18-27/07/2016 - Summer School: "Multiculturalism as a lifestyle in Azerbaijan"

Baku International Multiculturalism Centre launches the next Summer School 2016 “Multiculturalism as a lifestyle in Azerbaijan: learn, explore, share” for students and researches who are interested in enhancing and deepening their knowledge on Azerbaijani multiculturalism.

The Summer School program provides a great opportunity to explore new topics regarding Azerbaijani multiculturalism and benefit from Azerbaijani experience to make a progress in the study of multiculturalism in general.

What are the goals of the Summer School?
The Summer School aims to bring together students who have passed the course “Azerbaijani multiculturalism” at their respective universities. Along with the interactive lectures on different aspects of Azerbaijani multiculturalism, the participants will be given an opportunity to experience the realities of Azerbaijan while having chances to travel to regions, where they can explore customs and traditions of different ethnic and religious groups. In general, we can identify the following main goals of the course:
- providing theoretical and practical knowledge about Azerbaijani multiculturalism;
- raising awareness about the university course “Azerbaijani multiculturalism”;
- bringing together all students and researchers who are scholarly and practically interested in multiculturalism.

The course “Azerbaijani multiculturalism” has already been delivered at the following 13 universities around the world:
Sapienza University in Rome – İtaly
Charles University in Prague – The Czech Republic
University of Educational Sciences – Lithuania
Ural Federal University – Russia
Sofia University — Bulgaria
Tbilisi State University – Georgia
Belarus State University – Belarus
Fribourg University – Switzerland
Poltava University of Economics and Trade – Ukraine
Erciyes University – Turkey
Lusofona University of Humanities and Technologies – Portugal
Augusburg University – Germany
Gadjah Mada University – İndonesia

How will you benefit from the Summer School?
While getting knowledge about Azerbaijani multiculturalism, students will also obtain practical experience which can help them to understand better some key points in the study of Azerbaijani multiculturalism. Summer school also provides students with the unique opportunity to collect useful materials regarding Azerbaijani history, culture and ethnography. In addition participants will be offered such activities as sports, sightseeing and leisure.

Students are expected to share their experience gained during the Summer school with the students of their universities and other universities in their countries and abroad.

Participants who will successfully complete the program receive certificates at the end of the Summer school.

Who can apply?
Undergraduate, graduate and PhD students aged 18-35, academically motivated, fluent in English, who are willing to broaden their knowledge and are eager to learn the model of Azerbaijani multiculturalism.
All students are eligible to participate in the Summer School but the preference will be given to those who have attended the “Azerbaijani multiculturalism” course.

The deadline for submission is May 20, 2016.

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