European Summer School 2010 – from 26 July to 6 August
The application deadline for EIRSS 2010 has now passed. Successful applicants will be notified by 28 February 2010. In exceptional cases, we are willing to review late applications until 31 March 2010 - please contact us at eirss @ifp.uni-tuebingen.de
General Information
European IR Summer School in Tübingen
The European International Relations Summer School (EIRSS) 2010 will take place in Tübingen from 26 July to 6 August. This year's theme is "Conflicts in Europe - Europe in Conflicts". The EIRSS is organised on behalf of the ECPR-Standing Group on International Relations. Its participants are primarily doctoral students from across Europe. The deadline for applications is 31 January 2010.
Leaflet print version (pdf)
Main Theme and Goals
With the 2004/7 enlargement, conflicts have become a prominent theme in European Union policy and academic debates. Indeed, enlargement was justified to a great extent by presenting it as a solution to the revival of ethnic conflicts in Central and Eastern Europe. At the same time, the EU has become engaged in conflicts outside its own territory both through foreign policy means as a “normative power” and through military means in the form of a number of EU missions, from the Kosovo to the Congo. The EIRSS 2010 provides a forum for doctoral students to review the state of the art in conflict analysis and the debate about conflicts in Europe, the effect of European integration on conflict, and the impact of EU actions in conflicts beyond EU borders. Its aims are to:
- Provide an overview of the main debates on conflict and conflict analysis, with an emphasis on so-called “ethnic” and “religious” conflicts;
- Discuss the present status of conflicts in the EU and the role that European integration has played in transforming them
- Debate whether the nature of conflicts has changed after the end of the Cold War, and which consequences this may have for conflict transformation
- Evaluate the involvement of the EU in conflicts beyond its territory
- Allow participants to present and discuss their own projects and offer constructive critical feedback
Summer School Structure
The EIRSS 2010 programme is divided into seven complementary modules:
- The Study of Conflicts: The State of the Art (Diez, Hasenclever, Nielebock)
- The Changing Nature of Conflicts (Richmond)
- Conflicts in Europe (Feron)
- European Integration and Conflict
- The European Union in Conflicts (Tocci)
- Student Research Projects
- EU Conflict Prevention: Dialogue with Practitioners (Byrne)
Transformation (Diez)
The programme also includes a visit to the Institute for Peace Education Tübingen (IFT). On Saturday, 31 July we will offer an excursion to the nearby Bebenhausen Monastery and Palace.
External Lecturers
- Oliver Richmond, University of St. Andrews
- Elise Feron, University of Kent
- Heinz-Jürgen Axt, Universität Duisburg, Essen
- Nathalie Tocci, Insituto Affari Internazionali Rome
- Andrew Byrne, Crisis Response and Conflict Prevention Unit, DG RELEX, European Commission
Programme
Session | Date | Time | Module |
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1 | Mon, July 26 th | 9-12am | Arrival |
2-5pm | Module VI: “Student Research Projects” | ||
6 pm | Reception by the Institute of Political Science Tübingen (IfP) | ||
2 | Tue, July 27th | 9-12am | Module I: “The Study of Conflicts: The State of the Art” |
3 | 2-5pm | Module II: “The Changing Nature of Conflicts” – Part 1: State of the Art | |
4 | Wed, July 28th | 9-12am | Module II – Part 2: Current Research and Methodological Issues |
5 | 2-5pm | Module VI: “Student Research Projects” | |
8pm | Punting trip (Stocherkahnfahrt) on the Neckar | ||
6 | Thur, July 29th | 9-12am | Visit to the Institute for Peace Education Tübingen (IFT) |
7 | 2-5pm | Module III: “Conflicts in Europe“ – Part 1: State of the Art | |
8 | Fri, July 30th | 9-12am | Module III – Part 2: Current Research and Methodological Issues |
9 | 2-5.30pm | Module VI: “Student Research Projects“ | |
8pm | Visit to “Sommerinsel Tübingen” (with Dinner) | ||
Sat, July 31st | 12.30pm | Excursion to Bebenhausen Monastery and Palace; Barbecue | |
Sun, Aug 1st | Free day | ||
10 | Mon, Aug 2nd | 9-12am | Module IV: “European Integration and Conflict Transformation“ – Part 1: State of the Art |
11 | 2-5pm | Module IV – Part 2: Current Research and Methodological Issues | |
12 | Tue, Aug 3rd | 9-12.30am | Module VI: “Student Research Projects“ |
13 | 2-6pm | Module VI: “Student Research Projects” | |
7pm | Presentation by Jan Asmussen on the work of the European Center for Minority Issues (ECMI) in the field of conflict resolution | ||
8.30pm | Dinner at “Hotel Meteroa” | ||
14 | Wed, Aug 4th | 9-12am | Module V: “The European Union in Conflicts” – Part 1: State of the Art |
15 | 2-5pm | Module V – Part 2: Current Research and Methodological Issues | |
16 | Thur, Aug 5th | 9-12.30am | Module VI: “Student Research Projects“ |
17 | 2-5pm | Module VII: “EU Conflict Prevention: Dialogue with Practitioners” | |
7 pm | Dinner in the restaurant “Schwärzlocher Hof” (departure at IfP at 6.30) | ||
18 | Fri, Aug 6th | 9-12am | Module VII (cont'd) |
19 | 2-5pm | Evaluation | |
Sat, Aug 7th | Departure |
Requirements of Participation
As participant you are required to
- Provide a paper of 10-15 pages, outlining your project, by 1 July 2010
- Have read all project papers before the beginning of the summer school
- Have read all required reading before the relevant modules
- Be present in all sessions throughout the summer school and participate actively in the discussion
Upon completion of the programme requirements, you will earn 6 ECTS credits.
Application Form instructions
- download the application form: either click on the file with the left mouse button to open the formular in a new browser window (Adobe pdf-plugin is required), or click on the file with the right mouse boutton (mac: ctrl+mouse, if you have only one mouse button) and the save file on your computer
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- fill in the required information
- save the document as a new file (file -> save as ... / or press "shift+ctrl+s", apple: "shift+cmd+s"). Please name file like that: "AppForm_Lastname_Firstname.pdf"
- send the new pdf file via email to:
eirss @ifp.uni-tuebingen.de - in case you will have any problems with the formular, you can download the formular as a doc-file: here
Application Form
Charges
The tuition fee for the EIRSS 2010 is 200 €.
Accommodation
- in nearby hotel Meteora (www.hotel-meteora.de)
- basic but clean rooms for 31.50 - 44.50 € per day (single and double/ with and without private facilities)
- participants have to book independently on a first come, first serve basis by 1 April 2010 (Later bookings cannot be guaranteed, as the contingent reserved in our name will then be released to the public!)
Meals
- breakfast is included in the price for the hotel room
- lunches will be provided in the student cafeteria
- dinner has to be covered by the participants We are currently seeking further funding to reduce the expenses of participants.
We are currently seeking further funding to reduce the expenses of participants.
Students from ECPR member institutions are eligible to apply for funding from the ECPR mobility fund, see:
Host Organizing Team
Thomas Diez is Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Tübingen. Most recent publications: co-edited volumes on European Integration Theory (second edition, Oxford University Press 2009), Cyprus: A Conflict at the Crossroads (Manchester University Press, 2009) and The European Union and Border Conflicts (Cambridge University Press, 2008).
Andreas Hasenclever is Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies and International Relations at the University of Tübingen. He is the co-author of Theories of International Regimes (Oxford University Press, 1997) and the author of Die Macht der Moral in der internationalen Politik (The Power of Morality in International Relations, Campus, 2001).
Thomas Nielebock is Associate Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Tübingen. He has published widely in German on nuclear weapons, democracy and peace, and other peace-related issues.
Date & Venue
26 July – 6 August 2010
Institut für Politikwissenschaft Universität
Tübingen
Melanchthonstraße 36
72074 Tübingen
For more detailed information see the following
links:
Summer School:
http://www.sgir.eu/summer-school-2010-site-online/ (The information on the website will be available around mid-December)
University: www.uni-tuebingen.de
City: www.tuebingen.de
Insitute for Peace Education:
www.friedenspaedagogik.de/english
For any further questions concerning
the EIRSS 2010 feel free to approach us: eirss @ifp.uni-tuebingen.de