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Take Action – A Common Graduation Ceremony for Euroculturers
Anne Kurzweg | anne.kurzweg@gmail.com It was during the Intensive Programme in Bilbao when the thought “Let’s have a common graduation!” came up. The idea arose in the middle of a process that tied us,...
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Winning ALBA Thesis Prize : ”Try to use Chekhov’s Gun”
The Euroculturer interviews Lora Markova, the winner of the 2012 ALBA (Annual Liesbeth Brouwer Award) Thesis Prize. We all saw her being awarded with the prize during the Gala dinner at the Intensive...
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Finding an Alumnus (1) – A Journey to Moscow
Eunjin Jeong │eunjin.lynn@gmail.com To my surprise, I was a bit tongue-tied when I first met Alex in front of Pushkin’s statue in Pushkin Square, Moscow on a Sunday afternoon. He was emitting aura...
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Euroculture Groningen Class on a Mission: Exploring the Brussels Jungle
From 28-31 October 2012, the MA Euroculture Groningen class went on an excursion to Brussels. Armed with cameras, (digital) compasses, and semi-rested minds due to the previous week’s reading week...
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“We don’t say goodbye” – Long Distance Friendships: Can They Work?
Packing every semester, leaving everything behind and starting the process all over again is something that you love or you just get tired of. How long can you keep going? For some MA Euroculture...
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So, you want to be a journalist?
As a journalist for twenty years and a journalism educator for a further twenty years, I am often asked what preparation is best for a young person seeking a career in journalism. I avoid answering the...
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No More “I don’t know” on Euroculture Housing Issue
Eunjin Jeong l eunjin.lynn@gmail.com Housing is a very important issue for MA Euroculture students because they get to move constantly as part of the curriculum. For some, getting a room in new places...
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Prof. Janny de Jong “The reason why MA Euroculture is not an ordinary...
The Euroculturer has invited Prof. Janny de Jong, Director of Studies of Euroculture Groningen, to ask how to describe MA Euroculture when asked by a stranger, why Euroculturers are perfect candidates...
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Resistance, Resilience & Adaptation: Getting Ready for the IP
Meet the IP 2013 Krakow Team Floor Boele van Hensbroek│floorbvh@gmail.com On a sunny day in Krakow I met with IP organisers Juan, Luc and Karolina at cozy café Karma, one of the favourite hangouts of...
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My life as an IP intern?
The Euroculturer has invited Florian Fritsch, IP 2013 Krakow intern to ask what it’s like to be an IP intern. Florian Fritsch│ florian_fritsch@hotmail.fr Q1. Hello, Florian. How did you become an...
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Inside the ‘Eurobubble’?
‘Eurobubble’ is a web mini-series, which unveils the lives of young European Union (EU) professionals. What lies ‘inside’ the Eurobubble then? Susanne Wander│susanne.wander@gmx.de As the capital of...
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The Eurotrip Myth
After an exchange semester in Osaka, I realised I hadn’t seen much East of The Netherlands, my own country, and decided to spend my holidays in Hungary and Poland. And then…I became aware of a...
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A Report from Mexico City: The Mexican Scream
María de las Cuevas│mariadelascuevas@hotmail.com Every 15 September, Mexico celebrates its independence from Spain. The Mexican War of Independence broke out on 15 September 1810, after 300 years of...
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Professional tips from a EuCu graduate: “Blindly applying for jobs everywhere...
Penelope Vaxevanes│prosiliomani@hotmail.com MA Euroculture Programme is over for the 2011 – 2013 students and now most of them are on the hunt for a job or an internship – their gateway into the...
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Teacher Benjamin Martin “What’s special about Uppsala University? Well, we’re...
Euroculture Uppsala has been one of the most popular universities in the MA Euroculture Consortium, when it comes to the number of students it attracts every semester. Rumor has it, ‘Ben’ might be the...
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Muslim for One Day
Having a Muslim woman in our midst, we as the second semester Krakow girls were dying to find out what it felt like for our classmate to be a Muslim woman in Poland. Floor Boele van...
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Introducing the European Union: Between Supranationalism and...
Paul-gilbert Colletaz│paul.colletaz@gmail.com The press often portrays the European Union (EU) as a remote, almost foreign authority which makes decisions and forces them on its member states. As a...
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Second Time a Charm?
Heather Southwood│southwood28@gmail.com In Goettingen I was one of approximately twenty Euroculture students, in Krakow that became one of nine, in Indianapolis I couldn’t sit in Starbucks on campus...
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On German Elections 2013
王 子 Wong Tsz The German Bundestagswahl (parliamentary election) ended on 22 September. The centre-right CDU/CSU (Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union), led by Angela Merkel, won with...
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How to survive your MA Thesis
Helen Hoffmann│helenhoffmann@outlook.com Welcome to Thesis Hell! This is what I like to call the three, five, six, maybe even more months you spend writing your Master Thesis. People have told you...
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