Summer School - Decentring Europe: Doing History Otherwise, 1500-present

• Students of history, social sciences and related fields
• Graduates or students in their last year
• Any nationality

The applicants are not limited to EU member states and we welcome extra-European participants. Applicants should be working towards or have completed a master's degree. Except under special circumstances, PhD students will not normally be admitted.

Enrolment numbers are limited and admission is based on merit.

Whether you are interested in political, social, cultural, intellectual or economic history, it will give you a unique opportunity to broaden your research interests and methodological reflection.

Registration fee for selected participants: EUR 60

TENTATIVE PROGRAMME (subject to changes)

Time: Central European Summer Time CEST

Day 1 – 16 September 2026

10.30-11.30 Welcome and Introductions

11.30-12.00 Icebreaker session

12.00-12.30 Presenting the programme

12.30-14.00 Lunch Break

14.00-15.00 Overview on the academic debates on Eurocentrism

15.00-16.00 Discussion of pre-assigned readings (group work in 2 groups)

16.00-16.30 Presentation of results from two groups

16.30-17.00 Break

17.00-18.00 Keynote 1: speaker to be confirmed

Day 2 – 17 September 2026

10.00-12.00 Presentations of the Summer School students’ projects (in groups)

12.00-12.30 Presentation of the group work results

12.30-14.00 Lunch Break

14.00-15.00 Conversation with EUI PhD researchers on how ‘decentring’ has operated - or should operate - in their research, how it is working in their respective fields/institutions

15.00-15.30 Break

15.30-16.00 Group work in view of the 2^nd keynote lecture (based on pre-assigned readings)

16.00-17.00 Keynote 2 - Ismail Warscheid, Permanent Researcher CNRS Paris, Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton - “How can Islamic sources help us decenter the history of West African societies in the Sahel and the Sahara?”

Day 3 – 18 September 2026

10.30-12.00 Workshops on Primary Sources (5 groups)

12.00-12.30 Presentation of the workshops results

12.30-14.30 Lunch Break

14.30-16.00 Keynote 3: Roundtable with Melanie Lamotte (Duke University) and Miranda Spieler (American University in Paris)

16.00-16.30 Break

16.30-17.00 Conclusion and farewell

• Attendance at all sessions is mandatory
• A certificate of participation is issued at the end of the course