On Monday, 26 January at 6.15 pm, PD Dr. Christian Dietrich (Institute for Regional History at the State Office for Monument Preservation and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt) will be a guest at the interdisciplinary Jerzy Giedroyc Research Colloquium.

In his lecture "Sicherheitsauftrag: Völkerfreundschaft. State Security, People's Police and Labor and Educational Migration to the GDR (1972–1990)", he will talk about how the GDR authorities dealt with foreign students and contract workers.

When and where?

Monday, January 26, 2026 | 6.15 p.m.

Main building of the Viadrina 
Room 162, Große Scharrnstraße 59, 
15230 Frankfurt (Oder)

Exterior view of the European University Viadrina © Heide Fest
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More info

Find out more about the Jerzy Giedroyc Research Colloquium at
www.vcpu.europa-uni.de/en/research/forschungskolloquium/index.html