The University of Graz
is delighted to inform you that the Call for Applications for the
Graz International Summer School Seggau 2017 under the title
RADICAL DEFINITIONS: STATE – SOCIETY – RELIGION
is now open

Application Deadline: February 28^th, 2017

Focusing on the emphasis areas of the University of Graz – South Eastern Europe and North, Central and South America – the summer school will take place from July 2^nd to July 15^th, 2017 at Seggau Castle in Styria, Austria, in the wine region close to the Slovene border. Emphasizing on the aspects of state, society, and religion, interdisciplinary morning lectures will provide the context for the five specialized seminar workshops in the afternoon. The Graz International Summer School Seggau is designed for internationally oriented, highly motivated students from all disciplines, who wish to deepen their understanding of current European and International affairs by studying and discussing global developments and challenges in terms of radical definitions reflecting aspects of individual, social, political, religious, cultural, literary, regional, economic, cohort and national identities. In the past, students and teaching staff from more than 35 different countries have provided a diverse and stimulating international classroom.

Detailed information about the summer school program can be found on our website
http://international.uni-graz.at/en/gusegg/
Please note that we continually update the website with more information, there will also be various scholarship schemes available.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about the program – we look forward to hearing from you,

Ulrike Grassberger and Eva-Maria Trinkaus for the Graz International Summer School Seggau 2017

Dragi studenti,
predstavljamo vam projekt udruge Fokus pod nazivom
“Pametni volonteri: Mala škola pametnog učenja“,
koji je već drugu godinu za redom financiran i podržan od strane MZOS-a.
Kroz sudjelovanje u projektu studentima raznih fakulteta (partnerstvo s Učiteljskim fakultetom, suradnja na Studiju Socijalnog rada, suradnja na odsjeku Kroatistike Filozofskog fakulteta) nudimo priliku da postanu mentori-volonteri učenicima srednjih škola grada Zagreba. 
Kroz edukaciju o mentorstvu i radu s adolescentima, studenti dobivaju priliku odvojiti dio svog slobodnog vremena i pomoći učenicima u njihovom osobnom razvoju i stilu učenja.
U skladu s tim, studenti dobivaju i potvrdu o volontiranju.
Više informacija na poveznici: http://www.ufokus.hr/ 
ili u privitku

Heidelberg Center for American Studies – 14th Annual Spring Academy Conference   
Heidelberg, Germany, 20-24 March, 2017 
Call for Papers

The fourteenth HCA Spring Academy on American History, Culture, and Politics will be held from
March 20-24, 2017.
The Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) invites applications for this annual one-week conference that provides twenty international Ph.D. students with the opportunity to present and discuss their Ph.D. projects. The HCA Spring Academy will also offer participants the chance to work closely with experts in their respective fields of study. For this purpose, workshops held by visiting scholars will take place during this week.

We encourage applications that range broadly across the arts, humanities, and social sciences and pursue an interdisciplinary approach. Papers can be presented on any subject relating to the study of the United States of America. Possible topics include American identity, issues of ethnicity, gender, transatlantic relations, U.S. domestic and foreign policy, economics, as well as various aspects of American history, literature, religion, geography, law, musicology, and culture.

Participants are requested to prepare a 20-minute presentation of their research project, which will be followed by a 40-minute discussion. Proposals should include a preliminary title and run to no more than 300 words. These will be arranged into ten panel groups. 

In addition to cross-disciplinary and international discussions during the panel sessions, the Spring Academy aims at creating a pleasant collegial atmosphere for further scholarly exchange and contact. 

Accommodation will be provided by the Heidelberg Center for American Studies. 

 Thanks to a small travel fund, the Spring Academy is able to subsidize travel expenses for participants registered and residing in developing and soft-currency countries. Scholarship applicants will need to document the necessity for financial aid and explain how they plan to cover any potentially remaining expenses. In addition, a letter of recommendation from their doctoral advisor is required.   
START OF APPLICATION PROCESS: August 15, 2016   
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: November 15, 2016   
SELECTIONS WILL BE MADE BY: January 13, 2017

more info at: http://www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de/spring/index_en.html