MINELRES: Prague Summer School: Ethnic and Religious Elements in the Development
of a Civil Society: Jewish-Christian Relations in the Czech Lands
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Original sender: Lucia Faltin-Aitken <[email protected]>
Centre for (the study of) Jewish-Christian Relations
Summer School: Prague, 14-25 July 2003
ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS ELEMENTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CIVIL SOCIETY:
JEWISH-CHRISTIAN RELATIONS IN THE CZECH LANDS
� The Summer School will explore cultural interactions in the Czech
Lands in the late 19th and 20th centuries, using it as a case study of
Jewish-Christian relations. The programme will examine the influence of
religion and nationality on the formation of Czech society. It will
study the interaction between Judaism and Christianity, and between
Jewish, Czech and German ethnic groups. It will look at the impact of
these interactions on the formation of social traditions in the Czech
Republic, and will examine their influence on the Czech position in
European political and cultural integration today.
� Prague, being the home of the Maharal�s Golem, Tom G. Masaryk, Franz
Kafka, V�clav Havel, the Prague Spring of 1968 and the Velvet Revolution
of 1989, offers a host of historic, cultural and architectural
treasures. In 1992, Prague was entered into the UNESCO World Cultural
Heritage List.
� Lectures will be presented by British and Czech academics, and
religious and interfaith leaders in the Czech Republic, including
Professor Tom Hal�k and Chief Rabbi Karol Sidon. Lectures will be
complemented by field trips.
Fee: �550
Includes:
Accommodation (2-single-bed rooms a refurbished college in the centre of
Prague)
Breakfast (vegetarian)
Tuition
fee
Local transport to field trips
Excludes:
International travel
(early bookings available)
Entrance fees (museums, etc.)
Lunches and dinners (kitchens with fridges and stoves are in the
college)
Contact:
Lucia Faltin, CJCR, Wesley House, Jesus Ln, Cambridge CB5 8BJ, England
www.cjcr.cam.ac.uk, tel: (44 1223) 741 038, [email protected]
Lucia Faltin
Coordinator
Central European Programmes
Centre for (the study of) Jewish-Christian Relations
Cambridge, UK
www.cjcr.cam.ac.uk
Tel: (44 1223) 741 038
Office hours: Mon-Thur 9.00-17.00 (GMT)