For decades the Institute for East European Studies at Freie Universität has had close ties to Ukraine through exchange programs and research projects. They have a great desire to help.
A conversation with Japanese author Hiromi Ito – author in residence at the “Temporal Communities” Cluster of Excellence – and her translator, Japanese Studies professor Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit
Internationality in action: Universities employees from thirty-five countries came together for Staff Training Week at Freie Universität Berlin in June.
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The Peruvian Ambassador to Germany, Elmer Schialer, sang along with the rousing mariachi band at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Institute for Latin American Studies.
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Historian Robert Kindler from the Institute for East European Studies visited a 7th grade class in Kreuzberg. He gave them information to help them better understand the political situation.
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The approximately 3,500-meter-high portion of the Great Escarpment known as Drakensberg is primarily made up of layers of basalt rock. The research team there is studying fossil remains of fish and snails, bringing new insights into the last ice age.
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“Kanzi,” the bonobo, can communicate using different symbols.
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Author Hiromi Ito (left) and literary scholar Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit worked closely together while translating the novel “The Thorn Puller” into German.
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Silence? Are you serious? Like the sea and the air, soil is also full of sounds.
