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“Living Culture in the University – Developing Citizens of the World”

25-27 May 2011, Luxembourg
 

Result of the Videography Workshop leaded by Matthew Chilelli

Link:  http://dc99.4shared.com/download/2diMFcHB/TAD_promo.mov?tsid=20111010-054734-f11540

Within the framework of the cooperation between Miami University Ohio, Northern Arizona University, Bowling Green State University, the University Network of European Capitals of Culture (UNeECC), the European Council of Student Affairs (ECStA), the European Cultural Parliament (ECP) and the American Embassy in Luxembourg, the University of Luxembourg organized an international conference in Luxembourg.
The Conference titled as “Living Culture in the University – Developing Citizens of the World” was held from 25-27 May 2011 at Abbaye Neumünster at Luxemburg.

Transatlantic Dialogue “Living Culture in the University - Developing Citizens of the World.”
Final Comments

'During the week I gave a paper (with Ed Whipple of Bowling Green University, Kentucky), attended the Global Citizenship through the Arts sessions and participated in the Vocal Music Creative Workshop co-ordinated by Julia Pruy with help from Philippe Partridge.  In addition I have attended the social and cultural programme. It has been a wonderful week for which I thank Francois, Cécile, Diana and Lucas as well as all the other delegates from the USA, Europe and beyond. Throughout the conference there has been a high degree of consensus and sharing of opinions and views on issues which included identity and roots, intercultural competence, empathy, ‘melting pots’, assimilation, integration, multiculturalism, the role of language as both a bridge and a right, the value of doing as well as talking and intellectualizing and the value of friendship and joy as a way of learning and interacting. Implicit in our discussions has been the fact that we are largely from (or currently live in) privileged countries, that we live in privileged higher education  communities within these privileged countries  and that we are a self selecting group of committed global citizens which is why we have attended this conference. But is this consensus and agreement and politeness a good thing? Or does it mean we have spent the whole week in an intellectual comfort zone, rarely challenging each other and exchanging pleasantries whilst in the real world of disadvantage and inequality people have to face great challenges? We must not forget that our liberal middle class western democratic views are not held by all our fellow citizens. Throughout the week I have not heard words like Muslims and Jews, asylum seekers, immigration, Italy’s approach to migrants from the Arab Spring, the French and Belgian attitudes to the burkah, or the UK’s policy on the recruitment of foreign workers. These are the big issues of our 21st century world of global citizenship. These are the challenges our politicians must struggle with on a daily basis. These are the issues which remain when the warm glow of our wonderful and inspiring conference has gone. As we return to our homes, our communities, our countries and our universities let us remember that we have just started a long and complex and never-ending and continuously changing exploration of Global Citizenship and that the journey will not be as simple as we would like but that across the world there are millions of like-minded people to whom we can turn for friendship and support. Let our journey continue!'

Professor Bill Chambers, Liverpool Hope University, UK

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The University Network of The European Capitals of Culture held its

II. Erasmus Meeting

hosted by the University Fernando Pessoa

in Porto on 12-14 May 2011

The aim of the meeting was to stimulate the student and teacher mobility among the member universities of the University Network of the European Capitals of Culture. The participants of the event were the institutional Erasmus coordinators of the UNeECC member universities as well as colleagues working on international relations. The meeting provided the participants with many opportunities for networking, for promoting their institutions and also for gaining information about new possible Erasmus mobility destinations.

We were pleased to welcome among the speakers the representative of the Portuguese National Agency to talk about the Erasmus mobility programme  in Portugal and also the representative of Minho University, Guimares, to inform the participants about the involvement of the university’s international office in their forthcoming European Capital of Culture year.

More information is available here

Dear All,

short film of the III. UNeECC Student Workshop, Pécs, Hungary is available on Facebook.

To watch the video please click here.

Free places for UNeECC students at Summer Schools offered by the University of Pécs, in a European Capital of Culture

Dear All,

 The University of Pécs offered free places for students coming from UNeECC member universities at its following Summer Schools:

1.    Central European Studies Summer University 2010 – one place (UNeECC Scholarship included full participation in the lectures and workshops, the field trips and cultural programmes. It also contained accommodation in a dormitory and two hot meals a day )
2.    Hungarian Language and Culture Summer School 2010 – two places for the two-week long course and one place for its four-week long course   (UNeECC Scholarship here covered the tuition-fee of the Summer School)


To download:
Central European Studies Summer University  Call - free place for a UNeECC student
Application_form_CESUN2010
Call_for_Paper - Free places for UNeECC students at Hungarian Language and Culture Summer School in Pécs
Application_Form_UNeECC Scholarship_ISC

Opening ceremony of the Pécs2010 European Capital of Culture Programme

The European Capital of Culture programme began on 10 January 2010   

 European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010 now open!