CIVIS announces the opening of the registration for the Summer School “Ethics and morality in modern and contemporary media and transmedia storytelling”, which will take place face to face between 20 and 29 June 2022.
The summer school “Ethics and morality in modern and contemporary media and transmedia storytelling” provides a theoretical, critical, and historical grounding about media and transmedia storytelling in order to make students understand the connection between media and identity construction. The goal is to broaden the scholarly assessment of storytelling in old and new media; in other words, the Summer School wants to deepen the impact that old and new media have on the constitution of identity in relation to ethics and morality in today’s world.
This CIVIS course is open to Bachelor’s and Master’s students at one of the 10 CIVIS member universities. In order to understand the lessons, a good knowledge of English and a basic knowledge of Italian are required.
Applicants should send an e-mail to ethicssummerschoolcivis.lcm@uniroma1.it with the following documents:
- A motivation letter (no more than 1 page) or a motivation short video (no more than 5 minutes)
- A copy of a valid ID or passport
- A copy of their academic qualification
Candidates with a qualification obtained abroad (outside EU) should also send:
- A copy of academic qualification translated into Italian or English legalized and accompanied by a Declaration of Value or the CIMEA Statement of comparability or a Diploma Supplement
- A transcript of records
The application deadline is 30 April 2022.For more details write at francesca.medaglia@uniroma1.it.
Assessment
Students will be evaluated based on their participation in the lessons and related discussions, as well as based on the short project they will exhibit or record in the context of a flipped classroom.
More details about the summer school “Ethics and morality in modern and contemporary media and transmedia storytelling” are available on the CIVIS webpage here.
CIVIS is a European Civic University formed by the alliance of nine leading research higher education institutions across Europe: Aix-Marseille Université, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Universitatea din București, Université libre de Bruxelles, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Sapienza Università di Roma, Stockholm University, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, University of Glasgow and Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg. It brings together a community of more than 470,000 students and 58,000 staff members including 35,000 academics and researchers.



