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Some thirty experts from centers in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Portugal, Italy, Poland, Denmark, Ireland and Spain took part in the 5th annual meeting of the European Consortium of Institutes and Centers of Humanities (ECHIC), which was held at the Institute for Culture and Society the 26th and 27th of March 2015. The event was held at the University of Navarra Museum.

Among other topics, issues such as Horizon 2020, civic Humanities , public and private funding and the value of Humanities for society were discussed.

The opening ceremony was held at position by Pilar Lostao, Vice President of International Office of the University, and Ana Marta Gonzalez, scientific coordinator of the ICS.

Next, Naomi Segal, from Birbeck College, gave the Susan Manning Memorial Lecture under the degree scroll 'From Literature to Cultural Literacy'. The session was moderated by Jaume Aurell, director of high school business and Humanism and partner of project 'Religion and Civil Society' of the ICS.

The second plenary session was held at position by Lejf Moos, Professor at Aarhus University and coordinator of the European Alliance of Social Sciences and Humanities (EASSH). Humanities It was on 'Horizon 2020and the Humanities' (Horizon 2020 and the Humanities). Poul Holm, President of ECHIC and Professor at Trinity College Dublin, moderated discussion paper.

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This was followed by the first panel, 'Humanities cívicas. Humanities An ex-centric way to understand Humanities' (Civic Humanities: An ex-centric way to understand Humanities), moderated by Luis Adao Fonseca, Centro de Estudos Da População, Economia e Sociedade. Montserrat Herrero spoke on 'Humanities andCommunities of Interpretation'; Paolo Monti, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, on 'Humanities and Citizenship'; and Marisa Ronan, Trinity College Dublin, on 'Humanities without walls'.

The afternoon began with a presentation by Tobijn de Graauw, from Utrecht University, followed by a workshop to share best practices and experiences.

A panel on private-sector funding and public research, moderated by Alex Hansen, General Manager of the ICS, was also held on the 27th. Patricia Santos Rodríguez, from CEU San Pablo University, spoke on 'Setting a Common Path for Humanities and Social Sciences. Evidences at National and European Level'(Setting a Common Path for Humanities and Social Sciences. Evidences at National and European Levels); Jaime García del Barrio, director general of the ICS, on 'Building a Humanities Research Centre in Times of (economic) Crisis'( research center en Humanities ); and Poul Holm, on the Humanities World Report, which he co-authored.

After the closing and exhibition of the conclusions, which were made by Poul Holm, Luis Adao Fonseca and Tobijn de Graauwn, the documentary 'The Value of Humanities HumanitiesThe Value of Humanities.

About ECHIC

ECHIC brings together the research institutes, Schools and Humanities centers from across Europe and pursues a threefold goal. First, it aims to act as a spokesperson for its members in dialogue with ESF, EU and other funding sources and policy makers to translate the need for research into Humanities; to speak on behalf of Humanities and to develop a language for positioning Humanities institutes in European universities.

On the other hand, it organizes the annual meeting of Humanities in one of the member institutions, involving all the main partners, as well as funding and political actors at the national and European levels. Previous editions of the meeting were held in Porto (Portugal), Nottingham (UK), Utrecht (The Netherlands) and Dublin (Ireland).

It also seeks to establish an EU-wide network as a lobby for Humanities in Europe; to prepare collaborative projects and activities; and to establish an effective system of work with other international networks of Humanities, such as CHCI.