Doctoral Schools

• Engaging learning environment in a small, supportive group setting for the six-day summer school at the Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study (about 12 participants);
• Exposure to cutting edge research and educational material on the political divisions and future of Europe in light of the current geopolitical challenges;
• Introduction to the Jean Monnet Network ‘European Memory Politics: Populism, Nationalism, and the Challenges to a European Memory Culture’ and some of  researchers through two high profile guest speakers
• Highly experienced summer school coordinator: Dr. Oliver Schmidtke, Prof. in the Departments of Political Science and History; Jean Monnet Chair in European Politics and History, and Director of the Centre for Global Studies at the University of Victoria;
• Opportunity for participants to contribute to a pod-cast addressing the factors driving the deepening East-West divide in Europe and how to address them;
• Opportunity to participate in some local field trips and social events in Hamburg;
• Receipt of a Certificate after the successful completion of the summer school.

Application procedure: Interested students should send the following documents to Oliver Schmidtke (ofs@uvic.ca)

• A current Curriculum Vitae
• A one page statement of your interest in the summer school (why are you interested; how does its thematic focus relate their research?)

More informatation: https://www.eucanet.org/towards-a-deepening-east-west-division-of-europe/