INTERNATIONAL
Become part of the lively multilingualism of the Summer School Bovec and experience the linguistic and cultural diversity of the Alps-Adriatic region!
Date 2024: 7 – 21 July 2024
Topic: CULTURE, SOCIETY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT: Cross-Border Concepts and Practices of Cultural Sustainability
The application deadline for this year’s event has already expired.
Click through our programme and get inspired for the Summer College Bovec 2024:
Contact & information
International Office
summerschool [dot] bovec [at] aau [dot] at
Anna Della Pia, M.A.
International Office
summerschool [dot] bovec [at] aau [dot] at
O.1.16
Language courses (beginner & advanced): German, Italian, Slovene, Croatian, Friulian
Excursions and Workshops on the general topic: CULTURE, SOCIETY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT: Cross-Border Concepts and Practices of Cultural Sustainability
Language café
Film, music, games & literary evenings
ECTS credit points: 3
Who can apply? Regularly enrolled students from partner universities in Slovenia, Italy, Croatia (BA, MA, PhD). Students of all fields of study at Austrian universities or other higher education institutions.
Please note: Good knowledge (e.g. C1/C2 level, mother tongue) of one of the summer school languages (Slovene, Italian, Croatian, German and/or Furlan) is a basic requirement. This is, amongst others, due to the specific concept of this summer school, i. a. focusing on/working with languages predominantly spoken, respectively, to be found in the Alps-Adriatic region.
Participation Fee: € 110,00 for students from partner universities outside of Austria / € 220,- for students of Austrian universities or other higher education institutions
Accommodation: Alp hotel, Bovec/Slovenia, http://hotel-alp-bovec.com/en/
Soča Valley/City of Bovec, Tourism website: https://www.soca-valley.com/en/
The application deadline for this year’s event has already expired.
General topic 2024: „CULTURE, SOCIETY AND THE ENVIRONMENT: Cross-Border Concepts and Practices of Cultural Sustainability“
Students from partner universities: If you are interested in the programme, please contact the responsible person at your home university:
Univerza v Ljubljani-Filozofska fakulteta, ga. Anja Golec, e-pošta: anja [dot] golec [at] ff [dot] uni-lj [dot] si
Univerza na Primorskem, Dr. David Bizjak, e-pošta: david [dot] bizjak [at] fhs [dot] upr [dot] si
Filozofski fakultet u Rijeci, Prof. Sandra Marman, e-pošta: sandra [dot] marman [at] ffri [dot] uniri [dot] hr
Filozofski fakultet Osijek univ.-doc. dr. Stephanie Jug, e-pošta: sjug [at] ffos [dot] hr
Università degli Studi di Trieste, dott.ssa Federica Gori, e-mail: Federica [dot] Gori [at] amm [dot] units [dot] it
Università degli Studi di Udine, Sig.ra Cristina Protto, e-mail: cristina [dot] protto [at] uniud [dot] it
Università degli Studi di Udine, dott.ssa Sonja Kuri, e-mail: sonja [dot] kuri [at] uniud [dot] it
Students from Austrian universities and other higher education institutions:
Application form 2024 (for students from Austrian universities and other higher education institutions)
Please apply at: summerschool [dot] bovec [at] aau [dot] at
Academic Director: Assoc.-Prof.in Dr.in Cristina Beretta, MA
Kindly supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research
Press coverage & information on event from 2024:
„O kulturi, družbi in okolju v Bovcu“, Interview mit Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cristina Beretta, ORF Volksgruppen/Slovenci, 09.07.2024, ob 15.24, URL: https://volksgruppen.orf.at/slovenci/stories/3264451/ (Radio and internet interview, German and Slovenian)
„Avenâl 16.07.2024 Scuele d’Istât a Bovec“, Intervista con Cristina Beretta e Aurora Garzitto), Radio Onde Furlane, 16.07.2024, URL: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/avenal-16-07-2024-scuele-d-istat-a-bovec-c-beretta-a-garzitto–60704337 (Radio, Italian & Friulian)
„Poletna šola Bovec praznuje 30 let“, Interview mit Assoc. Prof. Dr. Cristina Beretta und Dr. Tatjana Vučajnk, Radio Agora, Sendetermin | Čas oddajanja: 17.7.2024 10:15; Oblikovanje I Gestaltung: Jaka Novak, URL: https://www.agora.at/news/detail/poletna-shola-bovec-praznuje-30-let (Radio, German and Slovenian)
„Polna tri desetletja Poletne šole Bovec“, In: novi matajur. Tednik slovencev videnske pokraijne. Št. 27 Čedad, sreda 17. julija 2024, s. 7. (Article, Slovenian)
„Alpen-Adria in einer Person“, von Tina Perisutti, 11.07.2024, Kleine Zeitung, URL: https://www.kleinezeitung.at/kaernten/kaerntnerdestages/18642175/alpen-adria-in-einer-person (German)
„Tri desetletja Poletne šole v Bovcu“, 04. 07. 2024, ORF Volksgruppen/Slovenci, URL: https://volksgruppen.orf.at/slovenci/stories/3263850/ (Slovenian)
„Poletna šola Bovec letos s 30. izvedbo“, 16.07.2024, URL: Primorskival, http://www.primorskival.si/novica.php?oid=21757 (Slovenian)
„30 let Poletne Šole v Bovcu. Nekoč vojna fronta je danes mesto učenja in prijateljstva“, Novice, 20.07.2024 (Newspaper article, Slovenian)
„30 LET POLETNE ŠOLE V BOVCU“, Občina Bovec, 14. 07. 2024, URL: https://obcina.bovec.si/objava/958266, (Slovenian)
„Poletna šola v Bovcu 2024“, Občina Bovec, 14. 05. 2024, URL: https://obcina.bovec.si/objava/929607, (Slovenian)
„30. Sommerkolleg in Bovec: Culture, Society and the Environment“, News-Portal der Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, 26. 04. 2024, URL: https://www.aau.at/blog/30-sommerkolleg-in-bovec-culture-society-and-the-environment/ (German)
„Priznanje za uspešno sodelovanje pri Poletni šoli Bovec“, Univerza v Ljubljani, Filozofska fakulteta, 19. 07. 2024 URL: https://zgodovina.ff.uni-lj.si/novice/priznanje-za-uspesno-sodelovanje-pri-poletni-soli-bovec (Slovenian)
„30 Jahre Sommerkolleg Bovec: Ein Jubiläum der Mehrsprachigkeit“, 19. 07. 2024, News-Portal der Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, URL: https://www.aau.at/blog/30-jahre-sommerkolleg-bovec-ein-jubilaeum-der-mehrsprachigkeit/ (German)
„30 Years of Summer School Bovec: A Jubilee of Multilingualism“, 22. 07. 2024, News-Portal der Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, URL: https://www.aau.at/en/blog/30-years-of-summer-school-bovec/ (English)
Press coverage & information on event from 2023:
Press release from the Municipality Bovec (Slovenian): https://obcina.bovec.si/objava/790883 (10.7.2023)
Press release from the University of Klagenfurt (German): https://www.aau.at/blog/sprachen-und-grenzen-beim-sommerkolleg-bovec-2023/ (20.7.2023)
RTV Slovenija – TV report (Slovenian): https://365.rtvslo.si/arhiv/slovenska-kronika/174971912 (14.7.2023)
Radio Agora – Radio interview (German, Slovenian): https://www.agora.at/news/detail/poletna-shola-bovec-2023 (26.7.2023)
ORF Kärnten – Report (Slovenian): https://volksgruppen.orf.at/slovenci/stories/3215740/ (13.7.2023)
Radio Primorski val – Report (Slovenian): http://www.primorskival.si/novica.php?oid=19655 (11.7.2023)
Regional Obala – Report (Slovenian): https://www.regionalobala.si/novica/bovec-kot-vecjezicno-obmocje-povezovanje-kultur-in-raznolikosti-na-poletni-soli-ob-tromeji (13.7.2023)
Press coverage & information on event from 2022:
Press release of the Municipality of Bovec (Slovenian): https://obcina.bovec.si/2022/07/18/zacetek-poletne-sole-v-bovcu/#prettyPhoto (18.07.2022)
Press release of the University of Klagenfurt (German): https://www.aau.at/blog/sommerkolleg-bovec-2022-eintauchen-in-die-lebendige-mehrsprachigkeit-des-alpen-adria-raums/ (18.07.2022)
ORF.at (report and interviews, Slovenian and German): https://volksgruppen.orf.at/slovenci/stories/3165688/ (20.07.2022)
RTV Slovenija (radio interview, Slovenian): https://val202.rtvslo.si/podkast/aktualno-202/173251477/174890270 (02.08.2022)
Austrian weekly NOVICE (Slovenian): https://www.novice.at/intervju/andrea-wernig-je-praznovala-60-zivljenjski-jubilej-pogovor-o-vecjezicnosti-starosti-in-lahkotnosti-zivljenja/ (29.08.2022)
Press coverage & information on event from 2021:
Report on the Summer school with interviews, published in the Austrian weekly NOVICE on 11 August 2021 (in Slovenian), https://www.novice.at/tecaj/v-soli-mi-je-bilo-vsec-vse/
15-minute feature about the Summer school with interviews, broadcast on RTV-Koper/Capodistria on 3 October 2021 (multilingual), https://www.rtvslo.si/4d/arhiv/174810621?s=tv
