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Forging New Alliances – The Research Training Group minor cosmopolitanisms wants to encourage dialogue
Cosmopolitans are at home everywhere; the world is their home. Neighbors, friends, like-minded people, and peers all around. A charming idea that, in... more
Cultures of Violence – Insights from work towards a systematic approach to military violence
Deportation, torture, and killing: How has the use of violence changed or even become radicalized in the armies of the great European powers? What has... more
Cooperation with Ghana – Shared Projects for the Internationalization of Teacher Education
In December, the Faculty of Arts and the Center for Teacher Training and Education Research (ZeLB) at the University of Potsdam signed a memorandum of... more
From Africa to the GDR and back – Marcia Schenck’s research on labor migration brings together individual and world history
Marica C. Schenck is a historian and professor of global history at the University of Potsdam. Her specialty is the big picture, global contexts. It... more
One Problem, Many Perspectives – How Irene Heidt Teaches Prospective English Language Teachers to Understand Racism from a Critical Perspective
Innovative teaching projects 2022 Racism is a problem. Especially for those who experience it every day and suffer from its manifold forms and consequences. However, overcoming racism... more
I Am of the Opinion – Therefore I Am?! – Eric-John Russell Researches the Philosophy of Opinion
It’s good when people agree on something instead of arguing all the time, isn’t it? Otherwise, of course, everyone is allowed to have their own... more
33 Questions to Historian Prof. Miriam Rürup
Since December 2020, the researcher has been the director of the Moses Mendelsohn Center for European-Jewish Studies (MMZ) in Potsdam. She succeeded... more
Humor Sometimes Helps – Looking for New Paths in the Discussion of Climate Change
What is going wrong in climate communication? Culture and media scientist Birgit Schneider and media and science researcher Alexander Schindler... more
Gift or Bribery? – Corruption In the Ancient World, “Twisted Transfers” and What We Can Learn From Them Today
When former German Federal President Christian Wulff was forced to resign in 2012 following allegations of corruption, the debate, as always in such... more