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The 22nd edition of the European Summer School of the OFFRES network (Frenchspeaking Organization for European Training and Research in humanities) in the CAAS (Centre for Advances Academic Studies) in Dubrovnik (23-30.07.2023), under the title “On the usefulness and the disadvantages of adaptation under the aegis of Molière”, aimed to commemorate the 400 years of birth and the 350 years of death of Molière (1622-1673), while transposing the question of adaptation into the field of Humanities. This edition was organized by the network (Chiara Mengozzi, Chiara Pesaresi) and Maja Vukušić Zorica from the University of Zagreb. It brought together professors and specialists in Humanities, Ph.D. and MA students (and this year some BA students), a total of 52 people from 30 countries including 23 professors, 9 foreign Ph.D. students, 1 foreign student and 19 (!) Croatian students of French Language and Literature from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. All students participated in 6 workshops and presented the results of their work. This edition of the Summer School is presenting for the first time not only the articles of plenary speakers, but also the work of the students with the specialists that led the workshops, which are, for most of them, the crucial first steps in their future scientific career. The University of Zagreb recognized our efforts and awarded 3 ECTS points to this edition of our Summer School.