News Coverage

in the DAAD-magazine „Letters"

In the dialogue "It is impossible to remain neutral, even for ethical reasons", Nickey Diamond and Prof Dr Judith Beyer talk about the circumstances of Nickey Diamond becoming a Hilde Domin-fellow. They look at the situation in the country of Myanmar and at Nickey Diamond's PhD project, where he asks the question, under which political contexts, "hate speech" motivates people to commit violence. The interviewees also talk about the Hilde Domin Training Programme, offered at the Unversity of Konstanz for the DAAD-fellows of three cohorts (2023-2026).

Thomas Wagner (DLF) reports about the second HDTP conference in Constance

In "Fit machen für Demokratie und mehr: DAAD-Programm für geflüchtete Studierende" [Getting fit for democracy and more: DAAD-programme for refugee students], the Deutschlandfunkt reports about the Hilde Domin Training Programme (HDTP) and the conference taking place in Constance. The fellows who were forced to flee, name the serious backgrounds of their stay in Germany and give insights to their life in the country as well as the every-day challenges they are facing. Prof Dr Seibel and Prof Dr Hoeffler contextualise the content of the Hilde Domin Training Programme.

The Hilde Domin Training Programme is being introduced in the Young European Research Universities Network (YERUN).

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.

Safe space for students at risk

Training programme to support students in the Hilde Domin-Programme – offered by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the University of Konstanz.

In her speech on international cultural and education policy on 25 January 2023, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Annalena Baerbock said: "By promoting freedom in culture, research and media, we strengthen the freedom and security of people, too. This is why, in the current situation, we have expanded protective programmes like the Hilde Domin-Programme whose first scholarship recipient was Nickey Diamond from Myanmar."