European Culture(s) - The Challenge of Diversity and Unity Seggau, Austria, 30 June - 14 July 2007
The International Summer School Seggau: European Culture(s) - The Challenge of Diversity and Unity, will be held in Austria on 30 June - 14 July 2007. Eighty places are available for students from all over Europe, especially those from the Eastern and Southeast European region. Application deadline is 31 March 2007. For two weeks, internationally renowned experts will be at the students' disposal in order to disseminate specialised knowledge and stimulate discussions in workshops, lectures and seminars. In this international environment, students will be trained to understand and discuss dimensions of Europe beyond the European Union. The academic background of the project will be dealt with in sex seminar modules: Uniform Law and the Protection of the Diversity of Legal Cultures in Europe, Towards a Common European History, Entrepreneurship and Economy - Models and Concepts in European History and Presence, Cultural Science: Modernization, Culture and Identity, Intercultural Competence, and Media Shaping and Reflecting European Cultures. As the International Summer School Seggau is funded through grants given by sponsors and donators from all over Europe, the tuition fee for students is reduced to the amount of EUR 300 (reduced fee EUR 150). This tuition fee includes the Summer School programme, meals, housing and a printed report. Travel arrangements have to be made and paid for individually. As the Summer School is based on the ECTS system, the recognition as a regular part of participants' studies at their home universities should be possible. In order to obtain a certificate, students must actively participate in one seminar module and all lectures (recommendation: 2 ECTS). It is also possible for students to write a scholarly seminar paper (recommendation: 4 ECTS). This paper will be evaluated by the academic coordinators to ensure an appropriate level. Contact: Daniel Johnston, Office of International Relations, Universitaetsplatz 3, A-8010 Graz, Austria; tel.: +43-316-380-1242; e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] = = = Continuity and Discontinuity in EastWest Relationships Call for Papers Targu Mures, Romania, 25-26 May 2007 Organized by the Gheorghe Sincai Research Institute for Social Sciences and the Humanities of the Romanian Academy, an international symposium on the Continuity and Discontinuity in EastWest Relationships will take place in Targu Mures, Romania on 25-26 May 2007. East-West cultural, political, economic relationships are registered either as a continuous and positive interchange or in terms of WestEast power relations, stressing the binary representations in the discourse about the Other together with the mental borderlines drawn on the symbolic map of the world between the West and the East, between nations and cultures, which are much more stable than the political ones. The symposium intends to analyze EastWest relationships in a balanced way, with their continuities and discontinuities, which can cast light upon the ongoing cooperation or conflicts. The organizers invite papers for submission and welcome investigations coming from a multitude of directions: history of international relations, political history, comparative literature, comparative cultural studies, post-colonial and intercultural studies, cultural anthropology and ethnology, psycho-sociology, communication sciences, philosophy of mind, literary history, history of the mentalities and the imaginary, history of ideas and of intellectual trends. Submitted abstracts should not exceed 150-250 words. Languages of the symposium: Romanian, Eglish, French. More information is available at icsu-ms.tripod.com/id15.html. Contact: Dr. Carmen Andras, Scientific Researcher, Gheorghe Sincai Research Institute for Social Sciences and the Humanities, Romanian Academy, 17, Bolyai Street, 4300 Targu-Mures, Romania; tel.: +40265-124778; e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; icsu-ms.tripod.com = = = Culture, Tourism and Socio-Economic Development Frankfurt, Germany, 25 June - 6 July 2007 The Datey Group is organizing series of seminars on Culture, Tourism and Socio-Economic Development in Frankfurt, Germany with additional professional visits to Paris and Brussels. The Summer Session is to take place on 25 June - 6 July 2007, while the Fall Session will be held on 17-28 September 2007. This international seminar is recommended for chief executives and senior civil servants from on social and economic development policies and programs, leaders of cultural organizations and cultural entrepreneurs, managers of cultural tourism and heritage management initiatives, as well as academics and lawyers working on culture and socioeconomic development. The goals of the seminar are threefold: to discuss strategies and share managerial tools that will enable participants to gain new insights in the socio-economic impact assessment of cultural/tourism resources, the protection and the promotion of cultural/tourism assets, and the rethinking of cultural policies; to strengthen managerial competencies and leadership skills of cultural/tourism entrepreneurs and managers; and to create networking opportunities for professional development and international networking. Seminar topics will be addressed by an outstanding faculty team of distinguished scholars and experienced executive educators from diverse backgrounds in the fields of public policy and management, cultural economics, business and entrepreneurship development, cultural management, international development cooperation and intellectual property rights. Seminar topics will include: Culture and Sustainable Development - focusing on the power of culture and the extent to which it stimulates or undermines economic vitality and sustainable livelihood, and discussing trends and perspectives in measuring the economic impact of arts and culture, and the notion cultural indicators in community development. The Business of Arts and Culture: Implications for Public Policy and Leadership Development - addressing opportunities and challenges in the development and the strengthening of cultural industries, including the evaluation of intangible cultural assets and the built heritage, the formulation of cultural policies, debates on various business models and support systems, and the sources of funding. Development, Promotion and Protection of Cultural Resources Tourism, Social Regeneration and Economic Vitality - dealing with the cultural effects of globalization, best practices in the marketing and the promotion of cultural resources, and the protection of intellectual property rights as a basis for cultural enterprise development and income generation. Tourism / Cultural Policies Formulation and Management & Cultural Entrepreneurship Development - concentrating on cultural policy analysis, venturing, and the development of an entrepreneurial mindset in the development and the management of cultural enterprises. Application deadline is 15 April for the Summer Session and 15 August for the Fall Session. Contact: Datey Eyrich GmbH, Königsberger Str. 12-16, 66877 Ramstein, Germany; tel.: 06371 - 9642 0; fax : 06371 - 9642 53; e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; www.datey.com/usa/index.html sursa: C-News -- Moldova Young Artists Association "Oberliht" skype ID: us.vladimir http://www.oberliht.org.md . . . . . . . . . . . http://idash.org/mailman/listinfo/oberlist portal informational pentru arta si cultura din Moldova information gateway for arts and culture from Moldova
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