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Tentative
Seminar Readings
NB: Readings are marked in red.
Some are hyperlinks (these items are underscored), while others will be
distributed beforehand or on-site. As discussed at the predeparture meeting,
participants are expected to purchase Central
Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends. Lonnie
Johnson (New York: Oxford, 1997.
The catalog of the ACM Central European Studies Library
at Palacky University can accessed here.
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Saturday, June 16th
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Facilitator and PU Coordinator meet group in Prague
Settle in accommodations in Prague
Evening: Group Dinner
Radio Prague's Brief Virtual
Czech History
Prague Castle Site
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| Sunday,
June 17th |
Morning:
acclimation, free time
Afternoon: Brief Orientation; City Excursion
Evening: Group Dinner/meeting; discussion of seminar
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| 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
"Identity
Crises: The problems of establishing identities"
by Gusztáv Kosztolány, Central European Review, Vol 2, No 16
25 April 2000
Evening: Concert/Performance
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| Tuesday,
June 19th |
Morning: Excursions in Prague/meetings with Senate
Afternoon: Departure to Olomouc
Evening: Settle in Hotel Gol; group dinner at 'U Andela'
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| 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)
Chapters 10-12, Epilogue, in: Central Europe:
Enemies, Neighbors, Friends. Lonnie Johnson (New York: Oxford,
1997.)
16:30-17:00: Discussion
Evening: Free
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| Thursday,
June 21st |
9:45 - 11:00 Lecture 2: Dissident Movements
in Central Europe (Dr. Jiri Lach, Department of Politics
and European Studies)
THE
DISSIDENTS: Victorious but Not Necessarily Content (A series
of interviews with major figures of the dissident movements in various
countries, from The New York Times Magazine, November 07, 1999)
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
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Friday, June 22nd
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9:45 - 11:00 Lecture 4: Post-communist
Societies after 1989
(Dr.Martin Fafejta, Department of Sociology)
P O S T -
C O M M U N I S M: "Transitology": Global Dreams and Post-Communist
Realities" by Rudolf L Tőkés, Central European Review,
Vol 2, No 10 13 March 2000
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)
"The 1989 revolutions and environmental
politics in central and eastern Europe, " and "Environmental
politics, civil society and post-communism"
by Ian Welsh and Andrew Tickle in Environment and Society in
Eastern Europe, Ian Welsh and Andrew Tickle eds. (New
York: Longman, 19981-30; 156-186)
15:00 - 15:45 Discussion on Lecture 5
Afternoon/Evening: Project/free time
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| Saturday,
June 23rd |
Morning: Departure for Krakow, Poland
Afternoon; Arrival in Krakow; city tour
Evening: Group Dinner
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| Sunday,
June 24th |
Morning: Free time
Afternoon: Lecture/tour
Evening: Free time
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| Monday,
June 25th |
Morning: Lecture, university tour
Afternoon: Excursion to Nowa Huta
Evening: Free time
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| Tuesday,
June 26th |
Morning: Departure to Auschwitz/Oswiecim
Afternoon: Tour of Auschwitz
Late Afternoon: Return to Olomouc
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| Saturday,
June 30th |
Morning: Free time
Afternoon or Evening: Closing Ceremony
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| Sunday, July 1st |
Open Day (preparation for departure
Early Afternoon: Departure by bus for Prague
Evening: Free
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| Monday, July 2 |
Departure from Prague
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