Target Group:
Doctoral candidates, from both Eastern and Western Europe, working on
projects related to the topic of ‘Regionalisation in the Globalised
World.’ The project should be focussed on Eastern Europe, or take into
consideration Eastern Europe’s relations with Western Europe.

Number of Participants: 30

The International Summer School 2011 in Lodz, focussing on
‘Regionalisation in the Globalised World’, will be jointly organised
by the University of Lodz, Poland, and the Justus Liebig University in
Giessen, Germany (Giessen Centre for Eastern European Studies – GiZo,
and the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture – GCSC)
The Summer School is directed towards doctoral candidates from
throughout Europe. In interdisciplinary working groups, it will seek
to examine the concepts of ‘regionalisation’ and ‘globalisation’, as
well as the related concepts of nationalisation, transnationalisation
and glocalisation. The Summer School is particularly directed towards
scholars in academic disciplines such as the study of culture,
linguistics and literary studies, history, law, economics, sociology
and political studies, and it aims to provide a forum for the
discussion of various cultural contacts in the societies of Eastern
Europe (from the viewpoint of the aforementioned disciplines), as well
as for the discussion of relationships between Eastern and Western
European. In many areas of the contemporary world one can detect a
number of tensions between processes of regionalisation and processes
of globalisation, and certain disciplines have come up with the word
‘glocalisation’ to describe this phenomenon.
Applications, with an abstract and a CV, should be submitted by
February 15th 2011, to
[email protected]
The final selection of participants will take place at the end of
March 2011. As a rule, the conference organisers will cover the costs
of travel and accommodation, as well as a major part of the catering
costs. Applications from Eastern Europe are particularly encouraged.

If you have any further queries, please contact:
Giessener Zentrum Östliches Europa
Tel.: (0049) 641/99-31166
Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10E
35394 Gießen
Germany
Email: [email protected]
The interdisciplinary Giessener Zentrum Östliches Europa (GiZo –
Giessen Centre for Eastern European Studies) is the regional academic
research and teaching centre for the study of Eastern Europe in Hesse,
Germany. Working from a broad conception of ‘Eastern Europe’ which,
alongside Central Europe, South Eastern Europe, and Eastern Europe,
also encompasses Turkey and the Turkic-speaking regions of the former
Soviet Union, GiZo aims to provide a forum for the analysis of Eastern
Europe within the context of the continent at large, and seeks to pose
new questions about the borders of Europe. See also:
http://www.uni-giessen.de/cms/fbz/zentren/gizo
The International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC) has
been located within the framework of the Federal Initiative for
Excellence since 2006. It provides a variety of support structures and
programmes for particularly skilled doctoral candidates, to aid them
in the conduct of academically outstanding dissertation projects in
the field of the study of culture. See also:
http://gcsc.uni-giessen.de/wps/pgn/home/gcsc_eng/
If you have any further queries, please contact:
Giessener Zentrum Östliches Europa
Tel.: (0049) 641/99-31166
Otto-Behaghel-Str. 10E
35394 Gießen
Germany