Game of Thrones Between East and West

The event is organized by the Institute of Advanced Studies Kőszeg (iASK), in cooperation with the Institute for Social and European Studies (ISES Foundation), the University of Pannonia, the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Heritage and Sustainability in Kőszeg, NW Hungary, under the patronage of the Hungarian National Commission for UNESCO.

As new geopolitical realities are producing multiple security threats and fears of new armed conflicts throughout the world, collaboration on other global problems that pose existential threats to humanity is increasingly challenging. The 27th International Summer University focuses on global transformations and examines how shifts of power influence politics, economy, ecology, technology and culture with questions like 'Where are the new battlefields redefining the global geopolitical order?'; 'What factors unite and divide us and shape contemporary politics?' and 'How do history and memory affect the future?'

The Summer University will be organized around several major themes that include: Russia and the New Global (Dis)Order; Human Security and Migrations in a New Geopolitical Context; Power & Discourse: Information Wars, Algorithms & Democracy; Between Germany and Russia: The Future of Enlargement + V4; Fragmenting or Banding Together? Future Scenarios for the Western Balkans; Global Crises and Sustainable Futures?; Memory in Transition; and Education for the Future.