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
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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!”
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 Hensbroek│floorbvh@gmail.com Having a Muslim woman in our midst while living in one of the most homogeneous countries in Europe, … Continue reading Muslim for One Day
What does it mean to be European when you live in a non-European country? Read this personal definition of Europe, written from India.
Heard about the ‘OCEANS Network’? If you are familiar with the work of the Erasmus Mundus Student and Alumni Association (EMA), you are more than halfway through in understanding the OCEANS Network. Valerio Callegaro, the newly elected Communications Coordinator at the organisation, is here to tell you more about the OCEANS Network and why we … Continue reading Feature Interview③: Follow the wave, the OCEANS Network!
The European Parliament offers a space for dialogue to politicians with different backgrounds and perspectives. It provides a forum for them to debate constructively their ideas, because they have to work together within a common group. The European Union (EU) consists of different cultures, countries, nations and languages. It is diverse and this diversity reflects … Continue reading The European Parliament as a space for discussion
'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 the European Union (EU) institutions, Brussels has always been an attractive place to work for many Europeans and non-Europeans alike; including not only “Euroculturalists” studying MA Euroculture but also … Continue reading Inside the ‘Eurobubble’?
Janina Grabs, EMA (Erasmus Mundus Association) Course Representative of Erasmus Mundus Master's Programme, Agricultural, Food, and Environmental Policy Analysis, is certainly an interesting figure. In her old blog, she described herself as a Globetrotter, Foodie, Multilingual, and definitely a Chocoholic. She now runs a new and popular blog called ‘Food (Policy) for Thought’. Her passion … Continue reading Feature Interview②: Erasmus Mundus, Food Policy for Thought, and a Passionate Life
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