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Open Calls for Participation 2025 are already online!

Open Calls for Participation 2025 are already online!

In 2025, the Nordic Summer University has 10 study circles covering various topics from climate change and critical theory to technology and cultural heritage. We are sure you will find a topic that is relevant for your field of interests! Check out open calls on the pages of the study circles: Nordic Summer University offers ECTS creadits to participants, do not miss this opportunity. Additionally, once becoming a member of NSU during the winter session, you receive a voting opportunity…

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Establishment of an economic fundraising foundation!

Establishment of an economic fundraising foundation!

The establishment of the economic fundraising foundation was supported by the General Assembly 2024 in Denmark! There, the public declaration of the foundation took place. The text of the declaration is below. Self-organised and free academic activities are one of the founding pillars in a democratic society, but such activities are put under increasing threat in the present. Collegial self-government is furthermore determining for scientific innovation. To support activities that protect and support scientific development we, the founders – Nordic…

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Call for Project Proposals 2025-2027 (deadlines: 30 April and 30 July 2024)

Call for Project Proposals 2025-2027 (deadlines: 30 April and 30 July 2024)

Deadlines: 30 April 2023 for review round 130 July 2024 for review during the NSU Summer Session Nordic Summer University Research, Networking, Folk/bildning The Nordic Summer University (NSU) calls for project proposals for three-year study circles (2025-2027). We seek proposals for new scholarly networks addressing critical issues in culture, science and society. Founded in 1950, NSU is an independent, non-profit scholarly institution that provides platforms for networks and collaborations across disciplines in the Nordic and Baltic regions. The activities of…

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Look at the Summer Session from the Participant’s Perspective!

Look at the Summer Session from the Participant’s Perspective!

“It was my first time at NSU and I found myself quickly welcomed to this friendly and established community that NSU seems to be, with its own vision based on democratic values. In this community I found artists, scholars, students and professionals in different fields working together, learning together, sharing ideas as well as days and evenings during this week-long meeting in Lithuania. I was very happy to have found a circle in NSU with a theme that exactly fitted…

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Call for Proposals for one-year Study Circle about Academic Freedom

Call for Proposals for one-year Study Circle about Academic Freedom

The Nordic Summer University (NSU) calls for project proposals for a one-year study circle (2023–2024). We seek proposals for new scholarly networks addressing the safe-guarding and organization of academic freedom.[PDF call] Founded in 1950, NSU is an independent, non-profit scholarly institution that provides platforms for networks and collaborations across disciplines in the Nordic and Baltic regions. The activities of NSU are based on three concepts: Research: NSU provides frameworks for critical scholarship with relevance for culture, science and society, where…

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Summer Session 2023 Guide

Summer Session 2023 Guide

Welcome to the Nordic Summer University Summer Session 2023, which will take place from 27 July – 3 August 2023, in Palanga, Lithuania! Here is a guide to all of the organisational information: All of the updates are published on the blog of the summer session. Check it to know the latest information!

Circle 3: Feminist Philosophy on Thought, History, and Action On Writing, Reading, and Thinking Together

Circle 3: Feminist Philosophy on Thought, History, and Action On Writing, Reading, and Thinking Together

From the 28th of July until the 3rd of August 2022 we had the privilege to get together to read, write, think, converse, and share at Rønningen Folkehøgskole, as part of the Nordic Summer University Summer Session.  We started our days with writing exercises. After the first fika of the day we read out loud together, a mix of workshops and paper presentations filled our afternoons.  What does it mean to write together?  Writing together can mean writing in the…

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