Seminars, Workshops & Staff training

21
Mar2023

Dealing with Complex Heritage: Revisiting University Pasts in Contemporary Practice – Call for expression of interest

Heritage Working Group The principal goal of this initiative is to explore how universities address “uneasy”, “problematic” or “difficult” heritage. It focuses on the responsibility of present-day university institutions faced with such legacies as well as their significance for contemporary research, education and representational practice. The project should start with two workshops taking place at […]

03
Feb2023

4th Life Sciences Working Group Virtual Conference: “Microbiota-gut-brain axis and its role in psychiatric disorders” on 3 February 2023

The next Coimbra Group Life Sciences virtual conference this academic year will take place on 3 February 2023 under the title “Microbiota-gut-brain axis and its role in psychiatric disorders.” Dr. Aurelijus Burokas, Senior Researcher at the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center, will introduce the audience to the microbiota-gut-brain axis and its involvement in various psychological […]

23
Jan2023

Conference ‘Reflecting on peace in Ukraine: long term narratives, wars of disinformation, peace diplomacy and peace building‘

The Coimbra Group is organising the Conference ‘Reflecting on peace in Ukraine: long term narratives, wars of disinformation, peace diplomacy and peace building‘, which will be held in Brussels (Czeck Permanent Representation) on 23-24 January 2023. This conference is an initiative of the Coimbra Group Social Sciences and Humanities Working Group co-organised with the EC2U […]

15
Nov2022

International Seminar “The Built Heritage of Universities – use, re-use, hidden stories and aspects of conservation and interpretation”

The Coimbra Group Heritage Working Group (HER WG) holds on Tuesday 15 November, 9:00am – 3:00pm CET, at the University of Tartu Museum, an international seminar on “The Built Heritage of Universities – use, re-use, hidden stories and aspects of conservation and interpretation”.

12
Oct2022

Webinar on inclusive curriculum projects

Coimbra Group Equality and Diversity Working Group Webinar Summary A small webinar planning group consisting of staff in Utrecht University, Julius-Maximilians-Universität of Würzburg and Trinity College Dublin – all members of the Working Group on Equality and Diversity (ED WG), began collaborating together at the Coimbra Group Annual Conference in June 2022. The agreed aims […]

29
Aug2022

Call for Papers – Coimbra Group International Seminar on Universities’ Built Heritage

The Heritage Working Group is pleased to announce the international seminar “The Built Heritage of Universities – use, re-use, hidden stories and aspects of conservation and interpretation”, to take place at the University of Tartu on Tuesday 15 November 2022.

13
Jun2022

Colonised Objects and Bodies in Europe: New challenges and new perspectives on the Decolonisation of Cultural Heritage, 24-25 June 2022

Conference Report now available here! The Coimbra Group is delighted to announce the conference “Colonised Objects and Bodies in Europe: New challenges and new perspectives on the Decolonisation of Cultural Heritage”, to be held at the University of Würzburg (Germany) on 24 and 25 June 2022. A joint initiative of the Coimbra Group Working Groups […]

15
Apr2021

Employability in the Curriculum

We are delighted to invite you for the virtual ‘Employability in the Curriculum’ workshop, taking place on Thursday 15th April from 10:30 – 17:30 CEST, hosted by Durham University, in a collaboration between the Education Innovation and Employability Working Groups. Educators and colleagues working in student employability from the universities of UC Louvain, Trinity College Dublin, Edinburgh, Durham and Barcelona will present […]

28
Jan2021

Main findings from the Coimbra Group Workshop on “Researcher Development and Research as a Profession”

Many recent studies and surveys, including the Coimbra Group Report on the Practices at Coimbra Group Universities in Response to the Covid-19, have depicted an adverse impact of Covid-19 restriction measures on researchers, and in particular, on early-career stage researchers. Against this backdrop, a joint virtual meeting of the Coimbra Group Research Support Officers and […]

23
Nov2020

Challenges and future of internationalisation in the European Knowledge Area

The Coimbra Group is organising a High-level webinar on Education Policy focusing in the “Challenges and future of internationalisation in the European Knowledge Area”…