Description:
The summer school “Vampires and vampirism” will explore the vampire as anthropological and folkloric being who subsist by feeding on the life essence (generally in the form of blood). Although vampirism as a mythical and folklore phenomenon, have been recorded in many cultures, the term vampire become especially popular in Europe. It was an influx of vampire superstition from areas where vampire legends were frequent, such as the Balkans and Eastern Europe, where they were known by different names. The most popular vampire, Dracula, carved the modern vampire fiction. The vampire is now globally popular in the horror genre. There is a distinctive vampire genre, with books, comic books, films, video games etc. These and many other themes will be researched during the Summer School.
The main objective of the Summer School is to provide a higher level of knowledge and competence for those who want to upgrade their current academic background and interest in the academic fields of Cultural Anthropology, Theatre and Film Studies, Ethnology and similar. The Summer School is offering the participants a rare opportunity to acquire advanced theoretical knowledge that will complement their further professional and academic carrier related to the mentioned academic research fields.
Summer school programme concept:
In the course of two and a half week the wide specter of topics that the summer school covers, are to be organized into a programme structured on the grounds of four sessions. Each programme sessions includes morning lectures held by prominent scholars from Macedonia, Europe and SEE.
The theme of this summer school will be the emergence of vampires and vampirism, viewed from multiple perspectives and aspects.
Programme sessions:
- Vampires and vampirism: local legends vis a vis other parts of the world;
- Vampirism in cinema and other contemporary media;
- Vampires and similar demonic creatures in folklore;
- Vampire : legend, fiction and history;
Eligibility and fee
- Participants should be postgraduate students (preferably MA, PhD student or young researchers) interested in exploring the issues of
Cultural Studies, Visual Arts and Humanities and related Studies.
- Participants from all countries are eligible to participate.
- Tutition fee: 600 euro.
- The fee covers tuition and study material during the school, use of library and computer room at the Campus with free internet, tour of
the numerous ancient and medieval monuments in the UNESCO protected city of Ohrid located at the shore of the unforgettably beautiful
Ohrid Lake. Other arrangements for accommodation, transportation and other expenses should be arranged by applicants on
themselves.
- Note that we offer 20% discount if the participant pay the total fee to 10th of April and 10% discount if the participant pay the total fee to
1st of June.
- Note that we can provide for the interested participants discount prices for accommodation in Hotel Pella where the Campus will be
located, near the beach. Ohrid also offers cheap accommodation in private houses
- Number of students per Summer Institute or Summer School is 20. Please note that a course will not be offered if fewer than 10 students
apply by 15TH of June.
- Please note that the Second Announcement with the detailed Programme of the Summer Institutes and Summer Schools in the frame of
the Ohrid Summer University will follow on 1st of April 2012.
Schoolarship
The Institute for Social and Humanities Research "Euro-Balkan" is participating in the Network of Central European Exchange Program for University Studies (CEEPUS). Selected students from the list of institutions in CEEPUS countries (Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldavia, Montenegro, Poland, Romania, Serbia, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Prishtina) may apply for a CEEPUS scholarship. See the website CEEPUS for details and contact your National CEEPUS Agency.
Deadline: 15 June 2012
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