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  1. Culture and communication. Theoretical and pragmatic approaches to European values and their complications

    The course looks at cultural misunderstandings that may arise in today’s society and explores possible theoretical, historical and practical solutions. The course is open to all BA and MA students...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Gijs Coucke
    • Category: Courses

    Type: virtual course

    Course dates: Onsite week: 28 August - 10 September 2023

    Apply by: Registration closed

  2. Culture in Perspective: South and East Asia

    Based on several topics of the South and East Asian cultural traditions provided by internal and external expertise, insight is gained in the cultural, philosophical, social, and historical context...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Judith Goris
    • Category: Courses

    Type: virtual course

    Course dates: 9 Feb - 4 July 2026

    Apply by: 19 December 2025

  3. ENLIGHT Equity and Sustainability Transitions, Summer School

    Fairness is important! When things seem unfair to us, we are often outraged and complain loudly. join us in this postgraduate interdisciplinary summer school, where we will unpack equity and...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Jonathan Schalk
    • Category: Courses

    Type: blended programme (no Erasmus+ funding)

    Course dates: Online: 9-24 May 2024 (Onsite week 20-24 May)

    Apply by: Registration closed

  4. Gender and Identity in African Literatures

    African literary texts are rarely created as art for art’s sake; instead, their artistic and creative values are deeply intertwined with socio-political contexts, where questions of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Judith Goris
    • Category: Courses

    Type: virtual course

    Course dates: 9 Feb - 4 July 2026

    Apply by: 19 December 2025

  5. German Geistesgeschichte

    The course not only focusses on scholarly specialisation, but also on broadening our perspective. One means to that end is to study intensively important texts from the German intellectual history....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Judith Goris
    • Category: Courses

    Type: virtual course

    Course dates: 9 Feb - 4 July 2026

    Apply by: 19 December 2025

  6. Intercultural Communication

    The course supports the development of communicative competence, especially intercultural communication competence, and leads students towards a broader, context-aware understanding of texts...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Judith Goris
    • Category: Courses

    Type: virtual course

    Course dates: 9 Feb - 11 June 2026

    Apply by: 26 January 2026

  7. Just Sustainable Cities: Perspective from Post-Socialist Eurasia

    This course introduces students to theoretical and methodological tools from the fields of justice, urban studies, and sustainable development, providing synergistic approaches to the study of...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Judith Goris
    • Category: Courses

    Type: blended intensive programme (Erasmus+ or SEMP funding)

    Course dates: 26 Jan - 31 May 2026

    Apply by: 15 November 2025

  8. Language for Environmental Futures (LEAF)

    How can you use your language skills in the global conversation about climate change? This course brings together people with interests in multilingualism, translation, globalization, art, and the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Delfien Cloet
    • Category: Courses

    Type: blended intensive programme (Erasmus+ or SEMP funding)

    Course dates: 6 Feb 2026 - 30 Apr 2026

    Apply by: 15 November 2025

  9. Logic: Capita Selecta

    To familiarize the students with the contemporary logical literature and with techniques that are used in contemporary philosophical logic Type: virtual course Course dates: 9 Feb - 4 July 2026...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Judith Goris
    • Category: Courses

    Type: virtual course

    Course dates: 9 Feb - 4 July 2026

    Apply by: 19 December 2025

  10. Migration, Health and Ethics in a Globalised World 2025

    This interdisciplinary course will give you an increased understanding of the complex relationship between migration and health and the ethical principles connected to it. You will also gain...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Judith Goris
    • Category: Courses

    Type: virtual course

    Course dates: 3 Sep - 5 Dec 2025

    Apply by: 15 April 2025

  11. Philosophical Disagreements

    This course is designed for postgraduate students (MA and PhD) who seek to strengthen their critical thinking skills and engage with fundamental philosophical concepts from an interdisciplinary...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Judith Goris
    • Category: Courses

    Type: virtual course

    Course dates: 8 Sep 2025 - 30 Jan 2026

    Apply by: 18 August 2025

  12. Popular music and activism

    This course draws on literature from for example musicology, cultural studies, music education, gender studies and media studies in examining popular music’s role in activism and social change....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Judith Goris
    • Category: Courses

    Type: virtual course

    Course dates: 11 Sep - 31 Oct 2025

    Apply by: 15 April 2025

  13. Religious Traditions of India

    This course deals with a selection of India’s religious traditions. It envisions the knowledge of and insight into central concepts of these traditions, their rise and their development up to the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Judith Goris
    • Category: Courses

    Type: virtual course

    Course dates: 9 Feb - 4 July 2026

    Apply by: 19 December 2025

  14. Russia between East and West

    This course zooms in on an issue which has induced many heated discussions in Russia in the past and which continues to (co)determine Russia’s (cultural) politics until today: is Russia a Western,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Judith Goris
    • Category: Courses

    Type: virtual course

    Course dates: 22 Sep 2025 - 31 Jan 2026

    Apply by: 18 August 2025

  15. Small Nations in Europe: Historical Perspectives 2025

    The course explores the relevance of size in shaping historical experience. Using the examples of Belgium, Estonia, Ireland and Slovakia, it traces the history of these small nations from their...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Judith Goris
    • Category: Courses

    Type: blended intensive programme (Erasmus+ or SEMP funding)

    Course dates: 1 Sep - 15 Nov 2025

    Apply by: 15 April 2025

  16. Summer School Sustainability in the MIddLe East (SMILE)

    This course delves into pressing issues surrounding sustainability in the the Middle East, gaining a comprehensive and nuanced perspective from professionals and scholars from different fields....

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Judith Goris
    • Category: Courses

    Type: physical course

    Course dates: 1 - 5 Sep 2025

    Apply by: 15 April 2025

  17. Sustainable and Experimental Student Housing Living Lab

    Student housing is at the heart of present and future societal issues. It must meet the generic requirements of sustainable building standards (energy performance, space evolutivity, life cycle,...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Gijs Coucke
    • Category: Courses

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    Course dates: Autumn 2022

    Apply by: Registration closed

  18. The deep History of Food - Putting Sustainability into Context

    Agriculture is the most important way of food production, but how did it emerge and become so successful? This course will lead the students through the early stages of agriculture. Besides an...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Delfien Cloet
    • Category: Courses

    Type: virtual course

  19. The Polyglot Playground: Innovating Education for Future Language Teachers

    The Polyglot Playground is a dynamic and collaborative course designed to empower future language educators through innovative, game-based and plurilingual approaches. Type: blended intensive...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Judith Goris
    • Category: Courses

    Type: blended intensive programme (Erasmus+ or SEMP funding)

    Course dates: 1 Apr - 22 May 2026

    Apply by: 15 November 2025

  20. The World in Rome. Global perspectives on culture, politics, science & society

    Are you fascinated with phenomena of intercultural exchange and international co-operation? Then this Summer school in Rome might be the thing for you! Type: physical course Course dates: 7 - 20...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Delfien Cloet
    • Category: Courses

    Type: physical course

    Course dates: 7 - 20 July 2024

    Apply by: Registration closed

  21. Theory of Literary Translation

    This course aims at the acquisition of advanced, theory-based scientific insights in literary translation. Type: virtual course Course dates: 22 Sep 2025 - 31 Jan 2026 Registration closed This...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Judith Goris
    • Category: Courses

    Type: virtual course

    Course dates: 22 Sep 2025 - 31 Jan 2026

    Apply by: 18 August 2025

  22. Waste Semiotics: Language, Materiality, Space

    Waste Semiotics offers a transdisciplinary, action-oriented space for bachelor students wanting to investigate the powerful connections between everyday language and communication and one of the...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Judith Goris
    • Category: Courses

    Type: blended intensive programme (Erasmus+ or SEMP funding)

    Course dates: 13 Oct - 28 Nov 2025

    Apply by: 15 April 2025

  23. Who Owns Religion? An interdisciplinary inquiry into the authority over spiritual life and religious teaching

    Within this BIP exchange we welcome students of various disciplines to enrich their competence about the academic perspectives on religion and engage in a discussion about the role of religion in...

    • Type: Article
    • Author: Gijs Coucke
    • Category: Courses

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