Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Promotion Tour Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Zugdidi, Baku, Yerevan November 2014

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HERMES Humanities Education Revitalized via Mundus ExperienceS

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens(UoA) Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU)

The Humanities have always been at the heart of all scientific research, providing o the tools of reasoning on which all thinking and knowledge is founded o the moral principles which ensure its optimal use in the interests of humanity The Humanities have always been at the heart of education: o Secondary education relies on the humanities to develop specific skills and mainly to transmit ideas and instill principles o Significantly, most modern universities were founded with the Humanities playing a central role, frequently forming a single academic unit with the Natural Sciences, often named “Faculty/School of Philosophy” Athens Humanities Network (AHN)

The Humanities may not be directly connected to the markets but, apart from their intrinsic value for society in all its aspects, they constitute an important indirect economic asset for all countries of Europe and the surrounding area. Far from being an idle contemplation of the past, the Humanities are the only field that truly affords a vision for the future.

The above was part of the 2012 Founding Declaration of the Athens Humanities Network (AHN) Three of the partner universities (Athens, Tbilisi, Sofia) were among the founding members.

Indicative list of subjects Classics Philosophy History Archaeology Medieval Languages & Literatures Modern Languages & Literatures General and Comparative Literature Linguistics Music and Musicology Performing Arts (Dance, Theatre & Film Studies) History of Art

As well as related subjects from the Social Sciences and other areas Translation, Interpretation Theology Education & Teacher Training Psychology, esp. Educational Psychology Communication and Information Sciences Law Areal studies - International Relations

Modern Languages The project also gives emphasis to the acquisition of Modern Languages, with all partner universities offering language courses This is also in accordance with European policies for the promotion of Multilingualism

The Partnership EU countries Bulgaria Estonia Germany Greece Italy Sweden Third Countries (Lot 5) Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Ukraine

EU Universities – St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Bulgaria – Tallinn University, Estonia – European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany – National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece – Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Italy – University of Salerno, Italy – Linköping University, Sweden

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, Bulgaria

Tallinn University, Estonia

European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder), Germany

Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Italy

University of Salerno, Italy

Linköping University, Sweden

MOBILITY

Overall mobility I

Overall mobility II

Applicants for Master’s and Doctoral courses must additionally have a first degree (a degree awarded at the end of an undergraduate course) appropriate to the course applied for.

3 Target groups Target Group 1 (TG1): Students registered at one of the non-EU countries' HEIs which belong to the consortium. Target Group 2 (TG2): Students registered at OR already holding a degree from a HEI which is in one of the non-EU countries of the consortium but which does NOT itself belong to the consortium. Target Group 3 (TG2): Students who are nationals of one of the countries in Lot 5 and belong to one of the vulnerable groups (asylum beneficiaries, refugees, Internally Displaced Persons, objects of unjustified expulsion from a university on racial, ethnic, religious, political, gender or sexual inclination grounds).

Selection Boards will make the final selection of candidates Quality Assessment Board will evaluate the project throughout its implementation All partners participate at least once.

INFORMATION & APPLICATION PROCEDURE

Information Contains Information on the Universities and their academic offerings Links to the Universities contact persons’ s Contact persons’ s Link to the on-line application platform

SELECTION PROCEDURE

Home University Host University Selection Board

The University of Athens

The School of Philosophy

This project is funded by the European Commission This communication reflects the views only of the author and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained herein. This project is funded by the European Commission This communication reflects the views only of the author and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained herein.