CHARM-EU Days 2024

For the 2024 edition, Charm-EU Days will showcase the richness of the universities in the European Charm-EU alliance, with a particular focus on the benefits of cultural diversity and intercultural learning. The program for November 5 and 6 at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Budapest, Hungary, includes an annual conference, an intercultural festival, and many inspiring exchanges. In Montpellier, there will be an activity open to UM students and staff.

Rich in history and diversity, European culture is rooted in art, architecture, traditions, gastronomy, music, economics, philosophy, and more. While helping to recognize and consolidate the cultural diversity within their communities, European alliances also aim to reflect European values while opening up to partners around the world.  How does culture shape our identities, influence our perspectives, and nourish our interactions in an increasingly interconnected world?

The annual Charm-EU conference (November 5) is an opportunity to highlight intercultural learning practices and focus on the role of culture in deepening transnational and interinstitutional collaboration within alliances and beyond.  

For its first edition, the Charm-EU cultural festival (November 5 and 6) aims to share the diversity of its members' languages and cultures in a fun way. While most of the activities will take place at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Budapest, Hungary, an interactive and exploratory activity will be offered (upon registration) at UM for students and staff.

The CHARM-EU Days program:

CHARM-EU Annual Conference

November 5 on the theme "European universities and intercultural learning": keynotes, thematic discussions, workshops, etc.

The conference focuses on the specific characteristics of languages and cultures in terms of intercultural learning, new opportunities, and potential challenges for European university alliances. This event brings together students, staff, representatives of alliances, policy makers, and external partners.

Topics covered: promoting cultural awareness, facilitating transnational and intercultural learning, strengthening cultural ties and cooperation between partners, exploring how interculturality shapes the strategy of member universities and how intercultural collaboration underpins the European alliances process, bringing together students and academics from different countries and disciplines, etc. The conference (program) will be broadcast live online.

CHARM-EU Cultural Festival

On November 5 and 6, numerous cultural and recreational activities will be organized at the partner universities of the CHARM-EU alliance and at the Faculty of Humanities of ELTE (Budapest).

An interactive tour of Montpellier

On November 5 at 3 p.m., as part of the CHARM-EU Cultural Festival, the University of Montpellier is offering an interactive tour called "Welcome to Montpellier" (lasting approximately two hours) to UM students and staff. The activity (in English only) consists of a geolocated quiz in the streets of Montpellier for teams of 3 to 10 people on the theme of sustainability using the PeekApp application on your smartphone. An interactive and educational excursion experience not to be missed. Meet at Place de la Comédie in Montpellier. Free of charge.

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A short film festival open to everyone!

Also as part of the CHARM-EU Cultural Festival, the University of Barcelona is organizing an online Instagram short film festival (@charm.eu), open to students from all universities in the CHARM-EU alliance until October 27. Focusing on the theme of interculturality, the video must be in several languages (at least two languages and English subtitles), last no longer than 90 seconds, and be filmed in real format. Get your phones ready!

• All the information about the short film festival