THE NINETEENTH EASTERN WINTER SCHOOL 28 FEBRUARY – 14 MARCH
12.12.2022
DZIEWIĘTNASTA WSCHODNIA SZKOŁA ZIMOWA 28 LUTEG0 – 14 MARCA 2023
THE NINETEENTH EASTERN WINTER SCHOOL 28 FEBRUARY – 14 MARCH
I. CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION
1. The school is intended for the last-year students of the humanities who are under 25 years of age (or above, in exceptional
cases) and who are preparing their Bachelor’s or Master’s theses in the history and present of Central and Eastern Europe
(history, political science, international relations, sociology, cultural studies, ethnology, geography, law, economics).
2. The School can be attended by learners from Eastern and Central Europe, the Baltic Rim, the Balkans, Central Asia,
the Caucasus and Poland.
3. Candidates are expected to know the Polish and English language to a degree allowing comprehending lectures and taking
advantage of them.
4. The curriculum of the School includes lectures (an international circle of specialists in the region issues will deliver the
lectures) and seminars (one out of several seminars to choose from) where every learner of the School will deliver a paper
dealing with the field of their diploma thesis. The curriculum also includes visits in institutions in Warsaw and participa[1]tion in the cultural programme lined with the School.
II. FINANCIAL CONDITIONS
The qualified learners of the School will have their costs of stay at School covered (hotel, board, participation in lectures
and seminars as well as accompanying events) and they can apply for co-financing of costs of travel (not applicable to the
candidates studying in Poland).
III. DOCUMENTS
1. At wsl.studium@uw.edu.pl, the candidates are to submit:
a) a completed questionnaire which is available at www.studium.uw.edu.pl,
b) a motivational letter with a proposed topic for the paper,
c) curriculum vitae with a photo,
d) recommendation of the diploma thesis supervisor,
e) confirmation of knowledge the Polish and English language,
f) certificate from the Dean’s office confirming that the candidate is attending the last year of his or her studies,
2. Full sets of documents are to be sent by 25 January 2023.
IV. QUALIFICATION
1. The School’s Qualification Board will make decisions on the list of learners by 1 February 2023 and will immediately
notify all candidates.
2. The formal invitation to the Eastern Winter School 2023 will be sent to the qualified candidates via e-mail by 5 February
2023. The original invitation signed by the headmaster of the School will be sent by traditional mail. The competent con[1]sulates of Poland will receive a list of the qualified candidates to make the trip-related formalities easier.
3. Arrival of the learners to Warsaw – 27 February. Didactic classes of the School will start on 28 February in Warsaw.
Departure of the learners – 15 March