CONFIRMED LECTURERS:
- David
M. Halperin (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA)
- Jelisaveta Blagojević
(Singidunum University, Belgrade, Serbia)
- Tomasz
Sikora (Pedagogical University of Cracow, Poland)
- Marina Gržinić (Slovenian Academy of Science and Art,
Ljubljana, Slovenia / Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria)
- Francesco Macarone Palmieri a.k.a. WARBEAR (independent
social anthropologist and multimedia queer artist, Rome/Berlin)
- Antke
Engel (Institute for Queer Theory, Hamburg/Berlin,
Germany)
- Jamie
Heckert (University of Essex, UK)
COURSES OFFERED:
- Queerness, the Political, and Community (Lecturers: David M. Halperin, Jelisaveta Blagojević, Tomasz Sikora)
- (Queer) Arts, Culture, and Resistance (Lecturers: Marina Gržinić, Francesco Macarone Palmieri a.k.a. WARBEAR)
- Capital, Consumerism, and Queer Visibility (Lecturer: Antke Engel)
- Queering the General Strike and the Occupation (Lecturer: Jamie Heckert)
DEADLINES:
- Deadline 1 for early applications (20% discount):
April 20th / selection results by April 30th / payment
due May 10th
- Deadline 2 for early applications (10% discount): June
1st / selection results by
June 15th / payment due June 25th
- Deadline 3 for all other applications (regular fee):
July 1st / selection results by July 15th / payment due
July 25th
[SEE THE LEAFLET ATTACHED FOR MORE EXTENSIVE INFO]
Please send all
applications to Slavco Dimitrov and Stanimir Panayotov:
ELIGIBILITY AND FEE
- Participants
should be postgraduate students (preferably MA, PhD student or young
researchers) interested in exploring the issues of Gender, Queer, Cultural
Studies, Visual Arts and Humanities and related Studies.
- Participants
from all countries are eligible to participate.
- Tuition fee:
600 euro.
- The fee covers
tuition and study material during the school, use of library and computer room
at the Campus with free internet, tour of the numerous ancient and
medieval monuments in the UNESCO protected
city of Ohrid located at the shore of the unforgettably beautiful Ohrid
Lake. Other arrangements for accommodation, transportation and other
expenses should be arranged by applicants on themselves.
- Note that we
offer 20% discount if the participant pays the total fee until May 1st
and 10% discount if the participant pays the total fee until June 25th
(see deadlines above).
- Note that we
can provide for the interested participants discount prices for accommodation
in Hotel Pella where the Campus will be located, near the beach. Ohrid also
offers cheap accommodation in private houses. The Summer Institute’s
coordinators will make recommendations and help with arrangements for
accommodation of selected participants.
- Maximum number of students for
the Summer Institute is 20. Please note that a course will not be offered if
fewer than 10 students apply by 1st of June.
Please find enclosed as attachment in this email the full description and information about the Summer Institute.
We would also kindly ask you to forward and publicize this information to other interested institutions and individuals.
For any further questions and information, please contact the Summer Institute coordinators: