CAST IARU Summer School
From August 13th to August 24th, 2012 CAST hosts the annual IARU summer school titled Security: Theories, Practices and Dilemmas of Widening the Concept. The CAST IARU Summer School was first introduced during the summer 2011 and will continue until summer 2013. For more information on content and practicalities, please click on the integrated link or read about last year's summer school below.
CAST IARU Summer School 2011
In August 2011, CAST hosted it's first IARU summer school on security theory and practices. The participating students came to Copenhagen from universities all over the world, including University of California Berkeley, University of Tokyo and Australian National University. Both CAST and the students were very happy with the experience, agreeing that the summer school was a great success and CAST looks much forward to welcoming a new group of summer school students in 2012.
The summer school 2011 was titled Security, Practices and Dilemmas of Widening the Concept to Cover New Threats such as Cultural and Climate Change and the class discussions covered numerous facets of the field of security, incl. fragile states, religion, intelligence and surveillance etc. The great diversity of the students in terms of regional and academic background helped fostering a fruitful and nuanced dialogue, which was utmost beneficial for the entire class.
Apart from CAST Director, Prof. Ole Wæver, and CAST PhD-fellow Lise Philipsen, the course included lectures by prominent academics, such as Prof. of International Politics Lene Hansen and experienced practitioners like PhD Anja Dalgaard, Head of Department in the Anti-Terrorism Department of the Danish Security and Intelligence Service. The summer school also contained a number of on-the-spot-lectures, including visits to the Danish Foreign Ministry, the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, the Danish Climate Center, the Danish Parliament and the Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims.
In conclusion, the CAST IARU Summer School 2011 implied a great amount of reading, listening and learning, but also proved to be two weeks of discussion, fun and friendship. All in all the first CAST IARU Summer School was a great success and CAST warmly thanks speakers, partners and participants for two great weeks, whilst looking forward to hosting another summer school in 2012.
