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Telephone numbers at which participants can be reached during the seminar are in the left hand column in purple. For other contact information, go here.

 

Saturday, June 16th

Hotel tel: 420 2 78 222 76
fax:420 2 78 114 81
e-mail: MarekO@ips.cz

Facilitator and PU Coordinator meet group in Prague
Settle in accommodations in Prague (Hotel IPS)
Evening: Group Dinner

Sunday, June 17th Morning: acclimation, free time
Afternoon: Brief Orientation; City Excursion
Evening: Group Dinner/meeting; discussion of seminar
Monday, June 18th

Morning: City Tour with David Stulik

Afternoon: Seminar meeting #1: Introductions; Discussion of Itinerary

Lecture: Czech national identity vis-a-vis the European Union Professor Lenka Rovna, Chair, Department of West European Studies, Charles University

Evening: Concert/Performance

Tuesday, June 19th

Hotel tel.:420 68 522 98 13
fax.: 420 68 522 59 97
e-mail: hotel.gol@iol.cz

Morning: Excursions in Prague/meetings with Senate

Afternoon: Departure to Olomouc

Evening: Settle in Hotel Gol; group dinner at 'U Andela'

Wednesday, June 20th

9:30-10:00: Welcome meeting with Vice Rector for International Relations, Rector's Office

 

10:00-12:00: Guided Tour of Olomouc

12:00-13:30: Meeting with City Council International Officer at City Hall; short talk about local government

13:30-14:30: Lunch

15:00-16:30: Lecture 1 Central European History after 1945 (Dr. Jiri Lach, Department of Politics and European Studies)

16:30-17:00: Discussion

Evening: Free

Thursday, June 21st

9:45 - 11:00 Lecture 2: Dissident Movements in Central Europe (Dr. Jiri Lach, Department of Politics and European Studies)

11:15-12:00: Discussion

12:00-13:30: Lunch on your own

13:30 - 14:45 Lecture 3: Political Systems in Central Europe
(Doc.Dr.Vlastimil Fiala, Department of Politics and European Studies)

15:00 - 15:45 Discussion on Lecture 3

Afternoon/Evening: Project/free time

Friday, June 22nd

9:45 - 11:00 Lecture 4: Post-communist Societies after 1989
(Dr.Martin Fafejta, Department of Sociology)

11:15 - 12:00 Discussion on Lecture 4

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 14:45 Lecture 5:Environmental Policies in Transition (Dr. Gaudenz Assenza, Department of Politics and European Studies)

15:00 - 15:45 Discussion on Lecture 5

Afternoon/Evening: Project/free time

Saturday, June 23rd

Hotel tel:48 12 422 95 66
fax:48 12 422 57 19
e-mail: wyspianski@janpol.com.pl

Morning: Departure for Krakow, Poland

Afternoon; Arrival in Krakow; check into Hotel Wyspianski; city tour (Wawel Royal Castle, Royal Road, Market Square, Mariacki’ Church, Barbican)

Evening: Group Dinner in "Gulliver" restaurant; or – "Light and Sound" performance "Wianki" (on the Vistula river, under the Wawel Castle, facts about Polish/Krakow’ history)

Sunday, June 24th

Morning: Free time

Afternoon: Tour of Kazimierz (former Jewish district) with Malgorzata Walczak, president of the Friends of Kazimierz Society
Lecture:History of Polish Jews in the Judaica Foundation, Jewish Cultural Centre – dr Joachim Russek

Evening: Free time

Monday, June 25th

Morning:10:00 Departure for Nowa Huta tour with prof. Stanislaw Juchnowicz, architect

Afternoon:
15.00-16.30 Polish Contemporary Art ("soc-realism" included) Prof. Maria Hussakowska, Jagiellonian University (meeting at Collegium Iuridicum , 53 Grodzka street)
17.00 – special visit in the Jagiellonian University Museum – Collegium Maius (Copernicus’ astrollabium! History and tradition of one of the oldest European universities)

Evening: Free time

Tuesday, June 26th

Morning: Departure to Auschwitz/Oswiecim

Afternoon: Tour of Auschwitz

Late Afternoon: Return to Olomouc

Wednesday, June 27th

9:45 - 11:00 Lecture 6: Central European Foreign and Security Policies: EU and NATO (Dr. Dan Marek, Department of Politics and European Studies)

11:15 - 12:00 Discussion on Lecture 6

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch

13:30 - 14:45 Lecture 7: Economic Transformation in Central Europe (Kevin Capuder, PhD (Cand.), Dept of Politics and European Studies)

15:00 - 15:45 Discussion on Lecture 7

Afternoon/Evening: Project/free time

Thursday, June 28th

9:45 - 11:00 Lecture 8: Ethnic and National Minorities in Central Europe (Jakub Durr, PhD (Cand.), Department of Politics and European Studies)

11:15 - 12:00 Discussion on Lecture 8

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch

Afternoon/Evening: Project/free time

Friday, June 29th,

Morning: Final Seminar meeting. Summaries and Conclusions of the topics listed above. The final discussion on the transition process in Central Europe may also include topics like Nationalism in CE, the Break-up of Czechoslovakia, Privatization Process in CE, etc.

Afternoon: Free time

Saturday, June 30th

Morning: Free time

Afternoon or Evening: Closing Ceremony

Sunday, July 1st

Open Day (preparation for departure

Early Afternoon: Departure by bus for Prague

Evening: Free

Monday, July 2 Departure from Prague

Note: Telephone numbers at which participants can be reached during the seminar are in the left hand column in purple. In addition, you can reach Todd Armstrong, seminar facilitator at:420 68 522 6606, or you can reach Jitka Herynkova, Palacky University Liaison, at 420 68 563 1041 (or 1062). Faxes can be sent to: 420 68 522 3494

The number of the program cellphone (for emergencies only, please) in Olomouc is:
420 60 591 3027

From the US, you must dial 011 and then the number.

You may also send mail to the following address (since mail can take some time, express mail will probably be the only option:

*name*
International Liaison Office/Palacky University
Krizkovskeho 8
77147 Olomouc
Czech Republic

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This page created and maintained by Todd Armstrong. Last updated on June 7, 2001