The University of Freiburg’s position on the war in Ukraine

Lecture: Sabine Dabringhaus
6 p.m. Uhr c.t. / HS 1199 and Livestream

This lecture will be held in German.

Part of the lecture series on the “War in Ukraine: Background and Perspectives” (Studium generale)

For the latest information on the event series and other dates, please visit the Studium generale Website.

Lecture: Irina Scherbakowa
6 p.m. Uhr c.t. / HS 1199 and Livestream

This lecture will be held in German.

Part of the lecture series on the “War in Ukraine: Background and Perspectives” (Studium generale)

For the latest information on the event series and other dates, please visit the Studium generale Website.

Lecture: Heinrich Kirschbaum
6 p.m. Uhr c.t. / HS 1199 and Livestream

This lecture will be held in German.

Part of the lecture series on the “War in Ukraine: Background and Perspectives” (Studium generale)

For the latest information on the event series and other dates, please visit the Studium generale Website.

Lecture (in English): Viktoriya Sereda
6 p.m. Uhr c.t. / HS 1199 and Livestream

Part of the lecture series on the “War in Ukraine: Background and Perspectives” (Studium generale)

For the latest information on the event series and other dates, please visit the Studium generale Website.

8 p.m. c.t., HS 1010

This lecture will be held in German.

A lecture within the framework of the Studium generale / Colloquium politicum

Russian-German relations have been strained for years and are currently at a low point. Especially in this situation, it is interesting to ask what the Treaty of Rapallo means for us today and what lessons can be learned from the experience of a hundred years:

Can the Rapallo Treaty of 1922 serve as a model for a process of détente and for economic and cultural cooperation across political divides, or does it represent a historical burden? Is its basic idea of bilateral German-Russian cooperation based on common interests transferable to the present? Can the experience gained from the Rapallo policy contribute to the resolution of today’s conflicts?

The panelists include:
– Prof. Prof. h.c. Dr. Dr. h.c. Elisabeth Cheauré, Professor for Slavic Philology and Gender Studies, Chairwoman of the Tsvetaeva Center
– Dr. h.c. Gernot Erler, Former Minister of State and Federal Government Commissioner for Russia, Chairman of the West-Ost-Gesellschaft Südbaden
– Dr. Ulrike Hörster-Philipps, Historian, Chairwoman of the Joseph-Wirth-Stiftung e.V.
– Prof. Dr. Dietmar Neutatz, Historian, Professor for Modern and East European History

Moderation: Heinz Siebold, Journalist

The panel discussion is also part of the series “100 Years of the Treaty of Rapallo.”

In cooperation: Tsvetaeva Center,West-Ost-Gesellschaft Südbaden e.V. and Joseph-Wirth-Stiftung e.V

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Lecture: Dr. Dieter von Schrötter
8 p.m. c.t., HS 1199

This lecture will be held in German.

A lecture within the framework of the Studium generale / Colloquium politicum

Putin’s war against Ukraine seeks to turn back the wheel of history and partially reverse the dissolution of the Soviet Union. How did this, in Vladimir Putin’s words, “greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century” come about?

When Mikhail Gorbachev was appointed general secretary of the CPSU in March 1986, the party program of 1961 was still in force. Its promise was that by 1980 communist society in the Soviet Union would be essentially completed. Reality was different, and Gorbachev’s analysis of the Soviet Union’s economic and political situation was devastating. A comprehensive reform policy with the buzzwords perestroika and glasnost was supposed to realize a “socialism with a human face.” Six years later, the CPSU was banned and Gorbachev, by then president of the Soviet Union, had to resign from that office. On December 31, 1991, at 0:00 a.m., the Soviet flag was taken down over the Kremlin and the Russian state flag was hoisted. The Soviet Union finally ceased to exist and the world was a different place.

About the speaker: Dr. Dieter von Schrötter, historian and political scientist, former director of the Wiesneck House of Studies, Buchenbach.

In cooperation with the Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Freiburg and the West-Ost-Gesellschaft Südbaden e.V.

For the latest information on this lecture, please visit the Studium generale Website.

4 pm c.t. / HS 3219

Prof. Dr. Alla Paslawska is Professor in the Intercultural Communication and Translation Department at the University of Lviv and will report in her lecture on current research topics in the field of German Studies at our Ukrainian partner university. This includes linguistic research as well as teaching projects on a literary travel guide to Lviv and the development of an anthology of Ukrainian women’s voices.

Lecture: Prof. Dr. Alla Paslawska

Lecture: Juliane Besters-Dilger and Achim Rabus
6 p.m. c.t. / HS 1199 and Livestream

This lecture will be held in German.

Part of the lecture series on the “War in Ukraine: Background and Perspectives” (Studium generale)

For the latest information on the event series and other dates, please visit the Studium generale Website.

Informational event organized by the Immigration Advisory Board of the City of Freiburg to inform refugees from Ukraine about finding a job, §24: rights and obligations, and the application process in Germany. Questions are encouraged. More detailed information can be found on the website of the Immigration Advisory Board of the City of Freiburg.

6pm to 8 pm / via Zoom

5pm / FRIAS Lounge (Albertstr. 19, ground floor)

Informal meeting where researchers from all disciplines who have fled Ukraine and are currently working at the University of Freiburg can exchange ideas.

Lecture: Michel Abeßer and Dietmar Neutatz
6 p.m. c.t. / HS 1199 and livestream

This lecture will be held in German.

Part of the lecture series on the “War in Ukraine: Background and Perspectives” (Studium generale)

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has dominated the headlines for weeks and has increased the demand for in-depth background information about Ukraine. In this interdisciplinary series addressed to a broad audience, scholars from Freiburg as well as selected international experts shed light on different facets of Ukrainian history, society, language and culture and thus contribute to a deeper understanding of current events.

For the latest information on the event series and other dates, please visit the Studium generale Website.

Lecture: Prof. Dr. Heinrich Kirschbaum (Department of Slavic Studies, Literary Studies)
8 p.m. c.t. / HS 1010 in the Collegiate Building I

This lecture will be held in German.

Lecture as part of the series “World Views: Understanding Culture” (Studium generale)

In the early 2020s, tectonic shifts and tremors occurred in the post-Soviet countries. In 2020, Belarus rebels against dictator Lukašenko, who can only hold on to power by force and with Russian support. Thousands of Belarusians went to prison, hundreds of thousands into exile. In the fall of 2020, there was an upheaval in Kyrgyzstan, and war broke out again between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh. In January 2022, protests rocked Almaty and other cities in Kazakhstan, and less than two months passed and neo-imperial-obsessed Russia launched a brutal war of aggression against Ukraine. The lecture will trace these and other events over the last two years and will take a closer look at and discuss some discursive background, similarities and differences of these events.

For the latest information on the event series and other dates, please visit the Studium generale Website.

6pm to 8pm;  Paulussaal, Dreisamstraße 3 and livestream

This lecture will be held in German.

Attempt at an interdisciplinary classification of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the context of a hybrid discussion panel. The discussion panel, which will take place in the Paulussaal, will also be streamed live at the same time.

The panelists include:

·  Univ.-Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Cheauré, University of Freiburg

·  Prof. Dr. Jan Eckel, University of Freiburg

·  Prof. Dr. Lauri Mälksoo, University of Tartu

·  Prof. Dr. Carlo Masala, Universität der Bundeswehr München (University of the Federal Armed Forces)

·  Prof. Dr. Paulina Starski, University of Freiburg

·  Prof. Dr. Silja Vöneky, University of Freiburg

All proceeds go to the Lviv Emergency Relief:

10:30 am (children’s concert)
1 pm (world music)
5 pm (classical music)
20:30 (jazz/pop)
Artists such as Baadma Badamkhorol Samdandamba (traditional Mongolian singing) with her musicians, Pape Dieye (singing, percussion), Ibrahim Sarialtin (baglama, singing) with songs from Turkey, the Home and Escape Orchestra at the Freiburg Theatre and the German-Ukrainian Choir Голоси миру – Voice of Peace as well as bands such as. TRIAZ, The Brothers, the jazz pianist Ralf Schmidt and his band, and Äl Jawala.

Further information

Tickets can be purchased here.

The Faculty of Theology invites to a public online panel discussion on the topic “Putin’s War in Ukraine and the Plight of the People.” on March 11, 2022 at 2 p.m. Participants will report on the current plight of the people and relief efforts, highlight cultural and political aspects, and question the role of the churches in this war. Members of the media are also cordially invited and are welcome to contact the media spokesperson for interview requests.

Panel discussion participants include:

• Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Cheauré (University of Freiburg, Slavic Studies)
• Halyna Levkiv (University of Freiburg, PhD student at the Faculty of Theology)
• Dr. Oliver Müller (Head of Caritas International)
• Dr. Johannes Oeldemann (Director at the Johann-Adam-Möhler-Institute for Ecumenism, Paderborn)
• Pfr. Petro Svidrun (Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Parish Freiburg) 

Moderation:

• Prof. Dr. Klaus Baumann (University of Freiburg, Catholic Welfare Studies and Christian Social Work)
• Prof. Dr. Ursula Nothelle-Wildfeuer (University of Freiburg, Christian Social Studies)

Event link and registration:
The panel discussion will take place via Zoom.
Password: Ukraine22

The panel discussion “The Return of the Empire? Putin’s War and Its Global Implications” on March 9 2022 at 6 p.m. aims to place the war beyond the current situation spatially and temporally into larger historical, economic, and political contexts, taking into account Europe, China, and the United States. Media representatives are also cordially invited and are welcome to contact the media contact for interview requests.

Discussion participants include:

• Prof. Dr. Sabine Dabringhaus (University of Freiburg, East Asian History)
• Prof. Dr. Heinrich Kirschbaum (University of Freiburg, Slavic philology)
• Prof. Dr. Tim Krieger (University of Freiburg, Ordnungs- und Wettbewerbspolitik)
• Prof. Dr. Jörn Leonhard (University of Freiburg, Modern and Contemporary West European History)
• Prof. Dr. Dietmar Neutatz (University of Freiburg, Modern and East European History)
• Jun.-Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Piller (University of Freiburg, Transatlantic and North American History)

Welcoming:

Prof. Dr. Peter Eich (University of Freiburg, Speaker of the DFG Research Training Group “Empires”)

Moderation:

Prof. Dr. Melanie Arndt (University of Freiburg, Economic, Social and Environmental History)

For registration and the event link:

The event has already passed. If you have any questions about the event, you can write to: kontakt@grk2571.uni-freiburg.de.

The event was recorded and is available here.

For more information on the DFG Research Training Group:
https://www.grk2571.uni-freiburg.de