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Culture, Arts and Humanities Task ForceJuan Luis García Alonso

SCOPE OF THE CULTURE, ARTS AND HUMANITIES TF

The task of the Culture, Arts and Humanities Task Force is to foster cultural expertise and creativity within the teaching and research of the Coimbra Group universities, raising awareness of the central contribution of culture to processes of identity formation, the self-definition of societies, the reflection of their values and the commitment to cultural and linguistic diversity. Based on the cultural heritage of the Coimbra Group Universities, the Task Force seeks to explore the ways in which the traditional role of European historical universities in shaping European culture can be continued in the 21st century.

It is also the task of the Culture, Arts and Humanities Task Force to contribute to the reflection of the changing conditions of the Arts and Humanities sector, and to advocate, in the light of present reform processes in education and research and based on experiences of the Coimbra Group Universities, the centrality of the Arts and Humanities for European universities and societies.

WHO IS ACTIVE IN THE CAH TF?

1. University of Salamanca2. University of Graz3. Trinity College Dublin4. University of Tartu5. University of Coimbra6. University of Padova7. University of Geneva8. University of Bristol

9. University of Iaşi10. University of Galway11. University of Granada12. University of Istanbul13. University of Barcelona14. Åbo Akademi15. University of Göttingen16. University of Turku 17. University of Uppsala18. University of Jena19. University of Lyon

Joint TF MEETING WITH E-LEARNING TASK FORCE

The CAH TF will celebrate a joint meeting with the e-Learning TF in Salamanca in October 2014, dealing with the question of the ‘Digitization of our Universities Cultural Heritage’.

HORIZON 2020: HERENCIA Project Application

In this meeting we will also advance in the preparation process of an application to HORIZON 2020 on Cultural Heritage.

2014 COIMBRA GROUP ANNUAL CONFERENCE – June 10-14th

Groningen, Holland

Juan Luis GARCÍA ALONSO [email protected] of SalamancaSPAIN

2014 Coimbra Group Annual Conference

EVENTS ORGANIZED BY THE CAH TF

Coimbra: “Identity(ies): a multicultural approach”

In November 7th-8th 2013 the TF hosted this workshop, after the Seminar held in Tartu in 2011 on “Languageand Identity” (with a Peter Lang 2013 book out of it.)

Dublin: Policy Seminar. Interdisciplinarity in the Humanities

In March 2014 (27th-28th), the Task Force organized this Policy Seminar, held in Trinity College Dublin.

Salamanca: “HERENCIA: Digitizing our Heritage”

The TF will organize a new workshop on Digitization of Cultural Heritage in Salamanca in October 2014.

Graz: “European representations of the current crisis”

The TF will organize a new workshop on this question in Graz in March 2015.

HORIZON 2020: Social Sciences and Humanities

Jürgen Barkhoff (TCD), Juan Luis García Alonso (Salamanca and Chair of the TF) and Anna Quici (Brussels Office) travelled to Vilnius in September 23rd-24th, to attend the Humanities Horizons Conference (http://horizons.mruni.eu/). That was just a few weeks before the actual launching of the programme. The impression overall was that Horizon 2020 does not feel very promising for the SSH, however hard the European Commission tried to make all representatives attending feel otherwise. Let us hope this is not the case.