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Courses 2024
'In Between? Searching for Local Histories in Borderlands of Europe' Masuria, Poland
‘In Between?’, an educational project running since April 2016, aims to explore the history of the 20th century and its legacy in border regions. The participants are given the opp...
The French Revolutions | No.3
Are the French a rebellious people? We will see that there was not only one French revolution in 1789 through the study of several disciplines. The French Revolution Jean-Franç...
At the Sources of European Culture: Greco-Roman Antiquity | No.3
The Sorbonne Summer University offers 15 cycles - 13 in French and 2 in English - taught by academics from the Sorbonne University. To reflect on the foundations of European ci...
Environmental Social Movements
top courseAs every year sees record global temperature spikes and climate modelling predictions turn from bad to worse, climate change has emerged as a primary new arena of political conflic...
At the Sources of European Culture: Greco-Roman Antiquity | No.1
To reflect on the foundations of European civilization, Cycle 1 offers an introduction to philosophy in Greece and Rome as well as a study of its relations with politics. This cycl...
'In Between? Searching for Local Histories in Borderlands of Europe' Tallinn/Helsinki
‘In Between?’, an educational project running since April 2016, aims to explore the history of the 20th century and its legacy in border regions. The participants are given the opp...
The Buildings of London: from the Great Fire to the Present Day
top courseThis module, which will be taught on site in historic buildings, will introduce students to the history of London and its buildings from the late seventeenth century to the present...
French Women | No.1
This cycle presents the role of French women in the history of France and their influence in the arts and literature. French women and diplomacy from modern times to the present...
Seduction and Terror: Hitler’s Germany
top courseDon’t miss out: students who register early can take advantage of the early bird discount on the program fee! The ‘Thousand Year Reich’ promised by Hitler when he became Chancel...
Liverpool and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
top courseThis module aims to explore how Liverpool’s changing built environment, socio-economic structure and architectural landmarks were shaped by the town’s involvement in the transAtla...
At the Sources of European Culture: Greco-Roman Antiquity | No.2
The Sorbonne Summer University offers 15 cycles - 13 in French and 2 in English - taught by academics from the Sorbonne University. To reflect on the foundations of European ci...
The French Revolutions | No.1
Are the French a rebellious people? We will see that there was not only one French revolution in 1789 through the study of several disciplines. The French Revolution Jean-Franç...
Power and Passions: Barcelona through the Lens of History
How did citizens work? What was the place of masters and apprentices within guilds? Who was in charge to supply wheat, meat or fish to town? Who was authorized to sell bread, veget...
Seduction and Terror: Hitler’s Germany
top courseDon’t miss out: students who register early can take advantage of the early bird discount on the program fee! The ‘thousand year Reich’ that Hitler promised when he became Chanc...
Contemporary Italy through the Eye of the Movie Camera
History of the Contemporary Italy through the Eye of the Movie Camera by analysing movie representations of Italy's History and its politics, economics, socials and cultural aspect...
The 19th Century, the Age of Modernity| No.2
How the French became modern Arnaud Houte, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University The Opera Garnier Jean-Baptiste Minnaert, history of art, Faculty of...
Christian Heritage: Miracles Matter
Take a deep dive into the multifaceted phenomenon of miracles in the Christian tradition. Through a hands-on approach to texts, objects, and images at one of the heritage libraries...
Norwegian History
The course provides a survey of Norwegian history. The first half covers the first migrations to Norway; social, political, and mythical traditions of the Viking period; the format...
The French Revolutions | No.2
Are the French a rebellious people? We will see that there was not only one French revolution in 1789 through the study of several disciplines. The French Revolution Jean-Franç...
Contested Heart of Europe: Central Europe’s Turbulent Past
Central Europe, nestled at the crossroads of cultures and civilizations, has been shaped by centuries of conflicts and diverse ideologies, but also remarkable intellectual and arti...
Magic and Witchcraft: Belief and Persecution in Global Perspective
Beliefs in witchcraft, the power of humans to intervene in the flow of life events and to harm others by supernatural means, is widely distributed both geographically and chronolog...
Making Sense of the City: Urban Studies Key Concepts and Debates, with a Focus on Barcelona
This course offers an interdisciplinary introduction to Urban Studies, providing the students with theoretical and practical knowledge on how contemporary cities deal with pressing...
The 19th century, the age of modernity| No.1
How the French became modern Arnaud Houte, history, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University The Opera Garnier Jean-Baptiste Minnaert, history of art, Faculty of...
Vikings in Britain
top courseThe Viking Age was a dynamic period in European history which brought new cultures into contact and which affected the formation of the modern nations of England, Wales and Scotlan...
The End of Post- Cold War International Consensus and its Consequences
online courseDefying the optimism of the immediate post-Cold War years, after nearly 80 years of almost uninterrupted peace, with the war in Ukraine, armed interstate conflict has returned to t...
The Big Names in the History of France| No.1
French history is full of iconic figures – men and women who are famous the world over. Each in their own way has left their mark and helped to shape the country we see today. Thi...
Creating Textiles: Heritage, Innovation and Sustainable Futures
As a city built on textile innovation and creativity, Nottingham presents an ideal location to explore the history and creative potential of textiles. This course will explore the...
A Few Monuments from Paris | No.2
The Opéra Garnier Jean-Baptiste Minnaert, history of art, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University From the royal Louvre to the republican Concorde Jean-François Du...
Language programme - Modern Turkish, Ottoman Turkish, Arabic, Persian and Chinese
blended courseJuly 1 - August 16, 2024, IHU Basaksehir/Suleymaniye Campus and Online (Zoom Platform) The Ibn Haldun University (IHU) Summer Language School Program offers intensive instructio...
Modern Hungary: Hungarian History and Culture in the 19th–20th Centuries
Debrecen Summer School offers an academic course for foreigners who are interested in the history and culture, the past and the present of Hungary but whose level of Hungarian is n...
The Big Names in the History of France | No.2
French history is full of iconic figures – men and women who are famous the world over. Each in their own way has left their mark and helped to shape the country we see today. Thi...
The Story of East-Central Europe: Past and Present
Debrecen Summer School offers an academic course for foreigners who are interested in the history and culture, the past and the present of the region generally called East-Central...
Ancient Ideas in the Modern World
top courseThis module is an exploration of the history of Greek and Roman ideas, which formed the modern world. In the first half of the sessions will focus on Greek ideas like democracy, ph...
The World in Rome
top courseAre you fascinated with phenomena of intercultural exchange and international co-operation? Then this Summer school in Rome might be the thing for you. Rome fascinates for at least...
Cultural Treasures of London: A Journey Through Time
top courseThrough visits to ten of London’s most important institutions, this module will examine the development of how institutions curate culture from Renaissance ‘cabinets of curiosities...
The Cold War
top courseDon’t miss out: students who register early can take advantage of the early bird discount on the program fee! Over the course of the Cold War, the city of Berlin was frequently...
The Sorbonne in English
The Sorbonne Summer University offers 15 cycles - 13 in French and 2 in English - taught by academics from the Sorbonne University. What are the main characteristics of France...
French Women | No.2
This cycle presents the role of French women in the history of France and their influence in the arts and literature. * French women and diplomacy from modern times to the prese...
The Making of Europe: The Long 20th Century
top courseThis course provides an overview of the political, socio-economic, and cultural developments that shaped Europe in the long 20th century. Many deeply impacting developments occurre...
A Few Monuments from Paris | No.1
The Opéra Garnier Jean-Baptiste Minnaert, history of art, Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Sorbonne University From the royal Louvre to the republican Concorde Jean-François Du...
Rebels, Radicals, Revolutionaries: Resistance and Protest in Post-War Europe 1953-1989
top courseIn this course we examine the emergence of mainly youth-led resistance and protest movements in post-World War II Europe on both sides of the Iron Curtain, and attempt to understan...
Past courses
Seduction and Terror: Hitler's Germany
top courseThe ‘Thousand Year Reich’ promised by Hitler when he became Chancellor of Germany in January 1933 lasted but 12 years. During this time, Hitler and his Nazi Party came to dominate...
Fascism Without Borders. Fascist Movements in Comparative Perspective
top courseThis course addresses the question of what Fascism is, how it developed and changed over time, and how it unfolds in different regional contexts. We will compare various Fascist mo...
Representing the European Past: Memory and Place-Making in Cross-Cultural Communities
top courseThis program delves into the political processes entailed in remembering and forgetting, introduces students to the commemorative landscape of the EU and explores possible solution...
Cultural Historical Studies
The winter school courses provide a well-structured introduction into one of the most fascinating periods of Austria's intellectual history in a short time. The culture of the fin-...
Courses 2023
History (Spring, Summer Stream A & B)
online courseImmerse Education online courses transport the highlights of our residential programmes onto a state-of-the-art online teaching platform. Lessons are provided by our teaching facul...
History (Summer, Stream A & B)
online courseImmerse Education online courses transport the highlights of our residential programmes onto a state-of-the-art online teaching platform. Lessons are provided by our teaching facul...
History (Summer, Stream A & B)
online courseImmerse Education online courses transport the highlights of our residential programmes onto a state-of-the-art online teaching platform. Lessons are provided by our teaching facul...
History (Spring, Stream B)
online courseImmerse Education online courses transport the highlights of our residential programmes onto a state-of-the-art online teaching platform. Lessons are provided by our teaching facul...
Byzantine Thessaloniki and the Slavs
The Association “Byzantine Oecumene” (Thessaloniki) is pleased to announce the organization of its first Summer School program to be held in Thessaloniki, from July 3 to July 9, 20...
War and Diplomacy
Week 1 A series of deliberately wide-ranging opening sessions exploring the interwoven themes of war and diplomacy. The focus, as with the remainder of the course, will be on r...
History (Spring, Stream A)
online courseImmerse Education online courses transport the highlights of our residential programmes onto a state-of-the-art online teaching platform. Lessons are provided by our teaching facul...
History Summer School Programme Cambridge (16-18)
Immerse Education is a residential academic programme with a diverse and enriching curriculum. Our 16-18 year old programmes are designed to provide a taster of what it’s like to s...
History (Spring, Stream B)
online courseImmerse Education online courses transport the highlights of our residential programmes onto a state-of-the-art online teaching platform. Lessons are provided by our teaching facul...
History (Winter, Stream B)
online courseImmerse Education online courses transport the highlights of our residential programmes onto a state-of-the-art online teaching platform. Lessons are provided by our teaching facul...
Greek Papyri and the Society of Graeco-Roman Egypt
In a collaboration with a collection at another university (TBD), students will study the society of Graeco-Roman Egypt and apply their knowledge in preparing an edition of unpubli...
History (Winter, Stream A)
online courseImmerse Education online courses transport the highlights of our residential programmes onto a state-of-the-art online teaching platform. Lessons are provided by our teaching facul...
Εxperiential Workshop
Visit to archaeological sites.
History (Summer, Stream A & B)
online courseImmerse Education online courses transport the highlights of our residential programmes onto a state-of-the-art online teaching platform. Lessons are provided by our teaching facul...
Wolin/Jómsborg: A Meeting Point of Slavs and Scandinavians in the Middle Ages
The programme of the summer school offers classes on archaeology, history, and literature of the Western Slavic territories and Scandinavia in the Middle Ages. More precisely, the...
Social and Economic Approach to Stigma
According to Goffman, social stigma is the devaluation of a group's social identity based on a gross characteristic, which is evaluated negatively in a specific context. In this se...
Stigma in the History of Medicine and its Ethical Approach
Stigma is society's negative evaluation of specific characteristics or behaviors. The term "stigma", which has prevailed internationally in the scientific literature, derives from...
Introduction to the Ancient History of Hispania: a Multidisciplinary Vision
Are you passionate about History? Would you like to discover the history of Hispania? Do you want to apply archeological methods and techniques in one of the most famous archeologi...
History (Spring, Stream A)
online courseImmerse Education online courses transport the highlights of our residential programmes onto a state-of-the-art online teaching platform. Lessons are provided by our teaching facul...
Courses 2022
Scotland’s History: Kingdom, Nation, People
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...
History (Winter, Stream B)
online courseImmerse Education online courses transport the highlights of our residential programmes onto a state-of-the-art online teaching platform. Lessons are provided by our teaching facul...
The Two Western Fronts? Approaches to the History of the First World War
Since the 1990s, the idea of the ‘two Western Fronts’ has shaped the historiography of the First World War. One reflecting cultural histories of memory and commemoration. The other...
CFP: Translating Memories in Literature, Film, Museums, and Monuments: An Eastern European Memory Studies Summer School
top courseThe ‘Translating Memories’ project focuses on how memorial forms and acts of memory are translated across, between and beyond post-socialist Eastern Europe, as well as how the arts...
The Knights Hospitaller in the Aegean: History and Archaeology
The course will focus on the Knights Hospitaller's while their headquarters was on Rhodes (1309-1522), though it will also give background on their foundation and development prior...
History (Winter, Stream B)
online courseImmerse Education online courses transport the highlights of our residential programmes onto a state-of-the-art online teaching platform. Lessons are provided by our teaching facul...
History and Archaeology of Medieval Monasticism: Scotland and Ireland
This five-week Summer School will offer students the opportunity to experience the history of medieval Scotland and Ireland first-hand. The course will comprise two weeks of study...
History (Winter, Stream A)
online courseImmerse Education online courses transport the highlights of our residential programmes onto a state-of-the-art online teaching platform. Lessons are provided by our teaching facul...
The Norman Conquest
The Norman Conquest of 1066 is one of the most memorable events in English history. In a single battle, the Norman forces defeated the English elite, including their king, Harold....
History (Winter, Stream A & B)
online courseImmerse Education online courses transport the highlights of our residential programmes onto a state-of-the-art online teaching platform. Lessons are provided by our teaching facul...
Transnational Intellectual History: Comparative Methods
top courseThe course outlines, discusses, and evaluates the methods for studying intellectual history transnationally. It focuses on the inter-relationship between political, cultural, and i...
History (Winter, Stream A & B)
online courseImmerse Education online courses transport the highlights of our residential programmes onto a state-of-the-art online teaching platform. Lessons are provided by our teaching facul...
Potsdam's History Academy
Modern German History through the lens of Potsdam: The summer school covers the major events and themes of modern German history through the lens of one city: Potsdam – the capi...
History (Winter, Stream A)
online courseImmerse Education online courses transport the highlights of our residential programmes onto a state-of-the-art online teaching platform. Lessons are provided by our teaching facul...
Courses 2021
Nordic Civil Society – a model for the world?
online course‘Nordic Civil Society – a model for the world?’ studies the role of civil society associations in Norden and beyond, and their roles in relation to the Nordic model of society. Foc...
Introduction to Medieval Scotland
online courseAn intensive online course introducing the history of Medieval Scotland while developing historical skills. Using a range of primary sources - physical objects and documents in tra...
Potsdam’s History Academy
Potsdam's History Academy covers the major events and themes of modern German history through the lens of one city: Potsdam – the capital of the federal state of Brandenburg. The...
Courses 2020
European and Mediterranean Interconnections
The teaching faculty from McGill comes from a variety of disciplines. The course is divided into two 2-week modules. Lectures in Thessaloniki and a 4-day field trip. •...
Ancient and Classical Worlds Summer Programme
This programme offers a rich selection of courses on a range of past cultures and civilisations taught by leading experts and allows you to explore and immerse yourself in the late...
History Summer Programme
The History Programme gives you the chance to study in detail specific historical figures, periods and events. Eminent historians offer courses covering a wide range of themes in B...
Medieval Studies Summer Programme
This programme offers an unparalleled opportunity to learn from some of the finest British medievalists. Courses are offered in defined topics which encompass art, architecture, hi...
Courses 2019
Public History Summer School
The Historical Institute of the University of Wroclaw, Poland (HI UWr), the International Federation for Public History, and Zajezdnia (Depot) History Centre invite students, PhD c...
GLOCAL. Cuidar del arte hoy, aquí y ahora
The Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, the Fundación Gondra Barandiarán and the Universidad de Deusto are presenting the first edition of the summer course "Museographies. Ways of seeing art...
Europe from 1914 to 1945
Beginning with the First World War and the Russian revolutions of 1917, moves through the halcyon 1920s to the crises of the 1930s, and examines the causes, course, and consequence...
Made in Italy/Made by Italics. Italian identity between history and future
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’...
Courses 2018
Plantagenet to Tudor | Late Medieval England
Throughout this course students will encounter famous characters such as the chivalric Henry V and the devious Richard III. It will also go beyond these figures to explore the comp...
Hidden Histories of the Second World War
This summer school will explore several of these contradictions and omissions from the popular memory of Britain during the Second World War. It will also consider the implications...
Academic Courses in History
The study of History is an investigation into the politics, culture and economics of past peoples and societies. It teaches a range of skills that are universal in their applicatio...
Contemporary Barcelona and its Cultural History
The course understands the cultural history of the city as a reflection of the cultural history of contemporary Spain, from the anarchist city to the cosmopolitan capital with inte...
Library and Museums Summer School
Interested in a career in the library and museums sector and want to learn more about the different types of jobs available? Then this free crash course in library and museums coll...
Public History Summer School
The Historical Institute of the University of Wroclaw (Poland) invites students and PhD candidates to participate in Public History Summer School to be held in Wrocław, 2-5 July 20...
Textiles and Fashion in Theory and Practice through 3000 Years
Textiles and fashion are essential aspects of the human condition. We dress, appear and communicate through fabrics and other kinds of bodily adornments. But over the course of tim...
Nationalism, Religion and Violence in Europe
The Summer Seminar on Nationalism, Religion and Violence (June 18-29, 2018) is organized by the Charles University in Prague and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and supported...
Courses 2017
French History and Heritage
Language : French and English The International Summer School program includes some lectures, workshops and visits of representative places of French history like Versai...
History and Heritage of France
A series of topics covering; the middle ages to acient regimes, symbolic sites of France's history, French culture and heritage. The programme combines courses, workshops and v...
The End of Empires
Krosno is uniquely placed to discuss the impact that the changes of 1917 and 1918 had upon the states of Europe. The rise of nationhood and the fermenting of independent identities...
VIU Autumn School "Republican Political Practices in Medieval Europe"
The school focus is related to a new strong historiographical trend in medieval studies. Namely, this is a reexamination of “republican” or “democratic” tendencies within the medie...
Social Movements & the (un)making of Solidarities
Social movements and labour have been key forces contributing to building and strengthening democracies and creating institutions that democratically govern capitalism. This summe...
Nationalism Religion & Violence in Europe and the Mediterranean
The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH) in partnership with Charles University (Prague) and the support of Princeton University, the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO Cyp...
Courses 2016
Modern Hungary:Hungarian History and Culture in the 19th–20th Centuries
Debrecen Summer School offers a new course for foreigners who are interested in the history and culture, the past and the present of Hungary but whose level of Hungarian is not yet...
Arabic codicology: The Islamic Manuscript Heritage in the El Escorial Collection
The course “Arabic codicology: The Islamic Manuscript Heritage in the El Escorial Collection” aims at providing the students with the basic codicological knowledge and the researc...
World War II History
WORLD WAR II HISTORY - CIE1 - Module taught in English Experience the events of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. Conferences, testimonies, visits of D-Day landing sites.
Courses 2015
Arts, Soc Sc & Bus ESP2
ESP2 Arts, Social Science & Business program (29 June to 23 July 2015) : Choose from electives taught in English: Introduction to European Studies or Model United Nations or...
Jews of Poland: History, Culture and Memory
Summer School 2015 Jews of Poland: History, Culture, and Memory is organized by the Centre for European Studies at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, together with the...
Arts, Soc Sc & Bus ESP1
ESP1 General Program (28 May to 25 June 2015) : Choose from electives taught in English: European Integration or European Business & Management or French Arts: Spotlight on...
Athens: from ancient polis to postmodern metropolis.
A three-week long, intensive study abroad programme combining morning on-site classes with afternoon lectures and weekend fieldtrips. Covering Athenian history and culture from...
Numismatics for doctoral candidates
Gegenstand des Seminars ist die Numismatik und Geldgeschichte in ihrer gesamten fachlichen und methodischen Breite, von der Antike bis in die Neuzeit sowie von Europa bis in den Or...
Courses 2014
Contemporary Barcelona and its Cultural History
The cultural history of the city as a reflection of the cultural history of contemporary Spain, from the anarchist city to the cosmopolitan capital with international outreach. Foc...
Cataluña: Tierra de Encuentros y Territorio de Fronteras
El curso aborda un análisis de cuestiones tales como la convivencia, el conflicto, la identidad, las migraciones y los flujos de personas, ideas y conductas, la frontera e interacc...
Courses 2012
British & American Intelligence & Security
The Corpus Christi Summer School in British and American Intelligence and Security provides in-depth teaching in UK and US intelligence & security programmes from the reign of...