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<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Dear colleague,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Why do we have universities? Are they
only there to serve students and conduct research? Or is it that, through this
and in addition to this, they also have an important public responsibility and
public role?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>In a time when politicians, policy
makers and other stakeholders are constantly increasing their expectations
about what universities should deliver, we believe that it is important to
re-engage with the idea of the university as a public institution. To this
effect we will be organizing an international event at the KU Leuven (Belgium)
on 10-11 February 2011: Curating the European University: Exposition and Public
Debate. The aim of the event it so bring together individuals and groups who
share a concern about the public role of the university and who have developed
concrete initiatives for promoting and enhancing the public role of the
university.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The event will be organized around an
exposition of initiatives, practices or designs that aim to develop and support
the university as a public institution. These initiatives should propose
alternative but realistic ideas and plans on how to enhance the public role of
the university across all its domains: research, teaching, service,
administration, work. Submissions from all who are directly or indirectly
involved in the university are welcome. Submissions are not limited to textual
accounts, but may include visuals, photographs, video, installations, and so
on. The main criterion is that projects should exemplify ways in which we can
take care for the public role of the university in Europe today.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The deadline for submission of outline
proposals is 31st May 2010. An international jury will make a selection by 28th
June 2010. Final deadline for submission of full projects is 1st November 2010.
The exposition of selected projects will start on the first day together with
the official presentation of the catalogue. During the second day of the
meeting round tables will be organised to discuss the projects. For more
information please see the documents attached.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>We hope that this event will provide you
with an opportunity to present interesting initiatives from within your own
institutions, and we would appreciate if you could bring this initiative to the
attention of your colleagues.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Should you have any questions, please do
not hesitate to contact </span><a
href="mailto:curating_eur_univ@ped.kuleuven.be"><span lang=EN-US>curating_eur_univ@ped.kuleuven.be</span></a><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>You are kindly invited to forward this
e-mail to all those who may be interested. We hope to meet you or your
colleagues in Leuven in 2011.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Mathias Decuypere<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>KULeuven, Belgium<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Also on behalf of the other members of
the organizing committee, Maarten Simons (KULeuven, Belgium), Jan Masschelein
(KULeuven, Belgium), Gert Biesta (University of Stirling, UK), Toon Braeckman
(KULeuven, Belgium), Jan Elen (KULeuven, Belgium), Marek Kwiek (Poznan
University, Poland), Sari Lindblom-Ylänne (University of Helsinki, Finland),
Grahame Locke (Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands), Vassiliki Papatsiba
(University of Sheffield, UK), Norbert Ricken (University of Bremen, Germany),
Nicolas Standaert (KULeuven, Belgium), An Verburgh (KULeuven, Belgium), Lech
Witkowski (Jagellonian University, Poland) and Pavel Zgaga (Unversity of
Ljubljana, Slovenia)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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