Academia in Exile

Academics and students in exile provide highlights on the situations in their countries of origin and describe their visions and hopes for a democratic future. Exile as the only possible shelter for themselves and for their scientific work becomes a topic. In addition to reports from Afghanistan, Turkey and Cameroon, Prof. Tatiana Shchyttsova, Dr. Azadeh Ganjeh and Nickey Diamond will share their perspectives.

Ilyas Salbia will be hosting the event.

PANELISTS

• Professor Tatiana Shchyttsova, Tatiana Shchyttsova, philosopher, professor at the European Humanities University in Vilnius, Lithuania; Belarussian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's advisor on education and science. Country of origin: Belarus
  
• Dr. Azadeh Ganjeh, Theatre Scientist and Performance Artist, University of Hildesheim, Country of origin: Iran
• Nickey Diamond (Ye Myint Win), Political and Legal Anthropologist, PhD Candidate, University of Konstanz. Country of origin: Myanmar

MODERATOR

Ilyas Saliba, Political Science Researcher, Human Rights Defender, Political Analyst and Advisor

We have to be able to walk away
and still be like a tree:
as if the root remains in the ground,
as if the landscape is moving and we are standing rooted to the spot.
We have to hold our breath
until the wind dies down
and the foreign air begins to envelop us,
until the play of light and shadow,
of green and blue,
shows the old patterns
and we are at home,
wherever that may be.

Hilde Domin

The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation sponsors scientists and scholars, irrespective of their disciplines and nationalities. It is committed to promoting international understanding, scientific progress and development.

In 2015, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs launched the Philipp Schwartz Initiative. With the support of this programme, researchers exposed to considerable and persistent personal danger in their countries of origin can continue their work at German universities and research institutions.

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is the world’s largest funding organization for the international exchange of students and researchers.

With funding from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (AA), the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) provides scholarships through the Hilde Domin Programme. The programme aims to support threatened students and doctoral candidates from all over the world who are formally or effectively denied the right to education and/or other basic rights in their countries of origin. The scholarships enable them to begin or to continue their studies in Germany with the goal of obtaining a degree or a doctorate at a German university.

INFORMATION

• Venue: Forum
• Live stream of the event
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• Event language: English with simultaneous translation into German
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