HESP Summer Schools in Eurasia

A distribution of: CentralAsia-L - Announcement List for Central Asian
Studies


PROGRAM INFO.- Summer Schools Sponsored by HESP - OSI in Central Eurasia

The Higher Education Support Program (HESP) of the Open Society Institute
(OSI) is pleased to invite the junior faculty teaching at the social
sciences and humanities departments at the institutions of higher education
in the countries of Central, Eastern Europe, Central Asia and Mongolia to
participate in the 2002 sessions of its Summer Schools Program.

Please visit the following link for details of available summer programs and
how to apply:
http://www.osi.hu/hesp/download/summer2002.doc

There are many programs across the region for which participants from
Central Eurasia are eligible.  The following programs are conducted in the
Central Eurasian region:

MACROECONOMIC MODELING AND FORECASTING

Dates:  28 July-11 August 2002
Host Institutions: New Economic School, Moscow, Russia and Institute for
   Economics and Finance, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Location: Institute for Economics and Finance, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Eligibility:
   Discipline: Economics
   Region/Countries: Central Asia
Language(s): Russian
Course Director: Dr. Oleg Zamulin, New Economic School, Moscow, Russia
Contact Information for Applicants:
   E-Mail: [email protected]

GENDER STUDIES: FROM WEST TO EAST

Dates: 14-29 July 2002
Host Institution/Location: Center for Gender Studies, Al-Farabi Kazakh State
   National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Eligibility:
   Disciplines: Gender Studies, Sociology, Psychology, Political Science,
   History, Cultural Studies, Philosophy, Linguistics
   Region/Countries: Central Asia
Language(s): Russian
Course Director: Dr. Svetlana Shakirova, Director, Almaty Center for Gender
   Studies
Contact Information for Applicants:
   E-mail: [email protected]

YEREVAN SUMMER SCHOOL ON GENDER AND CULTURE - DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMS IN
GENDER EDUCATION

Dates:  4-25 August 2002
Host Institution/Location: Yerevan State Institute of Theatre and
   Cinematography, Yerevan, Armenia
Eligibility:
   Disciplines: Gender Studies and related disciplines
   Region/Countries: Transcaucasus (priority), also Eastern Europe, NIS,
   Mongolia.
Language(s): Russian
Course Director: Mariam Ohanyan, Director, Yerevan Center for Gender Studies
Contact Information for Applicants:
   E-mail: [email protected]

METHODOLOGY AND STRATEGY OF NATIONAL SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA

Dates: 5-23 August 2002
Host Institution: Central Asian Resource Center, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Location: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Eligibility:
   Disciplines: International Relations, other related fields of social
   sciences
   Region/Countries: Central Asia
Language(s): Russian, English (with translation)
Course Director: Dr. Irina Chernykh, Central Asian Resource Center
Contact Information for Applicants:
   E-mail: [email protected]

TEACHING WRITING AND REPORTING FOR THE MEDIA - ADVANCED TRAINING FOR
JOURNALISM INSTRUCTORS

Dates: 12-22 August 2002
Host Institution/Location: Department of Journalism, American University of
   Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Eligibility:
   Disciplines: Journalism, Media Studies, other related fields of social
   sciences
   Region/Countries: Central Asia
Language(s): English, Russian
Course Director: Dr. Richard Shafer, School of Communication, University of
   North Dakota, USA
Contact Information for Applicants:
   E-mail: [email protected]

POLITICAL THEORY AND PHILOSOPHY

Dates: 5-23 August 2002
Host Institution: Central Asian Resource Center, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Location: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Eligibility:
   Disciplines: Political Science, other related fields of social sciences
   Region/Countries: Central Asia
Language(s): Russian, English (with translation)
Course Director: Dr. Galina Bityukova, Central Asian Resource Center
Contact Information for Applicants:
   E-mail: [email protected]

SOCIOLOGY OF ETHNO-NATIONALISM

Dates: 5-17 August 2002
Host Institution: Technological University of Tajikistan
Location: Department of Humanities, Isfara Branch of Technological
   University of Tajikistan, Isfara, Tajikistan
Eligibility:
   Disciplines: Sociology, Political Science, Ethnology, History, Cultural
   Studies, Regional Studies, Public Administration, Philosophy, Psychology,
   Conflict Studies, Linguistics
   Region/Countries: Central Asia (priority), junior faculty from other NIS
   countries teaching related courses
Language(s): Russian
Course Director: Hofiz Boboyorov, Tajik Academy of Sciences, Agency for
   Social Studies TAMISS
Contact Information for Applicants:
   E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
   Web Site: http://www.idealist.org/en/orgs/84916

SOCIETY IN TRANSITION: SOCIAL ISSUES IN SOCIOLOGICAL FOCUS

Dates: 9-23 September 2002
Host Institution: School of Sociology, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National
   University, East Ukrainian Foundation for Social Research, Kharkiv,
Ukraine
Location: The Crimea, Ukraine
Eligibility:
   Disciplines: Sociology and related disciplines
   Region/Countries: NIS, Baltic States, Poland
Language(s): Russian, Ukrainian, English
Course Directors: Dr. Vil Bakirov, Rector, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National
   University, President, East Ukrainian Foundation for Social Research and
Dr.
   Valeriy Nikolayevskiy, Dean, School of Sociology, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv
   National University, Head of the Board, East Ukrainian Foundation for
Social
   Research
Contact Information for Applicants:
   E-mail: [email protected]
   Web Site: www.sociology.kharkov.ua


With further questions, contact:

Oleksandr Shtokvych
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel.: +36 1 235 6153

Marianna Jó
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel.: + 36 1 235 6152


Open Society Institute
Higher Education Support Program
P.O. Box 519, H-1397
Budapest, Hungary

Telephone: +36 1 327 3850
Fax: +36 1 327 3864
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: http://www.osi.hu/hesp