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International students as guests at Christmas
The Department of International Relations at Heidelberg University would like to give students from abroad an insight into German Christmas and New Year's Eve traditions. The foreign student spends part of the holidays in a host household and can thus get to know German culture. In addition to traditional families, single households, couples, single parents or flat-sharing communities from Heidelberg and the surrounding area can also be host households - from students to senior citizens. The only decisive factors are curiosity, openness to the world and the willingness to accept the guest as a temporary family member. The program is aimed at sociable foreign students who are enrolled at Heidelberg University and would like to experience German culture. The period of time can be determined individually. Regardless of whether it is just for a festive meal or for the entire holiday period - the family stay of a foreign guest is always an intercultural enrichment for everyone involved. The department arranges contact between the host household and the students. The guests bring their own pocket money. The host families offer the students accommodation, meals and participation in everyday family life, depending on individual arrangements.
HTO: Inner Development Goals in Times of Political Turmoil: From Inner Growth to Outer Change?
The next Heidelberg Talks Online (HTO) session takes place on Friday, December 13, 2024, 7 pm - 8.30 pm CET (GMT/UTC +1). The topic will be: Inner Development Goals in Times of Political Turmoil: From Inner Growth to Outer Change? The speaker will be DAAD alumna Nafisa Mirzojamshedzoda from Tajikistan, a PhD candidate at Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (Germany) and the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). She received her bachelor's and master's degrees in Political Science and International Development Studies from universities in Germany (Heidelberg, Marburg) and South Korea (Seoul) and is a facilitator for global citizenship education within the German UNESCO Commission's kulturweit program.
HTO: Conflict resolution and cooperation - what to learn from great apes
The next Heidelberg Talks Online (HTO) session takes place on Friday, November 22, 2024, 7 pm - 8.30 pm CET. The topic will be: Conflict resolution and cooperation - what to learn from great apes. The speaker will be Dr. Alejandro Sánchez Amaro, Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Stirling/Scotland. He received a Bachelor´s in Biology from the University Autònoma of Barcelona (his hometown) and a Master´s in Primatology from the University of Barcelona before getting his PhD at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPIEA) in Leipzig, supported by the DAAD. Dr. Sánchez Amaro then held postdoctoral positions at the MPIEA (Comparative Cultural Psychology Department) and the University of California in San Diego (Cognitive Science Department) before moving to the UK.
HTO: International economic relations in times of crises – the German government´s approach.
The next Heidelberg Talks Online (HTO) session takes place on Friday, October 11, 2024, 7 pm - 8.30 pm CEST (GMT/UTC +2). The topic will be:
International economic relations in times of crises – the German government´s approach. The speaker will be Dr. Franziska Brantner, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action and Member of the German Parliament (Bundestag). Ms. Brantner studied Political Sciences at the Sciences Po in Paris and the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, New York City, before receiving a PhD degree from the University of Mannheim (Thesis: “The reformability of the United Nations”). She has also served as a Member of the European Parliament.
Networking event in Winnipeg
Calling all Heidelberg alumni for a networking event in Winnipeg on October 8, 5:30pm. The DAAD just reached out to us to invite you to a networking event at the University of Manitoba, St. John's College. The Honorary Consul Jutta Essig is delighted to host the evening of networking and information, as well as refreshments for alumni of German universities and funding organizations, as well as students of German language at local universities and high schools. Representatives from DAAD, Goethe-Institut, and University of Manitoba will be present.
HTO: Nailing Jelly to the Wall - or a Democratic Alternative?
The next Heidelberg Talks Online (HTO) session takes place on Friday, July 12, 2024, 7 pm - 8.30 pm CEST (GMT/UTC +2). The topic will be Civil Society: Nailing Jelly to the Wall - or a Democratic Alternative? The speaker will be Wolfgang Goede, international science journalist, knowledge facilitator, author, lecturer and radio host based in Munich, Germany, and Medellín, Colombia. He received an M.A. degree in Communication Science and Political Science from Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, and his main research focus lies on the latest academic and technological developments of our time. As a fellow of the Maecenata Think Tank in Berlin, he regularly publishes his research and best-practice highlights on this platform.
HTO: Workshop – Inner Development Goals: from inner growth to outer change?
Heidelberg Talks Online (HTO) cordially invites you to attend a 1,5-day workshop on Saturday, June 29, 10 am – 5 pm CEST (GMT/UTC +2), and Sunday, June 30, 10 am – 1 pm CEST. The topic will be
Inner Development Goals: from inner growth to outer change? The facilitator will be DAAD alumna Nafisa Mirzojamshedzoda from Tajikistan, a PhD candidate at Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development (Germany) and the University of Fribourg (Switzerland). She received her bachelor's and master's degrees in Political Science and International Development Studies from universities in Germany (Heidelberg, Marburg) and South Korea (Seoul) and is currently finishing her training as a facilitator for global citizenship education within the German UNESCO Commission's kulturweit program.
HTO: Renewable H2 production from biogas – a decentralized approach for the local community
The next Heidelberg Talks Online (HTO) session takes place on Friday, June 7, 2024, 7–8.30 pm CEST (GMT/UTC +2). The topic will be Renewable H2 production from biogas – a decentralized approach for the local community. The speaker will Dr. Gianluca Pauletto, project leader at Technical University Munich, CEO of SYPOX and chair of the steering committee of the ReTech/Horizon project. He received a Bachelor ́s degree in Chemical and Material Engineering and a Master ́s degree in Chemical and Process Engineering from the University of Padova/Italy and a PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from Ecole Polytechnique Montreal, Canada.
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