Multilingual Europe: Communicating (in) the Middle Ages

Description

Through creating innovative courses and curricula, this ERASMUS/Key Action 2 project will achieve substantial promotion and appreciation of European pluralism and critical thinking primarily but not solely among university students. Offering multifaceted insights into medieval cultural communication, it aims at providing a mirror to present-day challenges of bridging cultural gaps. It will also strengthen the intensity of cooperation among the partner institutions and thus support excellence and innovation.

Key findings

Implementation:
1. Three summer schools focused on medieval culture and its reception, implementing innovative teaching methods and digital tools: Circulation of Texts and Creation of European Culture (Reykjavík 2024), Cultural Exchanges and Language Plurality (Prague 2025), Medievalism in Modern Europe (CEU 2026).
2. Joint creation of a knowledgebase of medieval translations and an exhibition on medieval languages.
3. Joint creation of innovative open access curricula and teaching materials available online.

Short title	Multilingual Europe
Acronym	COMMA
Status	Active
Effective start/end date	1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Links	https://medlit.fhs.cuni.cz/

Collaborative partners

University of Iceland (lead)
Charles University (Project partner)
University of Southern Denmark (Project partner)

Keywords

medieval literature
medieval language
medieval Europe
medieval communication

Access Project

The project's digital knowledgebase at the Central European University (currently under construction and not open access yet).