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Summer School
TALLINN SUMMER SCHOOL in Social, Political and Cultural Studies
Nations, States and (Post)colonies
16 - 22 August 2005
PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS: British Council Estonia, City of Tallinn, Council of Gambling Taxes of the Parliament of Estonia, Embassy of the Czech Republic, Embassy of the United Kingdom, Embassy of the United States of America, European Parliament, Hungarian Institute in Tallinn, Narva College of the University of Tartu, Socrates Archimedes Foundation, University of Bologna, University of Helsinki, University of Southern California, University of Turku, Wayne State University, Weber State University
The Estonian Institute of Humanities invites M.A. and Ph.D. poststudents or - in exceptional cases - students with equivalent knowledge to participate in the 3rd Tallinn Summer School (TSS). The Summer School will approach the relations between modernity, colonialism, nationalism and decolonisation in a comparative and interdisciplinary framework. It will draw upon Postcolonial Studies and Nationalism Theory in particular; whilee Postcolonial Studies have their roots in literary and cultural theory and Nationalism Theory in social sciences, there are key issues relevant to both approaches, broadly concerning uneven power relations and strategies for change, both on individual and collective level.
Students are expected to have some prior knowledge of these fields. In addition to attendance at the lectures, the TSS requires every participant to contribute actively to discussions, including preparation of a brief comment on the set literature, keeping a lecture diary and, in order to secure full credits, writing a scientific essay.
The language of the Summer School is English and therefore a good working knowledge of English is essential for all applicants.
Literature
The following books will be discussed at the student fireside get-togethers:
Ernest Gellner Nations and Nationalism
Pascale Casanova The World Republic of Letters
