This course aims at providing historical and critical tools for the understanding of the construction and integration processes of the European Union and its successive enlargements from the 1970's to the fall of communism. It studies the basic structure and the institutions of the EU today and its
"Literature is a country", says Clark Blaise, the Canadian writer and former Director of the famous International Writing Program in Iowa. Literature is an international meeting-place, and poetry is a universal language. In this course, the student will improve her/ his own literary
The cultural history of the city as a reflection of the cultural history of contemporary Spain, from the anarchist city to the cosmopolitan capital with international outreach. Focusing on the last two centuries and from a sociological/ anthropological point of view, the course will analyze the
The school will include a mix of lectures and hands-on sessions in the domain of Cloud computing systems and applications, with an emphasis on infrastructures and systems. Lectures from leading researchers in the domain will address Cloud technologies which are already shaping the future of
One course in two cities! The first week of this course is in Almere, the second week in Barcelona.We are currently entering the new era of applied robotics: many applications that were restricted to the world of tests and prototypes appear in environments where they are actually applied. There is
This program will give students an overview of cancer from bench to bedside. Many themes will be approached such as the history and progress of oncology, cell death and cancer, melanoma, surgival innovations, human sciences and public health. Period 01-07-2013 - 12-07-2013 (2 weeks) Target group
The course is part of the Cologne International Summer University, an intensive academic summer program combined with cultural activities directed to international students and students of the University of Cologne. Each course is complemented by a language and cultural introduction and a field
The goal of this seminar is to provide the student with a basic, but professional, level of knowledge of documentary film making. Special attention will be given to the successful renewal of the Spanish -and in special cases, the Catalan- film scene in the last 15 years. The seminar includes a
The course is part of the Cologne International Summer University, an intensive academic summer program combined with cultural activities directed to international students and students of the University of Cologne. Each course is complemented by a language and cultural introduction and a field
The course examines the architecture and urbanism of two European cities with a very different background: Barcelona was founded as a Roman city and has been growing through the ages; Almere is the youngest city in The Netherlands and has jumped straight into the future. But there is something
