Don’t miss the chance to participate in one of the most exciting events organised by the T4EU Alliance
Vytautas Magnus University invites BA, MA and PhD students to participate in the sixth edition of the T4EU Week, under the topic: “TransformEd: Renaissance of Liberal Arts”.
Five days, from 20th to 24th October 2025, will be filled with an attractive offer of classes and social events.
The University of Trieste will select 6 BA, 6 MA and 3 PhD students to take part in one of the most significant events of our University Alliance.
Learn more about the programme and apply.
IMPORTANT! Before you attend the selected course, remember to inform your “Coordinatore del Corso di Studi” and the “Segreteria didattica” of your Department, following the dedicated guidelines. Failure to comply with these guidelines will preclude credit recognition.
Application deadline: 30th June 2025.
Students can participate in one course throughout the week and be awarded 3 – 4 ECTSs.
- Each student participates in 1 course, which will run the whole week, but during the application process you can rank 3 courses that you would like to attend in order of desirability.
- For each course, there will be an in-person component and an online component. The in-person component will take place during the T4EU week, whereas the online component will happen before the week. The exact information will be sent from the course leaders after the selection process is completed.
- To complete the course, you will have to pass a knowledge test. After successful completion you will be awarded 3 – 4 ECTS by the Vytautas Magnus University.
- The courses will mainly take place in the morning. In the afternoon, we will organise optional events, such as sports, cultural and scientific events.
Imagine a university not just as a place to get answers, but as a place to ask more thoughtful questions. A space where we grow not only in what we know, but in who we are.
Vytautas Magnus University was founded on the belief that Liberal Arts offer a cross-border, value-driven model of education. In a world that demands speed and specialization, Liberal Arts invite us to pause — not to romanticize the past, but to recover the tools needed to live wisely and act justly.
In times of rapid change and cultural fragmentation, we return to the enduring strengths of this tradition: critical thinking, civic responsibility, philosophical inquiry, artistic expression, and the ability to connect disciplines and communities.
Liberal Arts begin with a radical question: What does it mean to be free? Not just politically, but intellectually and imaginatively. This education challenges students to engage with complex texts, explore the interplay of language, culture, and power, and develop the skills to interpret, question, and create.
Over five days, participants will explore themes where knowledge meets care, and tradition sparks innovation. No final exams — just lasting questions to carry home:
- MAKING SENSE OF DISAGREEMENT. How can we learn to disagree meaningfully in a time of polarization, disinformation, and digital toxicity?
- THE IDEA OF EUROPE. Is Europe a place, a project, or a shared imagination — and what does it mean to belong to it today?
- CRITICAL HERITAGE. Whose memory is preserved — and whose is silenced? How can we approach heritage in times of cultural conflict?
- GLOBALIZATION AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION. How can we think and communicate globally in an era of nationalism, disinformation, and digital fragmentation?
- FIELD NOTES TO FRONTLINES: ANTHROPOLOGY THAT MATTERS.
What does it mean to listen ethically, speak responsibly, and represent others with care in anthropology and beyond? - CREATING A MUSICAL FROM SCRATCH: INTERNATIONAL MUSICAL THEATER WORKSHOP. Can creativity across cultures become a language of shared meaning — and what can a musical say that words cannot?
- GIS 360°: MAPS THAT TRANSFORM SOCIETY. How can maps become instruments of social justice, environmental change, and collective storytelling?
- BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION: UNDERSTANDING, THREATS & SOLUTION. Can we protect biodiversity not only through science, but through empathy and civic responsibility?
- CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE AND SOLUTIONS. What does climate action mean in a world of complexity — and how can science, policy, and ethics work together?