10 questions · two minutes
1. You’re reading an analysis of how the political situation is shifting in one of the region’s countries. How do you approach it?
2. How would you rate your knowledge of the region’s history, from the collapse of empires to the post-communist transition?
3. In a seminar taught in English, you debate with students from across the region and beyond about how each country remembers the same history. How do you fare?
4. Do you speak, or want to learn, the language of one of the region’s countries (other than your own)?
5. You have to write a paper on energy policy in the region. Where do you start?
6. Imagine an internship at a think tank focused on the region. Which task would you pick?
7. How do you react to sweeping stereotypes about ‘Eastern Europe’ in the media or in conversation?
8. Could you plan and carry out your own research – interviewing experts or analysing documents, say?
9. How do you spend your time when travelling around the region?
10. What motivates you most to pursue a Master’s degree in Central & Eastern European Studies?
