University of Oradea and Institute for Euroregional Studies Oradea-Debrecen

CALL FOR SUMMER SCHOOL

ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS MINORITIES AND MAJORITIES – FOR A DEMOCRATIC INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE AT THE EUROPEAN UNION EASTERN BORDER

Description

This Summer School is organized by the Institute for Euroregional Studies Oradea-Debrecen, with the support of the European Commission through the Jean Monnet Programme. For seven days, participants will be offered both theoretical courses and interactive debates on issues regarding the relations between majority and minority, and field applications in the Transylvanian area. The activities will include visits to settlements and regions with wide ethno-religious diversity, and also to some traditional Romanian, Hungarian, German or Roma communities. The Summer School has on its programme visits to specific Transylvanian objects of cultural heritage [from churches and monasteries of wood, and stone, to the fortresses (Sighişoara, Râşnov, Deva), castles, palaces (Bran Castle, Peleş - The Romanian Kings’ Castle of Sinaia, but also to touristic sites like the Palace of the “Roma International King” Cioabă of Sibiu), the museum of Transylvanian villages (ASTRA Folk Civilisation Museum in Sibiu), and so on]. A particular emphasis is placed on: capturing the relations between the Romanian/Orthodox majority and the minority communities; the daily life of these communities; the specificity of traditional Transylvanian mountain and plain villages of all ethnic groups in Transylvania.

 

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The Preliminary Programme:

SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMME

ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS MINORITIES AND MAJORITIES – FOR A DEMOCRATIC INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE AT THE EUROPEAN UNION EASTERN BORDER

02.07.2012 – 08.07.2012

MONDAY, 2 JULY

10.00-12.00   Arrival and registering of participants

12.00-12.30     Official opening – University of Oradea

12.30–14.30    Courses – University of Oradea

Minority and majority in Central and Eastern Europe. Conceptual analysis

                        Ethno-confessional realities in post-communist Romania

                        Oradea – multicultural city

                        NGO’s, instrument of promoting cultural diversities
14.30-15.00     Coffee Break
15.00-17.30     Study visit – Places of worship of ethnic and religious communities in Oradea

                        Theme: Diversity and interculturality of Oradea society

17.30-20.00    Free time

20.00-21.00    Dinner

 

 

TUESDAY, 3 JULY

07.00-08.00    Breakfast
08.00-10.30     Departure to Cluj-Napoca
11.00-13.00     Courses – Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca

Transylvania – space of cultural interference. Ethno-confessional dimensions

                        Cluj-Napoca – model for management of inter-ethnic realities

13.00–14.00   Study trip – City of Cluj-Napoca

14.00-15.00     Lunch
15.00-17.00     Departure from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureş

17.30-19.00    Courses – Petru Maior University, Târgu Mureş

Relations between Romanian and Hungarian communities in Transylvania

                        Szeklerland – Pros and Cons

19.00–20.00   Study trip – City of Târgu Mureş

20.00-21.00   Dinner

 

WEDNESDAY, 4 JULY

07.00-08.00    Breakfast
08.00-09.00     Departure from Târgu-Mureş to Sighişoara
09.00-11.00     Study trip – The Fortress of Sighişoara

Theme: Medieval specificity and Saxon legends about Vlad Ţepeş

11.00-12.30    Departure from Sighişoara to Braşov via Rupea

12.30–13.30   Study trip – City of Braşov and its surroundings

13.30-14.30     Lunch
14.30-16.00    Departure from Braşov – Poiana Braşov – Râşnov – Bran

16.00-18.00    Study trip – Bran Castle and ethnographic exhibitions of surrounding areas

18.00-19.00    Departure from Bran to Predeal

19.00-21.00     Dinner

 

 

THURSDAY, 5 JULY

07.00-08.00    Breakfast

08.00-09.00    Departure from Predeal to Sinaia

09.00–10.30    Study trip – Romanian Kings Peleş Castle in Sinaia

10.30-14.00     Departure from Sinaia to Sibiu

14.00-15.00     Lunch
15.00-17.00     Study trip – ASTRA Folk Civilisation Museum, Sibiu

Theme: The ethno- folklore and cultural specifics of rural communities in Transylvania

17.00-18.30   Courses – German Protestant Theological Institute, Sibiu

                        Place and role of the German community in Transylvania. Past and present

18.30–20.30  Study trip

– Sibiu, the old city

Theme: Saxon specifics of Sibiu

– Palace of the “Roma International King” Cioabă

Theme: Everyday realities of the life of Roma communities in Transylvania
20.30-21.30   Dinner

FRIDAY, 6 JULY

08.00-09.00    Breakfast
09.00-11.00    Departure Sibiu – Sebeş – Deva

11.00-13.00     Study trip: Medieval fortress of Deva

13.00-14.00    Lunch

14.00-16.00     Departure Deva – Brad – Ţebea – visits to cultural heritage objectives.

Theme: Romanian specificity of “Stone Country” in the Apuseni Mountains

16.00-18.00    Departure Ţebea – Beiuş – Stâna de Vale

18.00-18.30    Overnight accommodation at Gaudeamus Cabin

18.30-20.00    Free time

20.00-21.00    Dinner

 

SATURDAY, 7 JULY

08.00-09.00    Breakfast
09.00-13.00     Theme activities – case studies, RPG’s, theme debates, theme simulations on

Diversity and interculturality within the European space.

13.00-14.30     Lunch

15.00-18.30   Trip to Stâna de Vale – surroundings – National Park in the Apuseni Mountains

18.30-20.00   Free time

20.00-21.00   Dinner

SUNDAY, 8 JULY

08.00-09.00    Breakfast
09.00-12.00     Conclusions and pre-evaluation of Summer School works

12.00-13.30     Lunch

13.30-15.30   Departure from Stâna de Vale to Oradea

15.30            Departure of participants

 

 

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Summer School Fee

The Summer School fee is 150 €

will be paid at Banca Transilvania, to the following accounts[1]:

Banca Transilvania;

Address: Banca Transilvania Oradea, Bulevardul Dacia no 38-40, Bihor, Romania

Name of institution: Asociaţia „Institutul de Studii Euroregionale”

Swift code from Banca Transilvania: BTRLRO22BHA

Euro: RO75BTRL00504205H78892XX

Address: Asociatia Institutul de Studii Euroregionale, Universitatii Street no 1, Oradea, 410087, Bihor, Romania

The fee covers for:

- Participants` boarding (accommodation and meals) during the Summer School

- Transportation costs incurred by a study trip on the route Oradea – Cluj-Napoca – Târgu Mureş – Sighişoara – Braşov – Bran – Predeal – Sinaia – Sibiu – Deva – Stâna de Vale – Oradea

- Printing and publishing all materials to be used during the Summer School including one CD comprising all materials for courses, seminars and workshops of the Summer School

- Entrance to all touristic objectives listed in the enclosed programme

 

The travel expenses of participants are not covered by the Summer School attendance fee.

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Schedule of the conference

 

01 May 2012 – deadline for application form (in English)

10 May 2012– selection of the participants

20 May 2012 - final confirmation of participants; the deadline of fee payment

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Further information can be obtained from Mircea BRIE, brie@igri.ro

Sincerely yours,

Mircea Brie,

Chair Jean Monnet Module

Head of European Studies and International Relations Department

University of Oradea