Summer Academies

Summer Academies are designed to support scholarly networks and to contribute to closer ties among research activities in and outside Europe and the Middle East. Summer Academies give young scholars an opportunity to discuss relevant issues within an international group of up to 24 doctoral and postdoctoral colleagues in an international and multidisciplinary framework over a period of 10 - 14 days. Summer Academies also contribute to the internationalization of the scholarly program of EUME and the enlargements of the implied scholarly networks and serve as an instrument for the recruitment of emerging young scholars for the postdoctoral program.

Applications are advertised internationally, and candidates are selected based on the relevance of their research to the specific agenda. The program deviates from the normal lecture-hall set-up, since the main contributors are the young researchers themselves. Leading scholars attend the conference in an advisory capacity, adding their own methodical questions. The Summer Academy is held either in Berlin, at a European partner institute, or at a research institute in a Middle Eastern country.