The heritage of money and coinage: a cross-cultural perspective

*Recognition of ECTS depends on your home university.

Physical mobility 

22 - 26 May The spring school will be held in Tübingen, deemed a particularly suitable place for an academic gathering for being well connected to one of Germany’s main ICE rail hubs at Stuttgart as well as for its geographic position in Central Europe uniting all CIVIS partner universities.

During the 5-days-event, students will expand their theoretical knowledge into practical through hands-on study of various money material from Tübingen’s unique university coin collection at the Institute of Classical Archaeology (c. 20.000 objects) and the renowned collection of the Department of Oriental and Islamic Studies (c. 80.000 objects). The spring school’s course will also include lectures, seminar works, and study visits to the Neubulach Medieval silver mine in the Black Forest, the State Mints of Baden-Wuerttemberg and the Württemberg State Museum at Stuttgart. Public lectures will be organized in conjunction with the study programme, aiming to embrace the wider public and to foster a discourse beyond the borders of academia.

Virtual part

Students will gather in five consecutive Digital Campus video conferences (2hrs each: 19 April, 26 April, 3 May, 10 May, 17 May, 31 May) where theory, methodology and the main topics of the programme will be discussed. This format is also the part of the programme where leading external scholars working on and/or from Asia and Africa will present their public guest lectures. In these sessions, students will acquire a broad range of basic scholarly knowledge to subject matter from which the on-site pillar of the programme will set off.

Requirements

This course is open to Master's and PhD students at CIVIS member universities.

This multidisciplinary course invites students from all subject areas, notably within the arts, humanities and social sciences, but also the natural sciences, as considered relevant for the student. This includes, but is certainly not limited to, Archaeology, History, Classical Studies, Art History, Anthropology, Digital Humanities, Economics, Metallurgy, Education, Political Science, World Heritage studies, Oriental studies, etc. 

Application process

Send your application by filling in the online application form by 30 November 2022 with the following documents:

• Your motivation letter
• A short CV including contact details (max. 500 words/2 pages).
• A motivation letter (max. 250 words/1 page) where you clarify:
• Your interest in the topic “ The Heritage of Money and Coinage: A Cross-Cultural Perspective”
• Your previous experience with the subject matter/s
• How you envisage connecting your ongoing or planned masters- or doctoral work with the theme of the spring school
• Why the course would help you to achieve your goals within your ongoing or planned masters- or doctoral project.

Applications will be evaluated according to their relevance out from the points above, and the applicant’s general academic qualifications.

Assessment

Students will be assessed out from an individually formulated project (course assignment) relating to their ongoing Master's, PhD or other student work. This will be evaluated in oral (75%) and written (25%) format. The student will present their Individual Project during the Spring School and briefly during a Digital Campus class. This will be evaluated by teachers on site and discussed with teachers and fellow students. A short written paper (c. 3 pages) shall be handed in after the last digital class. The oral and written presentations will be evaluated on the basis of

• The student’s ability to apply knowledge from the course
• The ability to relate their own work to the course theme and aims
• The overall scientific and academic quality of the presentations.

Grading scale: Pass/Fail.

Blended Intensive Programme

This CIVIS course is a Blended Intensive Programme (BIP): a new format of Erasmus+ mobility which combines online teaching with a short trip to another campus to learn alongside students and professors across Europe. Click here to learn more about CIVIS BIPs.

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