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Interview with Nickey Diamond

In an interview with Frankfurter Rundschau, Nickey Diamond, the first fellow of the DAAD`s Hilde-Domin-Programme, situated the ongoing situation in Myanmar in the international political context.

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Hilde Domin Training Programme in Konstanz

Starting 22 March, the University of Konstanz will provide a four-year training programme for scholarship recipients in the Hilde Domin Training Programme. The goal is to provide continuing education for students in exile.

New Book by Judith Beyer:

This is the first anthropological monograph of Muslim and Hindu lives in contemporary Myanmar. In it, Judith Beyer introduces the concept of “we-formation” as a fundamental yet underexplored capacity of humans to relate to one another outside of and apart from demarcated ethno-religious lines and corporate groups. We-formation complements the established sociological concept of community, which suggests shared origins, beliefs, values, and belonging. Community is not only a key term in academic…

Beyer in interview with BR on statelessness

In an interview with BR, Prof Dr Judith Beyer talks about statelessness in the context of nation state and its implications for people affected. Furthermore, she strengthens, that people having a nationality rarely are aware of that fact and the possibilities, liberties and privileges that come with it.

Prosecuting Myanmar military’s crimes in Germany

On January 24, 2023, the human rights organisation Fortify Rights filed a criminal complaint in Germany under the principle of universal jurisdiction against senior Myanmar military generals and others for atrocity crimes. One of the 16 complainants is PhD student Nickey Diamond.

Hybride Infoveranstaltung zum Master "Ethnologie und Soziologie" am 14.12.

Liebe Interessierte,

der Bewerbungszeitraum für den MA Ethnologie und Soziologie für das Sommersemester hat begonnen.

Wir laden Sie daher ein zur Informationsveranstaltung des Master of Arts ETHNOLOGIE und SOZIOLOGIE an der Universität Konstanz.

Mittwoch, 14. Dezember 15.15 Uhr

VOR ORT: Raum D430 oder ONLINE (Link unten in der Beschreibung).

[Translate to Englisch:]

Blog entry by Judith Beyer

Judith Beyer published an entry, entitled “Statelessness, expert activists and the ‘practitioner-scholar

dilemma’’ at the “Critical Statelessness Studies Blog” by the University of Melbourne.

[Translate to Englisch:]

Teaching award for Judith Beyer

Judith Beyer, who holds the professorship of Social and Political Anthropology at the University of Konstanz, receives this year’s Tina-Ulmer-Teaching-Award that honours outstanding merits and innovative achievements in teaching. In the last years, Beyer led research projects that were accomplished by students of Anthropology and Sociology in the city of Konstanz. Furthermore, she realized an interactive workshop, where students and stateless people jointly could discuss the topic of…

Current news

Interview with Nickey Diamond

In an interview with Frankfurter Rundschau, Nickey Diamond, the first fellow of the DAAD`s Hilde-Domin-Programme, situated the ongoing situation in Myanmar in the international political context.

Read more

 

 

Hilde Domin Training Programme in Konstanz

Starting 22 March, the University of Konstanz will provide a four-year training programme for scholarship recipients in the Hilde Domin Training Programme. The goal is to provide continuing education for students in exile.

New Book by Judith Beyer:

This is the first anthropological monograph of Muslim and Hindu lives in contemporary Myanmar. In it, Judith Beyer introduces the concept of “we-formation” as a fundamental yet underexplored capacity of humans to relate to one another outside of and apart from demarcated ethno-religious lines and corporate groups. We-formation complements the established sociological concept of community, which suggests shared origins, beliefs, values, and belonging. Community is not only a key term in academic…

Beyer in interview with BR on statelessness

In an interview with BR, Prof Dr Judith Beyer talks about statelessness in the context of nation state and its implications for people affected. Furthermore, she strengthens, that people having a nationality rarely are aware of that fact and the possibilities, liberties and privileges that come with it.

Prosecuting Myanmar military’s crimes in Germany

On January 24, 2023, the human rights organisation Fortify Rights filed a criminal complaint in Germany under the principle of universal jurisdiction against senior Myanmar military generals and others for atrocity crimes. One of the 16 complainants is PhD student Nickey Diamond.

Hybride Infoveranstaltung zum Master "Ethnologie und Soziologie" am 14.12.

Liebe Interessierte,

der Bewerbungszeitraum für den MA Ethnologie und Soziologie für das Sommersemester hat begonnen.

Wir laden Sie daher ein zur Informationsveranstaltung des Master of Arts ETHNOLOGIE und SOZIOLOGIE an der Universität Konstanz.

Mittwoch, 14. Dezember 15.15 Uhr

VOR ORT: Raum D430 oder ONLINE (Link unten in der Beschreibung).

[Translate to Englisch:]

Blog entry by Judith Beyer

Judith Beyer published an entry, entitled “Statelessness, expert activists and the ‘practitioner-scholar

dilemma’’ at the “Critical Statelessness Studies Blog” by the University of Melbourne.

[Translate to Englisch:]

Teaching award for Judith Beyer

Judith Beyer, who holds the professorship of Social and Political Anthropology at the University of Konstanz, receives this year’s Tina-Ulmer-Teaching-Award that honours outstanding merits and innovative achievements in teaching. In the last years, Beyer led research projects that were accomplished by students of Anthropology and Sociology in the city of Konstanz. Furthermore, she realized an interactive workshop, where students and stateless people jointly could discuss the topic of…