DEADLINE 18 June - Summer Seminar on Searching for a decent international society, Romania, 15 - 20 August 2011

by **gap** Tue 31 May 2011, 10:38

Summer Seminar on
Searching for a decent international society
Vama Veche, Romania
15 - 20 August 2011

The Luxembourg Institute for European and International Studies (LIEIS) is a forum of academic and intellectual discussions and research, as well as a platform of training and upgrading for undergraduates and young professionals from both western and eastern countries.

One of LIEIS constant themes of research and debate has been the European integration process as well as developments in the wider Europe and in the world at large. The topics have been explored for the last 17 years under the form of summer schools organized by the Institute in cooperation with the Black Sea University Foundation, and, later on, with the European Cultural Centre in Romania.

The ambition of the 2011 seminar is to have a critical look at the international society, the political, economic, cultural and strategic relations, the structures and mechanisms, the distribution of power and wealth. Is the system sufficiently just, does it allow a fair access to material and non-material resources? Does it provide adequately for the maintenance of peace? What are the dominating values and what should they be: tolerance, empathy, solidarity? Are new institutions for global governance required?

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- students, young researchers and professionals from both Eastern and Western Europe
- young representatives of higher education, of specialized institutions, of political parties, of NGOs, of the mass media.

The cost of 395 Euro includes participation fee, accommodation in double rooms with own bathroom and all meals.
*** The LIEIS offers a grant covering the fee of 395 Euro to the students whose application is accepted.

VENUE
The course will be held at Vama Veche, an exceptional youth holiday village, which is situated at about 50 km south of Constantza, the main Romanian port on the Black Sea coast, close to the Bulgarian border.

The working language is English.

Application deadline: 18 June 2011

For further information and applications, please see the leaflet on LIEIS website here