{"id":6961,"date":"2025-09-30T11:02:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T09:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/nieuws\/fuce-summer-school-on-european-humanism-and-populism\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T10:17:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T09:17:13","slug":"25-09-30-fuce-summer-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucsia.org\/en\/nieuws\/25-09-30-fuce-summer-school\/","title":{"rendered":"FUCE Summer School on European humanism and populism"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6961\" class=\"elementor elementor-6961 elementor-6920\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76ce0568 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"76ce0568\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37a96e12 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"37a96e12\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b2f6906 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6b2f6906\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;sticky&quot;:&quot;top&quot;,&quot;sticky_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;],&quot;sticky_offset&quot;:152,&quot;sticky_parent&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;sticky_effects_offset&quot;:0,&quot;sticky_anchor_link_offset&quot;:0}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-572acd1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"572acd1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Populism,<br>a <i>wicked problem<\/i><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-522ca14a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"522ca14a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>How does populism reconceptualize the notions of the people and the public space? And how does it transform the model of liberal democracy? From deliberation to identity politics, from civil conversation to collective identification and homogeneous belonging.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c969a3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c969a3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It looked into the pitfalls this produces: stigmatization of elite and minorities, loss of pluralism, danger of authoritarian solutions through processes of digitalization, refuting expert knowledge (leading to fictitious interpretations, open to manipulation), appropriating ideologies and value reference systems taken out of context and unmediated direct political legitimation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcef8ee e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dcef8ee\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12f5273c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"12f5273c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d268449 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d268449\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Humanist perspective<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27bd5d99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"27bd5d99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From a humanist perspective the way forward was sought in the respect for pluralism, the embodiment of a common humanity and grounded citizenship. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcf2589 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bcf2589\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This in reply to Pope Francis\u2019 warning that a lack of concern for the vulnerable can hide behind a populism that exploits them demagogically for its own purposes, or a liberalism that serves the economic interests of the powerful. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7e8769 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7e8769\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In both cases, it becomes difficult to envisage an open world that makes room for everyone, including the most vulnerable, and shows respect for different cultures.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cf0328a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6cf0328a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6368a380 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6368a380\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The programme<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c9fe07b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c9fe07b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The participants engaged with these issues in morning classes with their tutors, in an evening lecture with experts in law and politics, in a public panel with a selection of students sharing their experiences, in a simulation exercise in political argumentation and in visiting the EU-Parliament and the House of European History. They were first introduced to the topic and to each other in an interactive webinar preceding the summer school.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74fa03d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"74fa03d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They formulated their thoughts in an individual portfolio and exchanged ideas with their peers in afternoon workshops. This was crystallized in a collective presentation at the end of the week. They were triggered to use their imagination and describe their emotions in writing up a fictitious story about discovering others through (inner) travel, to experience how storytelling allows us to change our perspective and understand others.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-402dd2ba e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"402dd2ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40aa5fa0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40aa5fa0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The participants<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efd090e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efd090e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The encounter was enriched by the individual background of the 30 participants from Eastern and Western European countries and Lebanon, engaged in different disciplines, from law, economy and political studies, over philosophical, social and cultural studies, to engineering, biochemistry and health studies. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b02073b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b02073b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In total the summer school has by now, with this sixth edition, serviced nearly 150 bachelor students of over 30 member universities of the FUCE-network. It has found a firm organizational basis at the Catholic University of Lille, which is host to the second cycle of summer schools, following LUMSA university of Rome.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1453ef8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1453ef8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f9bf4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3f9bf4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Students' testimonials<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-252a7ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"252a7ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The summer school reached its purpose in sensitizing young people for European values and how they are being challenged by contemporary developments, while strengthening them in their agency to partake in the ongoing construction of a more humanist society. This is evident from their personal appraisal of the programme and the way it impacts them. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7ba53b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7ba53b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They described their experiences as follows:<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-828dfec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"828dfec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;This programme was a unique opportunity to explore some of the most pressing issues facing Europe today \u2014 from populism and identity to digital democracy \u2014 in a truly international and intellectually engaging environment. The combination of academic insight, personal reflection, and institutional visits made it an unforgettable learning experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc7ceba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc7ceba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;The summer school helped me see how modern populist movements challenge democratic values, often by exploiting digital platforms and disintermediating traditional media. I have an insight into how technology reshapes political communication and collective identity. It was also interesting to examine the role of education and media literacy in strengthening democratic resilience.&#8221;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c70aee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c70aee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;I initially joined with the intention of broadening my academic perspective on Europe and human rights, but I gained so much more: a deep sense of community, renewed hope in collective action, and personal growth. It pushed me to think more critically, speak more confidently and connect authentically with others from diverse backgrounds. It\u2019s an experience that will continue to shape how I move forward personally and professionally.&#8221;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-225291f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"225291f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;I learned that dialogue across differences is not only possible but essential, and that hope must be rooted in action. The programme challenged me to rethink the meaning of solidarity and what it means to be part of a shared future.&#8221;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2622de7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2622de7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>&#8220;I learned that European humanism is not just a historical concept, but a living, evolving response to the ethical, social, and political challenges of our time. I now understand the importance of collective memory, intercultural dialogue and civic responsibility in shaping a united Europe. I plan to engage more actively in promoting values of solidarity, integration, and human dignity in my life and work.&#8221;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0c41d1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a0c41d1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50e1913 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"50e1913\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Find out more...<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b96d54 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"9b96d54\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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