Summer School in Humanities
in honour of Hannah Arendt
The Metaphysics of Action
Summer School
in Transformative Research
Collective Action:
Intentions & Conditions
Cross-disciplinary Summer School of Transformative Research for young and experienced researchers who are inspired to work on ideas for the creation of the common future - Ukrainian - in dialogue with a global vision of a shared world of humane action.
The School is an invitation to take the perspectives of philosophy, history, theology, and other disciplines not only as rich traditions of academic work, but also as one common path for the process of sense making itself to engage and transform.
Our context
In the midst of war and violence, the need to deepen our understanding of humanity is greater than ever.
War calls for memory, for history, for sensibility — for new meanings. If no one responds to its voice, it does not fade,but turns its emptiness against humanity.
Our task is to resist it by filling that void —to turn the violence directed at us into a question of metaphysics.
The Third
interdisciplinary summer school
Collective Action:
Intentions & Conditions
We explore how collective action becomes possible —and what conditions allow it to take shape.
From different perspectives, we examine how individual intentions enter a shared space and become coordinated action.
This year, the work is grounded in concrete practices.
We engage with traditions of memory culture and with the experience of institutions such as Borderland, reflecting on how collective agency is formed within real historical and cultural contexts.
Our aim is to understand how collective agency emerges not as an abstract idea, but through lived practices — in institutions, communities, and forms of life.
How It Was in 2025
moments, lectures,
discussions
from the previous school
We Invite
- Students
exploring whether a research path is right for them
- PhD students and early-career researchers
seeking dialogue within a community
- Young researchers
looking for spaces where their ideas can lead to real change
in search of intellectual community and new directions for transforming their work
and the systems around them
- Practitioners: active citizens and entrepreneurs
We Want To
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Build bridges between thought and action
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Connect the Ukrainian context to global intellectual dialogue, treating Ukraine’s challenges as starting points for rethinking global issues
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Rethink academic approaches in response to changing realities
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Create a collaborative space where ideas and practice meet to shape systemic change
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Bring together those who act and those who think about transformation
How the Programme Works
Research
Seminars led by faculty and invited scholars
Participant research presentations and discussions
Close reading and collective work with key texts
Practice
Collaboration with Ukrainian organisations and initiatives
Exploring how research can enter real-world processes
Workshops and practices for shifting perspectives
Community-building and shared formats of engagement
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A Shared Space
We see the school as something we build together.
Each participant contributes to its shared space, atmosphere, and activities.
We invite you to take an active part:
— in creating an environment where different perspectives and personalities feel welcome
— through your own research interests
— preparing a talk or contributing to the school publication
— and, of course, by bringing something of your own
— even a small moment of shared experience
At this school, your initiative matters — whether it’s a discussion, a game, or a music evening.
Teachers & Courses
We are currently shaping the faculty and course programme. Details coming soon.
Our Team
Marie Teich
Senior Lecturer at American University Kyiv
Yulia Naidych
Head of Byzantine Department Sankt Ignatios folkhögskola
Anastasiia Tarasova
Phd student in Dragomanov Ukrainian State University
Join The Conversation
If you have questions or would like to learn more,
we’d be glad to hear from you
Email: sommerschool.lutsk@gmail.com