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News

• “Science is International” 
  •  Common statement by German Rectors´ Conference (HRK), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Deutscher Forschungsgemeinschaft, German Academic Exchange Service, German Council of Science and Humanities, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Leibniz Association, Max Planck Society
• European universities call for immediate rethinking of Trump’s executive order
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Upcoming events

• World Science Café - Next Lecture on 13 February

Past Events

• World Science Café -Next lecture 19 July 2017 (ZAK in co-operation with IScO, funded within the Philipp Schwartz Initiative)
   
  • Lecture series featuring at-risk academics along with other scholars on topics related to academic freedom, refugees, working in exile presented by the The Centre for Cultural and General Studies (ZAK) in co-operation with the International Scholars and Welcome Office (IScO) funded within the Philipp Schwartz Initiative. 
  • Venue: Foyer of the Presidential Building (Adolf Würth Building, bldg. 11.30), Ehrenhof, Engelbert-Arnold-Str. 2, KIT Campus South
     
  • ​Opening Lecture: Foreign Involvement in the Syrian Conflict: Status Quo and Prospects
    • Wednesday, 30 November 2016, 6 pm - Prof. Dr. Hussein Almohamad (Syria), Anthropogeography, Institute of Geography, Justus-Liebig-University Gießen
    • Watch it on Youtube
    • Event impression
  • ​​​Syrian Cultural Heritage during the Crisis​

    • Wednesday, 01 February 2017, 6 pm - Prof. Dr. Ammar Abdulrahman (Syria), Archeology, Institute for Ancient Near Eastern Studies (IANES), Eberhard Karls University Tübingen

    • In cooperation with the German Commission for UNESCO
  • ​On Refugee Lives, or A Note on Human Condition
    • Wednesday, 15 February 2017, 6 pm - Prof. Dr. Hande Birkalan-Gedik (Turkey), Institute of Sociology, Goethe-University Frankfurt
       
• The first Workshop of the German SAR Section “aiming at facilitating the exchange of expertise and best practices amongst institutions in Germany” will be held on 27^th -28^th . April  2017 in Berlin.
   
• Presentations about Philipp Schwartz Initiative and Scholars at Risk at
  • 12th Humboldt-Tag at KIT 27th Oktober 2016
  • 9. Annual Meeting of the German Society of Humboldtians  28th -29th  October 2016, at KIT

 

Impressions of the 12th Humboldt-Tag on 27th Okt. 2016

• Workshop on Philipp Schwartz Initiative in the frame of International Networking Days at KIT on September 28th