University of Trieste (Italy)
Humanities (except languages)

T4EU Critical Heritage

Type

master

University

University of Trieste (Italy)

Modality

Blended

Lecturer

Roberta Altin, Tullia Catalan

Language

English

Max participants

50

Tutor

Alessandro Carrieri, Giuseppe Grimaldi

Summary

The course offers an introduction to the concept of critical heritage from different scientific perspectives. More specifically, it focuses on European heritage as a construct of shared cultural practices and as a form of creative and dialogic engagement among people, objects, places, and practices. The lectures will take place every Thursday from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The first lecture will be held on 1 October 2026. Dates of the lectures: • 1 - 8 - 15 – 29, October 2026: • 5 – 12 – 19 – 26, November 2026: • 3 – 10, December 2026 Blended lessons (in presence and via Teams); analysis of case studies of heritage processes in different contexts.

Enrollment requirements

The course assumes a basic familiarity with critical heritage. Participants who feel they may need additional background are encouraged to consult R. Harrison, Heritage: Critical Approaches, London, 2013. The course is primarily intended for MA students; however, third-year BA students are also welcome to participate. Interested participants should send a short presentation letter outlining their academic background and their interest in the course. The presentation letters should be sent to t4eu@units.it. In the event that the number of applications exceeds expectations, the organisers will use the presentation letters to select participants for the course.

Description

The course is offered within the framework of the T4EU European University Alliance and explores several case studies of critical European heritage. It features lectures delivered by professors from the Alliance's partner universities and adopts comparative approaches that encourage the observation and analysis of diverse heritage processes. These approaches are applied from transgenerational, transnational, and interdisciplinary perspectives, promoting shared values and intercultural dialogue for the construction of a sustainable heritage future.

Developed within T4EU Work Package 7 on Common Heritage and Multilingualism, this course is the first T4EU E-course dedicated to Critical Heritage. Bringing together scholars from the universities of the Alliance, it contributes to the achievement of T4EU Milestone 159 and is scientifically coordinated by Prof. Roberta Altin, Prof. Tullia Catalan, Dr. Giuseppe Grimaldi, and Dr. Alessandro Carrieri.

The course is an integrated module of Critical Heritage held in parallel by professors from the T4EU Alliance:

·       Prof. Roberta Altin and Prof. Tullia Catalan, Department of Humanities, University of Trieste, Italy

·       Prof. Nikolina Tsvetkova, Faculty of Philosophy, Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria

·       Prof. Linara Dovydaitytė, Department of Art History and Criticism, Faculty of Arts, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania

·       Prof. Laura Castro, School of Arts. Research Centre for Science and Technology of the Arts, Catholic University of Portugal, Portugal

·       Prof. Neža Čebron Lipovec, Department of archaeology and heritage Institute of archaeology and heritage, Faculty of Humanities, University of Primorska, Slovenia

·       Prof. Jaime Molina Vidal, Department of Prehistory, Archaeology, Ancient History, Greek Philology and Latin Philology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Alicante, Spain

·       Prof. Jerzy Gorzelik, Institute of Arts Studies, Faculty of Humanities University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland

·       Prof. Martin Melioranski, Faculty of Architecture, Estonian Academy of Arts, Estonia

·       Dr. Pierre-Olivier Mazagol, Environnement Ville Société, Jean Monnet University, France

·       Prof. Eva Nossem, Coordinator of the UniGR-Center for Border Studies, Saarland University, Germany; Prof. Jonas Nesselhauf, Chair of European Cultural Studies and Comparative Media Studies, Department of Art History and Cultural Studies, Saarland University; Prof. Astrid Fellner, Professor of North American Literary and Cultural Studies, Saarland University.

Open only to T4EU students

Credits

6

Duration

30 Hours

Start Date

01 October 2026

End Date

10 December 2026

Application period

26 Jul - 23 Sep 2026

    Immagine in fondo

    Co-funded by
    the European Union

    This project has received funding from the Erasmus+ programme of the European Union under grant agreement N. 101124432

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