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More information: https://www.nsuweb.org/summer-session-2026-essentials-to-know/
Summer is (nearly) upon us, and we are planning a fantastic week-long summer session between July 24-31, 2026 in Saulkrasti on the beautiful Latvian coast! An NSU Summer session hosts ten parallel study circles with different themes and activities, as well as a range of cultural, artistic and social activities.
Accommodation (full board) is organised by NSU and included in the conference participation fee. The costs are as follows:
Scholarship: 100€, Shared 4-bed rooms with shared bathroom [to be considered for a grant, please see the page of the study circle you would like to attend]. Grant recipients are expected to contribute to some extent to the organisation of the summer session, by lending a hand when needed and/or by writing a blog post.
Institutional price/any room type: 1250€ (participants with institutional funding)
Institutional price (PhD)/any room type: 900€ (participants with institutional funding)
Single room: 950€
Bed in double room: 700€
Double room 1 adult 1 child: 1000€
Family room 1 adult 2 children: 1200€
Family room 2 adults 2 children: 1800€
Family room 2 adults 1 child: 1500€
Camping: 500€
Partners, significant others and families are welcome at NSU. For participants with children, NSU organises a "children' s circle” with daytime activities for children between 4-14. We will be publishing a call to find Youth Leaders at the beginning of March, keep your eyes on our social media!
The themes of the 10 study circles for the summer session are below. Click the link for details on how to apply as well as deadlines.
Circle 1: Time work. Debt, inheritance, and intergenerational practice
Circle 2: Cybioses: Art, critique, technology, TBA
Circle 3: Literature and the Arts as Sites of Resistance and Solidarities
Circle 4: The F-word: autofiction as resistance to patriarchy
Circle 5: Eco+Tones
Circle 6: What is critical about critical theory, TBA
Circle 7: Why is nothing happening? Inertia, delay and obstruction in sustainability transitions
Circle 8: Queer materialism, TBA
Circle 9: Low-Tech, Luddism and Liberation: reclaiming technology for the collective good
Circle 10: The Power of Ritual: Artistic Practices and Spiritual Knowledge in the Anthropocene
For any practical question about the summer session, please contact our arrangement committee arrkom@nsuweb.org
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