Thank you for your interest in the Fulbright International Summer Institute (FISI)!

This is the final course selection for FISI 2010:

Course 01: International Investing: Opportunities and Risks
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Chenchu Bathala, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH, USA

Course 02: Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Lecturer: Prof. George Siedel, University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Course 03: Perspectives on Public Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Charles Gliozzo, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

Course 04: Development Struggles in a Globalized World: The Political Economy of Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East
Lecturer: Dr. Ivani Vassoler-Froelich, State University of New York, Fredonia, NY, USA

Course 05: American Foreign Policy and the International System in the Era of Globalization
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Mark Kramer, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

Course 06: Peace and Conflict Resolution in the 21st Century
Lecturer: Dr. Syed Hussain Shaheed Soherwordi, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

Course 07: Logic in the Continental Tradition
Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Alexander Gungov, Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria

Course 08: Seeing Films Philosophically
Lecturer: Dr. Costica Bradatan, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA

Course 09: The Philosophical Issues of the XXI Century (in Bulgarian)
Lecturers: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Lidia Denkova and Prof. Dr. Hristo Todorov, New Bulgarian University, Sofia, Bulgaria

Course 10: D.A.R.E. --- Debate. Argue. Reason. Examine.
Lecturer: David M. Korn, Phelps Dunbar LLP, New Orleans, LA

Course 11: Projects Writing and Projects Management
Lecturer: Danail Danov, Communications and Human Resources Development Center, Sofia, Bulgaria

Course 12: Introduction to Bulgarian Culture (history, politics, economy, folklore, art and culture)
Lecturers: Team

Along with the standard program, FISI 2010 will offer courses based on agreements with Sofia University and Sofia Regional Court.

During the first week of the Institute, courses North America and Europe in the Indochina Conflict and Canadian Studies: Culture, Literature and Identity will be taught to students enrolled in Sofia University’s M.A. programs in American and Transatlantic Studies, Francophone Studies, and Language and Communication.

During the second week, judges from Sofia Regional Court will attend classes in Mediation and Arbitration.

This year, FISI will be held for two weeks, from August 9 to August 21, 2010 in Bansko. The town of Bansko is situated at the foot of the Rila Mountains (to the north) and the Pirin Mountains (to the south). The Pirin National park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Bansko, once mainly a stockbreeding and merchant community, has gradually become a centre of winter and summer tourism. In recent years, the town has gained international popularity after the start of the annual Bansko Jazz Festival. The town is also very popular both in Bulgaria and abroad due to its wonderful ski tourism conditions combined with its distinctive folklore and Bulgarian architecture of past times. Bansko is the birthplace of the Bulgarian poet Nikola Vaptsarov and Bulgarian enlighteners like Paisii Hilendarski and Neofit Rilski.

Participants will be accommodated in double-occupancy rooms in the 4-star Orphey hotel.

If you want to participate in this event, check the tentative program in the FISI COURSES menu. Check HOW TO APPLY and the FEES AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE sections for some practical information. If you have further enquiries, do not hesitate to CONTACT US.