08.-10. June 2022, Wannseeforum Berlin

Academics in Solidarity invited its members for a Network Meeting & Retreat between 08.-10. June 2022 at Wannseeforum Berlin. The thematic concept gave participants the chance to investigate three key issues related to members of the AiS network: First, the situation of migrant scholars working and living in the German research environment. The focus lay here on what can be learnt from previous experiences of and research from academics in exile. Second, the changing concepts and practices of solidarity that are continuously performed and called for in reference to flight, migration movements and authoritarian shifts. The main emphasis was put on present-day notions and practices of solidarity in light of existing political struggles. Third, matters of academic freedom were negotiated by highlighting the current state of research and by outlining initiatives working in the field. These topics were not only discussed in respective panels, but participants also negotiated pressing issues and strategies within working-group sessions during the three-day event, and presented the outcomes of these groups on the final day of the retreat.

Find the report of the retreat here.