Cultural Intelligence (CQ) in Erasmus Mundus Students and Alumni: an exploratory study on the levels and antecedents of CQ

Erasmus Mundus Masters (EMM) are programs with a strong component of interculturality. Our study aimed at understanding the level of cultural intelligence (CQ) of EMM students and alumni, as well as some of the characteristics associated with higher levels of CQ. The study included 626 EMM students and alumni from 109 different countries that encompasses 6 continents. Ang and Van Dyne’s (2006) cultural intelligence scale was used; closed and open ended questions were used to describe the sample’s sociodemographic characteristics and experiences regarding interculturality. After validating and assessing the scale’s psychometric properties, relations between different variables were explored using Pearson’s correlation, ANOVA, t Tests, and GLM procedures. We then analysed the open ended responses to gain further insight on our results. Differences among respondents are mainly equated with international experience rather than nationality or training. Respondents’ open ended replies provided us with a deeper insight on why training seems to be so ineffective in developing CQ. This is a transversal study that uses self-reporting measures; also, questionnaires were conducted in English, which was not the mother tongue of most of the respondents. This work is consistent with the CQ literature, however we argue that training mentioned by respondents systematically fails to meet some of literature’s foremost conditions for effective CQ trainings and provide clues for the implementation of more successful initiatives. With an exceptionally diverse sample, this study contributes towards the understanding of mechanisms of developing CQ among EMM and international Students. Results can be useful for selection processes, training/development of CQ and reducing dropout/turnover.

Sexualidade, Amor e Cosmopolitismo no Programa Erasmus

Esta investigação pretende dar a conhecer as motivações que levam os estudantes a fazer Erasmus e o impacto que este assume na vida íntima. Numa abordagem qualitativa de carácter exploratório pretende-se revelar as práticas e representações afectivo-sexuais analisando os discursos dos participantes. Partindo do conceito de modernidade reflexiva (Giddens, Beck e Lash, 1997), o objectivo deste trabalho é verificar o modo como a identidade, a sexualidade e o amor são exploradas na migração, e de que forma a individualização, o capital social e a procura de cosmopolitismo influenciam o desenvolvimento individual. Definindo o Erasmus como um ponto de viragem voluntário na construção de uma biografia individual, identificam-se formas de viver a sexualidade e a afectividade dentro desta experiência internacional e explora-se o significado que estas adquirem nas trajectórias individuais. A análise dos discursos das entrevistas permitiu identificar quatro tipos-ideais: Sexualidade Ausente, Sexualidade Suspensa, Sexualidade de Escape e Sexualidade Cosmopolita, que ilustram modos diversos de viver o Erasmus e diferenças entre as práticas e representações dos participantes. Na parte final deste trabalho, enunciam-se algumas questões relevantes a explorar em futuras investigações.

Morfossintaxe em Fernão de Oliveira (1536)

É objetivo deste ensaio mostrar que Fernão de Oliveira, tendo-se esforçado por não ficar muito preso aos modelos latinos, traçou as linhas mestras da gramática stricto sensu (ou morfossintaxe) do português do séc. XVI, isto é, identificou as categorias gramaticais que funcionam efetivamente nesta língua.

Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life ... by Erasmus Darwin ...

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Zoonomia; or, The Laws of Organic Life ... by Erasmus Darwin ...

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« L'esthétique du chant dans la piété calviniste aux premiers temps de la Réforme (1536-1545) »

Contrairement aux idées reçues, l'esthétique assume bien une fonction dans les formes rituelles adoptées par les Eglises issues de la Réforme calviniste. Mais il revient moins à l'image, considérée avant tout comme une source de distraction, qu'à la musique de porter cette dimension dans la piété réformée. Retraçant la formation de la pensée calvinienne sur la question des rapports entre culte et musique entre 1536 et 1543, cette étude montre comment le théologien en vient durant ces années à considérer que le chant des psaumes permet de concilier dans la dévotion, un processus cognitif, guidé par le sens des paroles, et un mouvement affectif, suscité par la mélodie. C'est, aux yeux de Calvin, de la jonction de ces deux dynamiques que naît l'élévation spirituelle à laquelle le culte doit conduire. Notwithstanding common belief, aesthetics had an important function in ritual forms implemented by Reformed Calvinist Churches. The impact of aesthetics on reformed piety rested less on images, considered to be a source of distraction, than on music. By reconsidering the evolution of Calvin's thoughts on the relationship between music and religious services between 1536 and 1543, this study reveals how Calvin came to consider that by singing the psalms, Christians could conciliate in prayer a cognitive process which was to be guided by both the meaning of the words and the emotions triggered by the tune. For Calvin, the spiritual elevation to which religious services should lead was to emerge from the conjunction of these two impetuses.

« The Aesthetics of Song in Calvinist Piety in the Early Reformation (1536-1545) »

Contrary to common belief, aesthetics had an important function in ritual forms implemented by Reformed Calvinist Churches. The impact of aesthetics on Reformed piety rested less on images, considered to be a source of distraction, than on music. By reconsidering the evolution of Calvin's thoughts on the relationship between music and religious services between 1536 and 1543, this study reveals how Calvin came to consider that, by singing psalms, Christians in their devotion could conciliate both a cognitive process guided by the meaning of the words and an affective response triggered by the tune. For Calvin, the spiritual elevation to which religious services should lead was to emerge from the conjunction of these two impetuses.

"Royal" pediculosis in Renaissance Italy: lice in the mummy of the King of Naples Ferdinand II of Aragon (1467-1496)

Pediculosis seems to have afflicted humans since the most ancient times and lice have been found in several ancient human remains. Examination of the head hair and pubic hair of the artificial mummy of Ferdinand II of Aragon (1467-1496), King of Naples, revealed a double infestation with two different species of lice, Pediculus capitis, the head louse, and Pthirus pubis, the pubic louse. The hair samples were also positive for the presence of mercury, probably applied as an anti-pediculosis therapy. This is the first time that these parasites have been found in the hair of a king, demonstrating that even members of the wealthy classes in the Renaissance were subject to louse infestation.

TFC Erasmus

El proyecto consiste en la gestión integrada de toda la información que se genera para la solicitud de las becas Erasmus y asignación económica a cada uno de los alumnos, así como la asignación a los profesores tutores, si fuera necesario.

« Histoire ecclésiastique de l'évesché de Léon », accompagnée de généalogies des différentes familles de l'évèché et d'extraits de montres de l'arrière-ban dud. evèché, en 1534, 1593 et 1467.

Le volume est écrit des deux côtés. — On lit sur un des feuillets de garde : « Appartient à Saint-Vincens du Mans et a été emprunté le 24 juin 1729, par fr. H. Morice. »