The Central European University's summer school (CEU SUN) announces the course "Policies and Practices in Access to Digital Archives: Towards a New Research and Policy Agenda", July 2 - 6, Budapest, Hungary.

Brief course description

This course is intended to serve as a bridge between archivists, curators, researchers, legal experts and policymakers whose work deals with digital records, cultural heritage collections and/or open data. Launching an itinerary to reform the political and statutory landscape by uniting the efforts of key stakeholders is one of the broad purposes of the course.

Application from all over the world is encouraged. Financial aid is available.

Application deadline: February 15, 2012

Online application: https://apply.embark.com/NonDegree/CEU/

International, interdisciplinary academic courses

Central European University's summer school, established in 1996, is a program in English for graduate students, junior or post-doctoral researchers, teachers and professionals. It offers high-level, research-oriented, interdisciplinary academic courses as well as workshops on policy issues for professional development, taught by internationally renowned scholars and policy experts (including CEU faculty).