The second CURE Summer School will be held at Villa Vigoni from 21 to 25 September 2026. Titled “Beyond Division”, it will explore cultural practices that process, resolve, or hinder processes of fragmentation. The keynote speaker will be the writer Véronique Tadjo.
The ever-deepening division within and between societies is one of the most pressing problems of our time, because it damages the ways in which people live with others, relate to one another, and fashion their own selves. In response, a number of contemporary thinkers have asked: How can we bridge the gaps created by processes of fragmentation? Are there ways of thinking, speaking, or acting that can help to prevent or repair division? In this spirit, the CURE Summer School invites its participants to go beyond division: what can the arts, literature, film, music, or philosophy offer in response to dehumanisation, oversimplification, and the flattening of complexity.
Applications will be accepted through 25 February 2026.
The application form is available here.
