MINELRES: CfA: German-Polish Summerschool: Migration and Integration in Modern Societies

[MINELRES moderator]

Original sender: Ulrich Raiser <ulrichraiser@gmx.de>


Call for Applications

German-Polish Summer School:
Migration and Integration in Modern Societies

(August-September 2003)

Content and Target Group

In August-September 2003 the Malakoffturm Migration (in Bottrop) is
organizing in cooperation with the Network Migration in Europa e.V.
(www.network-migration.org), Humboldt University Berlin and the Center
for International Relations, Warsaw (www.csm.org.pl) a German-Polish
summer school on the issue of "Migration and Integration in Modern
Societies." Among others the Robert Bosch Foundation in Stuttgart and
the Historical Society Bottrop will financially support the summer
school.

The event is targeted at students in the humanities and social sciences
(sociology, political sciences, geography, history, law, languages,
cultural and social anthropol-ogy etc.), who have already successfully
completed at least three semesters at a German or a Polish university,
and who have a specific interest in the topic of the summer school.

Apart from engaging with the academic knowledge about migration and
integration, students will be exposed to readings, lectures of experts
and site visits of relevant institutions. At the end of the summer
school session they will be expected to carry out independent field
research in bi-national teams.

Costs for participation (travel costs, accommodations and food) will be
covered by the organizers.

Application

Applications are accepted until June 6, 2003. They should include a c.v.
and an essay in English about "Migration and Integration as Challenge
for Modern Societies" (maximum of 1,200 words). Polish applicants can
also turn in their applications in German. Students from Polish
universities should send their applications (Word file in rtf format)
via email to:

mazur@csm.org.pl (Monika Mazur-Rafal)

Students from German universities should send their applications via
email
(Word file in rtf format) to:

ulrichraiser@gmx.de (Ulrich Raiser)

Two-stage Selection Process

Based on the written applications 15 applicants from each country will
be invited for an application talk to Berlin or Warsaw, respectively, at
the end of June. There are ten openings for participants from each
country (Poland and Germany).

The summer school will take place in German and English. Applicants from
Germany should have a good, active command of English. Applicants from
Poland should either have a good, active command of English or German
and a good, passive command of the other language. Knowledge of Polish
among German applicants is an advantage within the selection process.

Dates and Locations of the Summer School

August 20 to 24, 2003: Opening of the event and seminar in Berlin
August 25 to September 16, 2003: Seminar takes place in Bottrop and the
Ruhr area
November, 6 to 10, 2003: Working meeting in Gleiwitz/Gliwice
(presentation and discussion of working and research results)

Information

Further information can be found at:

www.network-migration.org/summerschool (German and English)

www.csm.org.pl/summerschool (Polish)