︎ The Summer Institute


SMR's Summer Institute is located in what used to be ancient Stagira, Aristotle's birthplace, now called Olympiada in the Northeast of Greece.
It is situated at the beautiful coastline of the Aegean Sea, at an only 50-60 minutes drive from Thessaloniki Airport.


︎ Death, Movement, Change and Transformation: The Domain of Matter with John Ó Maoilearca, Thomas Nail and Joel White,
and Jonathan Fardy as invited lecturer


The application form is available in the link below containing the full program and the relevant practical info. Please, be informed that the selection process is based on a single key criterion: your motivation (”Please indicate what is your interest in the summer school program”), backed up by your academic profile (”short bio”) to be stated in the form itself. The call for applications is open until February 27, 2024. The results of the selection process will be available 15 days after the closing of the Call.



CLICK here for Full Program and Practical Details including Aplication Form


︎ The Feminine in an Age of Anthropological Transformation


The application form is available in the link below containing the full program and the relevant practical info. Please, be informed that the selection process is based on a single key criterion: your motivation (”Please indicate what is your interest in the summer school program”), backed up by your academic profile (”short bio”) to be stated in the form itself. The call for applications is open until December 31, 2023. The results of the selection process will be available 15 days after the closing of the Call.

 



CLICK here for Full Program and Practical Details including Aplication Form



︎ Mytho Planetarities: Critical and Speculative Practices in Design Research


The School of Materialist Research is excited to announce a 2024 summer school on design and creative research in Olympiada, Greece: Mytho Planetarities: Critical and Speculative Practices in Design Research.

Dates: Aug 3-9, 2024

The summer school is geared toward graduate students (Master’s and Doctoral) and early career researchers wanting to expand their creative and critical research on questions related to design, mythology, and planetarity. The school is taught by internationally renowned design and arts faculty from Goldsmiths University of London (UK), Politecnico di Milano (Italy), University of New South Wales (Australia), and Arizona State University (USA).

The program fee covers lodging and tuition. Applications are due May 3. Apply here.


Instructions for submitting 1000 euro to secure your place in the summer school will be sent upon receipt of application. Payments are due by July 1.

Olympiada is beach town, easily accessible from Thessaloniki (approximately 1 hour), the second largest city in Greece. Details about transportation and accommodation will be sent out in early summer.