1. THE BEGINNING OF THE MIDDLE AGES IN THE BALKANS 2. THE GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS OF EAST AND WEST ACROSS THE MEDIEVAL BALKANS

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The Summer School "Understanding Byzantium in the Balkans: Where the East met / parted from the West" will explore the fascinating phenomenon of Byzantium and its enduring impact on Medieval Balkans. The objective of the Summer School is to address the complex socioeconomic, cultural and political processes that led to the transformation of the Roman world and emergence of Byzantium and the Balkans as gravitational zones between East and West.

The leading international scholars in the field of Byzantine and medieval Balkan studies will present the latest insights in addressing the various questions concerning the re-evaluation of issues of group identity and ethnogenesis in the Balkans, the concept of making of the Slavs, the examination of Byzantium as Superpower and Soft Power and as an enduring appeal to external elite, along with development of the Balkans as highway and flashpoint between Latin West and Byzantine East.

Through appliance of new approach in historical and archaeological research the Summer School will explore Byzantine and Balkan studies in the Western Europe and United States and put them in a dialogue with those taking place in Southeastern Europe. The main goal is to stimulate the critical thinking and to raise the understanding of Byzantium and the Balkans and their place in international history, grasping them not as a factor of East-West division but as a integrative component of the European cultural history.

The Summer School is integral part of Ohrid Summer University (OSU) which is an academicprogram for young faculty, PhD candidates, postgraduates, researchers and professionals, whichoffersi ntensive, problem oriented and research based courses from the domain of social sciencesand humanities. OSU was foundedin 1998 and has functioned continuously since then, as one ofthe core programs of the Euro-Balkan University, involving a significant number of both juniorand senior members of academic communities from various countries.

To date Euro-Balkan. University, trough OSU program, has organized more than 30 summer schools from various areaswith over 900 participants, involving more than 100 prominent proffessors. During the 15 yearslong period of its existence, OSU has engaged itself in adequate and effective training of theacademic staff, demonstration of successful linkage of state-of-the-art scholarship and effectiveand innovative teaching, promotion of academic excellence and ability to facilitate creation andsustenance of active networks of academics, as well as collaborative advancement of learning incertain disciplines within the international context.

Course participants have a chance to study inbeautiful surroundings, make use of one of Europe's best tourist attraction, meet and socialize with students from all over Europe and beyond, and discuss issues with the most eminent scholars in the field.

Period
15-08-2013 - 24-08-2013 (2 weeks)



Target group
Participants should be postgraduate students (preferably MA, PhD students or young researchers) interested in exploring the Byzantine and Balkans Studies or related studies. Participants from all countries are eligible to participate.

Course aim
The aim of this course, among other issues, is examination of Byzantium as Superpower and Soft Power and as an enduring appeal to external elite, along with development of the Balkans as highway and flashpoint between Latin West and Byzantine East.

Credits
8.0 ECTS credits

Course fee
EUR 300: Note that we offer 20% discount if the participant apply in the first application deadline and pays the total fee to 15th of May and 10% discount if the participant pay the total fee to 1 st of June.Applicants from the partner universities are offered 30% tuition fee discount

Course leader
Professor FLORIN CURTA, University of Florida, United States

Professor JONATHAN SHEPARD, University of Cambridge, Great Britain.

Euro-Balkan University Ohrid Summer University
Address: bul. Partizanski odredi 63
Postal code: 1000 Skopje
City: Skopje
Country: Macedonia
Website: www.euba.edu.mk
E-mail: contact@euba.edu.mk
Phone: 00389 2 3075 570