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Join the T4EU Team as a Volunteer for Mnemosyne, the 3rd T4EU Heritage Week

The University of Trieste is pleased to host Mnemosyne, the 3rd T4EU Heritage Week, taking place from 21 to 23 October 2026.

We are looking for enthusiastic volunteers to join the T4EU team and contribute to the success of this international event. This is a unique opportunity to become actively involved in the Transform4Europe Alliance, meet students and staff from partner universities across Europe, and gain valuable experience in an international academic environment.

As a volunteer, you will support the organization of the event by:

  • Welcoming participants and guests;
  • Providing information and guidance throughout the event;
  • Supporting the T4EU team with various logistical and organizational activities.

Whether you are interested in international cooperation, cultural heritage, or simply wish to take an active role in university life, this is an excellent opportunity to be part of a vibrant European initiative.

For more information about the event, please visit: Mnemosyne, the 3rd T4EU Heritage Week.

If you would like to take part in this experience and join the T4EU team at UniTS, please register your interest here:

MNEMOSYNE – 3rd T4EU Heritage Week: Volunteers form

We look forward to welcoming you to the team!

3rd T4EU Heritage Week in Trieste

Would you like to explore European heritage, memory, and artistic practices?

Members of the public are warmly invited to take part in selected events throughout the programme, offering a unique opportunity to engage with leading scholars, artists, museum professionals, and cultural practitioners from across Europe.

Join Mnemosyne – the 3rd T4EU Heritage Week, hosted by the University of Trieste from 21 to 23 October 2026.

Inspired by Aby Warburg’s reflections on the relationship between art and memory, this T4EU Heritage Week explores how Europe’s shared heritage is constructed, interpreted, and reimagined through critical memory studies and artistic methodologies. Bringing together scholars, artists, students, cultural institutions, and GLAM+ (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums, and related cultural heritage organisations) professionals, the programme promotes an interdisciplinary dialogue on participatory artistic practices and sustainable heritage.

The event is organised around two complementary initiatives:

  • Reframing Memories in Times of Crises – Regional Heritage Workshop (21–22 October), dedicated to examining how contemporary crises reshape remembrance practices and public narratives across Europe through historical and anthropological perspectives.
  • Art and Science as Participatory Practices – Regional Artistic Research Roundtable (23 October), exploring how artistic methodologies can strengthen interdisciplinary research, education, and public engagement.
PROGRAMME

Throughout the three-day programme, participants will attend keynote lectures and thematic panels, engage in discussions with museums and cultural institutions, take part in a participatory World Café, and exchange ideas with scholars, artists, researchers, and heritage professionals from across the T4EU Alliance. Topics will include contested memories, wars and forced migrations, border regions, authoritarian pasts, public memory, participatory artistic practices, and innovative approaches to heritage research and education.

We are pleased to welcome members of the public to the following events:

  • 21 OCTOBER
    • Who owns public memory? Between human rights and nationalism (welcome & introduction, keynote and discussion, 09:30-11:00)
    • The European dimension of memories and crisis (panel, 11:30-13:00)
    • European and regional museums in conversation: representations of conflictual memories (roundtable with GLAM+ partners, 17:00-19:00, simultaneous interpretation between English and Italian available)
  • 22 OCTOBER
    • The regional dimension of memories and crisis (panel, 10:00-11:30)
    • Nation, faith, and spaces of memory at the Risiera di San Sabba (keynote and discussion, 12:00-13:00)
  • 23 OCTOBER
    • Art and science as participatory practices (welcome and introduction, roundtable, 8:45-11:00, simultaneous interpretation between English and Italian available)

These events offer a chance to meet international guests, engage with current debates on heritage and memory, and experience innovative approaches to art, culture, and research in an open and accessible setting.

Stay tuned for updates on our website and social media channels!ia channels!

The Shape of Animal Thought: T4EU Science Café at Trieste Next 2026

On Sunday, 27 September 2026, the University of Trieste and the Transform4Europe Alliance will take part in Trieste Next – Festival of Scientific Research with the Science Café “The Shape of Animal Thought: From Cognition to Law.”

The event will bring together Cinzia Chiandetti, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Trieste, and Tomasz Pietrzykowski, Professor of Law at the University of Silesia in Katowice. The discussion will be chaired by Alberto Pallavicini, Professor of Genetics at the University of Trieste.

Recent decades have profoundly changed our understanding of animal minds. Research has revealed cognitive abilities ranging from spatial reasoning and numeracy to biologically rooted musical preferences, challenging traditional assumptions about the boundaries between human and non-human cognition.

These scientific discoveries also raise important legal and ethical questions. How should a deeper understanding of animal cognition reshape our relationship with non-human animals? Is the law ready to respond to what science is discovering?

The Science Café will explore the intersection between cognitive science and legal norms, bringing together different disciplinary perspectives and addressing topics ranging from comparative cognition to animal rights and the debate around non-human legal personhood.

Sunday, 27 September 2026 | 11:30–12:45
Area Talk 2 – Piazza Unità d’Italia, Trieste

The event is organised by the University of Trieste and the Transform4Europe European University Alliance within WP8 – Task 8.4.

Full details about the speakers and the event are available on the Trieste Next website.

Applications open for the Transform4Europe First-Time Researchers Academy in Kaunas

Applications open for the Transform4Europe First-Time Researchers Academy in Kaunas

Applications are now open for the Transform4Europe First-Time Researchers Academy: Doctoral Week in Social Sciences – Scientific Research Methodology, taking place in Kaunas, Lithuania, from 16 to 20 November 2026, preceded by a virtual introductory session on 9 November, from 12:00 to 14:00 CET.

Organised as an Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme (BIP), the Academy is designed for PhD students and early-stage researchers from across the Transform4Europe Alliance.

The programme offers intensive and interdisciplinary training covering the entire research process, from philosophical and methodological paradigms to multidisciplinary research design, academic publishing and creative approaches to scientific integration.

Throughout the week, participants will take part in lectures, practical sessions, group work and collaborative activities addressing common challenges in doctoral research. The Academy will also provide opportunities for interdisciplinary exchange, peer learning and the development of European research networks.

More information and the full programme are available here: Transform4Europe First-Time Researchers Academy.

Selection and ECTS

The University of Trieste will select 3 PhD students to participate in the Academy. The programme awards 3 ECTS.

Please note that, according to UniTS rules for the recognition of credits in PhD programmes, the Academy corresponds to a Type 4 activity. It may be recognised for a maximum of 2.5 CFU, subject to evaluation by the relevant Doctoral Teaching Body.

Applicants are therefore invited to consult the UniTS credit attribution rules and the dedicated T4EU guidelines, and to discuss their participation with their supervisor or PhD programme coordinator. Failure to comply with these guidelines will preclude credit recognition.

How to apply

As part of the selection process, applicants must submit a motivational statement in English (maximum 2,000 characters) explaining:

  1. why they wish to participate in the Academy;
  2. how the programme would benefit their development at this specific stage of their doctoral research;
  3. how their academic and professional goals align with the Academy’s focus on Scientific Research Methodology.

Applications deadline: 30 September 2026.

Apply now

Inspiring Istria 2026: second call selection results

The results of the second call for participation in the T4EU Festival of Culture and Languages and Sustainable Student Heritage Competition – Inspiring Istria are now available.

The selected student is:

  • SM58A00013

The event will take place at the University of Primorska in Koper, Slovenia, from 8 to 11 September 2026, as part of the activities of the Transform4Europe European University Alliance.