Schedule
There will be two two-hour-long online sessions a day, which will consist of a presentation by the lecturer followed by group discussion or a group activity. On the first and the last day there will be three sessions, the two regular sessions plus a shorter warm-up (first day) and wrap-up (last day) lesson.
Daily schedule:
Central European Summer Time (CEST), time in Prague
- Session I: 10 a.m. - noon
- Lunch break
- Session II: 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Programme:
- 12. 4. 2021, Europe at a Crossroads
- 9:00 a.m.
- Official welcome (assoc. prof. Tomáš Nigrin, Director of the Institute of International Studies IMS FSV UK)
- Introduction to the programme (Kateřina Kuklíková, course coordinator and Ph.D. candidate, IMS FSV UK)
- 9:30 a.m.
- Introductory/warm-up session (Kateřina Kuklíková, course coordinator and Ph.D. candidate, IMS FSV UK)
- 10 a.m. – noon
- Session I: The Rise of Populism, and Reinforcement of Identity Politics (dr. Martin Mejstřík, IMS FSV UK)
- 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
- Session II: Frontiers in Europe? – From Iron Curtain to Schengen and Back (assoc. prof. Tomáš Weiss, IMS FSV UK)
- 13. 4. 2021, Europe as a Pillar of (Liberal) Democracy and Multilateralism?
- 10 a.m. – noon
- Session I: European Strategic Autonomy after Covid-19: an Opportunity for Europe’s Global Leadership (Marianna Lovato, PhD Candidate, University College Dublin)
- 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
- Session II: V4 Countries – Troublemakers from the EU Perspective? (Jakub Eberle, Institute of International Relations, Prague)
- 14. 4. 2021, European Integration
- 10 a.m. – noon
- Session I: European Dis/Integration between Brexit, COVID and the Next Crisis (dr. Jan Váška, IMS FSV UK)
- 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
- Session II: EU Enlargement in (post)-COVID Times? The Western Balkans Region and EU Enlargement Policy (Jana Juzova, Institute for European Policy EUROPEUM, Prague)
- 4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
- Short presentation of the Prague Area Studies PRAREAS, English programs offered by Institute of International Studies IMS FSV UK, Q&A (Oleksandra Pekáčková Modelska, Ph.D. candidate, IMS FSV UK), facultative
- 15. 4. 2021, The EU and Global Actors
- 10 a.m. – noon
- Session I: The post-pandemic future of the Transatlantic relationship (dr. Jan Hornát, IMS FSV UK)
- 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
- Session II: China: Propaganda and Influence During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Václav Kopecký, IMS FSV UK & Association for International Affairs AMO, Prague)
- 16. 4. 2021, Current Problems and Challenges
- 10 a.m. – noon
- Session I: EU Environmental Policy: Green New Deal (Eliška Černovská, Ph.D. candidate, IMS FSV UK)
- 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
- Session II: Cyber Europe 2020: Cyber Security as a Challenge For Europe (Markéta Ambrožová, The National Cyber and Information Security Agency NÚKIB, Prague)
- 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
- Wrap-Up Session, Final Group Discussion (Kateřina Kuklíková, course coordinator and PhD candidate, IMS FSV UK)
The schedule will be updated according to the times our lecturers and stakeholder guests are available.
We reserve the right to make changes to the programme, if necessary. Changes may be made to its content or organisation either before or during the Online Spring University 2021.