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Information day, 12th of September 2023
Presentation of study opportunities at the School of Humanities
Presentation time: 14.00-14.45
Location of the presentation: LIVE and ONLINE at the School of Humanities, University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska cesta 13, Rožna Dolina, NOVA GORICA (2nd floor, "Salon 59")
Programme:
14.00-14.05 Welcome!
14.05-14.15 Presentation of the Bachelor's Study Programme Slovene Studies
14.15-14.25 Presentation of the Bachelor's Study Programme Cultural History
14.25-14.35 Presentation of the Master's Degree Programme Humanities Studies (three course tracks: Linguistics, Literary Studies, Histores and Cultures of Cross-Border Spaces)
14.35-14.45 Q & A
Zoom link: https://ungsi.zoom.us/j/98555340871
The European Cross-Border University (ACROSS) announces the Summer School “Formal, Computational and Experimental Approaches in Linguistics 2023” (FEAL 2023).
As a collaboration among the University of Nova Gorica (Slovenia), University of Craiova (Romania), and University of Udine (Italy), FEAL 2023 represents an interdisciplinary training opportunity for BA, MA and PhD students from linguistics, applied mathematics, psychology, and neuroscience.
The school is dedicated to formal, computational and experimental approaches in linguistics and offers the opportunity for interdisciplinary training of linguistics students at all levels of study. Within the school, the participants will learn about various topics in the field of linguistics (from syntax to experimental methods), applied mathematics, psychology, neuroscience, as well as machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Fifteen students of the universities of the ACROSS network, which includes UNG, will also be given the opportunity to receive a scholarship for participation.
Time and location:
31 July – 04 August 2023; Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany
More info here!
Applications
Applications are open for programmes in Cultural History (BA) and Slovene Studies, (BA), master's degree programmes in Humanities studies and Migrations (international MA).
Citizens of the Republic of Slovenia, citizens of other EU Member States and Slovenians without Slovenian citizenship*
- 1st round: February 17 – March 20
- 2nd round: August 21 – 25
- Final round: September 22 – 25 (noon!)
* Also Citizens of the Member States of the European Union and other foreign citizens who have permanent residence in the Republic of Slovenia and who themselves or at least one of their parents or legal guardians are residents of the Republic of Slovenia for tax purposes, and persons who have been granted international protection and applicants for international protection in accordance with the International Protection Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 22/16) are required to apply for enrolment places announced for Slovenian citizens and citizens of the Member States of the European Union. Citizens of the following non-European Union countries: Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland are also treated on an equal basis with citizens of the RS and the European Union.
Citizens of countries that are not Member States of the European Union
- 1st round: February 17 – March 20
- 2nd round: April 1 – July 1
- 3rd round: August 1 – September 1
- Final round: September 10 – 25
Applications for the Master's program in Humanities Studies will open as soon as they are approved by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, but no later than 1. 4. 2023.
- You can find detailed information about the application, enrollment conditions and enrollment quota in the first-cycle programs of the Faculty of Humanities here.
- How to submit your application
Summer Schools of the School of Humanities
The Faculty of Humanities is organising three summer schools this summer:
Intimacy in Women's Writing and Reading
Time and location:
22nd–27th August 2022; Ljubljana, Nova Gorica, Slovenia
The school was organised by the CEEPUS Women Writers in History Network and the Women Writers Route Association, within the framework of the European Women Writers Course, offered by the School of Humanities (MA Programme Slovene Studies) of the University of Nova Gorica. From August 22 to 27, the Intimacy in Women's Writing and Reading Summer School was held, organised by the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Nova Gorica, the Association of Writers' Path and the Ceepus Network Women Writers in History. Participants from seven European countries took part in a six-day programme on women writers and intimacy. Activities took place at various locations in Ljubljana, and in Nova Gorica. On the one-day trip they visited Gorizia, Vipava Križ, and Vipava, and the exhibition at the House of »aleksandrinke« in the village Prvačina.
Students Laura Andrei and Eliza Belu about the summer school
Student Michal Kucharski about the summer school
Assist. prof. dr. Maša Grdešić about the summer school
Student Julija Ovsec about the summer school
Student Darko Ilin about the summer school
Into Blue Futures: A Speculative Workshop in Strategic Foresight
The Metamedia Association in collaboration with The Arts Academy in Split (Croatia) and the University of Nova Gorica(Slovenia) is organising a Speculative Design workshop under the title “Into Blue Futures: A Speculative Workshop in Strategic Foresight ’’. The workshop will be led by Maja Grakalic and pETER Purg.
In this workshop, participants will explore tools and methods of Strategic Foresight, a discipline that works closely with Speculative Design, and combine them with particular approaches in Art Thinking.
Time and location:
1st–6th August 2022, Association of Technical Culture (Zajednica Tehničke kulture), Pula, Croatia
International Summer School on Bilingualism and Multilingualism
Description:
The European Cross-Border University (ACROSS) is happy to announce the “International Summer School on Bilingualism and Multilingualism” (ISSBM 2022).
The international summer school is intended for BA, MA and PhD students interested in the field of Linguistics with a focus on bilingualism, multilingualism and second language acquisition. We will also cover topics related with heritage and minorities languages.
Time and location:
12th–16th September 2022; Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany
RETHINKABLE
Cross-border festival of transformative economies and territorial communities
14-22 October 2022 Gorizia - Nova Gorica
Rethinking the socio-economic model to be more people- and environment-centred, with interpersonal relations and ecology at the fore. This is the challenge that RethinkAble, the Cross-Border Festival of Transformative Economies and Territorial Communities, which will take place between Gorizia and Nova Gorica from 14 to 22 October, aims to address. The opening of the UNG School of Arts "Composing Local Ecologies" exhibition will kickstart the festival, on Friday, October 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the Xcenter (Nova Gorica). This is also where on October 21st at 11.00 the scientific panel ECOLOGICAL CRISIS AND CRITICISM organized by the UNG Faculty of Humanities (in English) will take place.
Full programme is available at: www.rethinkablefestival.com/home.
Humanities Hangout
Xcenter in Nova Gorica
Two Humanities hengaut events have already been held last year: students, pupils and visitors have joined together to explore humanistic thought in a playful way in the centre of Nova Gorica. The two events were dedicated to fostering creative critical discourse and to bringing together different humanistic disciplines such as linguistics, literature, history, art and philosophy in a fun way.
You can expect the next Humanities hengaut on February 23!
Study programmes
- Bachelor’s study programme Slovene Studies (first cycle) - new
- Bachelor’s study programme Slovene Studies (first cycle)
- Bachelor’s study programme Cultural history (first cycle)
- Master in Slovene Studies - Linguistics
- Master in Slovene Studies – Literary Science
- Double Degree Master’s Programme in Language Science / Slovene Studies
- Digital Humanities
- European Master in Migration and Intercultural Relations (Erasmus Mundus)
- Master's Degree Programme Humanities Studies
The mission of the School of Humanities is to present the selected traditional branches of humanities by merging them with new, contemporary insights and the current trends in humanities in order to give the graduates the knowledge and skills required to be able to investigate and deal with both local topics and broader global phenomena in humanities.