EUROSUD first Instagram 'Live' Q & A Event
EUROSUD Instagram 'Live' Q & A Event
The Instagram 'live' Q & A Event took place today 23 June 2022 at 1-1.30 BST. Despite our Programme Director, Dr Myrto Tsakatika, having some technical issues and not managing to get online, the event was well attended.
There was chat about the programme and questions were answer by:
- Lauren Hoare (Erasmus Mundus Project Manager)
- Cristóbal Sánchez (EUROSUD Alumnus) from our first cohort 2019-21.
You can watch the recording here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CfJeQppKsK8/?hl=en-gb
Final Dissertation Colloquium - Research Track students (2022-24 students)
EUROSUD Final Dissertation Colloquium - 2022-24 Student Cohort
Programme Director Dr Myrto Tsakatika and Dr Simone Tulumello (ICS – Ulisboa) were in Rome last week, where they held the final Dissertation Colloquium for Research Track students in person, in the premises of our partner University LUISS. After the Colloquium, the students showed them around campus and then on to the local pizzeria!
Scholarship deadline extended till Friday 21 January 2022!
We have now extended the EMJMD scholarship deadline by one week to: Friday 21 January 2022! Good luck with your application.
Round Table - The Politics of Religion in Southern Europe - December 2021
The EUROSUD students on Dr Myrto Tsakatika's course, Politics and Society in Southern Europe, were invited to an organised Round Table discussing 'The Politics of Religion in Southern Europe' as part of their Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree programme.
The experts involved were Dr Xabier Itcaina (University of Bordeaux), Dr Stratos Patrikios (University of Strathclyde) and Dr Ates Altinordu (Sabanci University), Sabanci University is an Associate Partner of the EUROSUD programme. Discussing topics; the social role of the Catholic Church in Italy, Spain and France; religiosity, political attitudes and the modernisation of the Greek Orthodox Church; political Islam in Turkey from the 1970s until today.
Dr Itçaina, focused on the general argument of his book Catholic mediations in Southern Europe. The invisible politics of religion (Routledge, 2019). The presentation aimed at proposing a comparative analytical framework on religion and politics in Southern Europe, here focused on Catholic countries, to the EUROSUD students. As a whole, the composition of the panel, with three papers on different religions (Catholicism, Orthodoxy, Islam) and countries (Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey) was very insightful and gave the floor to an interesting discussion, which kept the students engaged.
EUROSUD Graduation Diploma Presentations by Dr Myrto Tsakatika
Dr Myrto Tsakatika, Programme Director, University of Glasgow, presented the students at the Glasgow post dissertation social event with their diplomas which were well received by the students who were able to attend the ceremony in person.
High achiever Alba Priewe!
Well done Alba Priewe who graduated from the 2019-21 student cohort with the award of €500 euros for achieving the highest Grade Point Average across the two years of the International Master in South European Studies (EUROSUD) programme. What a great achievement!
Post Graduation Social Event - 2019-21 Cohort
After the graduation event on 30 November the EUROSUD 2019-21 cohort of students headed to the Adam Smith Building at the University of Glasgow, where the Programme Director, Dr Myrto Tsakatika, presented the students with their Diplomas followed by a small social gathering with their families, the Glasgow staff, Student Reps and helpers from the 2021-23 cohort for a glass of bubbly and some nibbles to celebrate the completion of the 2-year Erasmus Mundus International Master in South European Studies award.
𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐔𝐃 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐃𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 - 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗-𝟐𝟏 𝐂𝐎𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐓 - 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞!
It was a great pleasure to see our first cohort of students graduate. These students had a very challenging time with working and travelling to various countries during a world pandemic, coping with sometimes challenging personal issues to have graduated and done exceedingly well in the end result is a proud moment for everyone involved with the students and the programme. Well done - We are all very proud of you!
To all the students who graduated in absentia for various reasons - we were thinking of you on the day!
Meet our Programme Director - EUROSUD Autonomous University Madrid (UAM)
My name is Anne-Marie Reynaers. I am a Professor of Public Administration at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the Autonomous University Madrid. I joined the Erasmus Mundus International Master in South European Studies (EUROSUD) as Programme Director, (Madrid), in September of this year, a role I am very much looking forward to.
Previously, I worked at the University of Amsterdam and the VU University Amsterdam. I hold a PhD in Public Administration (VU University Amsterdam) and a Research Master’s degree in Public Administration and Organizational Science (Utrecht University School of Governance).
My research interests include Public-private partnerships, Public management, Public service delivery, Public sector reform, Good governance, and Public values. I am a member of the Innovation, Technology and Public Management research group and I coordinate the Master in Democracy and Government and the Master EUROSUD South European Studies.
More information: Research Gate, ORCID, CV.
We wish to welcome Dr Reynaers to the programme.
Afaf represents COY 16 (16th) United Nations Conference of Youth at COP26 Glasgow, Scotland
Afaf Sebbar, a 20-year old, EUROSUD student (2021-2023 cohort) on the Madrid-Aix pathway . Has been chosen to represent her home country (Morocco) at the COY16.
COY 16 is the (16th) United Nations Conference of Youth. An official event in preparation for the COP 26. This conference serves as the official space for capacity building and policy training for young climate leaders from across the globe. The conference will culminate in a policy document shared during COP26. being held in Glasgow, Scotland.
COY16 will be held in Glasgow on 28-30 October.
Afaf said "My EUROSUD courses have helped me understand the climate cause from an International Relations perspective. As our main focus is on Mediterranean countries, I am now aware of the environmental dangers surrounding this region and how they can be solved through climate diplomacy".