Humanities & Social Studies
Bring humanistic and social perspectives together to examine ideas, institutions and everyday life.
Study with us →Bring cultural, philosophical and intercultural perspectives into conversation.
The School of Humanities & Interdisciplinary Studies provides a home for enquiry across texts, cultures and ideas. Its fields connect close reading and interpretation with broader questions about society, values and communication. Interdisciplinary study encourages learners to consider how a question changes when approached through a different intellectual tradition.
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Bring humanistic and social perspectives together to examine ideas, institutions and everyday life.
Explore language, meaning and communication across cultural settings.
Examine the ways culture is produced, interpreted and experienced across societies.
Develop careful reasoning through questions about knowledge, values and human action.
Explore European cultural life and social change through interdisciplinary study.
Read texts and cultural forms in relation to the contexts in which they are produced and interpreted.
Explore the role of language and intercultural understanding in human relationships.
Develop arguments about knowledge, values and questions that cross disciplinary boundaries.
Close reading, comparative analysis and carefully developed arguments can support independent intellectual exploration.
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Learning at EURISS →EURISS selects applicants on merit. Applicants may apply for an admission scholarship of €1,000–€5,000 based on their individual circumstances. Applications are assessed by the Institute; the final outcome is specified in writing in the admission letter.
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