Jewish identity and cultural heritage observed from two different academic perspectivesCotutelle Agreement • January 22nd, 2021
Contract Type FiledJanuary 22nd, 2021As if doing a PhD at one university is not “difficult” enough, I opted for a cotutelle agreement between the University of Luxembourg and Charles University for my PhD project on Cultural and Educational activities of the Jewish minority in Czechoslovakia and Luxembourg (1945 -1989). Since my roots are in the Czech Republic and Jewish history is very close to me, a jointly supervised thesis seemed like a clear choice. In fact, this was the first step on a tortuous road to a contract that was supposed to make my studies much easier and less stressful. The whole process took almost a year until all signatures were on the right place. Both university legal departments were constantly working on the contract to implement various remarks and additions. To avoid any unforeseen issues in the future, I also asked our family lawyer to check out the entire document. I have to admit that the draft of the cotutelle agreement is rather complicated in some places.