Euro-Balkan Institute for Social and Humanities Research, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

 is announcing

 Summer School

 “Between East and West – Universalism verses Regionalism in Byzantine art”

to be held 12^th-26^th August, Ohrid, Macedonia

 

From Anatolia (east) to Calabria (west), Byzantium aimed the highest level of Universalism in the religious and secular
domain. Byzantine art being a manifestation of the spiritual, intellectual, social and political preoccupations, is thus profoundly universal. Nevertheless, the geographical spread of the empire with its multicultural and pluri-ethnic components imposed a regionalists and even individualist tendencies expressed through the artistic currents in both iconographic and stylistic sense. The Summer School “Between est and west – Universalism verses Regionalism in byzantine art” will explore the phenomenon of the diversity and uniformity in byzantine art through the notions of exchanges, contacts and eclecticism, especially between eastern and western aesthetics. The objective of the Summer School is to give a fresh look on the byzantine artistic heritage by using a transversal analysis of the byzantine “cosmopolite identity”. Byzantium was during centuries a hinge between est and west and the main goal of the Summer School is to comprehend to which degree byzantine art transcends the differences between this two worlds.

The Summer School is integral part of Ohrid Summer University (OSU) which is an academic program for young faculty, PhD candidates, postgraduates, researchers and professionals, which offers intensive, problem oriented and research based courses from the domain of social sciences and humanities. OSU was founded in 1998 and has functioned continuously since then, as one of the core programs of the “Euro-Balkan” Institute, involving a significant number of both junior and senior members of academic communities from various countries. To date “Euro-Balkan” Institute, trough OSU program, has organized over 30 summer schools from various areas with over 500 participants, involving more than 100 proffessors. During the 14 years-long period of its existence, OSU has engaged itself in: adequate and effective training of the academic staff, demonstration of successful linkage of state-of-the-art scholarship and effective and innovative teaching, promotion of academic excellence and ability to facilitate creation and sustenance of active networks of academics, as well as collaborative advancement of learning in certain disciplines within the international context. 

Located in the city of Ohrid, the centuries-long cultural metropolis of the Balkan region, OSU encompasses a variety of social and cultural events, provides appropriate locations for outdoor classes and includes educative excursions to the famous archaeological sites and cultural monuments, situated on the shores of the Ohrid Lake. 

 

SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMME CONCEPT 

Two two course will be organized in series of lectures and master classes, discussion sessions and workshops, held by the renown scholars in Byzantine Studies from France and Republic of Macedonia. 

 

• First week:

COURSE: " BYZANTINE ART ON THE BALKANS: UNIVERSAL OR REGIONAL?"

Duration:

five days

Format:

a) Interactive lectures, followed by discussion sessions. Lectures and discussions in the first part of the Summer School will deal with the byzantine art on the Balkans, its “universal” or “regional” character, the consequences of the byzantine presence or absence in the region, and the reconciliation of the eastern and western antagonism. The phenomena will be explored trough case and comparative studies.

b) Afternoon workshops aiming at exploring various questions related to the history of Byzantine art on the Balkans. 

 

• Second week:

COURSE: "BYZANTIUM LOOKING EAST AND WEST"

 

Duration:

five days

Format:  

a) Interactive lectures, followed by discussion sessions. The focus of the lectures and discussions will be the exploration of the « regional » art in the byzantine provinces such Cappadocia, Greek Islands, South Italy and Egypt, and the question of the interchange between eastern and western inspirations. Is there any similar phenomena in all byzantine “regions”?    

b) Afternoon workshops aiming at exploring various issues related to Byzantine art in the regions exposed to various influences (Muslim, occidental…).  

 

THE PROGRAMME CONSISTS OF SEVERAL FEATURES 

• In regard to the high standards established by the Euro-Balkan Institute and due to its membership in the Erasmus Charter, the Summer School will grant the participants appropriate certificate with 9 credits (ECTS), applicable in the master studies of participant’s home universities.
• Memorable social events on the campus and at the Ohrid Lake.  

 

ELIGIBILITY AND FEE

• Participants should be postgraduate students (preferably MA, PhD student or young researchers) interested in exploring the issues of Cultural Studies, Visual Arts and Humanities and related Studies.
• Participants from all countries are eligible to participate.
• Tuition fee: 450 euro.
• The fee covers tuition and study material during the school, use of library and computer room at the Campus with free internet, tour of the numerous ancient and medieval monuments in the UNESCO protected city of Ohrid located at the shore of the unforgettably beautiful Ohrid Lake. Other arrangements for accommodation, transportation and other expenses should be arranged by applicants on themselves.
• Note that we offer 20% discount if the participant pay the total fee to 15^th of April and 10% discount if the participant pay the total fee to 1^st of June.
• Note that we can provide for the interested participants discount prices for accommodation in Hotel Pella where the Campus will be located, near the beach. Ohrid also offers cheap accommodation in private houses
• Number of students per Summer Institute or Summer School is 20. Please note that a course will not be offered if fewer than 10 students apply by 15^th of June.
• Please note that the Second Announcement with the detailed Programme of the Summer Institutes and Summer Schools in the frame of the Ohrid Summer University will follow on 1^st of April 2012.

 

 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

• Signing up for the OSU 2012 legally binds the participants to the terms and conditions. If the tuition fee is not paid by the applicants by 10^th of July, their registration shall automatically be rejected.
• After applications are processed, Euro-Balkan Institute will notify the applicants in writing (e-mail) whether their application has been accepted or rejected. 

 

Deadline for submitting the application: June 15^th  2012.

Download application here

Contact persons:

Dragana Karovska

Academic Coordinator of OSU

Euro-Balkan Institute

Blvd. Partizanski Odredi 63, 1000, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

Tel/Fax. ++ 389 2 30 75 570

Email: ohridsummeruniversity@gmail.com

www.euba.edu.mk      

 

Dr. Saška Bogevska

Director of the Summer School

Euro-Balkan Institute

Blvd. Partizanski Odredi 63, 1000, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

Tel/Fax. + 389 2 30 75 570

Email: bogevska@gmail.com

www.euba.edu.mk