the cultural section were lectures on the culture - forming role of cities and a presentation of the cities competing for the title of the European Capital of Culture. On the weekend participants took part in study visits to Auschwitz, Birkenau and Kazimierz, the former Jewish district in Krakow. They also attended artistic events to learn about the culture of Cracow and visited the ethnographical museum of the Małopolska region. Dr. Michal Vašečka lectured on the Summer School again, in 2009 on "Europeisation of civil society". |
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