Europa Universalis working group, bringing together academics from Charles University, Sorbonne University and University of Warsaw, will meet at CU on 4-6 April to discuss the organisation of a series of intensive seminars for BA and MA students centred around the topic “European city: heritage and cultural identity”.
The intensive seminars, due to be held on an annual basis, will be conducted by academic teachers from the three institutions. They will be hosted alternately in Warsaw and Prague.
Each seminar will address multiple aspects related to heritage, cultural identity and multiculturalism in urban centres through the lens of the seminar’s host city: in the case of Warsaw, it will be the post-war (re)construction, changes in the urban space brought about by the Second World War destruction and totalitarian ideas of rebuilding the city. The topic of the European city will be approached by specialists from various disciplines: history, history of art, archaeology, cultural studies, cultural anthropology, sociology, geography, and others, thus gradually constructing an interdisciplinary perspective.
The seminars will be of 3- to 5-day duration and will involve traditional lectures, case study exercises and group sessions. The programme will be complemented by guided walks and visits in the city. In course of the seminar, the students will analyse documents and archival sources as well as social, architectural and artistic practices of the times.
Apart from providing space for pedagogical innovation and a platform for promoting collaborative teaching, learning and plurality of perspectives, the seminars introduce a new, interdisciplinary approach to the research on cultures. Within a few years, the Europa Universalis project team will develop the canon of European Research that could serve as basis for the design of the 4EU+ European Culture(s) study programme.
For more information about “Europa Universalis” and to express interest in joining the project team, please contact Dr Jerzy Pysiak, Faculty of History, University of Warsaw: j.pysiak@uw.edu.pl.
| Event start | 4 April 2019 |
| Event end | 6 April 2019 |
| Venue | Warsaw |