EUGLOH Open University

About the EUGLOH OPEN UNIVERSITY

This course is the English version of a popular general knowledge course of University of Szeged (USZ). The Open University (Szabadegyetem in Hungarian) has been running at USZ with great success for 16 years now as an optional course for all of the students of the University.

The topic of the semester is connected to specific interdisciplinary intersections between Healing and the Humanities.

The lectures are normally 45 minutes long, with 15 minutes Q and A at the end, and are streamed through YouTube. Time slot: Thursdays 18-19 CET.

This is a general elective course, open to all levels of study within the student body of the EUGLOH consortium. Our aim is to present diverse types of research relying on the combination of medicine/healing and the humanities.

Lectures focus on topics within this broad frame and deal with issues on a broad spectrum of problems, including topics, such as the students’ guide to lifestyle, possibilities for promoting mental health, or the significance of representations of illness in popular culture, literature and the arts, the ups and downs of interdisciplinary work, as well as questions of relevance within society vis-a-vis the academic world.

LECTURERS AND TOPICS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

• László Lippai (U of Szeged): Holistic health and happiness - possibilities for promoting mental health
• Klára Tarkó (U of Szeged): The Students’ Guide to Lifestyle
• Sándor Fazekas (U of Veszprém): Physical and Metaphorical Maladies in Shakespeare’s Sonnets (working title)
• Eszter Ureczky (U of Debrecen): Silvering Cultures: Ageing Societies, Ageism, and End-of-life Care
• Anna Kérchy (U of Szeged): Picturing the Pain. Introducing Medical Humanities through Autopathographical Art

WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?

Students and lecturers from all faculties of member universities of the EUGLOH Alliance (University of Szeged, Paris-Saclay University, Lund University, Ludwig-Maximilian University of München, University of Porto).

WHAT PEDAGOGICAL METHODS/TOOLS ARE APPLIED?

Lectures by online video streaming, interactive communication tools.

HOW IS ATTENDANCE AWARDED?

EUGLOH Certificate and 3 ECTS will be provided for the students attending the Open University. Students will be evaluated at the end of the course by online test. Grading is three-scale. Grades will be calculated based on an online exam on Coospace, a multiple-choice quiz with questions from each lecture. Study material: the content of the online lectures. Recorded versions of lectures will be available for viewing after the event. Watching live is recommended to be able to participate in the Q and A