Dear PhD students,
we would like to invite you to take part in the Online Summer School — Studying Elites: Case Studies and Methods organized under 4EU+ Alliance at the University of Warsaw. Please find more details below.
Organizer:
Robert Zajonc Institute for Social Studies, University of Warsaw
Date and format:
- 30 September – 15 October 2021; 2 days per week (6 days altogether plus voluntary individual consultations): 30 Sept.–1 Oct., 7–8 Oct., 14–15 Oct.
- Online (via Zoom)
Aims and topics:
The aim of the online summer school “Studying of Elites: Case Studies and Methods” is to acquaint attendees with the theoretical and methodological apparatus used in sociological research about elites, including Polish sociologists’ recent works concerning these topics. It will also equip them with practical knowledge and competencies in selected methods employed in elite studies. Additionally, participants will be given the opportunity to consult with the school’s instructors on an individual basis regarding their own research projects.
Target audience:
Doctoral students and young researchers (e.g., those planning a Ph.D.) in social sciences interested in elite studies or/and in Central and Eastern Europe. Given that the school program includes practical exercises, basic knowledge of the R programming language and software is required.
Short description:
The course will introduce participants to the study of elites. This comprehensive and diverse program consists of two parts. The first includes a presentation and discussion of recent and ongoing research concerning cultural, economic, and expert elites in Poland. While the scholars conducting seminars based on their empirical research have been informed by several theoretical and methodological approaches, a special emphasis will be put on Pierre Bourdieu’s field analysis. Apart from a general introduction to the field theory, the summer school program includes seminars dedicated to an introduction to one of the fundamental research methods used in the frame of field analysis – Multidimensional Correspondence Analysis.
Seminar topics:
- Introduction to Pierre Bourdieu’s field analysis: concepts and research methods
- Historical analysis of the field of power in Poland
- The Intelligentsia as a specific Central European type of elite
- Polish universities during the communist period: an attempt to create a new elite
- The 1989 transformation and development of the field of think tanks in Poland
- Historical policy as a part of elites’ struggles and their legitimization efforts
- Business elites in Poland and Central Europe after 1989
Contact person:
dr Andrzej Turkowski: andrzej.turkowski[at]uw.edu.pl
Detailed Call: