The Oriental Studies Circle

18/07/2026

📣 Open call for participants from Ukraine, Romania, Italy, and Moldova!
✍️Career Boost Camp Youth@Work

🌍Godinesti, Romania
⏰8-16 August 2026

🙋‍♂️🙋🏻‍♀️Participant profile:
-young people 18-30 years old (no age limit for group leaders - one per country)
-interest in the topic
-motivation to participate
-working level of English

ℹ️More details: https://shorturl.at/MfOvD

💰The project is fully covered by the European Commission. Travel, accommodation, meals, and study materials are included.

📝Application form: https://shorturl.at/4r7QO

08/04/2026

📣Public Lecture: “Global Denominationalism and World Religions” with Dr. José Casanova!

☸️✝️🕉✡️☪️What makes a religion a “world religion”? How do religious traditions gain recognition in a shared global space? Join us for a thought-provoking lecture with Dr. José Casanova on religion, identity, and pluralism in the modern world.

🗣️Speaker: Dr. José Casanova is one of the world's leading scholars in the sociology of religion, a senior fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, and Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Religious Studies at Georgetown University.

⏰Friday, April 17, 5:00 PM
🌏Old North 205

🍹Reception will follow the lecture.

✅RSVP: https://forms.gle/c21dn5Xq4JdDg6jQ7

23/02/2026

18/02/2026

📣Join our Training Course Future-ready with Power Skills! 🌊

Are you a youth worker looking for opportunities for growth? 🌱 Maybe you are at the beginning of your career in education and looking for a place where you can learn the essentials? Or perhaps you have been working with young people for some time now and are looking for new methods? 🪄
Then we have a perfect training opportunity for you! 😃

📅 Dates: 27 March - 3 April 2026
📍 Korbielów, Poland (Beskid Mountains)

🌍 Participating countries: Poland, Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, and Ukraine

💸 Fully funded by Erasmus+, travel, accommodation, and meals all covered!

⏳Apply by: February 19

✅More info & application form: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1en6FX9fhQvwTebefVCfv-evqCUJAj5Mb/view?usp=sharing

31/01/2026

We are happy to co-sponsor this event on Ukraine and Postcolonialism featuring Cyril Hovorun at Georgetown University in Washington, DC!

🇺🇦Postcolonialism & Ukraine
How do empire, religion, and identity shape Ukraine’s struggle today?

📣Join us for a public lecture and discussion with Dr. Cyril Hovorun - a leading Orthodox theologian whose work explores church, politics, and identity in Eastern Christianity. He teaches in Sweden, Italy, and the US.

⏰Wednesday, February 4, 5:00 PM
🌏ICC Auditorium, Intercultural Center (Georgetown University)

✨Opening remarks from the Embassy of Ukraine and Department of Theology and Religious Studies.

✅ RSVP: https://forms.gle/x1adrguSJgunKD1h7

🌐Fb Event: https://www.facebook.com/share/1BFVcFgdTE/?mibextid=wwXIfr