10 Scholarships for the students of the 5th Summer School in Comparative Conflict Studies in Belgrade

The 5th Summer School in Comparative Conflict Studies took place at the Faculty of Media and Communications from June 30 to July 7, 2014. The European Fund for the Balkans supported 10 of the 60 students who attended the 4 courses, keynote lecture and the numerous additional activities. The Summer School in Comparative Conflict Studies provides a learning opportunity for students interested in study and analysis of societies in and post-conflict. Interdisciplinary in its nature, drawing from the fields of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, History, Philosophy, Anthropology, Law and International Relations, the Summer School in Comparative Conflict Studies provides students with an interactive learning experience utilizing frontal lectures and class discussions focusing on comparative conflict analysis of different case studies. This year 4 courses „Re-imagining“ the Balkans - Inquiries into Diversity, Borders and Migration”, “Rethinking Transitional Justice: Lessons from the Balkans and Beyond”, “From the Discourse of Brotherhood and Unity to the Discourses of EU Integration: The Case of "Transition" in Serbia”, “The Challenge of International Intervention: Balancing Justice and Order” were a great challenge for the students, who were also given the opportunity to transfer the course credit to their home institution (5 ECTS) after the completion of the course requirements. The public lecture: “Oh, What a Lovely/Useful Catastrophe: On Victims, Victimhood, and Victimizers” of the leading Israeli historian and essayist Prof. Idith Zertal also gathered a significant crowd of people interested in this topic and public with same interest was also present at the book presentation "Innocence and Victimhood: Gender, Nation, and Women’s Activism in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina" by Dr. Elissa Helms.