30 new CIVIS Blended Intensive Programs (BIPS) for students in Social Sciences and Humanities

Most of the 44 intensive hybrid programs launched by CIVIS in this autumn’s campaign are in the field of Society, Culture and Heritage. This translates into an extremely diverse variety of courses dedicated to students interested in these fields, expected to enroll in the next period.

For some of the programs, the last day to apply is September 30, 2023. The Renaissance, Antiquity, Migration or Legislation are just some of the topics covered by the programs in this session:

• Papyrology and the Mediterranean world (deadline: 30 september 2023)
• Democratic Memories in Global Perspective (deadline: 30 september 2023)
• Linguistic cultures and communities in Europe past and present: building the EUROTALES Museum (deadline: 30 september 2023)
• European Renaissance I: Reading for Entertainment (deadline: 30 september 2023)
• European Renaissance II: Art and Literature
• Shifting Societies, Changing Museums
• Roman Mobilities. Movement of persons, animals, objects, and ideas in the ancient Roman world
• Global Migration on the Ground
• Child, migrant, refugee voices for viable cities
• Transdisciplinary Approaches of Gender in MENA region
• Multicultural and multilingual Mediation: Second or/and foreign Language Acquisition on the example of the German language
• Social Sciences Going Public – Research and Practice with, in and for the Society
• European Renaissance III: The Mediterranean
• The Heritage of Money and Coinage: Metal Matters – From the Mine to the Mint
• Foundations of Comparative Law
• Religious Minorities in Early Modern Europe
• Holocaust: Ethical, Legal and Political Problems
• Latin America: contested territories
• Teaching and Studying Turkish Politics through Literature
• Languages, communication and knowledge transfer
• Refugees, Migrants and Exiles in German and Comparative Literature
• Rights and Democracy: the multilevel protection of fundamental rights and the role of Constitutional and European Courts
• Languages in Europe and their Diachronies
• Philosophy and Cultural Space
• Myth, Art and History in the Ancient Mediterranean
• Europe and the Rule of Law
• Cultural Studies of Production
• Philosophy of Art in an Intercultural Perspective
• Environmental Attunement In Sport And Physical Activity
• PostRacial Transmodernities: Afro-European Relations, Mediterranean Trajectories & Intercultural Reciprocities

Where not otherwise specified, the application deadline is October 31, 2023. Places on such a course are limited and open to students from all 11 member universities of the Alliance, implying high competition. Applications can be submitted on the CIVIS mobility platform, accessible through the program list, here.

Therefore, considering that for most programs, selection is based on CV and cover letter, candidates are advised to pay special attention to these documents. Also, a minimum B1 level of English is mandatory for all CIVIS BIPs, many of them also request a document certifying it.

Each BIP is developed, organized and taught by teaching staff from at least three CIVIS member universities and combines online teaching with 5 days of physical mobility in one of the countries of residence of the CIVIS member universities. This innovative format, which combines online sessions with face-to-face meetings, opens the way to new international study opportunities for CIVIS students. The period of physical mobility is financially supported from CIVIS funds, provided that the applicant does not simultaneously benefit from another Erasmus scholarship.

Built on the concept of academic excellence, this type of program breaks the boundaries of traditional subjects, cycles and fields of study, which guarantees participants a new vision on the debated topics.

Completion of a BIP is rewarded with 3-6 ECTS and mentioned in each participant’s CIVIS passport.

CIVIS is a European University Alliance that brings together 11 universities: Aix-Marseille Université (France), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece), University of Bucharest (Romania), Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain), Sapienza Università di Roma (Italy), Stockholm University (Sweden), Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (Germany), University of Glasgow (UK), Paris Lodron University Salzburg (Austria) and University of Lausanne (Switzerland). Selected by the European Commission among the first 17 European pilot universities, the CIVIS Alliance brings together approximately half a million students and over 70,000 staff members, including 37,400 academics and researchers.