Summer School at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
(July 20 – 24, 2026)
Study human rights from multiple academic perspectives. Apply for the Summer School 2026 at FAU in Bavaria, Germany!
General information
FAU is a central hub for human rights research in Germany. In our one-week Summer School we will introduce you to foundational questions and current global challenges in the field of human rights.
The program combines lectures, workshops, group work, and excursions.
- Universal human rights in a changing, post-Western world
- Open-source data and human rights, including hands-on methodological insights
- Economic, social and cultural rights
- Discrimination and inequality, with a focus on contemporary global challenges
- Migration and human rights
- Human rights education: principles, methods, and practical approaches
- Human rights in and through the media
To be eligible, students must:
- have English language proficiency of level B2 or above.
- be studying for a Bachelor‘s degree in any discipline including Law.
- be interested in understanding human rights as a complex, interdisciplinary field relevant to academia, politics, and society.
Applications for grants covering participation, breakfast, lunch and accommodation for 6 nights (July 19 – 25) are being accepted from now till April 28. Travel costs and personal expenses must be covered by the participants.
Program
| Sunday, July 19 | Arrival (hotel rooms are available from 3 P.M.) and Get-Together |
| Monday, July 20 Morning Program Afternoon Program Evening Progam | Welcome addresses by the University Executive Board (Prof. Andreas Hirsch) and BAYHOST (Nicolas Djukić) Introductory Lecture on Human Rights (Prof. Markus Krajewski) Lunch Break Open-Source Data and Human Rights (Prof. Blake Walker) Joint Dinner |
| Tuesday, July 21 | Daytrip to Bayreuth: Visit to the University of Bayreuth with lecture and course program; visit to the Bayreuth Opera House (Prof. Thokozani Kaime) |
| Wednesday, July 22 Morning Program Afternoon Program Evening Progam | Human Rights and Freedom of Religion (Prof. Heiner Bielefeldt) Principles and Approaches of Human Rights Education (Prof. Manfred Pirner) Lunch Break The Anatomy of Exclusion: (Countering) Discrimination in Germany (Dr. Nadja Kutscher) City Tour of Erlangen |
| Thursday, July 23 | Daytrip to Nürnberg: City Tour, Visit to the Master´s Degree Program in Human Rights, Walk along the Way of Human Rights and visit a traditional beer garden |
| Friday, July 24 Morning Program Afternoon Program | Language Rights in the Context of Linguistic Discrimination and Migration (Prof. Silke Jansen) Digital Security and Human Rights (Dr.-Ing.Loui Al Sardy) Lunch Optional Trip to Bamberg |
| Saturday, July 25 | Departure (check-out till 12 A.M.) |
A detailed program with precise times and locations will be available starting in May.
The Summer School starts on Monday, July 20, at 8:30 a.m. and ends on Friday, July 24.
Accommodation will be provided from Sunday afternoon, July 19, until Saturday morning, July 25, to ensure smooth arrival and departure arrangements.
Lecturers
Practical information and contact
Accommodation is in double rooms with twin beds, from 19 July (3 p.m.) to 25 July (12 p.m.), including breakfast buffet.
The Summer School will take place in university buildings in Erlangen and Nürnberg.
During the week, there will be excursions to Nürnberg and Bayreuth.
Elzbieta Garza
Contact
Patrik Stör
Contact
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