The call for applications to the IV Bohdan Osadchuk New Eastern Europe School is now open!
We invite students, Ph.D. candidates, and young leaders to take part in the fourth edition of the Bohdan Osadchuk New Eastern Europe School.
The aim of the School is to initiate a debate among the young generation of Europeans on the current issues which are shaping the public debate in Europe. This year’s edition will focus on the issue of post-truth, which will be addressed from a multi-disciplinary perspective.
The participants of the School will have an opportunity to engage in a discussion with high-profile intellectuals and practitioners within a set of lectures and workshops.
An essential part of the School is work of the participants in small teams on a topic related to the subject of post-truth. Each group will have to prepare and defend arguments for their chosen topic. The best team will be awarded a chance to publish their work in the form of an article or essay in New Eastern Europe magazine. The division of the groups will be based on the participant’s preferences about one month before coming to Wojnowice (after the recruitment process).
The School’s schedule:
Participants are expected to take part in the entire programme. The School starts on December 3th and ends on December 10th, 2017. Accommodation in the Wojnowice Castle is booked from December 3rd to December 10th.
Organizers do not cover travel expenses to and from Wojnowice.
Local transport is provided by the organizers
The language of instruction is English.
The School venue: Wojnowice Castle, Zamkowa 2, 55-330 Wojnowice. See here
In order to apply for the School, please fill out the registration form: OPEN
Deadline for application October 29th, 2017
Selected candidates will be informed on October 31st, 2017
Due to a large number of applications received, selected candidates will be notified on 2nd November 2017.
In case of any questions, please contact the organizers: maciej.makulski@kew.org.pl
Meet our experts:
Prof. Adam Chmielewski – philosopher of politics. Translator of the Alasdair Macintyre’s „After Virtue”. During the School, he will deliver a speech on philosophical roots of post-truth.
Dietmar Stüdemann – former German Ambassador to Kyiv and Moscow
Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska – editor in New Eastern Europe. Her articles and pictures were published in New Eastern Europe, the Guardian, the Moscow Times, EurasiaNet, OpenDemocracy and the Middle East Eye. She is also a co-editor of the book Ukraine and Russia: People, Politics, Propaganda, and Perspectives.
Maksym Kyiak – Ph.D., co-founder of the Global Ukrainians
The list of experts and programme will be updated regularly.
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The organizers and partners:
The Jan Nowak – Jezioranski College of Eastern Europe in Wroclaw
New Eastern Europe
Global Ukraine Foundation
The Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation
German Culture Forum for Eastern Europe in Potsdam
Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland
