Public lectures and discussions
Winter semester 2019/20
Lecture Series: Media & Violence
- 20.11.2019: 'Ethics in Photojournalism' - Christoph Bangert
- 18.12.2019: 'Terrorism & the Media' - Prof. Dr. Alexander Spencer
- 22.01.2019: 'Conflicts & Video Games' - Dr. Axel Heck
Guest lectures from Kyrgyzstan
- 11.12.2019: 'Women in zones of ethnic/territorial conflicts in South Kyrgyzstan' - Dr. Makhinur Mamatova
- 12.12.2019: 'Interrogating Agency, Structure and the Everyday - Women's rights, realities and engagement in Kyrgyzstan' - Dr. Makhinur Mamatova
Summer semester 2019
Lecture Series: Everyday Conflict
- 08.05.2019: 'Hate Crime: An Introduction' - Dr. Daniel Geschke
- 22.05.2019: 'Sexual Harassment in University Contexts' - Hanna-Sophie Schüz
- 05.06.2019: 'Weisser Ring - The Only Nationwide Victim Support Organization' - Theresa Zickert
Winter semester 2018/19
Lecture Series: Gender
- 27.11.2018: 'Gender, Discourse and Institutional Change: Feminist Political Science Perspective on the Radical Right in Parliaments' - Jenny-Antonia Schulz (FU Berlin)
- 04.12.2018: 'Conflicts over Forests, Livelihoods and Gender Relations in India. A Critical Feminist Analysis.' - Dr. Christine Löw (Hochschule Rhein-Waal)
- 22.01.2019: 'Queer/ing Development? LGBTIQ Rights, Development Politics and the Revival of (Sexual) Modernization Paradigms' - Dr. Christine M. Klapeer (Uni Göttingen)
Lecture series in cooperation with the Chair of Philosophy: Human Rights
- 20.11.2018: 'Mit Gewalt gegen Gewalt. Menschenrechtsschutz und Demokratie im Spiegel globaler Governance' - Valerie Waldow (Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg)
- 11.12.2018: 'Menschenrechtspflichten von Unternehmen' - Prof. Dr. Christian Neuhäuser (Technische Universität Dortmund)
- 15.01.2019: 'Von Seenotrettung zu Sicheren Häfen: der Menschenrechtsdiskurs im Kontext Maritimer Migration' - Dr. Kristina Roepstorff (Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg)
Summer semester 2018
- 05.06.2018: 'Italy and the Security-Development-Migration Nexus' - A seminar from eight universities analyzes current EU-African affairs in a cross-site e-learning format. For more information read the press release (german) or click here.
Lecture Series: JOBS after PACS (for more information click here)
- 18.04.2018: Private Mediation Services - Dr. Kristina Roepstorff, Otto-von-Guericke-Universi
tät Magdeburg - 02.05.2018: Peace Education - Anne Druck, M.A., Berghof Foundation
- 16.05.2018: International Organization - Prof. Dr. Eric Chauvistré, OSCE The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
- 13.06.2018: Academic Career - Prof. Dr. Alexander Spencer, Otto-von-Guericke-Universi
tät Magdeburg
Winter semester 2017/18
Lecture Series: Research Methods in Peace and Conflict Studies
- 22.11.2017: Discourse Analysis - Prof. Dr. Alexander Spencer (OVGU Magdeburg)
- 06.12.2017: Ethnographic Methods - Dr. Kristina Roepstorff (OVGU Magdeburg)
- 20.12.2017: Film Analysis - Dr. Stephan Engelkamp (King’s College London)
- 10.01.2018: Expert Surveys - Dr. habil. Kai Oppermann (University of Sussex)
- 24.01.2018: Comparative Case Studies - Dr. Andreas Kruck (LMU München)
Summer semester 2017
- 28.06.2017: 'Photojournalists in conflict - The influence of the Israeli occupation regime on international photojournalism in Israel / Palestine' - Dr. Felix Koltermann, Institut für Medien, Theater und populäre Kultur (University Hildesheim). For more information (only in german available) click here.
- 27.06.2017: 'Werkstattgespräche - Insights in the daily lives of our international students'
- Rafael Uribe: From troublemaker to peace exporter? Some rationales behind the involvement of Colombian military in peacekeeping operations (2010-2016)
- Renata Malkes: Prepresentations of peace in Brasilian 21st century cinema
- Celia Schuett: Atelier4 Kunst, Kultur und Entwicklung. An experience report from Kamerun
- 02.06.2017: 'Germany as an actor of peace mediation - Insights into the work of Initiative Mediation Support Deutschland (IMSD)' - Julia von Dobeneck (peace mediator). For more information (only in german available) click here.
- 24.05.2017: ' Theorising humilitation: The interlinks of everyday, institutional and structural domains a case of Dalits in Mumbai. ' - Dr. Ramesh Kamble (University Mumbai). For more information click here.
- 05.05.2017: 'Haiti - Humanitarian Aid in a complex emergency' - Dr. Bernward auf dem Kampe (Practitioner)
- For more information (only in german available) click here.
Winter semester 2016
- 05.01.2017: 'Private Military and Security in international conflicts' - Prof. Dr. Andres Kruck (FU Berlin). For more information click here.
Summer semester 2016
- 07.06.2016: Global Health in the Context of International Cooperation - Olaf Horstick (Uni Heidelberg). For more information click here
- 30.05.2016: 'Das Narrativ zur Wiederkehr der Religion - Überlegungen am Beispiel von ISIS-Bekennervideos' - Hanna Pfeifer (Uni Hamburg). For more information click here
- 11.05.2016: 'West-Sahara als letzte Kolonie Afrikas' - Mohamad Badati (Zentrum für Europäische and Orientalische Kultur) For more information click here
Winter semester 2015
- 20.01.2016: 'Kommunikation Digital Überlebenswichtig bei Flucht, Vertreibung und Migration' - Petra Kohnen (Universität Bonn/ Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg). For more information click here
- 09.12.2015: 'Rolle der Vereinten Nationen in der internationalen Politik' - Prof. Dr. Johannes Varwick (Uni Halle). More information and event poster
- 02.12.2015: 'Gewaltkriminalität in Zentralamerika' - Prof. Dr. Heidrun Zinecker (Uni Leipzig). More information and event poster
- 18.11.2015: Panel discussion 'Flucht, Vertreibung, Migration Welche Verantwortung tragen wir?'- as part of OvGU Winter School 2015. More information on the event poster & here.
Summer semester 2015
- 07.07.2015: 'Die EU-Flüchtlingspolitik und ihre Folgen' - Maximilian Popp (SPIEGEL)
- 22.06.2015: 'Werkstattgespräch' - our international FKF students talk about their home countries
- 10.06.2015: 'Fight for Your Rights - Women Empowerment und Gender Gerechtigkeit' - Discussion evening with participants from Jordan and Tunesia
2014
- 02.12.2014: 'R2P: hot or not? Wissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf eine umstrittene Norm' - Dr. Bastian Loges (TU Braunschweig), Dr. Reinhard Wesel (OvGU) and Dr. Gabi Schlag (OvGU)
- 26.05.2014: 'Menschenrechte erklären - Perspektiven für den Menschenrechtsschutz in Theorie und Praxis' - PD Dr. Wolfgang S. Heinz (Deutsches Institut für Menschenrechte). For more informatione click here
- 09.01.2014: 'Soirée zu Afghanistan - Aktuelle Berichte aus Wissenschaft und Praxis' - Dr. Cornelius Friesendorf (Goethe-Universität / Hessische Stiftung Friedens- und Konfliktforschung) and Lukasz Kowalczyk (GIZ)
2013
- 12.12.2013: 'Wissenschaft als Beruf in der Friedens- und Konfliktforschung' - Prof. Anna Geis (OVGU Magdeburg)
- 28.11.2013: 'Mobilizing Communities in Jerusalem - Grasswurzelaktivismus unter den Herausforderungen der israelischen Besatzung' - Fayrouz Sharqawi and Micha Kurz (Grassroots Jerusalem). For more information visit: http://www.grassrootsalquds.org/
- 23.10.2013: 'Liberal peace, land-grab issue and the role of gender' as part of the course Gender and Conflict and 22.10.2013: 'Evaluation and local experiences of international interventions - Lessons from Sierra Leone' - Dr. Gearoid Millar (University of Aberdeen). For more information click here.