Background and Objective
The overall aim of the "Humanities as a Source of Creativity and Innovation" programme is to promote creativity and innovation not only in creative and performing arts but also in new thinking in almost any area of intellectual endeavour: science, medicine, engineering and technology would all lay legitimate claim to creativity as a central term of their research and development.
The "Cultural Dynamics: Inheritance and Identity" programme is to look at culture as a process rather than as a product, as a praxis rather than a pragma. Culture is to be studied, not as the output of a given society, community, or generation, but as a form of traffic between societies, communities and generations.
The common objective for both programmes is to bring together researchers from humanities disciplines across Europe in order to share knowledge in a multi-disciplinary perspective on a trans-national level.
The Launch Conferences had been designed to give the programmes a head start by actively promoting the exchange and cooperation between the various projects. It is the perfect occasion to explore possible networking opportunities for the teams at an early stage and to plant the seeds for follow-up activities, within and across both programmes.
Structure of the programme
When
The "Humanities as a Source of Creativity and Innovation" conference will take place on 23 June 2010. In conjuction, a meeting of the Research Steering committee, KTAC and HERA NB/JRP Board Meeting will be held on 24 June.
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The "Cultural Dynamics: Inheritance and Identity" conference will take place on 25 June 2010. In conjuction, a meeting of the Research Steering committee and KTAC will be held on 26 June.
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Where
Location is the comfortable Palais & Hotel StrudlHof.
Information
For further information, please contact the ESF office at hera[at]esf.org
