The dates listed here are a selection of public events at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). A constantly updated complete overview can be found in the calendar of events www.europa-uni.de/events.
Children's University
How AI can help with homework – Children's University begins
The Viadrina Children's University starts on Wednesday, February 28, 4 p.m., with a lecture by Prof. Dr. Philipp Hacker from the European New School of Digital Studies on the topic "What is Artificial Intelligence (AI)?". During the lecture in Lecture Hall 3 in the Gräfin-Dönhoff Building, Europaplatz 1, the holder of the Chair of Law and Ethics of the Digital Society will experiment with AI technologies and show how AI learns and adapts – and how it can even help with homework and learning. Participation is free of charge. After the lecture, there will be a meal in the canteen for one euro. Registration and further dates and topics at: www.europa-uni.de/kinderuni
Lectures
Lecture on Prussian "Amber Diplomacy" | March 1, 2024, 10.00 a.m.
Viadrina historian Prof. Dr. Klaus Weber will speak at the German Historical Museum Berlin, Unter den Linden 2, on Friday, March 1, about "Prussian 'Amber Diplomacy': State Gifts in the Mirror of Dynastic Networks". The lecture is part of the interdisciplinary conference "Playful Alliances. Statecraft, the Art of War and Fortuna in the Early Modern Period", which is being organized to mark the museum's purchase of an amber board game cassette made in Königsberg in 1607. Further information and registration for the conference: Link
Soviet Troops in the GDR – Lecture and Discussion | March 2, 2024, 2.45 p.m.
Viadrina historian Prof. Dr. Werner Benecke will give a lecture on the stationing and role of the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (GSSD) in Frankfurt (Oder) on Saturday, March 2, as part of an event organized by the Stasi Records Archive Frankfurt (Oder). The lecture entitled "On the trail of history – Soviet troops in the GDR/East Germany" will take place at the Stasi Records Archive Frankfurt (Oder), Fürstenwalder Poststraße 87. Further information and full program: Link
Exhibitions
"Revolution of Dignity" – Exhibition on the Art of the Maidan
The exhibition "Contested Decision for Europe" on the art of the Kyiv Maidan can still be seen until Friday, March 1, in the gallery in front of the university library in the Viadrina main building, Große Scharrnstraße 59. Ten years ago, the "Revolution of Dignity" took place on the Maydan in Kyiv. The participants expressed their political will not only through protest demonstrations and slogans, but also through artistic means – music, poetry, performances and visual art. The artworks and artifacts of the "Revolution of Dignity" address the hopes and fears that the protesters experienced and lived through together in the winter months of 2013/14 on Kyiv's Independence Square. More information on the Maidan exhibition: link
Exhibition on seminar trip to Rwanda
18 students from the European University Viadrina and the University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne researched the traces of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda last year. They show their impressions of the trip in the exhibition "Rwanda and Us. Looking back on a trip to Rwanda 30 years after the genocide" on the second floor of the Gräfin-Dönhoff building, Europaplatz 1. The photos can be seen until the end of May. The exhibition can be seen in parallel at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne. The excursion in July 2023 marked the end of the course "The Shoah and the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda in comparison", which Dr. Fabien Théofilakis taught as a visiting professor in Paris at the European University. Participants report on their experiences on the excursion in this article in the Viadrina logbook: Link
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