Sixth International Social Science Summer
School in Ukraine "Embracing
the City”, Lviv (Ukraine),
1-8 July 2014
The Summer School seeks
to embrace the city as a focal point for examining questions of belonging,
place, power and the intersection of society and state in urban space. What
makes a city? What are the boundaries of the city--and within the city? Who are
the stakeholders in building, transforming, managing, and narrating the city? How do urban
changes shape and represent changes in society at large? How is the identity of
city in the age of branding and rebranding shaped and challenged? How does the
city shape urban mobilization and what is the connection between urban space
and political change?
How do people transform the built
environment around them, and how are people, in turn, influenced by buildings,
places, and urban space?
The Sixth International Social Science
Summer School in Ukraine
welcomes proposals that embrace the city from many disciplines in the social
sciences and adjacent fields, such as history, sociology, anthropology,
political science, economics, architecture, and urban studies. Our regional
focus is the former Soviet Union, Central, Eastern and Southeastern
Europe. While the primary focus will be on the 20th and 21st
centuries, 19th century proposals are welcome.
Format: workshop and fieldwork
The Summer School is interdisciplinary and
follows a workshop format. Each participant will present a pre-circulated paper
and receive comments from a group of international faculty, as well as from other
participants. Participants are expected to contribute actively to discussions
and to participate in the extracurricular program. Throughout the week we will
include several roundtables, field visits, local interviews and excursions
within the region.
Location
Lviv (Ukraine).
Duration
One week, Tuesday 1 July – Tuesday 8 July
2014.
Eligibility
The Summer School is open to PhD students
(or students enrolled in a kandidat nauk program) and young researchers (up to
six years removed from their PhD or kandidat nauk degree). Proposals strong on
theory and empirical research are particularly welcomed. The working language
of the Summer School is English. Participants must be comfortable working in
English.
Program
Costs
There is no program fee. The organizers
will cover accommodation, meals, workshops and all excursions. The participants
(or their institutions) must pay travel expenses to Lviv.
How
to apply?
To be considered for the Summer School,
candidates must complete an application form (that includes a 500 word project
proposal) and add a CV. They can also send an additional written sample, such
as a conference paper, a dissertation chapter, or a publication (optional). The
application must be sent by e-mail to ukrainesummerschool@gmail.com by 15 April 2014
The application form can be requested at
ukrainesummerschool@gmail.com or downloaded on the following address: http://www.ukrainianstudies.uottawa.ca/summer_school_2014.html
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