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2025–2026: Academic Events Not to Be Missed
12 september 2025
Participatory Study Days and International Summer School
In 2025–2026, Domuni-Universitas will host several major academic events, both in France and internationally. These in-person gatherings have become highlights of university life, where dialogue and collective reflection enrich the experience of online learning. While distance education fosters autonomy, discipline, and rigor, it naturally extends into moments of in-person encounters, where knowledge becomes shared experience and collective growth.
Three Participatory Study Days (JEP) will punctuate the academic year, in Paris and Switzerland, and an International Summer School will bring together students and faculty in Tours in July 2026. These events will offer participants the opportunity to apply their learning, exchange perspectives, and experience collective intelligence in a spirit of openness and transdisciplinarity.
The JEP: A Spirit and a Method
Unlike traditional conferences, Participatory Study Days are not designed as one-way transmissions of knowledge. They are based on a deep conviction: knowledge is built through encounter. Mornings are devoted to lectures by professors and students, laying the foundation for reflection. Afternoons provide small-group workshops, allowing everyone to speak, share experiences, and reflect collectively on the proposed themes.
These days bring together two essential dimensions of knowledge. On one hand, academic knowledge, nurtured by university disciplines—theology, philosophy, history, social sciences, arts. On the other, practical knowledge, the fruit of personal, professional, and cultural experiences. Each participant, regardless of background or level of study, has something to contribute and to receive. One of the distinctive features of the JEP is this convergence of knowledge that brings forth collective intelligence.
Paris, November 15, 2025 : "Truth and Trust"
The first theme of 2025–2026 will focus on truth and trust. In a world saturated with information, shaken by disinformation and disrupted by artificial intelligence, discerning truth from falsehood has become a daily challenge. Contemporary societies face an erosion of trust in institutions, media, sciences, and even interpersonal relationships. Yet without trust, social life disintegrates, and without a search for truth, thought impoverishes.
This Study Day will invite multiple perspectives. Philosophers will question the criteria of truth and the relationship between personal conviction and shared truth. Theologians will highlight how truth, in the biblical tradition, is inseparable from fidelity and trust. Historians will reflect on the construction of collective narratives and the confrontation of memories. Social sciences will analyze how trust is built, lost, and reconstructed within communities.
The tension between personal and collective truth will be at the heart of discussions. How can we reconcile plural narratives with the need for a common foundation? How can trust be restored without abandoning critical thinking? This JEP will aim less at definitive answers than at opening paths of reconciliation among the many faces of truth.
Bulle (Switzerland), January 31, 2026 : "Hope(s)"
The second Participatory Study Day will explore the theme of hope. In a world marked by ecological, social, political, and spiritual crises, despair is a constant temptation. Yet hope remains a driving force for individuals and communities alike. It nurtures creativity, sustains action, and enables us to envision the future despite uncertainty.
Speaking of hope in the plural acknowledges its diversity. There is intimate, personal hope that helps individuals endure hardship and find meaning even in suffering. There is collective hope that inspires social movements, fuels common projects, and mobilizes societies toward a more just future. Finally, there is spiritual hope, rooted in faith, which connects humanity to God and opens the horizon of a transfigured life.
Philosophy highlights hope as a dynamic of action and freedom. Theology presents it as a theological virtue oriented toward the promised future. Literature, through stories and poetry, testifies to humanity’s ability to imagine different tomorrows. Psychology demonstrates hope as a factor of resilience and healing.
This JEP will thus serve as a space for renewal and reflection, an invitation to consider together what enables us to stand and move forward despite trials and uncertainties.
Paris, March 28, 2026 : "Metamorphoses"
The third theme will address metamorphoses. Human and social life is made of transformations: nothing remains fixed, everything changes. Individuals, traditions, societies, cultures, and beliefs undergo transitions that may be painful or fruitful. Metamorphosis can be experienced as a crisis, shaking established reference points, or as a promise, opening new possibilities.
Theology speaks of conversion and resurrection to designate profound transformations that bring new life. Philosophy questions identity and becoming—what endures and what changes. The arts, since Antiquity, have represented metamorphosis as a language of passage and creation. Social sciences observe cultural, technological, and social mutations that reshape our existence.
Reflecting together on metamorphosis means embracing the dynamics of change. It means recognizing that humanity constantly redefines itself, that traditions evolve, and that history is woven through transitions and renewals. This Study Day will invite participants to approach transformations with both lucidity and confidence, discerning within them signs of renewal and hope.
Transformative Experiences
Past editions have shown the lasting impact of these Study Days. Many participants leave with new ideas, stimulating questions, and sometimes a transformed vision of their own path. JEP are not merely study sessions but also formative human experiences, where diversity reveals its richness, and each participant discovers the value of their contribution.
The International Summer School in Tours, July 2026
Following the JEP, the academic year will conclude with the International Summer School in Tours, from July 4–11, 2026. This summer week will provide a longer immersion: courses, workshops, conferences, and cultural activities will enrich the academic experience. Students and faculty from diverse backgrounds will gather in an atmosphere of intense study as well as conviviality and openness.
The Summer School extends the experience of the JEP by offering more time to deepen themes, experience transcultural exchange, and fully embrace the community dimension of Domuni-Universitas. It will be accessible in three languages: French, English, and Spanish.
The academic events of 2025–2026—three Participatory Study Days and one International Summer School—embody the spirit of Domuni: an open, international, and transdisciplinary university. They complement distance learning in a natural way. After flexible, personalized online study, these events offer the possibility of face-to-face encounters, in-depth dialogue, and transformative academic exchange.
These gatherings are not merely about transmitting knowledge. They inspire, challenge, and transform. They give rhythm and vitality to the academic year, leaving each participant with the memory of a shared moment where intelligence truly becomes collective. In 2025–2026, Domuni invites you to Paris, Bulle, and Tours to experience together these unique moments of study, dialogue, and hope.