The project “ReNewEurope: Rediscovering „NewEurope” – On-Wheels summer school for Balkan/Central and Eastern Europe trans-border history and politics” is funded under Erasmus+ Programme.
The project is led by the University of Warsaw, Poland. Partners under the project are the Transilvania University of Brașov, Romania; University of Belgrade, Serbia; University of Zagreb (Sveuciliste U Zagrebu), Croatia and Pax Rhodopica Foundation, Bulgaria.
The stereotypical perception of the Balkan, Eastern and Central European regions as potentially conflicting, post-communist, post-Soviet and overly Oriental (especially the Balkans) creates particular discomfort and imbalance in a general European aspect. It is this problematic view of the area that provokes the idea of a different approach and an attempt to destruct such overlapped perceptions. The impossibility of an overall neutral and mutually satisfactory reading of the history and policies of the region is something that is hardly doubtful. However, the possibility of building a more positive image through intense communication between predominantly young people is an approach that is not yet well defined and designed.
The main objective of ReNewEurope is to develop an innovative, holistic and integral approach for training of university professors, assistant professors, researchers and scholars to conduct educational process in the field of Balkan’s and CEE studies through on-wheels summer school focused on four main fields namely: (i) Minorities and majorities; (ii) Rule of law and European integration; (iii) Identity and nationalism & (iv) Politics and religion.
ReNewEurope partnership developed the following outputs:
1) Methodological framework that provides the structure, roadmap and the main points of the training process that will lead to achievement of the project goals.
2) ReNewEurope Training kit that provides the resources to the higher education teaching staff to organize On-wheels summer school for CEE trans-border history and politics.
3) Manual for academic staff to develop personal & professional competencies of the higher education teaching staff in techniques how to work, teach and study Balkan trans-border history and politics as well as to overcome the stereotypes and prejudices.
4) Guidebook on ReNewEurope concept that provides guidelines on the process of ReNewEurope methodology implementation.
5) CultHera e-platform & e-library that host all the developed outputs as well as Interactive library section where various materials on the project topics shall be uploaded for further reading.
The project started on 01/01/2021 and lasted 28 months until 30/04/2023.
More info on our project can be found on: reneweurope.wnpism.uw.edu.pl
The training course is available on: https://moodle.reneweurope-project.eu/ (free registration is required)