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Call for Applications Theme: Integration / Disintegration Type: International Summer School 2016 on Human Rights, Minorities and Diversity Management Institution: Institute for Minority Rights, European Academy (EURAC) Location: Bolzano (Italy) and Grisons (Switzerland) Date: 20.6.–1.7.2016 Deadline: 31.3.2016 __________________________________________________ Since 1999, the Institute for Minority Rights has been organizing a two-week long Summer School on the topics of Human Rights, Minorities and Diversity Management. The international Summer School attracts students from all over the world, offering them a platform to discuss current topics in the field of diversity management with experts from inside and outside of academia. In 2016, the 30-35 participants of the Summer School will explore the theme of Integration/Disintegration through seminars and workshops focusing on a wide range of topics, from minority rights, migrant integration and right-wing extremism to direct democracy, the right to self-determination. Encounters with South Tyrolean politicians and a visit to a primary school in Switzerland will provide opportunities to experience local approaches to minority protection and diversity governance. Confirmed speakers (topics TBC) - Timofey Agarin (Queen’s Belfast) - Thomas Burri (University of St. Gallen, Switzerland): The right to self-determination - Joshua Castellino (Middlesex University, UK) - Sergiu Constantin (EURAC, Italy): The South Tyrolean Autonomy - Tiziana Caponio (University of Turin, Italy): migrant inclusion - Elisa Fornalé (Radboud University, Netherlands): migration and climate change - Matthew Goodwin (University of Kent, UK): new minorities in the era of rising nationalisms - Stephen Larin (EURAC, Italy): Civic integration policies - Joseph Marko (University Graz, Austria) - Roberta Medda-Windischer (EURAC, Italy): Religious Diversity in Contemporary Societies: A Legal Perspective - Martin Papillion (Universitè de Montréal, Canada): aboriginal politics in Canada - Louise Ryan, Middlesex University, UK): social networks and migrant integration - Hildegard Schneider (University of Maastricht, Netherlands) - Daniel Thürer (University of Zürich, Switzerland): Direct democracy – a critical perspective - Alexandra Tomaselli (University of Graz/EURAC): Indigenous rights in the face of climate change - Bertus de Villier (Member of the State Administrative Tribunal of Western Australia, Visiting Fellow at the University of Western Australia): Aboriginal people and land claims - Jennifer Welsh (EUI, Italy) - Alexandra Xanthaki (Brunel University) Application Process, Tuition fees and Scholarships Please apply using this online form: https://opinio.eurac.edu/s?s=3749 Deadline: 31 March 2016 Tuition fee: 400€ (incl. lunch and transport from Bozen/Bolzano to Switzerland) - Accommodation, travel costs and other expenses are not covered by the tuition fee. - Budget accommodation is available at the Youth Hostel of Bozen/Bolzano (€25/night in 3- or 4-bed-rooms, incl. breakfast). 5 Scholarships covering accommodation in a 4 bed-room at the Youth Hostel in Bozen/Bolzano and in Switzerland and a reduced tuition fee of €150 are available. Selection is based on merit and need. For further information, please write to: [email protected] Who should participate? - MA and PhD students interested in minority rights, migration and migrant integration, diversity governance - Lawyers, economists, political and social scientists and others working in non-governmental organizations - Civil servants from local, regional or national administrations who primarily deal with minority and diversity related issues and therefore require both theoretical and practical training on those issues - Journalists and teachers interested in recent developments, current theories and advanced training on issues concerning minorities and diversity Location The Summer School takes place in the city of Bozen/ Bolzano (South Tyrol, Italy). Bozen/ Bolzano is inhabited by a German-speaking minority, a majority population of Italian speakers, and a third group of migrants and immigrants constituting 13% of the city’s population. From 24-26 June, the Summer School is hosted by the Foundation Convivenza in the Canton of Grisons / Graubünden (Switzerland, exact location TBC). A free shuttle from Bozen/Bolzano to Switzerland will be provided. Diploma, credits and publishing opportunities Participants may choose to write an essay after the Summer School to obtain 5 ECTS points (from University of Graz). The best essays may be published in the European Diversity and Autonomy Papers. Organizers This year’s Summer School is organized by the Institute for Minority Rights of the European Academy Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC) in co-operation with the Swiss foundation Convivenza, Middlesex University, School of Law, London and the University of Graz, Austria. EURAC Website: http://www.eurac.edu/summerschool __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
