European Center for Posthumanism and Citizenship

The European Center for Posthumanism and Citizenship is a new pioneer European institution, member of GIRES, the Global Institute for Research Education & Scholarship.

By promoting research and education in the fields of literary, cultural, environmental, posthumanist and civil studies, the center aims to cultivate a better understanding of the interrelationship between natures and cultures for a more sustainable future.

In the pursuit of these aims, the center supports: Scholarly and creative work in environmental, posthumanist and civil literature, arts, and humanities, activities that promote the interdisciplinary dialogue between the academic community and the general public
conferences, workshops, webinars and online lectures.

Welcome to the European Center for Posthumanism and Citizenship (ECPC) member of GIRES.

ACTIVITIES

CONFERENCES
International conferences focusing on various aspects of environmental, posthumanist and civil literature, arts, and humanities

PODCASTS and LIVE CONVERSATIONS
Generating dialogue through multiple channels and media on topics related to the characteristics of the center’s identity

MEETINGS
Creating clusters of scholars working on the specific field.
(In)formal meetings with scholars from all over the world interested in environmental, posthumanist and civil literature, arts, humanities and its interconnected disciplines

DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES
Open-access activities for organizations, foundations, communities, societies and educational institutes of all level of education in order to share knowledge about posthumanism and citizenship

TEACHING

COURSES-WORKSHOPS-SEMINARS
(on topics relevant to the center’s interests)
-Environmental Humanities-
-Posthumanities (research/scholarship)-
-Citizen Humanities-
–Posthumanist, Meta-humanist, Transhumanist, A-humanist literature, art and culture-

MASTERCLASS FOR ACADEMICS & EDUCATORS
-Creating Teaching Portfolio-
-Teaching Material and Sources-
-Teaching Techniques-
-Exploring (Virtual) Sources-

PUBLISHING

PUBLISHING
Publications dedicated to relevant topics, aiming at the support of scholarship on
Posthumanities and Citizen Humanities
Promoting both the values of multi-interdisciplinarity & the collaboration between the various fields interconnected to the discipline through GIRES PRESS

READING SESSIONS & AUTHORS
Learn about the new publications on the discipline
Meet with authors
Read and analyze publications

RESEARCH

RESEARCH
-Engage in Research projects-
-Grant Writing for external research proposals through GIRES Biro
-Collaboration with other organizations-
-Prepare and support young researchers-
-Search external funding for research projects-
-Fund and co-fund research projects-