Michiel Luining questions the sense of human freedom.
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"Dancing Through the Euroculture Master" was filmed by Euroculture students in 3 continents, 18 countries, and 24 towns or cities for the last 2 years. 25 Euroculture 2012-2014 students are featured in the video. Directed by Miia Simunaniemi(Euroculture 2012-14), Idea by Laura Marchetti(Euroculture 2012-2014).
Syed Rashid Munir │srmunir@gmail.com Memory is a fickle thing. One second you think you can recall, and the next you’re absolutely dazed and confused. But, this one I remember. It’s from a long, long time ago. We used to live in the capital in those days. The street we lived on was on elevated ground. And … Continue reading The Stray
Is too much freedom a dead-end-road? How does it feel to be stuck in too much freedom? This article describes the challenges of a generation born into too much freedom. Eike-Maria Hinz │eike.maria.hinz@gmail.com Freedom has many facets: freedom of speech, freedom to vote, freedom of religion, the list goes on.... In modern western societies, these freedoms have … Continue reading Lost in Freedom? The Dilemma of Having Too Much Freedom
Freedom of voting: what's your choice? Voting or not voting? Read more about this difficult choice within the context of European elections.
Michiel Luining │michiel.luining@gmail.com Recently, Der Spiegel suggested the relevance of World War I today while other media and even historians have speculated on similarities between the period around World War I and our time. Might there be some relevance indeed and, on top of that, even to Euroculture? Running roughshod over historical uniqueness by making comparisons … Continue reading What the Great War Has to Do With Euroculture
Mirja Simunaniemi & Niek Zeeman We were barely one month into our internships in Ankara and Istanbul when we were spoiled with our first holiday. Kurban Bayram is a religious holiday in Turkey with Muslims celebrating the sacrifice Abraham (Ibrahim) was willing to make as act of submission to God’s command. About to sacrifice his … Continue reading Cyprus Surprise: Sailor, Tsunami and a dog called Bubble
Mary MacKenty | mkmackenty@gmail.com When I began Euroculture, I was very determined to learn languages and integrate myself into the host country. Not to say I didn’t achieve this to some extent, but the reality is that due to our short semesters, we ended up hanging out with people from Euroculture instead of the country we … Continue reading The Euroculture Bubble
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 41.5%; the main opposition party SPD (Social Democratic Party) got only 25.7%, The Left (Die Linke) 8.6%, The Greens (Die Grünen) 8.4%, the FDP (Free Democratic Party), the … Continue reading On German Elections 2013
A professor at Seokyeong University in Seoul, South Korea, leads us through the shadow of non-literature majors approaching literature and language as a means to a brighter end. "The best way to think about reality, I had decided, was to get as far away from it as possible..." <Haruki Murakami, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle> Steven Justice │ stevejustice1@gmail.com … Continue reading Why read literature? “Literature helps us see the big picture!”
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