[EDUC Research] Summer school "cultures of Romance-language countries" - 2022 to 2026

General presentation

This Summer School, directed at doctoral students and young researchers from member universities of the EDUC Alliance, is intended to be a forum for discussion on various themes, issues, and methodological approaches, part of the larger theme "Culture and Heritage". It has the peculiarity of focusing and exchanging through all Romance languages, including French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.

Professors Silvia Contarini from University Paris Nanterre and Petr Kylousek from University of Masaryk (Brno) are at the origin of the project.


 

Presentation of the different editions

 

"Centers and Peripheries in Romance-Language Literatures", 04-07 July 2022, University of Paris Nanterre

The 2022 edition of the summer school focused on world literatures, postcolonial perspectives, and the tensions between centers and peripheries in globalized societies. Through thematic workshops on migration, mobility, plurilingualism, cultural hegemonies, and emerging literary aesthetics, the program explored the circulation of concepts, languages, and identities across cultural spaces. Particular attention was given to francophone, Spanish-, Portuguese-, and Italian-language literatures, fostering interdisciplinary dialogue between teachers and young researchers working on literature, culture, and postcolonial studies.

Here is the full description of the program.

Here is the full description of the virtual club.

Organizers:
Silvia Contarini, Université Paris Nanterre, CRIX Études romanes
Gonçalo Cordeiro, Université Paris Nanterre, CRILUS Études Romanes
Petr Kyloušek, Masarykova univerzita, Brno
Jean-Marc Moura, Université Paris Nanterre, CSLF et LIPO

Teachers/Researchers:
Krisztián Bene, Pécsi Tudományegyetem
Zoraida Carandell, Université Paris Nanterre
Ottmar Ette, Universität Potsdam
Caroline Lepage, Université Paris Nanterre
Mauro Pala, Università di Cagliari

PHD students:
Déborah Bucchi, LIPO, ED LLS
Alexia Grolleau, CRIIA Études Romanes, ED LLS
Jeanne Meslin, CSLF, ED LLS
Cecilia Ridani, CRIX Études Romanes, ED LLS

"Circulations, cultural shifts, and dislocations in the contemporary cultures of Romance-language countries", 06-09 September 2023, University of Masaryk

The 2023 edition of the summer school explored the relationships between space, identity, language, and temporality in Romance-language cultural contexts. Focusing on mobility, multilingualism, postcoloniality, and transculturality, it examined new forms of subjectivity, collective memory, and representations of utopias and conflicts. The program also addressed the cultural and linguistic transformations linked to migration and globalization, fostering interdisciplinary exchanges between teachers and young researchers from the French-, Spanish-, Italian-, and Portuguese-speaking worlds.

Here is the full program.

Organizers:
Silvia Contarini, Université Paris Nanterre, CRIX Études romanes
Petr Kyloušek, Masarykova univerzita, Brno
Mateusz Chmurski, CEFRES, Prague

"New imaginaries, new languages, new subjectivities in the cultures of Romance-language countries", 17-18 October 2024, University of Pecs

This 2024 edition focused on the discourses and politics of identity in Romance-language cultural areas, exploring questions of inclusion, exclusion, and representation. Particular attention was given to migration, transcultural narratives, hybrid identities, multiculturalism, and postcolonial perspectives in literature and cultural production. The program also examined new literary and artistic forms, as well as the impact of digital technologies on language practices and identity construction. Through thematic workshops and interdisciplinary discussions, participants reflected on the evolving relationships between discourse, subjectivity, and cultural representation.

Here is the full program.

Organizers:
Krisztián Bene, Pécsi Tudományegyetem, Pécs
Silvia Contarini, Université Paris Nanterre
Petr Kyloušek, Masarykova univerzita, Brno
Antonio Domingo Lilón, Pécsi Tudományegyetem
Mauro Pala, Università di Cagliari
Antonella Ippollito, Universität Potsdam
Alexandra Oddo, Université Paris Nanterre

Teachers/Researchers:
Riccardo Badini, Malika Bensekat, Krisztián Bene, Erika Berkics, Silvia Contarini, Antonio Domingo Lilón, Mariann Dömös, Katia Hayek, Antonella Ippolito, Petr Kyloušek, Benedetta Mannino, Alexandra Oddo, Mauro Pala, Ingrid Bueno Peruchi, Ingrid Petkova, Roberto Puggioni, Amine Roubai, Zoltán Varga.

PHD students:
Sara Aggazio, Viktória Bába, Margherita Cerri, Pauline Coeuret, Francesco Donato, Hana Fasurová, Ana Isabel Freitas, Marie Kala, Mercédesz Kira Kiss, Andrea Lukšíková, Jeanne Meslin, Aleksei Mishine, Márk Palócz, Beáta Papp, Valeria Restuccia, Juliana Ribeiro Paiva, Enikő Rumi, Nóra Sediánszky, Michal Varchol.

"Stereotypes as an object of interdisciplinary research: Linguistic, literary, and cultural perspectives in the discourse of Romance-language countries", 25-28 June 2025, University of Potsdam

This 2025 edition aimed to observe the various manifestations of stereotypes (in the form of linguistic clichés, commonplaces, topos, etc.) at the lexical and syntactic levels, as well as in the narrative and thematic structuring of oral and written texts produced in Romance language cultural areas. It considered the axiological systems specific to each historical and cultural context, which influence the valorization, distancing, parody, or deconstruction of the stereotypes themselves. The workshops were designed to foster exchanges between teachers and young researchers from diverse disciplines (literatures, cultures, and language sciences from the French, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese-speaking worlds).

Here is the full program.

Organizers:
Silvia Contarini (Université Paris Nanterre, CRIX Études romanes);
Petr Kyloušek ( Brno, Masaryková univerzita);
Antonella Ippolito ( Universität Potsdam, Institut für Romanistik);
Roberto Puggioni (Università di Cagliari);
Krisztián Bene (Pécsi Tudományegyetem – University of Pécs).

Teachers/Researchers:
Irene Cecchini, Irina de Herdt, Petr Kyloušek (Brno, Masaryková univerzita);
Mauro Pala, Roberto Puggioni (Università di Cagliari);
Ridha Boulaabi, Ingrid Bueno Peruchi, Silvia Contarini, Matthieu Letourneux, Emmanuelle Sinardet (Université Paris Nanterre);
Antonella Ippolito, Marta Lupica Spagnolo, Benedetta Mannino (Universität Potsdam).

PHD students:
Lorenzo Albanesi, Tereza Hanusková, Linda Honsová, Andrea Lukšíková, Janka Tomčíková (Brno, Masaryková univerzita);
Sara Aggazio, Carmen Ammendola, Emma Pavan (Università di Cagliari);
Margherita Cerri, Anatole Delafargue, Elena Donati, Juliana Foussat, Levana Garçon, Mariana Marques, Jeanne Meslin, Cecilia Reyna, Giulia Scialpi (Université Paris Nanterre).

"Narratives and representations of power in the cultural productions of Romance language countries", 22-26 June 2026, University of Cagliari

Program coming soon