In Between? – Neighbours Meet in the Borderlands

Call for Applications for the Summer School in the Slovak–Polish Borderland

Application deadline is 15 July 2021

In Between? is an educational project for students interested in exploring the history of European borderland regions, organised by the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity (ENRS). This year we invite students from neighbouring countries to create teams on both sides of the border. Participating countries are: the Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine. In Between? will take place between July and September 2021 and will consist of online workshops, a study visit, and a closing conference. The deadline for submitting applications is 15 July 2021.

The 2021 edition calls on students of anthropology, culture studies, ethnography, history, journalism, regional studies, sociology and the like.

The dates of the workshops and study visits for participants from Slovakia are:

Workshops: between August and September 2021

Study visit: 4 September – 11 September 2021

Participants will be selected in an international two-stage recruitment process. Successful candidates will take part in online interdisciplinary workshops and lectures on the historical context of the regions. They will learn how to conduct interviews, take pictures, make professional recordings and transform them into a podcast. Subsequently, the group will be split into smaller teams and travel to the borderlands to meet representatives of local communities. During the study visit, the teams will gather visual materials and sound recordings, and will prepare a podcast documenting their conversations. All participants will present the results of their research at a closing conference in Berlin from 22-24 September 2021.

PLEASE NOTE: Should the crossing of the borders be restricted due to the COVID-19 pandemics, the teams will work separately and meet online to create the podcast. In case of further coronavirus restrictions, the closing conference may be held online.

Workshops, board and lodging will be free of charge. Applicants are expected to cover travel expenses to the place of the study visit.

For dates & location, rules of participation and application form, please visit: https://enrs.eu/edition/in-between-2021

Organiser:

European Network Remembrance and Solidarity (ENRS)

Co-organisers:

Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge e.V.
Kreisau Initiative e.V.
Centrum Historii Zajezdnia. Ośrodek Pamięć i Przyszłość, Wrocław
Ústav pamäti národa
Free Range Productions

Funding:

Program Europeans for Peace, Stiftung Erinnerung, Verantwortung, Zukunft (EVZ)

Technological Partner:

SONY

ENRS is funded by:

The European Network of Remembrance and Solidarity is an international initiative whose aim is to research, document and enhance the public's knowledge of the 20th-century history of Europe and European cultures of remembrance, with particular emphasis on periods of dictatorships, wars and resistance to political violence. The members of the Network are Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Slovakia, with representatives from Albania, Austria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Latvia and Lithuania present in its advisory bodies.