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Courses 2023
Gestures: How to Analyse Forms, Functions, and Meanings
online courseLearn how to analyse gestures and learn how to incorporate this into the study of language, communication, and interaction. Research has shown that a person’s hand movements while...
European Studies + German Class: Vienna-Prague-Munich
'Identity Politics in Europe' + 4 week German Class The Summer School analyses three main themes of European integration and identity politics in Europe at three different venues:...
LEARN-SMA 2023. Branding and Storytelling. Visual and Textual Communication in Museums
top course online courseThe one-week intensive course is hosted by the museums of art, technology, and the natural sciences of the University of Pisa (Sistema Museale di Ateneo – SMA). The course address...
Society, Technology and Behaviour
top courseThis module aims to explore the relationship between collective and individual behaviour, society and technology. It is especially concerned with how technologies evolve in relatio...
The Birth of Feminism: UCL, Bloomsbury and Fin-de-Siècle Radicalism
top courseThis module explores the rise of feminism in England from the publication of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman to World War I, when London was a hot house of radical thinking an...
Gender Studies
top courseThis module will provide an overview of ‘classical’ and contemporary theorizations of gender, and of the multiple ways in which gender is encountered in every aspect of our lives....
The Dark Side of London
top courseThis module focuses on the visual representation of London from the Victorian to the contemporary period. In particular, it aims to analyse how artists and filmmakers have expresse...
Egyptology for not Egyptologists: Base Training in Archaeology, History and Language of Ancient Egypt
top courseThe Summer School "Egyptology for not Egyptologists: base training in archaeology, history and language of ancient Egypt" is a two-weeks intensive academic program aimed to provide...
French Art de Vivre & Gastronomy
Art de Vivre and Gastronomy classes aimed to demonstrate the important roles of art de vivre, gastronomy , hospitality and tourism industry with the rest of the luxury industry. Pa...
LEARN-SMA 2023. Words and Museums. The Content, Design, and Function of Textual Communication
top course online courseThe one-week intensive course is hosted by the museums of art, technology, and the natural sciences of the University of Pisa (Sistema Museale di Ateneo – SMA). The course address...
Youth and Globalisation
top courseThis module provides an introduction to youth studies, with a particular focus on critically exploring the association between youth and the globalising world. This module consider...
News Analysis
Introduction to News Review. Module overview. Quick overview of the use of MLB. Discussion on first topic of current events: students analyse different articles on the same topic...
Intercultural Competence for Students
top courseBusinesses know that productivity depends on a work force that is socially and emotionally competent. If you want to become successful in a diverse world, a large part of that succ...
Introduction to Estonia and Finno-Ugric Cultures and Nations
As Estonia is one of the Uralic nations, it is the best place to get to know Finno-Ugric cultures! A 6-lecture series on Finno-Ugric Studies provides an overview of the Finno-Ugric...
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Courses 2022
Football City: Sport and Culture in Liverpool
Professional football has its roots in the working class communities of Victorian Britain and it developed into a global industry in the late 20th century. This module will exa...
Imagining Intelligent Technologies
The course gives a short introduction to the so-called intelligent technologies from the semiotic and humanities perspective. How do we conceptualise ‘artificial intelligence’ (...
Collective Memory, Politics & Popular Culture
This course explores fundamental theories of collective memories and their connections with politics of memory and popular culture. Focusing on case studies of Kosovo and contempor...
Phenomenology of Border Area: Eastern Latvia
blended courseLatvian Language and Culture Summer School “Phenonemology of the Border Area: Eastern Latvia” comprises two parts: Latvian language learning and Border Area studies. Summer Scho...
University in Ruins. Scaffolding Futures
Viadrinicum is an annual summer school at European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), devoted to the countries of the Eastern Partnership, and the larger context of Central and...
Liverpool, City of Transformations
This module explores different representations of Liverpool through the ages to ask what they tell us about the city’s past and present. Each two-hour session will consist of a lec...
Founding Europe: From Antiquity to the 19th Century
Come and study in two of the most exciting cities of Europe: Rome and Utrecht! You will dive into the exhilarating history of Europe, from the rise of civilization in Antiquity to...
The Making of Europe: Rise of Civilization
This two-week course will bring you to the heart of Rome, where you will learn about the political, social and religious history behind the Roman Empire, the Middle Ages and the bi...
African Studies
Every year the Institute of African Studies (IAS) of the University of Bayreuth organises courses on African Studies as part of the Bayreuth International Summer School. This year'...
Curatorial Studies
AT THE VENICE BIENNALE SUMMER SCHOOL IN CURATORIAL STUDIES VENICE OPEN CALL 7th June – 1st September 2022 Deadline for application 1st March 2022 www.corsocuratori....
Kierkegaard – The Individual in Global Society
Once again, the Faculty of Theology and the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre are pleased to offer a course on the thought of Søren Kierkegaard in his hometown and at his own unive...
The Semiotics of Pop Culture and Human and Other-than-human Relations
This course will examine how the relationships and meanings associating human and other-than-humans are mediated, constructed, and perceived within pop culture. Other-than-humans –...
European Cultures and Identities
Have you ever wondered what makes Europeans ‘European’? During this course you will uncover the answers while staying in the beautiful medieval city of Utrecht. You will uncover Eu...
British Cultural Heritage Programme
The Cultural Heritage programme covers the best of British heritage. You will be able to explore the art, architecture, literature, music, design and popular culture that form the...
Exploring Culture through Data: Digital methods & Data practices
online coursePlease note that the dates for this summer school have not been finalized and may thus still be subject to change. Are you curious, eager to learn and would you like to have an...
The Making of Europe: The Long 20th Century
Where better than the thrilling city of Berlin to study the making of Europe in the 20th century? The course will identify the democratic values that have shaped the rebirth of Eur...
Out of Enchantment: Fairy Tales in Pop-Culture and History
The course will provide an insight into fairy tale studies and will include a broad analysis of both folk tales and fairy tallish stories, adopted by contemporary cinematography....
Shakespeare, His World Our World
Why is Shakespeare so important? What makes his work so widely read and performed all over the world? By examining a selection of his most famous speeches and scenes from his...
The Making of Europe
Dive into the thrilling history of Europe and its role on the world stage, zooming in to three of the most exciting cities of Europe: Rome, Utrecht and Berlin! The combination of t...
Social Gaming. From Cooperative Online-Gaming to Game Co-Creation
blended courseNot only since the corona pandemic video games – according to Al Gore the "New Normal" (Tsai 2017) – are becoming increasingly relevant in our digitised society. Various forms of c...
The 20th Century: Europe in Three Wars
When asked about the twentieth century in Europe, most people's first associations are either Adolf Hitler or the Second World War. However, during the 20th century, Europe not jus...
British Cultures
This module aims to give you a distinctive critical introduction to British Cultures as broadly conceived. We will study a variety of different cultural forms and genres which rang...
Introduction to Estonia and Finno-Ugric Cultures and Nations
As Estonia is one of the Uralic nations, it is the best place to get to know Finno-Ugric cultures! A 6-lecture series on Finno-Ugric Studies provides an overview of the Finno-Ugric...
European Politics and Economy
The European Union (EU) is a political partnership between 28 democratic European countries. With almost 500 million citizens, it has become a major player in global politics. In t...
Discovering the Dutch: Dutch Culture and Society
This special track explores the question of Dutch identity by placing the history of the Netherlands and Dutch art in a wider European and transatlantic perspective. You will be in...
Arcane Worlds: New Frontiers in the Study of Esotericism
The study of esotericism is a broad and many-faceted field. In the past, it has been described as 'othered knowledge', and esotericism has often been treated as a fringe pseudo-sci...
Sustainable African Cities
online courseThis online Bordeaux Summer School is designed for graduate and doctoral students as well as professionals involved and interested in sustainable development in Africa, and especia...
The Making of Europe: From Middle Ages to Modernity
Taking the beautiful city of Utrecht as a starting point, this course will bring you the opportunity to step into history. This historical journey, which illuminates Europe from th...
Cultural Production and Urban Space
This summer school puts cultural production and event-making in urban space under the analytical scrutiny of critical urban theory. The aim of the summer school is to enable studen...
Juri Lotman and the Semiotics of Culture
Juri Lotman is a distinguished semiotician, literary scholar and cultural historian, versatile and innovative thinker whose ideas have had extensive impact on semiotics and humanit...
Eastern European Perspectives
This JASSY interdisciplinary module offered by Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași is an excellent choice if you are in search of a unique learning experience. It would ultimate...
Learning to Unlearn Decolonially - Disobeying, Delinking and Relinking
Coloniality of knowledge, aesthetics and spirituality are areas of experience managed and controlled by major Western institutions. The combination of institutions and languages se...
Dutch Culture in a European Context
This special track offers you the opportunity to study European and Dutch culture from one of the oldest and most beautiful cities of The Netherlands; the city of Utrecht. Excursio...
The Rise of Modern Europe
Seize the opportunity to stay in two of the most exciting cities of Europe: Utrecht and Berlin, and travel back in time! The two parts of this programme will provide you with an ex...
Dutch Culture: History and Art
During this course you will be introduced to the rich cultural traditions developed in the Netherlands from the 17th Century to the present day in artistic fields such as painting,...
Rethinking Exhibition Models of the Venice Biennale in Relation to the History of the Curatorial Practices
online courseThis workshop online provides an immersive and active understanding of curatorial practice and its developments in the last decades. Through the work of some of the most remarkable...
British Popular Music in the North of England
Joy Division, The Smiths, A Guy Called Gerald, the Kaiser Chiefs, Arctic Monkeys. But what about The Stone Roses, Echo and the Bunnymen, Lisa Stansfield, Reverend and the Makers an...
Study in Venice: The Shape of Water
Study in Venice Summer School: The shape of water, is the first example of an inter-university summer school in Venice. Conceived within Study in Venice, a project that brings tog...
Introduction to Sexuality Studies
Sexuality and gender define what it is to be human: they are at the core of our existence. But how does society define and reinforce these concepts? In this summer school, we will...
European Studies
This special track offers you the opportunity to explore the history and culture of Europe. Studying in the beautiful medieval city of Utrecht, you will not only explore the variou...
Music and Intangible Heritage – Leadership in Contemporary Creative and Curatorial Practice
After three successful editions (offline and online), we continue our summer course focusing on music as intangible heritage from theoretical, professional and practical aspects. I...
Decolonizing Global Health
top course online courseGlobally, conversations around public and global health are developed based on the knowledge and perspective that is produced by scholars and practitioners from the higher income c...
Croatian Studies
*** Important: This course can be taken ONLY with another course offered by the ZSEM International Summer School.*** The course will acquaint students with the general details o...
Invasivität
Most of the time, we look at the other coming from the outside in normative ways – the foreign is framed as interference or enrichment, rather than being perceived as neutral. In t...
Liverpool, City of Music
Here in Liverpool, a port city on the north-west coast of England, statues of the Beatles provide an obvious example of the city’s association with music. Perhaps the world’s most...
Dutch Culture: Society and Current Issues
In this course you will explore Dutch culture and identity by focusing on present-day Dutch society and its recent history. You will learn about typically Dutch phenomena such as t...
Visions of the Occult
The goal of Visions of the Occult is to dive deeper into the study of Western Esotericism. In this three-week summer course, you will study in-person with some of the most respecte...
The English Country House: A Social History
Country houses (stately homes) are one of Britain’s greatest contributions to world culture, but who created them and why? Have they always functioned as ‘containers’ for art colle...
Ethics and sustainability in business
Course 1: Sustainable Development & Corporate social responsibility Course Format: 3 hrs per day over 2-weeks; from July 11 - 22 System change is happening. Accelerating chang...
Victorian Decadents, Degenerates, Goths and Global Citizens
Formerly known as Victorian Revolutions and Evolutions: Literature and Visual Culture, this module has now changed title to better reflect the variety of perspectives and ideas loo...
Gender, Power and Violence
How the representation of gender-based violence (GBV) on the screen is linked to the public and private sphere? What level of responsibility have audiovisual creators on maintainin...
Science and Values: Historical and Philosophical Perspectives
What are the values that drive scientific knowledge production? What is the value of science in society? What are the values that give scientific knowledge legitimacy and authority...
A Century of Chinese Cultural Innovation
blended courseThe University of St Andrews is steeped in tradition and known for its global outlook, ranked first in the UK by the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide in 2022. This new...
European Encounters: Diversity and Integration from West to East - Track
This track is a joint programme on European integration by the Utrecht University’s Summer School and the University of Latvia. The aim of the course is to introduce the diversity...
Soviet Military History Traces in the Territory of Latvia
International Summer School “Soviet Military History Traces in the Territory of Latvia” comprises of acquaintance with Soviet military heritage and integrated learning of functiona...
Rome in Portuguese-speaking Cultures
The Summer School will take place in the four main universities of Rome (Sapienza, Tor Vergata, Roma Tre, UNINT) and will focus on the cultures of Portuguese-speaking countries and...
Courses 2021
European Encounters: The Baltics in the European Union - Track
online courseThe Baltic States share an intricate history of repression and liberation and are now thriving culturally and economically. Learn about the history and identity of these countries...
Czech Culture of the 20th Century
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. During the summer program, participants will be offered a rich cultural program that will introduce th...
Cultural Production and Urban Space
blended courseThis summer school puts cultural production and event-making in urban space under the analytical scrutiny of critical urban theory. The summer school aims to enable students to exa...
Arts and Humanities
online courseJoin a global learning community of like-minded people on the Virtual Winter Festival of Learning, from 18-29 January 2021. Discover a range of exciting courses in Arts and Humanit...
Culture, Power, Democracy
blended courseWithin a democratic society, cultural institutions are places for the formation of self-understanding. By showing, collecting, preserving and staging objects, they map society, inc...
Central Europe: A Birthplace of Modernity
top courseDue to the covid-19 outbreak, all programmes for 2020 have been cancelled. ABOUT THE COURSE This summer school will offer a complex take on the historical, cultural, and poli...
Marketing and Management in Creative and Culture Industries
online courseThe summer school is intended for students from fields as marketing communications, cultural management, arts management or students from art and design fields. The aim of the summ...
Urban Culture in Theory and Action
blended courseUrban Culture in Theory and Action is an international summer school (BA and MA-levels) at the University of Copenhagen. Deadline for applications: 1st of April 2021. During thi...
Urban Culture in Theory and Action
During this summer school in the heart of Copenhagen, students from across the world get an opportunity to move from analysing problems in urban societies to creating possible solu...
Kierkegaard – The Individual in Global Society
online courseOnce again, the Faculty of Theology and the Søren Kierkegaard Research Centre are pleased to offer a course on the thought of Søren Kierkegaard in his hometown and at his own unive...
Out of Synchronization: Modern, Post-Modern, Neo-Feudal
blended courseWhat time is this that contemporary art is contemporary with? Is this simply our present pretending to be “modern”, as most believe? And if so, does this present have a clear idea...
Race, Islam and the Idea of Europe
online courseThis course will explore how and in what way ideas of Europe have emerged that rely, firstly, on particular understandings of Islam and, secondly, on forms of racialization or race...
Online Intercultural Training
online courseContact with people from other cultures at work and in everyday life is a common fact nowadays, a consequence of increasing globalisation and migration. Intercultural competence ha...
Crisis and Transition: Environmental Humanities in a Global World
blended courseIt is becoming increasingly clear that “hard” science alone cannot solve the global environmental problems such as climate change, nature degradation, biodiversity loss etc. In a w...
Research Methods in Intercultural Communication
This course will be offered in an online setting. In this course, students will be introduced to the basics of conducting research in the field of Intercultural Communication. C...
From Calling to Calling some "Evil Spirits"
blended courseAny time the TINA (There IS NO ALTERNATIVE) World is struggling with its contradictions and conflicts the questions and answers about a radical change are at stake. Among a variety...
Introduction to Intercultural Communication
online courseThis course will be offered in an online setting. This course provides an introduction on foundational theories in the field of intercultural communication. These theories will...
A Four Seasons' Art, Literature, Nature and Crafts Course
blended courseLiterature, Nature and Sustainability • J-term programs •`May Term Programs • Summer Programs • Semester Programs• Faculty-Led & Customized Programs • Internship Programs The...
Multidisciplinary Game Research: Between Theory and Practice
online courseThis summer course provides a multidisciplinary perspective on games and play in contemporary culture, combining perspectives from various disciplines within the humanities, social...
Advanced Creativity: Disruption and Originality
Learn to think and design differently to create disruptive and original solutions in creativity and innovation. The word "creativity" has become a hyper-concept, a somewhat diff...
Courses 2020
Intercultural Integration
Cultural Diversity (week 1) This course introduces you to the most important foundations of the study and research on cultural diversity. From the principal understanding, that di...
Borders in Central and Eastern Europe - States, Migration and Mobility from 1800 to the Present
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Viadrina Summer Program 2020 has been postponed. This course deals will various kinds of borders in Central and Eastern Europe from 1800 to the...
Visualizing Socialism
Students will be introduced with the key points of various visual values produced anthropology, through watching and analyzing important audiovisual achievements, such as avant-gar...
Contemporary Buddhism
The summer school enquires into contemporary Buddhism as an interdisciplinary topic of investigation through bridging area studies, religious studies, anthropology, sociology and p...
Japan Orientation
Due to current developments around the COVID-19 pandemic we have made the difficult decision to postpone summer study programmes at UEA for 2020, and have closed all applications....
Autoethnography and the Senses Workshop
online courseThis workshop offers delegates the opportunity to examine personal narrative by exploring appropriate use of autoethnography in qualitative research and focuses on the ’I’ in writi...
Irish Studies
This course comprises an integrated introduction to Irish Studies incorporating elements from all the contributing disciplines, a series of interdisciplinary seminars focusing on k...
Feminist No Borders Summer School
The Feminist No Borders Summer School is three years in the making. The brainchild of Feminist Researchers Against Borders (FRAB) has survived a packed classroom in the Polytechnic...
Specialized Course on Cultural Heritage, Crime and Security
online courseThe protection of cultural heritage is a critical component within the framework of the United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda, as reported under Goal 11 through which count...
Understanding Africa
online courseThis online course provides participants with an overall understanding of the history, politics and culture of Africa. With a diverse range of sessions, from History, Pan-Africanis...
Memory: Embodiment and Corporeality
online courseCostumes and performances highlight the body memory and how people utilise the space that religion and culture provides for them to maintain personal as well as their masquerader c...
Recreating the Metropolis
Recreating the Metropolis The topography of Berlin can be examined as a microcosm of German history and memory. The presences and absences of the German monarchy, the Weimar Rep...
Research Methodology and Field Techniques
To provide basic outlines on epistemological, methodological and practical matters of ethnographic research. Understanding of the relationship between methodological practice,...
Culture, Economy and Society in Socialism and Cultural Heritage
The focus of this course will be: - the nature of economic systems; - planned socialism and market socialism; - the worldwide performance of different systems and the collaps...
Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian Language and Culture School
An UONEDU Summer School of Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian language (s) provide the perfect setting for students to learn or develop their Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian language skills, si...
Heritage Protection in Urban Conflicts
This course will focus on the humanitarian issue of ensuring the effective protection of our common cultural heritage during armed conflict, as well as the various actors at play i...
A Cultural History of the Devil
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Viadrina Summer Program 2020 has been postponed. You’ve heard of him – but do you really know who he is? The Devil – also known as Lucifer, Sat...
The Body Remembers What the Mind Forgets": Memory, Trauma and Writing
online courseIn this session, we will think about the relationship between trauma and memory. We will explore ideas from key thinkers, and have discussions on how trauma affects our relationsh...
Hadrianus Academy
A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME IN LIVING AND LEARNING IN THE LEGACY OF EMPEROR HADRIAN. Spark your intellectual curiosity and enhance your skills in an intensive Gran Sasso...
Enjoy Italy Course
Enjoy Italy course allows students to stay in Italy but out of classroom on foot, and use your 5 senses (watch, listen, feel, smell and taste) fully to experience Italian life....
Youth Summer School - Sustainable Development in Sweden
A four-week summer course introducing students to sustainable development practices in a Swedish context, as well as developing their English language skills. Students will discove...
Gender Research Workshop: "Women Walking in the City"
online courseInspired by the journey of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway and Lauren Elkin’s critical work Flaneuse, this workshop seeks to explore the idiosyncratic journey of various women in the...
Anthropological Approaches to Understanding the Socialism
Socialism as an ideology and as a basis for social arrangement of certain number of countries in the world has been in the focus of the research community since the time of their c...
Migrant Spaces of Europe
Migrant Spaces of Europe The relationship between urban space and migration has been full of challenges and inspirations in Europe. While migrants have a great impetus on the de...
The Politics of Suspicion
[Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this programme has been cancelled for summer 2020. If you are interested, please visit the programme website and send us an email. We will keep you p...
Analytical Methods and Unruly Concepts
In this course we set out to explore analytical methods as tools to ‘make’ concepts. Ethnographic concepts are an achievement of fieldwork and writing practices. They blend the emp...
Courses 2019
Anthropology, Ethnography and Comparative Folklore of the Balkans
The 14th Konitsa Summer School offers a full academic programme with an emphasis on theoretical, epistemological and methodological issues in Sociocultural Anthropology. The Scho...
French Cuisine and Gastronomy: an Exceptional Art de Vivre |No.2
The Sorbonne Summer University offers 14 cycles - 12 in French and 2 in English - taught by academics from the Sorbonne University. This cycle invites to discover France and th...
Challenging the Sites of Knowledge. Medial and Pluri-Medial Configurations and Transformations
Due to the impact of globalization and technological development, we are witnessing a growth and diversification of the sites of knowledge generation and the ways in which a variet...
The Local Impact of Global Migration
In this module we will examine the consequences of migration in an urban context. We will look at images, pictures, cartoons, architecture and all other traces of migration in the...
Danube School 2019: "Cultural Diversity and Identity in the Danube Region"
The Danube School Series is a short term study program for postgraduate students and young professionals, who learn and discuss about facts, challenges and projects of the Danube...
Being on the Border History and Theory of Cut in Humanities and Social Sciences
IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca is launching a Winter School that aims at critically analysing the multifarious notion of cut. The notion of cut plays a crucial role in diffe...
Field Course - Borderland: Critical Approaches to Field Research in the Global South
This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to think critically about the research process in the conduct of research. It is not a methods course or a summer in...
Management of Social Transformation (UNESCO MOST) Winter School
The main aim of the Winter School is to introduce the results of a large-scale research project on the preservation of cultural heritage implemented by the Institute of Advanced St...
Health, Well-being and Culture
What does it mean to be sick and what does it mean to be healthy? What is the role of culture in how we experience and practice our well-being in the world? How do people negotiate...
French Cuisine and Gastronomy: an Exceptional Art de Vivre |No.1
The Sorbonne Summer University offers 14 cycles - 12 in French and 2 in English - taught by academics from the Sorbonne University. This cycle invites to discover France and th...
Holocaust and Genocides in the East
The theme of this year’s summer school is ‘The religious aspect of cultural trauma’. In this framework we will examine three cases of genocides/cultural traumas, each one of them s...
Danube School Ruse 2019 – "Turning Point"
We are pleased to announce the current call for applications for the Danube School "Turning point" 19-21.12.2019 in Ruse, Bulgaria. The Danube School Ruse 2019 is a part of the D...
The Struggle for the Truth. Institutions of Culture in Polarized Societies
Technische Universität Dresden Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden Militärhistorisches Museum der Bundeswehr Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresd...
Dance and Movement Science
In the course of increasing migration movements, the importance of intercultural competence acquisition is increasingly coming to the fore. It is therefore all the more important t...
Central European Culture & History
To know the history will help students to understand current geopolitics of Central European region and international relations in whole Europe. Prague is a pulsing modern city as...
Cultures, Migrations, Borders
The program of the course is structured around five thematic axes: a. Theoretical and methodological issues in the study of migration and borders. b. Institutional and political...
Human Resources Management, Leadership and Culture in an International Context
Human Resources Management, Leadership and Culture in an International Context. This Summer Course is a two week 4 ECT program focusing on adding a global dimension to the particip...
Learning from local communities and local people embedded in global frames
The 2nd Edition of "Learning from local. Communities and Local People embedded in Global Frames" Summer School aims to promote a deeper understanding of the social changes that lo...
Courses 2018
Made in Italy
The training week is divided into topic days, lectures given by university professors, talks given by professionals, face to face interaction and workshops. At the end of the week’...
Migration and Innovation
The Danube School is a short term study program for postgraduate students and young professionals, who learn and discuss about facts, challenges and projects of the Danube Region....
Academic Courses in Classical Civilisation
The Greek and Roman cultures marked a high point in philosophy, art and writing that was never seen again for 1500 years. Studying classical civilisation involves getting to grips...
International Summer School on Conflict Transformation and Social Justice
Students taking the programme will examine the theories and practices of conflict transformation from within local and global perspectives that will include case studies of Norther...
Between fairy tales and world wars – the culture module of the ISU
The International Summer University at Kassel is a unique short term education program specially dedicated to international students. Every year about 50 participants take seminar...
International Summer School in Irish Studies
Now in its eighteenth year, the International Summer School on Irish Studies is proving just as popular as ever with participants of all ages coming from all over the world to atte...
Managing Cultural Diversity course in Eindhoven
In July & August 2018, Maastricht School of Management offers you the opportunity to follow up to four intensive summer courses to become ‘certified in management.’ You can apply f...
Tricksterology: The political Anthropology of Evil
We have the pleasure to announce the launch of the newest Summer School of International Political Anthropology (IPASS) based at the University College Cork. The them of this 9th I...
Identity in a Globalised World
Description: The concept of identity plays a central role in current social debates and political polarisation. While some describe identity as an open construct that reflects glo...
Design for Health Care - Youth Care Innovation
Youth care innovation platform Garage 2020 has conducted research on the state of foster care family recruitment in The Netherlands. Based on their data analysis a customer journey...
Health, Well-Being and Culture
What does it mean to be sick and what does it mean to be healthy? What is the role of culture in how we experience and practice our well-being in the world? How do people negotiate...
Crossing Borders in a Changing World
The 2018 Summer School at the University os Mannheim's School of Humanities is focused on crossing borders in a changing world. Students can choose from five classes taught by reno...
Contemporary Society and Religion: Conversion of Multiple Religions
Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic, would like to invite you to its international summer school, titled: “Contemporary Society...
Homecooking
You can learn Italian way of life as well as cooking recipe. Florence surrounded by nature’s bliss, rolling hills of grapes and wheat field. Mother’s affections, people’s smiles an...
Gelato Making in Italy
Italy has a long history of “gelato” from the Roman Empire, the “modern” history of gelato begins in the Renaissance with alchemist Cosimo Ruggieri, who is credited with creating t...
Courses 2017
Materiality: New Perspectives on Culture and Technology
Description: Against the backdrop of continual technological innovations, the question of what constitutes ‘material’ has gained fundamental significance. How does the perceptio...
Winter Italian Home Cooking Course
Special Dishes for Special Day - Enjoy a wonderful Italian Christmas time while learning how to prepare some of Italy’s most delicious traditional dishes. Christmas cuisine incl...
Working Across Cultures in a Global World
The course springs from the importance of intercultural competencies for the 21st century personal and professional worlds. It starts by supporting students in analysing their inte...
The Making of Europe - From Middle Ages to Modernity
Taking the beautiful city of Utrecht as a starting point, this course will bring you the opportunity to really ‘step into history’. The many museums, cathedrals and canals of Utrec...
The History of Food in Italy
This 2 week program gives an overview of the evolution of the food system in Italy. By food system we mean everything to do with food, including its production, storage, processing...
Central European Culture and History
The first two days the interactive lectures will cover national diversity and secularization, the reflection of migration, Central European history and law. Students work on differ...
Central Europe: A Birthplace of Modernity
The program of the summer school consist of daily seminars, lectures, a cultural program, excursions, and field trips. The full program consists of forty-eight seminar hours (typ...
Conflict Resolution
You will be studying and learning about development in practice in a post-conflict area right in the middle of Europe.
Dutch Culture in European Context
This special track offers you the opportunity to study European and Dutch culture from one of the oldest and most beautiful cities of The Netherlands; the city of Utrecht. Excursio...
European Cultures and Identity
Ever wondered what makes Europeans ‘European’? During this course you will uncover the answers while staying at the beautiful medieval city of Utrecht. You will not only uncover Eu...
Post Conflict Societies
The course is about learning about the condition of the country after the Conflicts have ended
The Making of Europe – special track
Dive into the history of Europe and its role on the world stage with this multidisciplinary approach to numerous life-changing events from a political, economic and societal perspe...
Poverty and Human Development
This course will take you outside the world you know and grew up in and try to answer questions like: What does it mean to be “poor”? What is live like when living under a dollar p...
China, the US, Europe and the Rise of Asia: Ideas, Culture and Perceptions
Using historical, cultural, and sociological documents and data, this course examines the dominant self-perception of what are arguably the three most important global players, the...
Bordering and Othering: How Inner Asian Identities Have Been Shaped
The main aim of this Summer School is to delve into the ways that identities in China and Inner Asia have been changing, shaped and re-shaped depending on political, economic, and...
Cities in the Danube Region
The Danube Summer School (DSS) is an annual short term study program for postgraduate students and young professionals, who learn and discuss about facts, challenges and projects o...
The Making of Europe - Rise of Civilization
Discover Europe’s roots in this two-weeks course that takes you to the ‘Eternal City’: Rome, Italy. During this course you will make a voyage from Antiquity to the later Middle Age...
A French cultural experience: fashion, gastronomy, perfumes
Paris is a dream city for anyone interested in fashion, culture, history, arts... French craftsmanship and savoir-faire are recognized worldwide and build on centuries of history a...
Summer Academy on Intercultural Experience
The Summer Academy on Intercultural Experience is organized by the Karlshochschule International University and InterCultur gemeinnützige GmbH. It approaches relevant topics in the...
Courses 2016
Public Health and Human Rights
he importance of public health is growing and this theme has a potential to become one most pressing issues in the future. For example, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs are: comb...
Intangible Cultural Heritage Research and Management
Designed for advanced degree students, public and private sector executives, the ICH Research & Management International Summer School delivers theoretical and practical framework...
Culture & Heritage
Oral and written communication, reinforcement of grammatical structures, vocabulary enrichment, work in a digital audio lab. Optional module : CULTURE & HERITAGE - CIE 1 and/or C...
World on the move – and Europe? : Migration, Identity, Security
The objective of the Spring University Prague 2016, “World on the move – and Europe?”, organized by Charles University in Prague, is to provide students with a broad understanding...
Contested geographies: old and new connections between the Middle Kingdom and its neighbours
Our one-week intensive summer school will bring together scholars and students to discuss and learn about the Central Asia as well as other neighbours of the Middle Kingdom. This s...
European Minority Rights and Minority Protection Regime
The one week course will provide the participants with thorough knowledge of minority issues covering a variety of topics – from the history of minority rights and international la...
Equestrian Normandy
Oral and written communication, reinforcement of grammatical structures, vocabulary enrichment, work in a digital audio lab. For students who do not wish to register for an option...
Walling
Walling: breaking and barring reality, creating an unreal state and the absurd with to overcome it Contemporary challenges related to borders and encirclement, such as colonisat...
Courses 2015
Heritage and Creativity
The Heritage and Creativity summer course for adult learners is a one-week course (13 to 17 July 2015) held in Peniche, Portugal, aiming at the study of Heritage and Creativity iss...
Vienna Summer School on Digital Humanities
Traditional research in the social sciences and humanities is challenged by the emergence of new methods and tools that allow us to gain and compute more knowledge integrating vari...
The Political Anthropology of Artificial Creation: Technology in Politics, in Economics and in Art
The theme of our 2015 Summer School is technology, understood as a modality of ‘artificial creation’. The central aim is to problematize the taken for granted character of technolo...
Reconfiguring Europe: an Old Continent in a New Millennium
The objective of the Spring University Prague 2015, „Reconfiguring Europe: an Old Continent in a New Millennium“, provided by Charles University in Prague, is to provide students w...
Reconfiguring Europe: an Old Continent in a New Millennium
The objective of the Summer University Prague 2015, “Reconfiguring Europe: an Old Continent in a New Millennium”, is to provide students with a broad understanding of the most sign...
Walking the line – Art of Border Zones in Times of Crisis
The production and circulation of art in times of crisis is the topic of this year’s summer school hosted by the Cluster of Excellence “Asia and Europe in a Global Context”. At the...
Methodological Intersections: Trier Digital Humanities Autumn School
The Trier Center for Digital Humanities at Trier University and the University of Luxembourg invite PhD students and postdoctoral scholars to participate in our inaugural Internati...
Arabic Codicology: The Islamic Handwritten Tradition and its Reception in the El Escorial Collection
The course, co-organised by Al-Furqan Foundation and the Complutense University, and directed by Nuria Martínez-de-Castilla, will be taught by specialists of Arabic manuscripts, am...
English as a Foreign Language
Specialized, small group, 2-week, fully-inclusive summer packages, living with the Forrest family in the heart of the beautiful Irish countryside, combining English tuition with an...
Courses 2014
Academic Reflections and Media Practice on Politics and Culture
The international Summer School, "Broadcasting the Americas: Academic Reflections and Media Practice on Politics and Culture", is an Erasmus IP project of nine European universitie...
Management of Artistic and Cultural Events
The aim of this Summer School is to provide the tools to design, plan, prepare and organize art events and exhibitions and workshops in order to train professionals capable of desi...
Fulbright International Summer Institute
The Fulbright International Summer Institute (FISI) is an academic and cultural program created by the Bulgarian-American Fulbright Commission in 2002. FISI offers one-week inte...
Sapienza Summer School - Italian Language and Culture
Sapienza Summer School targets foreign students and it focuses on the Italian language and culture. It consists of two independent and parallel courses, taught in English and in It...
Politics, Economies, and Societies of the Middle East
This program provides students with broad understanding of political, economic and societal developments in the contemporary Middle East. It is based on an interdisciplinary approa...
Reconfiguring Europe: an Old Continent in a New Millennium
The objective of the Summer University Prague 2014, „Reconfiguring Europe: an Old Continent in a New Millennium“, is to provide students with a broad understanding of the most sign...
Destination Barcelona: la ciudad y su escritura
Destination Barcelona: la ciudad y su escritura es un curso en que, a través de la conceptualización y el desarrollo de un proyecto periodístico (un fanzine, un diario, una revista...
Courses 2013
Nation, Democracy and Citizenship in Central Europe
The Centre for European Studies at the Jagiellonian University is happy to announce its 2013 Summer School Program. Entitled, "Nation, Democracy and Citizenship in Central Europe"...
Courses 2012
British Archaeology
The Corpus Christi College Summer School in British Archaeology provides in-depth teaching in all of the major periods of British Archaeology within a European context and is tau...
Courses 2010
Ek-stasis (out of ordinary) in Politics: Studying revolutions, wars, and other liminal moments
Second IPA Summer School in International Political Anthropology 26 June – 4 July 2010, Florence, Italy Theme: Ek-stasis (out of ordinary) in Politics: Studying revolution...