[PHILOS-L] CfA: The Rome–Nuremberg–Oxford Postgraduate Summer School for Humanities Research 2026: Writing Practices: Historical and Philosophical perspectives
Rodolfo Garau
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The Rome–Nuremberg–Oxford
Postgraduate Summer School for Humanities Research 2026
Writing Practices: Historical and Philosophical perspectives
Dates: 22–25 September 2026
Venue: Villa Maria, the Rome campus of Australian Catholic University
Largo Giovanni Berchet, 4
00152 Roma, Italy
Organisers: Prof Peter Anstey (ACU) peter....@acu.edu.au
and
Prof Dana Jalobeanu (UTN) daniela....@utn.de
Academic Instructors: Prof Peter Anstey (Catholic University of Australia), Prof Anne Brewer (Catholic University of Australia), Dr Raphaële Garrod (Oxford University), Dr Rodolfo Garau (University of Technology Nuremberg), Prof Dana Jalobeanu (University of Technology Nuremberg/University of Bucharest), Prof Gyburg Uhlmann (University of Technology Nuremberg)
Rationale: This inaugural RNO summer school aims to be a yearly event, a forum of teaching and learning dedicated to discussing new methods and avenues of research in the humanities. The first instalment of our summer school is dedicated to writing and the acquisition of the writing practices and techniques necessary for a researcher. We plan to offer historical and philosophical perspectives on writing drafts and moving from manuscript form to publication.
The Program: The summer school will bring together an interdisciplinary group of PhD and master’s students in an intensive program of training through coursework, presentations with feedback sessions and group discussions.
For this inaugural summer school, we will focus on practices of writing in the humanities (such as writing in drafts, incorporating feed-back, looking beyond the literature search, and discussing ideas).
Students will have the opportunity to present and discuss their own drafts and will receive feedback and advice for writing and publishing their first article. The program will include:
· Collaborative sessions of academic writing
· Short and intensive reading groups
· Evening lectures.
We will learn not only how to write, re-write, present, and navigate the road to publication, but also how leading thinkers of the past tackled similar problems (for example, Francis Bacon wrote seventeen drafts of the Novum organum).
Cost: Registration is free, but participants are expected to cover their own costs for transport, accommodation, and meals. Students will be accommodated at the Convent of the Franciscan Sisters of the Cross of Lebanon in double or triple rooms.
Accommodation: Franciscan Sisters of the Lebanon Cross
000152 Rome - Via Fratelli Bandiera, 19, Italy
Room options:
1 x 3-bed room @ €36 per night = €148 per person
7 x 2-bed room @ €41 per night = €164 per person
N.B. Please do not contact the Franciscan Sisters directly: once your application is accepted, send your reservation request to Prof Anstey or Prof Jalobeanu.
Applications: Interested in applying? Send us a 500-word abstract of your project/draft paper, a short CV and a letter of support from your thesis supervisor by 17 April 2026. The results will be communicated by 22 April. Fulltime attendance only; students are expected to stay for four nights.
Certification: All participating students will receive a Certificate of Participation at the completion of the summer school.
Submit your abstract, CV and letter of support to peter....@acu.edu.au and daniela....@utn.de
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