Heritage and Innovation: Art Nouveau, past, present and future challenges

*Recognition of ECTS depends on your home university.

Physical mobility

The physical part will be running from 24 to 28 June 2024 at the Université libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

It is dedicated to guided visits of exclusive heritage sites, as well as lectures and encounters with private owners, academics and local political stakeholders. Participants will be able to bridge the theoretical knowledge acquired during the online sessions with direct experience of Art Nouveau in Brussels.

Sites will visit include, among others: Musée Horta, Maison Hannon, Hotel Van Eetvelde, Maison Roosenboom, Hotel Solvay, Maison St Cyr and CIVA’s archives.

Virtual part

The virtual part will be running from 4 June to 19 June 2024 (2 hours per week). All virtual sessions will be held in the late afternoon. Minor changes may occur.

The first online session will provide an introduction to the programme and explanations about the assignements. Students will receive guidance on topics, requirements and expected outcomes. A series of lectures by academics and guest speakers will provide an introduction to Art Nouveau and to the topics and challenges to be further examined during the summer school.

• 04 June 2024: Introduction session
• 05 June 2024: Brussels, a short overview of urban history/ Art Nouveau: more than a style, a societal movement
• 11 June 2024: Brussels, birth of Art Nouveau?
• 12 June 2024: The “1900 Art” in Transylvania: Secession, jugendstill and Art Nouveau
• 18 June 2024: Henry van de Velde, pioneer of Bauhaus and founder of La Cambre
• 19 June 2024: Case-study: the Neoromanian style – a local, Romanian variant of Art Nouveau

Requirements

The programme is open to all students at CIVIS member universities, specifically to the ones with a background and interest in History, Philosophy, Urban Renovation, Architecture, Art History and Cultural Management.

Participants should be able to follow lectures and visits, as well as interact with speakers and other participants in English.

Skilss such as documents analyzing, enjoying working in groups and having some competencies with digital tools (Photoshop/ Adobe etc.) as well as willing to learn to manually work to produce an object (stained glass) are also desirable. 

NB: Visiting Students - Erasmus Funding Eligibility

To be eligible for your selected CIVIS programme, you must be a fully enrolled student at your CIVIS home university at the time you will be undertaking the programme. Click here to learn more about the eligibility criteria.

Students from CIVIS’ strategic partner universities in Africa cannot apply for participation in this course.

Application process

Send your application by filling in the online application form by 25 February 2024 and including:

1. CV
2. Motivation letter

3. Level of english (According to CEFR)

Applications will be evaluated based on:

• CV
• Motivation letter
• Level of English
• Background and interest in history, philosophy, urban renovation, architecture, art history and cultural management
• Relevance of the programme for their studies and career plan

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Assessment

Students will be assessed on their individual active participation and on a final group assignment. They will also work in teams to produce a piece of contemporary sgraffito inspired by the visits and lectures organized during the program. Experts in sgraffito will be guiding them. 

Assessment will be based on:

• attendance and active participation during the online sessions and preparatory meetings (25%);
• attendance and active participation during the 5-day summer school (25%);
• a final group presentation during the 5-day summer school (50%).

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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