We are pleased to announce Shared Campus International Summer Schools in 2025.
Six summer schools exploring different thematic fields—Pop Cultures, Arts & Ecologies, Socially Engaged Arts, Telematics, and Cultural Histories. These programmes offer participants a unique opportunity to collaborate and discover new perspectives within their own creative practices. An international team of lecturers accompany these explorations.
Beyond academic enrichment, these summer schools foster a vibrant environment for participants to forge friendships and expand their horizons.
Students of Shared Campus institutions are invited to apply. Please check within each summer school which institutions are supporting students participation.
Join us in exploring the intersections of culture, technology, and society while building intercultural connections.
Application Deadline: 16 April 2025
Information Event on 2 April 2025
11:00 – 12:00 GMT (London)
12:00 – 13:00 GMT+1 (Amsterdam/Zurich)
18:00 – 19:00 GMT+8 (Hong Kong/Singapore/Taipei)
19:00 – 20:00 GMT+9 (Tokyo/Kyoto)
https://zhdk.zoom.us/j/5568218974
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7 – 18 July 2025
Athens
This two-week summer school explores the urban and suburban landscapes of Athens, navigating between industrial towns, farming lands, and sites of ancient Eleusinian mysteries. Mapping land use, past and present, and translating findings into artistic/activist expressions, visible fields and hidden effects on human and other-than-human life will be revealed.
https://intern.zhdk.ch/?131644
Student from all Shared Campus Partners:
4 – 8 August 2025, online
11 – 22 August 2025, on-site
Zurich
This summer school has a strong focus on practice-based transcultural and interdisciplinary collaboration. The participants agree on a global pop icon as a common starting point for cultural analysis, discussing their different perspectives and from there create art works, performances or interventions, which will be presented in the form of a joint public event.
https://intern.zhdk.ch/?131617
6 – 20 August 2025
Berlin
This summer school explores the role of international art biennales in shaping cultural, political, and economic narratives. Through field visits, workshops, and collaborative projects, participants will critically examine the "afterlife" of biennale artworks and their ongoing impact beyond the exhibition space.
https://intern.zhdk.ch/?131615
11 – 15 August 2025, online
18 – 29 August 2025, on-site
Amsterdam
Many cities grapple with contested spaces shaped by their histories. Artists often lead the way in transforming these spaces, offering cultural critiques. Amsterdam's Marineterrein, a former naval site, is one such example. This summer school explores its past, present, and artistic interventions, culminating in projects addressing societal issues.
https://intern.zhdk.ch/?131622
25 August - 3 September 2025
Singapore, Taipei, and Zurich
In this interdisciplinary course students from various disciplinary backgrounds get the chance to collaborate and create a performance across remote stages in hub locations (Zurich, Singapore, Taipei). Students will explore the aesthetics, narratives, and cultural dimensions of telematic immersive performance-making through learning techniques in staging, scoring, improvisation, and performance art.
https://intern.zhdk.ch/?131620
1-13 September 2025
Ehime Prefecture, Japan
This program explores sustainability through two focuses, re-examining the human relationship with soil and the modern urban planning at two locations to discover the new worldviews. It will take place in Ehime Prefecture, located in western Japan on Shikoku Island, a key regional hub in Asia.