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The Summer Seminar on Nationalism, Religion and Violence in Europe (NRVSS 2018) organized by the Charles University in Prague and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, supported by the CEFRES–French Research Center in Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Slavonic and East European Studies (UCL), University of Birmingham, Humboldt University of Berlin and the Institute for the Study of Strategic Regions is ready to launch its sixth year!31 March 2018: Deadline for those needing visas for the Czech Republic30 April 2018: Final application deadlineThe NRVSS will focus especially on the topics of ethnic and religious diversity, migration, and transformation, which might be of interest for your students. Therefore, We would like to ask you for your support in promoting this event. A key goal is to contribute in a substantial way to the study of violence and to catalyze the growth of the study of violence as a field. It is led by from the most prestigious institutions such as Humboldt University of Berlin, Central European University (Budapest), the University of Birmingham, the University of Manchester, the University of Pennsylvania, Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest) and the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, targeting students and graduates of Political and Social Science, History, Ethnic and Religious Studies, Philology, Journalism &#38; other related disciplines. The seminar is targeting graduate, post-graduate students and activists. Students will receive a certificate of attendance and 8 ECTS credits for their active participation in the program.Keynote speaker: Prof. Stathis Kalyvas, Gladstone Professor of Government, University of OxfordGuest of Honour: Paul Shapiro, USHMM Director for International AffairsWe believe that the success we had in the previous seminars Nationalism, Religion and Violence in SE Europe in Thessaloniki in 2013, 2015 and 2017 and Nationalism, Religion and Violence in Europe in Prague in 2014 and 2016 will enable us to continue educating intellectual elites in the region and globally as well as stimulating intercultural understanding.For more details please see the attachment and visit the website of the Nationalism, Religion and Violence Summer Seminar:http://nrvsschool.fsv.cuni.cz/.If you or anyone has any questions about the summer seminar, please feel free to contact us at any time at nrvsschool@fsv.cuni.cz.