Srebrenica International Summer School on Genocide and Human Rights, 4 June - 14 July 2017, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publish Date: Feb 07, 2017

Event Dates: from Jun 04, 2017 04:33 to Jul 14, 2017 04:33

Overview

Summer University Srebrenica is a ten day program for undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as researchers to conduct research projects on topics related to Genocide, Transitional Justice, Post-Conflict Studies, and Human Rights.

The program, lasting from July 4th to July 14th 2017, integrates field research with an opportunity to participate in the annual Peace March from Nezuk to Potočari and to attend the Commemoration Ceremony in Potočari, Srebrenica.

The program accepts limited number of researchers, selected on the basis of academic merit. The program is open to participants of every nationality, ethnicity, religion and gender.

Call for application is opened on January 20th, 2017 and will last till positions are filled. We urge you to submit your application at your earliest convenience as positions are being filled fast.

While registration is free of charge, should you be accepted into the program you will be required to submit participation fee in the amount of 250 EUR.  The participation fee covers the program cost, including costs for room and board, as well as transportation costs throughout Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Background

Summer University Srebrenica is being established under the auspices of the Center for the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial and Cemetery for the Victims of the 1995 Genocide (Memorial Center).

The mandate of the Memorial Center is to educate people of all ages and backgrounds about the genocide that took place in Srebrenica in July 1995. By decree of former High Representative Paddy Ashdown, it was decided that the old battery factory - the former UN base occupied by a Dutch peacekeeping force during the war in BiH - should be part of the Memorial Center in order to preserve it as a site of memory.

The structure of the Memorial Center as well as financing is defined by the State Law on the Center for the Srebrenica-Potočari Memorial and Cemetery for the Victims of the 1995 Genocide. The Memorial Center is therefore directly governed by the State of BiH and is not part of either Entity.

Goals

The objectives of the Summer University Srebrenica are to bring together domestic and foreign students, experts in the field, interested public, and members of the local community. It seeks to facilitate a high-level academic discussion and to enable significant research that focuses on Genocide, Transitional Justice, Human Rights, etc., while emphasizing the relevance of these themes for post-conflict societies. The program is expected to have a direct impact on economic and social development in Srebrenica.

Through dialogue, research, and first-hand experience with the aftermath of Genocide and the obstacles in terms of Transitional Justice and Peace-building, the Summer University Srebrenica aims at understanding how such a terrible event was able to occur. It seeks to discuss strategies for implementing human rights and consolidating democracy in post-conflict societies, and most importantly, how to prevent another such atrocity from occurring in any part of the world.

Find the onlune application form in the "Further official information" below.

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Disciplines

Conflict Studies

Genocide Studies

Human Rights

Law

Eligible Countries

International

Host Countries

Bosnia and Herzegovina