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Issue 16 – December 2009
Welcome
Changes to the DAAD
IC Sydney Team
DAAD Scholarship
Outcomes
DAAD Alumni
Meeting 2010
Special Research
Seminar
Dear alumna, dear alumnus, dear DAAD friend,
Welcome to the 16th and last 2009 edition of the DAAD Australia Newsletter!
This edition of our newsletter focuses on the changes and events at the DAAD in Australia
and the outcomes of the DAAD scholarship schemes in Australia. You will also find an
update on our Big Alumni Meeting next March as well as other news, announcements and
information.
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DAAD-Stipendiaten
aus aller Welt zu Gast
im Auswärtigen Amt
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Special forum for our
alumni
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Presenting German
Universities
Changes to the DAAD IC Sydney Team
DAAD Scholarship Outcomes
DAAD Alumni Meeting 2010
Special Research Seminar at Sydney University’s German Department
20 Years after the Fall of the Wall – 3 talks at the annual DAAD meeting at the
Information Centre Sydney
04.12.2009: DAAD-Stipendiaten aus aller Welt zu Gast im Auswärtigen Amt
Special forum for our alumni
o John A. Moses on Dietrich Bonhoeffer
o Julian Jenkins on the humanities
Presenting German Universities: Structured PhD program + scholarships funded by
the German Excellence Initiative:
o The Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studies at the FU Berlin
o The International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC) at the Justus
Liebig University of Giessen
In keeping with our cultural mission, we’ve attempted to make this newsletter a mix of
German and English which we hope works for everyone. We value your feedback and
comments on all aspects of the newsletter!
Enjoy!
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We wish you all a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2010!
Elisabeth, Sabine, Ahil, Sandy and Andreas
Welcome
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DAAD Alumni
Meeting 2010
Changes to the DAAD IC Sydney Team
Sadly, Julia was forced to end her tenure with the DAAD-Australia. Because she was on a
'working holiday', having graduated from her Masters degree in Media Practice at the
University of Sydney, she was required to move on, as the scheme does not allow work
under the same employer for longer than 6 months. However, Julia still is working in Sydney,
busily organising a farewell journey and looking forward to her new position at the Bayrische
Rundfunk next March in Munich. We loved having Julia on our team and wish her all the best
for her new job in Munich!
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Replacing her from mid-October onwards is Elisabeth Meister, who had already worked for
the DAAD from 2006-2008. Elisabeth is a freelance translator and excited to be back with the
DAAD team for a few hours a week. And the rest of the team is very happy to have her back!
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Dr Sabine Jasny joined the team as a coordinator for the Big Alumni Meeting in March. She
is also conducting an alumni tracer study for the DAAD. Last but not least, we are lucky to
have DAAD scholarship holder Sandy Mihaljevic on our team as an intern. Sandy is
currently finishing her Masters degree in Media and Communication at Macquarie University.
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2009 has once more shown an increase in applications as well as scholarships awarded.
Interest in our scholarships and the number of high-quality applications remain high. While
not all scholarship schemes have been decided yet, we already have some to announce for
you.
This year, we received 79 applications for our popular Winterkurs program, with a record 33
scholarships awarded (previous year: 21 out of 74). 34 applicants applied for our scholarship
program for One-Semester Scholarships for University Students Enrolled in German
Studies, with 12 scholarships awarded (previous year: 10 out of 27). While we received
fewer applications for our Research Grants for Doctoral Candidates, Young Academics and
Scientists up to six months (first deadline: 31 March) than last year, more scholarships were
granted (6 out of 12; previous year: 5 out of 20). Our 30 September deadline for the same
scholarship was met by 6 applicants (up from 5 last year). The number of applicants for our
Research Grants for stays of over six months was slightly lower than last year (5; previous
year: 8), but interest in our Study Scholarships for Graduates of All Disciplines soared, with
applications at a record high of 26 (previous year: 18, with 6 scholarships granted).
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A total of 21 academics and scientists applied in 2009 for a Research Stay, with 12
applications (March deadline) already assessed and 7 scholarships granted. The results for
the September deadline are still to be announced. Last year, we had the first go of this
scheme in September, receiving a total of 8 applications for this program, with 2 of these
granted scholarships. Applications for our Study Scholarships for Artists also increased,
with 10 applications received (previous year: 7 applications, 2 granted). Two of our newer
programs are running especially strong: The Go8 DAAD cooperation program received 100
applications, with 36 of them granted (previous year: 27 out of 92). Applications also remain
high for our ASKO Encounter Europe program, with 59 applications received, of which 27
were awarded a scholarship (previous year: 28 out of 67). Unfortunately, this year we
received no applications for our Re-Invitation program for Former Scholarship holders, but
the program still remains very much open for applications (previous year: 2 out of 2 granted).
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Last but not least, we were able to grant 3 scholarships (out of 14 applications) for the
program "Germany Today" organised by the DAAD New York.
These latest numbers mean that the number of scholarships granted has increased by about
50% since 2006 (2008 around 120 scholarships after around 80 in 2006). This is partly due
to some exciting new programs such as Encounter Europe, Research Stays for Academics
and Scientists and the Go8 DAAD Cooperation scheme. However, this increase has also
come about because of additional money being made available due to continually high
quality interest from Australia. Year after year, the DAAD-Australia has been able to
demonstrate that there is a large demand from highly qualified applicants for scholarships to
Germany and this has been an invaluable asset in boosting and broadening our programs.
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DAAD Alumni Meeting 2010
Our Big Alumni Meeting from March 26-28, 2010 is beginning to take shape – in no small
part thanks to our active alumni who offered to participate with music, talks, workshops and
excursions among numerous other ideas. We have tried to incorporate as many offers as
possible into our plans, however we ask for your understanding if this was not possible in
every case – because of the sheer amount of generous offers we've received!
We also realise that not all of you have received a reply to your kind emails yet – please bear
with us while we finalise the program and accept our apologies for any delay in getting back
to you. The response has been overwhelming and we're still dealing with a considerable
backlog.
The meeting will take place over almost three days, starting on Friday at 4pm and ending on
Sunday afternoon. Dr Christian Bode, Secretary General of the DAAD, will bring a delegation
of experts and speakers from Germany to the meeting.
If you have not yet signed up for this rare and exciting event, you can still do so at
http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB229RW9X3ZN7
Please remember to sign up as soon as possible in order to guarantee the prices for the
reserved hotel rooms as well as to make planning easier for us. When you sign up, you will
receive further information on our hotel partners etc. Please remember that while the DAAD
will pay for accommodation, you still need to reserve your room directly with the hotel.
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If you have mislaid the link to our DAAD alumni survey, which aims to provide the DAAD with
some details about the whereabouts of its alumni, please click on:
http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB229AXBMXKXC
We really appreciate your participation in this survey. It is an important tool in assessing the
benefits of the various DAAD scholarship programs and will be invaluable in helping to finetune our offers and programs.
We're lucky to have been able to make contact with a significant number of ‘missing’ alumni,
leading to a second phase of intensive collaboration and exchange. However, we are still
searching for a number of the ‘missing’ DAAD alumni. Any clues or pointers are therefore
very much appreciated!
Special Research Seminar at Sydney University’s German Department
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Together with the German Department of the University of Sydney, we have managed to
organise a special research seminar featuring two acclaimed German academics and
specialists. This seminar will take place just before our March alumni meeting and is
therefore the perfect opportunity to listen and discuss with these eminent experts. As part of
the university's tradition of fortnightly research seminars, we are delighted to present:
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Prof. Horst Dippel from the University of Kassel, a specialist on Georg Forster.
Forster (1754-1794), a central figure of the Enlightenment in Germany, was a
naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary. At an early age, he
accompanied his father on several scientific expeditions, including James Cook's
second voyage to the Pacific. His report from that journey, A Voyage Round the
World remains a respected work among both scientists and ordinary readers. Forster
also translated Cook's diaries into German.
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Prof. Klaus Vieweg from the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena who will be talking
on Hegel’s concept of imagination (Konzept der Einbildungskraft)
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Draft program / Vorläufiges Programm:
Germanistisches Forschungsseminar am 26.3.2010
Department of Germanic Studies der Sydney University
1:30-1:45 Einführung
1:45-2:45 Prof. Horst Dippel (Kassel): Georg Forster
2:45-3:00 Kaffeepause
3:00-4:00 Prof. Klaus Vieweg (Jena): Die 'sanfte Macht der Bilder' - Hegels Konzeption der
Einbildungskraft
4:00-4:30 Drinks und Diskurs
ab 4.30 Registrierung der Konferenzgäste für die Gr. DAAD-Alumni-Konferenz
20 Years after the Fall of the Wall – 3 talks at the annual DAAD meeting at the
Information Centre Sydney
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On December 8, an interested crowd of about 60 people gathered at the Goethe-Institut in
Sydney for our annual DAAD and AvH alumni event. It was great to see quite a number of
our younger alumni, all excellent and promising students. The meeting presented three very
different perspectives on the wall and its fall.
Our first speaker, DAAD language assistant at Sydney University’s German Department
Juliane Riediger, recalled personal and family memories of her early childhood in East
Germany and of the changes after the opening of the borders in 1989 and the reunification in
1990. German Consul-General Hans Gnodtke provided an insightful overview of the
historical events before and after reunification, including a short summary of 150 years of
history leading to Germany’s position in today’s Europe. Last but not least, Dr Lyndel Prott,
former Director of the UNESCO Cultural Heritage Division, spoke about the less-thanstraightforward implications of a united Germany regarding controversial museum
acquisitions from the past.
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Afterwards, food and drinks gave everyone present an opportunity to mingle, network,
chat and catch up. You can find some photos of the event on
http://picasaweb.google.de/daad.australia/DAADAvHAlumniMeetingSydney8122009#
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Juliane Riediger, DAAD Language Assistant at Sydney
University’s German Department:
Familienerinnerungen aus der DDR und danach (Family
Memories During and After the GDR)
I was born in Erfurt in 1981, directly into the former GDR. My
memories concerning life in the GDR reflect over all simple
things, such as happy holidays on the Baltic Sea, life at school as a young pioneer
(without knowing what it meant to be a pioneer…) and the visits of our friends from the
Netherlands or my uncle, who lived in West
Germany at that time. But life in the GDR meant
also many constrictions for my family, as common,
simple things, such as a campsite on the sea or a
loaf of bread, were hard to get. Furthermore, life of
my parents', having had contacts in the western
world, often was made harder. Remembering life in
the GDR for me and my family means a mixture of
both: a (mostly) carefree daily life with nice
memories and a life, which was constrained due to
the politics of control and limitation of individual freedom.
Hans G. Gnodtke, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Sydney:
20 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Implications for Europe's Political
Landscape
On 9 November, Germany celebrated the 20th anniversary of the day on which the
infamous wall of Berlin disappeared. This date marked the end of a tragic chapter in the
history of Germany and particularly for Berlin, the end of the cold war and the division of
Europe.
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Hans Gnodtke, personally remembering 13 August 1961, was, like most Germans,
convinced that the Berlin wall was there to stay for a very long time. It seemed, it would be
always easier to visit Sydney rather then Dresden. San Francisco was much nearer than
Warsaw, and Moscow would almost be like visiting another planet. No one, including
German politicians with all their access to the most qualified political information, foresaw
that the wall would disappear so suddenly, over night, the same way it had surfaced 28
years earlier.
Hans Gnodtke describes 9 November as a moment of euphoria. The crest and coping of
the wall, just a few hours before still a free firing range for trigger happy border guards,
was now full of people sitting there chanting and fearing no one and nothing. Not a single
shot was fired. This was amazing given that the wall had become the graveyard for 3000
failed escape attempts with more than 130 human lives lost. Just 8 months before the
wall fell, a young man from East Berlin became the last victim of this murderous border
regime.
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How prepared were the Europeans, the Germans and Germany for the events in 1989?
The leadership of West Germany was caught off guard. And yet in one crucial way
Germany was prepared, and here I want to recall
the other major anniversary Germans celebrated
earlier this year: the 60th anniversary of the "Basic
Law", an awkward name for what is otherwise
known as a constitution. The fathers of this Basic
Law wanted its name to be understood as
something temporary and provisional because
Germans in East and West felt they needed to
avoid developments that would cement the
division of their fatherland. On the other hand,
West Germans could not afford to ignore the
appeals of the Western Powers to start reorganising themselves as a state on a democratic
basis for which a new constitution was an
indispensable requirement.
In view of an aggressive Soviet Union which was perceived as the main security threat,
the Europeans, with West Germany being central to these efforts, pooled their defense
capacities with those of the North American democracies and forged the North Atlantic
Alliance. At the origin of this Alliance was the desire of our Western neighbours to never
again be threatened by a restless and ultra-nationalistic Germany. It was therefore not
surprising to see some of the old fears resurfacing when discussions started on how and
when Germany might reunite and how this united Germany would define its future role in
Europe.
This was one of the decisive elements to shape German chancellor Helmut Kohl's
determination to act fast but in a reassuring way, by making clear to our partners in
NATO, EU, and the UN that the new Germany would be identical to the Germany that our
partners had learned to trust and to rely on, that there would be no wavering in our
commitments to the integration of Europe and to NATO. Helmut Kohl was always
convinced that the new constitutional order of a united Germany should rest on the solid
and tested base of the Basic Law.
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But how was this possible? The fathers of the Basic Law had foreseen an option in Article
23 of individual federal states joining the Federal Republic as additional members of the
federation. This article was originally included for the possibility of the Saarland joining the
Federal Republic, which eventually came to pass in 1959. And while speculation flowed
as to which path Germany would take in order to regain unity, more and more voices
added to a choir of those who spoke out against abandoning the Basic Law, which over
the last 40 years had given at least the West Germans the best German state to date in
their history.
At the first free and fair elections in East Germany, the East German Alliance which had
made it clear that it would opt for quick accession rather than a constituent assembly won
an overwhelming majority. The East German federal States declared adherence to the
Federal Republic.
“9 November came as a surprise for us as Germans and as Europeans but fortunately we
had very strong institutional arrangements in place. The next generations of Europeans
including the Germans have every reason to look optimistically into the future. Let's hope
that this generation of Europeans and especially the Germans will act with the wisdom
and the common sense that their forefathers sometimes lacked.”
Welcome
Dr Lyndel V. Prott, Lawyer, Formerly Director, Cultural
Heritage Division, UNESCO, DAAD alumna:
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The Sphinx within the Wall: A Tale of Two Germanies
and Three Sphinxes
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In 1975 Turkey requested the GDR for the return of
cuneiform tablets and a sphinx, from a site near
Bogazkale in Anatolia, excavated by the German
Archaeological Institute since 1906 and later identified as
Hattusha, capital of the Hittite Kingdom. The tablets and
the remains of three sphinxes, originally positioned at one
of the entrances to the city had been taken to Berlin for
restoration. One of them, was restored and returned to Turkey in the 1920s, one is
integrated in the wall of the Pergamon Museum in Berlin and the remains of the other are
too shattered to restore. After 12 years Turkey lodged a request with the responsible
UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee where it is still pending.
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Arguments from morality, history, cultural identity and law form “cultural politics” in such
claims between institutions, but when the dispute is handled at the inter-state level,
general international and bilateral politics become involved. The request for the sphinx
was still pending when the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 and in 1990 Germany was reunified.
The recent dramatic resurgence of interest in returns of cultural heritage and the cases
which have resulted indicate that good faith mediation is the best way to deal with such
issues.
04.12.2009: DAAD-Stipendiaten aus aller Welt zu Gast im Auswärtigen Amt
Staatsministerin Cornelia Pieper und der Generalsekretär des DAAD, Christian Bode,
haben heute (04.12.) 170 DAAD-Stipendiatinnen und Stipendiaten im Auswärtigen Amt
willkommen geheißen, die ihren Schulabschluss an einer deutschen Auslandsschule
absolviert haben und nun ihr Studium an einer deutschen Hochschule beginnen.
Die Staatsministerin begrüßte die jungen Studierenden mit den Worten:
„Sie sind die Zukunft ihrer Länder!“. Das Abitur an einer deutschen Auslandsschule sei die
beste Voraussetzung für ein erfolgreiches Studium in Deutschland, so die Staats-
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ministerin. Deutschland lade „die besten Köpfe aus aller
Welt“ ein, weil sie „den Studienstandort Deutschland
bereichern“. Zur Internationalisierung der deutschen
Hochschulen gebe es keine Alternative, sagte Pieper.“
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Die Staatsministerin forderte die Studierenden auf, auch
nach ihrer Rückkehr in die Heimat den Kontakt nach
Deutschland zu pflegen.
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„Ich wünsche mir, dass Sie nach Ihrem Studium wissen: In
Deutschland gibt es Ideen und Partner, ja Freunde, mit
denen wir Herausforderungen gemeinsam bestehen können!“
Aus Mitteln des Auswärtigen Amts vergibt der Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst
(DAAD) seit 2001 Vollstipendien an die besten Absolventen deutscher Auslandsschulen
und Sprachdiplomschulen, die zur PASCH-Initiative gehören. 2009 konnte im Rahmen der
Initiative Außenwissenschaftspolitik die Zahl der jährlichen Stipendien erstmals auf knapp
200 angehoben werden.
Die Partnerschulinitiative (PASCH) wurde 2008 ins Leben gerufen. Sie zielt darauf, ein
weltumspannendes Netz von deutschen Partnerschulen aufzubauen. Die PASCHInitiative wird vom Auswärtigen Amt koordiniert und gemeinsam mit der Zentralstelle für
das Auslandsschulwesen (ZfA), dem Goethe-Institut (GI), dem Pädagogischen
Austauschdienst der KMK (PAD) und dem Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienst
(DAAD) umgesetzt.
Special forum for our alumni
We would like to announce a recent publication of one of our most long-standing active
alumni, Prof. John Anthony Moses. "The reluctant revolutionary" deals with Dietrich
Bonhoeffer who, as a German Lutheran pastor and theologian, was a founding member of
the Confessing Church, a movement in the German Protestant church in opposition to the
Nazis. Bonhoeffer's involvement in plans to assassinate Adolf Hitler resulted in his arrest
in April 1943 and his subsequent execution in April 1945, shortly before the war ended.
John A. Moses: THE RELUCTANT REVOLUTIONARY –
Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Collision with Prusso-German History
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a uniquely reluctant and distinctly German Lutheran revolutionary,
analyzed and critiqued his class - the Bildungsbürgertum - not as a secular liberal but as a
devout Luthern Protestant who recognized the moral derailment of his people. Bonhoeffer
confronted his compatriots both religiously and politically, and his life and works should be
examined in both of those contexts, the author, an Anglican priest and modern historian,
argues. As such, this study evaluates the career of Bonhoeffer within the broader context
of German history while referencing Bonhoeffer’s complete works and many works by
reputable theologians from around the world. Only against the background of the former
Prussian-German absolutism and the intellectual-historical legacy of Hegelianism and
Neo-Rankeanism, can Bonhoeffer’s long-term endeavor to reeducate his people both
theologically and politically be fully appreciated.
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About the Author:
John A. Moses is an Australian of Lebanese and Scottish parentage and was educated at
St. Francisí College in Brisbane (Anglican Priesthood), the University of Queensland
(Modern History and German), and the Universities of Munich and Erlangen in Germany
(Modern History). He received his Doctorate in German Labor History in 1965. From 1965
to 1988, he taught at the University of Queensland. Since 2007 he has been professorial
associate of St. Mark’s National Theological Institute in Canberra. His publications include
The Politics of Illusion: The Fischer Controversy in German Historiography (1975) and
German Trade Unions From Bismarck to Hitler (1982).
We would also like to share with you the thoughts of our alumnus Julian Jenkins on an
education within the humanities and his career in the field of information design. We highly
value these contributions to our newsletter and encourage you to send your thoughts!
Julian Jenkins, DAAD scholarship holder from 1989-90
Senior consultant and designer, 2nd Road Pty Ld.
It’s funny how life takes you in directions you would never have anticipated. Having
completed a PhD in Modern German History at the University of Queensland, including a
year as a DAAD scholarship holder in Tübingen, I was all set for a lifelong career as an
academic. But 10 years into that career path, and after a move to Sydney, I was propelled
very unexpectedly into a new career at the vanguard of the knowledge economy –
consulting to large organisations on how to generate more useful and useable information.
I have thus spent the last 7 years working with large public, private and not-for-profit
organisations to liberate people – management, staff, and customers in particular – from
the tyranny of information overload and confusion. In the process, I have become a
specialist practitioner in the emerging field of information design, and have started
contributing articles to academic journals again – though now in the field of design rather
than history! I have just come back from my first international conference on information
design in Paris, where I presented a paper on designing better information for key
organisational decision-makers.
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If nothing else, my career path confirms the belief that the skills of Humanities graduates
can be usefully applied in the wider marketplace. I have also learnt that creative thinking
and big ideas are not limited to the university, and that there is a lot of intellectual and
personal satisfaction to be gained from helping large organisations to think and work more
effectively. I have been very fortunate to find a career that gives me the best of both
worlds – undertaking innovative hands-on work in the real world with the opportunity for
intellectual reflection. I also feel excited by the chance to shape an emerging discipline
and area of practice that will be vital for the twenty-first century world.
Email: julian.jenkins@secondroad.com.au.
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Acceptance of a scholarship requires participation in the study program and the wide-ranging events
offered by the GCSC, as well as active involvement in at least one GCSC graduate research group.
PhD scholarship holders must register as PhD students at Justus Liebig University. There are no tuition
fees for doctoral students at JLU, except for an enrolment fee of approximately €200 per semester. All
scholarship holders are expected to take up residency in or near Giessen.
Eligibility
We invite applications contributing to the study of culture in various historical contexts as well as those
analysing contemporary phenomena. The GCSC encourages applications from graduate students who
have or expect to obtain a first or upper second class honours M.A.-degree (or equivalent) in one of the
GCSC’s academic subjects* or in the arts/humanities, cultural studies, or social sciences. Candidates
applying for a post-doctoral scholarship should hold a PhD in the arts/humanities, cultural studies, or
social sciences, have an excellent academic record, and pursue a research project relevant to the
GCSC’s research areas*. Fluency in either English or German is required.
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application form and further documents as stated on the GCSC-website) have to be submitted
online. Please find all information on the two-stage application procedure on our website at
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Welcome
BY THE WAY...
Changes to the DAAD
IC Sydney Team
The Fall of the Wall – Live Feed!
If you would like to know what it felt like to watch the news unfold in real time on November
9, 1989, Spiegel Online has provided a "Live Feed" of these events. Check out
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/0,1518,659773,00.html for more!
DAAD Scholarship
Outcomes
DAAD Alumni
Meeting 2010
Special Research
Seminar
DAAD-Stipendiaten
aus aller Welt zu Gast
im Auswärtigen Amt
alumni
Presenting German
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Ausstellung in Mannheim: Alexander der Große und die
Öffnung der Welt
Während sich bisherige Schauen zu Alexander dem
Großen meist auf sein Wirken im europäischen Raum und
in Ägypten beschränkt haben, öffnet die Mannheimer
Ausstellung den Blick nach Zentralasien. Die Ausstellung
folgt Alexander dem Großen auf seinem Eroberungszug
durch das riesige persische Reich. Im Museum
Weltkulturen der Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen sind noch bis
Februar 2010 mehr als 400 Exponate zu sehen, die auf beeindruckende Weise den
Austausch von griechischer, persischer und zentralasiatischer Kultur veranschaulichen.
03.10.2009 - 21.02.2010, Mannheim
www.alexander-der-grosse-2009.de
Eröffnung des Zentrums Neue Technologien, Deutsches Museum
20.11.2009, München
Das Deutsche Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und
Technik in München ist das größte naturwissenschaftlich-technische
Museum der Welt. Dieser Status wird mit der Eröffnung des Zentrums
für Besucher am 20.11. weiter ausgebaut. Auf rund 600
Quadratmetern können fortan eine Dauerausstellung zur Bio- und
Nanotechnologie sowie diverse Sonderausstellungen bestaunt werden.
Der Bereich „Gläserne Wissenschaft“ erlaubt den Besuchern Einblicke in die aktuelle
Forschung und lädt zum Experimentieren ein.
http://www.deutsches-museum.de/
http://www.deutsches-museum.de/ausstellungen/neue-technologien/
Sydney
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Woollahra NSW 2025
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Zorniger Literat und poetischer Kritiker: Enzensberger wird 80
Hans Magnus Enzensberger will nicht darüber reden, aber er kann auch nichts dagegen
tun: Am 11. November wurde der Literat 80 Jahre alt, auch wenn er nichts
von Geburtstagen halte, wie er einmal verriet. Er werde zu seinem
Wiegenfest "gar keine Interviews" geben, ließ er seinen Verlag mitteilen.
Dabei hätte der Jubilar viel zu erzählen: Seit der Veröffentlichung seines
Debüt-Gedichtbandes "Verteidigung der Wölfe" vor 52 Jahren hat der
preisgekrönte Schriftsteller die literarische und intellektuelle Diskussion in
der Bundesrepublik entscheidend mitbestimmt.
Welcome
Sydney Team
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Enzensberger kam am 11. November 1929 als Sohn eines Postbeamten im Allgäu zur
Welt. Bekannt wurde er vor allem als Lyriker und mit seinen Essays. Geschrieben hat das
einstige Mitglied der Gruppe 47 aber auch Romane. In den 1960er Jahren gehörte er zu
den Wortführern der Studentenbewegung und der linken Intelligenz. Mit der kritischen
Zeitschrift "Kursbuch" gab er eines ihrer wichtigsten Organe heraus. Heute zählt
Enzensberger zu jenen deutschen Intellektuellen, die auch im Ausland auf Resonanz
stoßen.
Quelle: dpa
http://www.goethe.de/kue/lit/prj/was/enz/enindex.htm
Vorschau: Cook-Ausstellung in Bonn
Die Ausstellung erzählt mit rund 500 Exponaten von den Reisen des
James Cook und seines internationalen Wissenschaftlerteams, das
im Zeitalter der europäischen Aufklärung in einer Vielzahl von
Disziplinen
neue
Erkenntnisse
beitragen
konnte.
Zum ersten Mal werden in Bonn die von den Cook-Reisen
mitgebrachten ethnographischen und naturhistorischen Objekte aus
den verschiedensten pazifischen Kulturen wieder zusammengeführt,
nachdem sie bereits Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts in ganz Europa
verstreut worden waren. Viele der kostbaren Artefakte sind
kunsthistorisch von unschätzbarem Wert, da Vergleichbares heute in
der Südsee nicht mehr zu finden ist. 7. Oktober 2010 bis 13. Februar 2011.
http://www.bundeskunsthalle.de/index.htm?ausstellungen/index.htm
Es wird wieder Zeit, uns zu verabschieden – für dieses Jahr –
Frohe Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch in ein glückliches Jahr 2010!
Merry Christmas and a wonderful and happy year 2010!
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