Burch Field Research Seminar -- Summer 2005 Vienna, Austria,  Bosnia- Herzegovina and Croatia   The seminar will provide students with an opportunity to Examine structure, dynamics, and interaction  of international organizations Investigate the involvement of the international community in the Balkan conflicts Explore European security and political structure Learn how the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) works

Schonbrun Palace in Vienna Vienna is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe and is home to world reknown opera, symphonies, and art museums.  The cafe culture is also famous.

Join the seminar, "International Organizations And The Balkans:  Focus On The Organization For Security And Cooperation In Europe (OSCE)," to take place in Vienna from approximately July 10 to August 16, 2005.  The seminar will be led by Dr. Robert M. Jenkins, Director of the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies, and will include a two-week visit to Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia. The seminar will build on a successful seminars debut in 2003 and 2002.  (Click here for Britton Mason's photos from the 2002 seminar.)
 
 
 

Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

The seminar will spend approximately two weeks visiting international organizations in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia.  In addition to briefings by OSCE, students will meet with representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the European Union, and the Office of High  Represenative.

The seminar will research questions on international organizations and their role in the Balkan conflict and peace process.  Specific attention will be given to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), which is headquartered in Vienna.  The OSCE has a central role in Balkans, monitoring compliance with peace plans, organization elections, teaching media and police representatives, and promoting human rights.  In addition, students will have an opportunity to visit the regional United Nations headquarters in Vienna and hear briefings from diplomats from a number of countries.
 

In 2005, we will visit the Adriatic coast at Split and Trogir in Croatia.  In 2003 the seminar took a weekend and visited Dubrovnik, Croatia, a world cultural heritage site on the Adriatic.  In 2002 the seminar spent a long weekend in Budapest, Hungary.

Trogir, Croatia

 
 

Heldenplatz, Vienna Location of the OSCE Permanent Council meetings

To see the syllabus from the 2003 seminar, click here.  There will be some significant changes made in 2005 because the seminar will be cut by three weeks (for an overview of the 2005 program, click here).  Final details will be available in the coming weeks.   For more information, contact Dr. Jenkins by phone, 919-962-0901, or by email, rjenkins@email.unc.edu.   Or  visit the Burch Field Research Seminar listing for Vienna at the UNC Study Abroad web site.