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Vienna+21: The Future of Human Rights in the 21st Century

Vienna+21: The Future of Human Rights in the 21st Century

Vienna+21: The Future of Human Rights Movement & Global Machinery The course will cover the progressive developments since the 1993 Vienna UN World Conference on Human Rights. Participants will learn about the skills and strategies of civil society to maximize the global machinery to promote

Vada Volaterrana. A Harbour in the Mediterranean Sea

Vada Volaterrana. A Harbour in the Mediterranean Sea

Our project stems from the archaeological researches the Laboratory of Ancient Topography of the University of Pisa has been conducting for over twenty years at St. Gaetano di Vada (municipality of Rosignano Marittimo, Livorno), along the coast of Tuscany. Here a settlement of considerable

Urban living with water

Urban living with water

The course will address basic principles of stormwater management approaches in urban areas, such as Low Impact Development (LID), Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS), Sustainable Urban Drainage Schemes (SUDS), Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD), etc. Course focus will be on low-rise high density

Truth Well Told: Representing Reality in Documentary Film

Truth Well Told: Representing Reality in Documentary Film

"Every cut is a lie. It's never that way. Those two shots were never next to each other in time that way. But you're telling a lie in order to tell the truth." - Wolf Koenig Documentary has never been more popular. Successful films such as Michael Moore's Roger and Me and Bowling for

The Royals: the British Monarchy through Art and Architecture

The Royals: the British Monarchy through Art and Architecture

This module studies the role of the British monarchy as patrons of art and architecture, while also providing a general historic overview of British royal history from the 16th to the 21st century. British royal palaces have always been considered places of beauty and power. Filled with stunning

The London of Charles Dickens

The London of Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens's childhood experiences, working in a grimy factory while his father languished in gaol, were woven into his stories and illuminated a darker side to London. His novels personify the city's great urban expanse. Our Mutual Friend evokes the murky River Thames, and Oliver Twist

Textile Weave Summer School

Textile Weave Summer School

Nottingham Trent University has an international reputation for textile design, making and research, and we are famous for our innovative, creative teaching that helps practitioners learn weave techniques effectively. This unique course will enable you to construct woven textiles according to your

Syriac Christianity in Context

Syriac Christianity in Context

Syriac Christianity is one of the best hidden secrets of the Christian tradition and is more often than not ignored in curricula and handbooks. Recently, however, given the political developments in Syria, knowledge of this particular branch of Christian tradition has become much needed again. In

Summer School Lisbon: 14th July - 7th August 2014

Summer School Lisbon: 14th July - 7th August 2014

The programmes are challenging, interesting and of high academic and professional value. The courses are taught by ISCTE-IUL's highly regarded faculty, supported by visiting professors from top-class universities and the global business community. Upon successful completion, each programme is worth

Summer school - Learn Romanian

ROLANG School organizes the summer school on Romanian language between 28th of July - 8th of August 2014, in the city of Sibiu in association with the Journalism Faculty of "Lucian Blaga" University, Sibiu.Formerly the center of the Transylvanian Saxons, the old city of Sibiu was ranked