The Summer Seminar will focus on four different but interconnected themes. Every theme will be discussed over two consecutive days, being divided into three subsections (Framework and Theory, Interdisciplinary Approach, Case Study) and a fieldwork. Overall, the Seminar will take place over 10 days, 60 working hours including fieldwork trips. In addition, a Sunday trip to Terezín (Theresienstadt) memorial will be organized. The themes specification and schedule will be following:

June 20, 2016 – Program Opening

• Introduction to the program
• Keynote lecture: Pieter Lagrou
• Welcome evening at Vaclav Havel Library: Round Table on “Past, Present and Future of Global Migration” with Suzanne Brown-Fleming, Harry Tzimitras, Pieter Lagrou, Basil C. Gounaris, and moderated by Kateřina Králová

 June 21-22, 2016 – Theme 1: Institutions and Politics

• Sections with Nikos Skoutaris, Igor Štiks and Harris Mylonas
• Fieldwork: The Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes

 June 23-24, 2016 – Theme 2: Violence (incl. Genocide)

• Sections with Atina Grossmann, Hana Kubátová and Dirk Moses
• Fieldwork: Visual History Archive (Malach Center for Visual History) / The Jewish Museum in Prague

June 26, 2016 – Trip to Terezín Ghetto Memorial (Theresienstadt)

June 27-28, 2016 – Theme 3: Nationalism and Borders

• Sections with Lucia Najšlová, Ildikó Barna and Maria-Alina Asavei
• Fieldwork: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

 July 29-30, 2016 – Theme 4: Memory

• Sections with Fabien Theofilakis, Nadège Ragaru, Johannes-Dieter Steinert
• Fieldwork: Visual History Archive (Malach Center for Visual History) / The Jewish Museum in Prague

 July 1, 2016 – Official Program Closure

• Certificate awarding
• Farewell evening