The GLITEMA (German Literature in the European Middle Ages) EMMC is an integrated Master Course run by a consortium of three full partner universities (Porto, PT [co-ordinator], Bremen, Palermo), supported by a number of associated partner HEIs (Amsterdam, FU Berlin, Cairo, Greifswald, Olomouc, Ljubljana, Moscow [Lomonosov], North Carolina, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago de Compostela, Vienna, Zurich).
The basic premise for the GLITEMA EMMC is the understanding that Medieval culture, in order to be fully comprehended, must be analysed from within its wider European context: in particular, the traditional “national philological approach”, which has informed Medieval German Studies since their inception during the 19th century, does not allow students to understand the full extent to which today’s national cultures in Europe have their roots in a common – Medieval – past. Thus, this EMMC aims to emphasize the pre-national nature of German Medieval Studies and analyse them from within their European context; to this end, the potentialities of trans-national student and staff mobility within the EU will be used to underpin the European approach to the subject.
Since most of the course will be taught in German, a good working knowledge of the language (level C.1 in Bremen and B.2 in Palermo and Porto) is a pre-requirement; tuition in this language will be offered by Palermo and Porto, while students are also expected to gain linguistic skills in Italian and/or Portuguese through intensive language training programmes.
A maximum of thirty students will be selected for the programme; only those candidates who have obtained a good first cycle degree in a relevant area of studies will be eligible for selection.
the Consortium will be able to award the following number of stipends to GLITEMA-EMMC students:
1. Students from the European Union and countries which are participating in the Erasmus Mundus Programme according to Article 9 of the Programme Decision
- Eight stipends (each with a value of 20.000 € / for the two year period)[1]
2. Students from outside the European Union and countries which are participating in the Erasmus Mundus Programme according to Article 9 of the Programme Decision
- Twelve stipends (each with a value of 48.000 € / for the two year period)[2]
3. Students from the Western Balkans
- Two stipends (each with a value of 48.000 € / for the two year period)[3]
Candidates must apply on-line by the following dates:
a) Students also applying for an Erasmus Mundus Master Course stipend from the European Union and countries which are participating in the Erasmus Mundus Programme according to Article 9 of the Programme Decision: midnight (Porto time), 15 May;
b) Students not applying for an Erasmus Mundus Master Course stipend: midnight (Porto time), 31 July .
Applicants must provide the following documents (which are to be uploaded on the on-line application form in a digitalized form):
- European format CV
- Copy of passport
- Certified (translated) copy of university diplomas
- Certified (translated) transcript of study results
- Certified copy of language test results
- Motivation letter
- Recommendation letter: Please ask the lecturer who will write your recommendation letter to send it directly to the following E-mail address: glitema@letras.up.pt
Moreinfo: http://glitema.up.pt