On Monday afternoon, members of the ISU faculty and ECLA alumnus Evgeny Morozov (PY 2006, Belarus) held a Special Seminar on ‘Writing for the Public Sphere’. The four panelists shared their reasons for seeking writing opportunities outside of academia and described both the pleasures and frustrations of writing for the general public. Theodor Paleologu is
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ISU Spends a Long Weekend in Dresden and Meissen
After a sleepless night of essay writing, we started the trip to Dresden with low expectations of what was going to be encountered. Despite its everlasting rain, Dresden quickly exceeded our expectations with its beautiful Baroque buildings, the famous Elbe, and its gorgeous night spectacle. The first stop was Dresden’s art treasure, the Zwinger. We
ECLA’s International Summer University Begins This Week
Students from fifteen different countries began class this week at ECLA’s International Summer University. Under Western Eyes is the central theme of this Summer’s programme and for the next six weeks students will examine Western perceptions of cultural otherness which shape the West’s notion of itself. They will discuss questions related to this theme that
A Musical Opening to ISU
Two guest lectures visited ECLA during the first week of International Summer University. On Monday, July 17th, Violeta Dinescu presented her lecture: ‘On Tabu’. Dinescu has composed stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, and piano works that have been successfully performed and recorded across Europe. She wrote the film score for F.W. Murnau’s Tabu, which was