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Description
The project focuses on the preservation of plurality and promotion of the concepts of democracy and equal opportunities. It is innovative in combining the past (medieval multilingual heritage) with the present (minority languages) and in its pursuit to preserve linguistic and cultural plurality. It puts together an experienced partner, the University of Iceland, and Charles University, a dynamic evolving centre with several talented young scholars and teachers ready to experiment and apply new methods. The partners will share their good practices and consult the new applied methods. Moreover, they will closely collaborate on creating a new joint programme in Medieval Languages and Literatures.
The project aims at university students and teachers. The students will benefit from a substantially enriched curriculum and new innovative courses. At the same time, teachers will gain unique experience through international collaboration and innovative methodology and course design. The project will enhance a variety of courses offered at Charles University and effectively increase the awareness of cultural plurality.
Summary of project results
The project “Supporting threatened plurality: Languages and Medieval Literatures” aimed to address the lack of a comprehensive international master’s program in interdisciplinary medieval studies. It sought to introduce innovative courses to showcase the non-homogeneity of linguistic and literary space, particularly in the context of the prevalence of Latin as a universal language.
The project developed a bilateral cooperation between the Faculty of Humanities of Charles University and the University of Iceland. It created new courses in English, submitted a proposal for accreditation of a new international MA programme, established a consortium of partner universities, and applied for Erasmus Mundus funding for the joint MA programme. The project also created a website to showcase the plurality of medieval languages and a database of medieval translations.
The project enriched the curriculum for university students with new innovative courses and provided university teachers with new experiences through international cooperation and innovative methodology. It also developed a collaboration between the School of Humanities at the University of Iceland and the Department of Languages and Literature at Charles University. The project had a key impact on deepening mutual institutional, academic, and pedagogical cooperation, and its results are considered excellent by both the Czech and Icelandic teams.
Summary of bilateral results
The collaboration with the University of Iceland, an experienced partner, was crucial for sharing best practices and consulting on newly applied methods. This partnership significantly impacted the internationalisation for both partners.s. This collaboration will continue beyond the project''s end through the awarded Erasmus+ project and the anticipated joint implementation of the MA program under the Erasmus Mundus scheme.