Intercultural Communication and Education: Moving On

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label Diverse autorenew 2025-09-29, 17:01 history_edu Ioana Dinescu
Are you confused about the many words that are used in research and practice to talk about encounters between people from different countries: intercultural, multicultural but also cross-cultural and even global? Are these concepts and notions different or similar? How can we research the phenomena they attempt to describe? Do you find it difficult to relate current criticisms of these terms, research methods and how research results are presented?In this course we will talk about intercultural communication and education from a new perspective.

The course is a follow-up to a very successful summer school in Denmark in 2011, co-organised with the international research group CULTNET. We propose to take Intercultural and Identity: Research Methods even further, moving on to the entire research process from concepts to methods and analysis.Learn not to be confused about the 'intercultural'!

The Helsinki Summer School course offers up-to-date lectures, discussion of research papers as well as research talks on the latest developments and advances in the fields of intercultural communication and education. Practical sessions will help the participants to improve their own work. The course is aimed at Master's and PhD students who specialise in any aspect related to intercultural communication and education.The following topics will be covered during the course: the 'old' and contested concept of culture; from identity to identification; renewing concepts; the 'inter' of intercultural; language and the 'intercultural'; complexifying the analysis of intercultural phenomena; and ethical responsibilities of researchers and practitioners.

Period
06-08-2013 - 22-08-2013 (3 weeks)

Target group
This course is designed at Masters and PhD students who specialise in any aspect related to intercultural communication and education.

Course aim
Why attend this course? To get up-to-date and critical knowledge about how to do research on intercultural communication and education To test new ways of working on intercultural communication and education To learn how to challenge old and unsatisfactory ways of conceptualising and working on the intercultural To meet and discuss your own work with renowned researchers To reflect on ones responsibility as researcher and practitioner.



Credits
6.0 ECTS credits

Course fee
EUR 490: Course fee

The course fee can be paid with a credit card or with a bank transfer before the start of the Helsinki Summer School. It can also be paid upon your arrival in Helsinki. Degree and exchange students attending the universities organising the Helsinki Summer School are exempted from the course fee. The course fee for professionals is 790 EUR.

EUR 150: Registration feeThe registration fee is 150 EUR additional fees for international students. Payment is due within seven days of receipt of written notification of your acceptance to Helsinki Summer School. If you register before 31 May 2012, you will receive a 50 EUR discount on the registration fee. The registration fee for degree or exchange students attending the universities organising the Helsinki Summer School is 50 EUR. The registration fee is non-refundable.

Payment may be made either by bank transfer or credit card (Visa and Eurocard/Mastercard only).If we do not receive a credit card payment or copy of the bank transfer within one week of notification of your acceptance, we will have no choice but to cancel your course reservation. Your application will, however, remain in our database and, if there are still places available, you may renew your registration simply by contacting us.

Course leader
Prof. Fred Dervin

Helsinki Summer School is supported by a consortium of three universities in the Helsinki capital region: the University of Helsinki, Aalto University and Hanken School of Economics.
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