The Curriculum Resource Center (CRC) of the University of Budapest announces the Spring 2008 Sessions on Topical Issues in Curriculum Development, to be held under the title Teaching Cultural Policy, organized in cooperation with the departments and programmes of the Central European University and held on 3-8 March 2008.
These sessions are expected to cover topical issues of particular importance to the development of higher education in the region, in all areas related to curriculum development, addressing current trends in curriculum development, degree structures and particular or special interest issues. These sessions could be directed at a particular group of academics or focus on a target region or institution(s).
The CRC workshop aims to discuss the teaching of cultural policy from a broader perspective of cultural systems than the national one. With globalization, European integration, migration and explosive growth of cultural industry the national prism has become inadequate. The workshop aims to provide the participants with tools, literature and relevant issues for course design and is recommended to those who teach cultural policy in the region, in political science, public policy, international relations, humanities, arts, management and cultural studies departments, who hold a Ph D or are about to receive a PhD but have a teaching position and have the endorsement of their department to attend.
The workshop leaders are Dragan Klaić, Visiting Professor CEU and Milena Dragičević Šešić, Professor at the University of Arts Belgrade.
All CRC applicants must:
be university teachers and/ or professionals (who teach part-time) in the Social Sciences and Humanities from the region (non-EU countries) who are preparing to revise or develop their courses;
have sufficient English language ability, both written and spoken, to participate in discussions and use resource materials; submit an application with all accompanying required documents as stated on the CRC application form. The deadline for applications is 21 January 2008, application forms are available online at www.ceu.hu/crc/crc_visit_appl.html. All costs related to transportation and accommodation during the sessions will be covered by the CRC.
Contact: Dragan Klaić, Churchill laan 158-2, 1078 ER Amsterdam, The Netherlands; tel.: +31 20 672 3610; email: draganklaic@gmail.com;

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