NOI&SE EUROPEAN SUMMER SCHOOL IN WOMEN'S STUDIES
FROM MULTICULTURAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVES
9 - 23 September 2000, University of Pisa, Italy
Diasporic Identities and Medi@ted Cultures: Gender, Power, Representations
AIMS
This two-week intensive Summer School, coordinated by Utrecht University,
with the participation of the universities of Pisa and Bologna, offers a
varied and integrated programme in Women's Studies from multicultural and
interdisciplinary perspectives. The school consists of three clusters,
emphasising postcolonial literary theory, feminist cultural studies and
feminist social sciences. The notion of 'identity' stands central in this
course. It is defined as a dynamic and contested notion, which will be
approached from a number of comparative European multicultural angles.
Issues related to ethnocentrism and the critique of racism will be raised
within gender and women's studies. The very idea of 'European identity'
will be discussed from a sociological and cultural studies framework.
Issues of inclusion, exclusion and therefore of access and participation in
the making of European identities will also be addressed in a gender
perspective. The NOI&SE Summer School 2000 will deal with these issues in
the context of the global media phenomenon, from telecommunication to the
internet and the electronic frontier. The displacement of identities is
therefore the central concern of the Summer School, as is the reflection on
the various forms of cultural mediation that are available within gender
and women's studies today.
TARGET GROUP
The NOI&SE Summer School aims at advanced final-year undergraduate
students, as well as postgraduate and PhD students. Applicants should have
a background in the field of Women's Studies.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: max. 50
CREDITS: 9 ECTS
CERTIFICATE
After fulfilment of all requirements (preparation of assignments and
reading, attendance and final essay of 8 - 10 pages), participants receive
the NOI&SE Certificate from Utrecht University for 240 hours of work.
TUITION FEES
Tuition fees for the course are 350 ECU including reading materials. NOI&SE
grants are available for a number of students from NOI&SE partner
universities.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION
Applications should arrive in Utrecht before 1 April 2000. The selected
participants will receive a letter of acceptance before 1 May 2000.
WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED TO KNOW?
ž Working language: English.
ž Preparation: the participants are required to prepare the readings and
the assignments sent to them in advance.
ž Registration of selected students is official after their payment of 350
ECU before 1 June.
LOCAL COORDINATION
Dr. Maria Benvenuti
University of Pisa, Italy
Prof. Ann Katherine Isaacs
University of Bologna, Italy
Prof. Vita Fortunati
FOR MORE INFORMATION, APPLICATION FORMS AND REGISTRATION:
NOI&SE Central coordination
Prof. Dr. Rosi Braidotti
Esther Vonk
International Office Women's Studies
Utrecht University
Trans 10
3512 JK Utrecht
The Netherlands
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
tel: +31-30-2536013
fax: +31-30-2536695
NOI&SE
PARTNER UNIVERSITIES
Universitaire Instelling Antwerpen, Belgium
Universitat Bielefeld, Germany
Odense Universitet, Denmark
Universidad de Madrid, Spain
Universite de Paris VII, France
Aristoteleio Panepistimio Thessaloniki, Greece
Universita degli studi di Bologna, Italy
Universita della Calabria, Italy
Universita degli studi di Milano, Italy
University College Dublin, Ireland
Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands
University of Turku, Finland
Abo Akademi University, Finland
University of East London, UK
University of York, UK
University of Lund, Sweden
Lodz University, Poland
University of Latvia, Latvia
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