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The Department of History and Cultures at University of Bologna, Duke University and University of Virginia are happy to announce that the call for application for the 2016 edition of the Summer School on Global Studies and Critical Theory (third edition) is now open. This year the Summer School will focus on GLOBAL HUMANITIES AND THE GLOBAL SOUTH. HISTORY, POLITICS, AND CRITICAL THEORY.
Teaching and research programs on global humanities have been criticized by postcolonial studies in the last decades because of their Eurocentric back-ground. Against these Eurocentric narratives and conceptual framework, the notion of global south has stood out as a political and scientific alternative. Although the idea of a global south has found a relatively recent popularization within academia, it is rooted in long-standing intellectual, political and institutional traditions. The 2016 Summer school in Global studies and critical theories will focus on the historical dimension of the multiple “global souths” and their political and intellectual roots and will discuss the contribute of the current debate on the global south to the methodological, conceptual and historical aspects of a global humanities project. Classes, seminars, public meetings and debate will try to take profit by the critical contribute of the Global south studies, but also to single out the traps of reification and ethnocentrism entailed in the very notion of a Global South.
Summer School will take place in Bologna across two whole weeks from June 27th to July 8th, 2016. The intensive program consists of lectures, seminars, critical dialogues, workshops, and project presentations. Selected students will be asked to attend all plenary lectures and two morning courses. They will also have to attend at least one afternoon class.
Candidates are required to submit a detailed CV, a statement of purpose and one letter of recommendation. Applicants must also state if they consider to present a paper during one or more paper workshops and if they will apply for grants (in this case they must specify if their attendance is contingent on receiving grants).
We provide up to 10 grants covering fees and accommodation, up to 3 grants covering fees, accommodation and travel expenses for students coming from a Global South country (Asia, Africa, Latin America) and up to 2 grants sponsored by FIBRA (http://www.irtbrasil.unibo.it/en/partnerships/fibra-1) covering fees, accommodation and travel expenses for Brasilian students
Applications must be emailed in PDF format to [log in to unmask] by March 15th, 2016.
Please, find attached a detailed program. If you need further information, see the website: https://globalstudiesandcriticaltheory.wordpress.com/ and do not hesitate to contact us at [log in to unmask]
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