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Digital Discussion Forum 2021

‘Russia and Germany: Discourse on Identities – Variations and Transformations’ 23–25 September 2021

DAAD Alumni Project in collaboration with the German-Russian Forum

The digital discussion forum, ‘Russia and Germany: Discourse on Identities – Variations and Transformations’, which took place from 23 to 25 September 2021, was organised as a DAAD alumni project in cooperation with the German-Russian Forum. As a tandem project, it brought to light many different approaches to the topic of identity, as well as a multitude of synergies. Over the three days of the event, keynote presentations alternated with group discussions. There was also scope for an international perspective on current societal challenges in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, as exemplified by the presentation by Dr Daniela Seybold from the Academic Human Resources Department at JMU. The topics were as diverse as the participants; for example, there were also presentations on the themes of identity and diversity in museum work (Prof. Dombrowski and Prof. Griesbach).

Germany regards Russia as an important partner and defines the cooperation in education, research and technology – which dates back to an agreement concluded in 1986 – as a key pillar of German-Russian relations. According to figures from the Federal Foreign Office, there are currently around 900 cooperation projects between German and Russian higher education institutions.On average, more than 13,000 Russian citizens study in Germany each year, whilst up to 2,000 German DAAD scholarship holders gain experience at universities and research institutions in Russia. Current societal challenges, crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic (with the closure of national borders), and recent political changes (cyber-attacks, nuclear agreements) but also historical turning points such as the reunification of Germany or the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 have set in motion – and continue to set in motion – processes of transformation that pose a challenge to the development of the identity and value systems of citizens and individuals within national borders.

The forum participants, who have gained new individual perspectives as a result of current developments and their time in Germany, are valuable discussion partners on this topic, which is so important for mutual understanding.

Programme: ONLINE Discussion Forum

Please note! The programme is given in Central European Time (CET)!

Wednesday, 22 September 2021

 

Thursday, 23 September 2021

  • 9:00 – 9:15
    Welcome and general introduction, Dr Artem Lysenko and Michaela Thiel
    https://uni-wuerzburg.zoom.us/j/94328087145?pwd=TnhZb2NKRE5PeTgzbVAwL09TL3NaUT09
    Meeting ID: 943 2808 7145, Password: 411046
  • 9.15 – 10.00
    Introductions, presentations by participants – Part I
    https://uni-wuerzburg.zoom.us/j/94328087145?pwd=TnhZb2NKRE5PeTgzbVAwL09TL3NaUT09
    Meeting ID: 943 2808 7145, Password: 411046
  • 10:00–10:45
  • Welcome: Guido Kemmerling, Head of the Cultural Section at the German Embassy in Moscow; Andreas Hoeschen, Head of the DAAD Office in Moscow; Martin Hoffmann, Executive Board Member, German-Russian Forum e.V.; Prof. Dr Aleksey Lubkov, Rector of Moscow State Pedagogical University; President Prof. Dr Paul Pauli, JMU Würzburg.
    Public Zoom link, simultaneous interpretation
    https://uni-wuerzburg.zoom.us/j/97173915007?pwd=bjFBTmhCNEUyNVIzZ1hBblloSnZ5QT09
    Meeting ID: 971 7391 5007, Password: 549334
  • 10.45 –10.50 Break
  • 10:50 – 11:45
    Keynote: ‘Identity in Contemporary Culture and Sport – Theoretical Models’, Dr Victor Nemchinov, Brief profile: Dr Victor Nemchinov is a senior researcher in the Department of Comparative Cultural Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and is Director of the Museum of Historical Consciousness. He is a member of ICOM and the International Society for Historical Didactics (ISHD). Since 1995, he has been collaborating with the Ruhr Museum on the international museum project ‘Transit Bruges–Novgorod: A Road Through Centuries of European History’, providing digital and video documentation of World Heritage artefacts and monuments. His research interests include the interaction of civilisations, forms of mutually enriching dialogue, issues of identity and effective forms of interpersonal communication. He is a member of the German-Russian ‘New Generation’ initiative and the international World Public Forum ‘Dialogue of Civilisations’.

    https://uni-wuerzburg.zoom.us/j/97173915007?pwd=bjFBTmhCNEUyNVIzZ1hBblloSnZ5QT09
    Meeting ID: 971 7391 5007, Password: 549334
  • 11:45 – 12:00 Break
  • 12:00 – 13:00
    Introductions, presentations by participants – Part II,
    https://uni-wuerzburg.zoom.us/j/94328087145?pwd=TnhZb2NKRE5PeTgzbVAwL09TL3NaUT09
    Meeting ID: 943 2808 7145, Password: 411046
  • 1.00 pm – 1.30 pm Lunch break
  • 13:30 – 14:15
    Keynote and discussion of personal (teaching) experiences: ‘The search for national identity in selected post-Soviet states’, Sarah Schumayer, Chair of Slavic Studies, JMU Würzburg
    Public Zoom link for simultaneous interpretation
    https://uni-wuerzburg.zoom.us/j/97173915007?pwd=bjFBTmhCNEUyNVIzZ1hBblloSnZ5QT09
    Meeting ID: 971 7391 5007, Password: 549334
  • 14:15 – 14:20 Break
  • 14:20 – 15:00
    Keynote and discussion: The university museum as a means of fostering students’ academic identity, Dr Wladimir Borissow, Director of the University Museum at Moscow State Pedagogical University, and The role of university museums in Russia: From Academic to Regional and Civic Identity, Dr Sergei Sassorin, Director of the Centre for Memory Culture and Civic Identity, Moscow State Pedagogical University
    Public Zoom link for simultaneous interpretation
    https://uni-wuerzburg.zoom.us/j/97173915007?pwd=bjFBTmhCNEUyNVIzZ1hBblloSnZ5QT09
    Meeting ID: 971 7391 5007, Password: 549334
  • 15:00 – 15:35
    Keynote and discussion: Identity and Diversity as key aspects of museum work, Prof. Dr Damian Dombrowski and Prof. Dr Jochen Griesbach, Director of the Martin von Wagner Museum, JMU Würzburg
    Public Zoom link, simultaneous interpretation:
    https://uni-wuerzburg.zoom.us/j/97173915007?pwd=bjFBTmhCNEUyNVIzZ1hBblloSnZ5QT09
    Meeting ID: 971 7391 5007, Password: 549334

 

Friday, 24 September 2021

  • 9.00– –10.15
    Cross-disciplinary training on self-management, Dr Daniela Seybold, Academic Human Resources Department at JMU
    Personal reflections. Transformation of intercultural communication? Group discussion: How has the COVID-19 crisis and current societal challenges influenced my work, and to what extent have they hindered or even promoted intercultural exchange?
    Zoom link for participants: https://uni-wuerzburg.zoom.us/j/94328087145?pwd=TnhZb2NKRE5PeTgzbVAwL09TL3NaUT09
    Meeting ID: 943 2808 7145, Password: 411046
  • 10:20 – 10:55
    Intercultural project collaboration, exchange of insights and experiences, Dr Jürgen Köberlein, self-employed, Ingenieurbüro Köberlein GmbH & Co. KG
    Zoom link for participants: https://uni-wuerzburg.zoom.us/j/94328087145?pwd=TnhZb2NKRE5PeTgzbVAwL09TL3NaUT09
    Meeting ID: 943 2808 7145, Password: 411046
  • 10:55 – 11:00 Break
  • 11:00 – 12:00 Partnerships and funding opportunities; various institutions introduce themselves
    • Ifa, Karoline Gil, Head of Integration and Media
    • DAAD, Nadezhda Krasikova, Marketing Officer
    • Alexander von Humboldt Club Moscow, Prof. Dr Tatjana Ilarionowa, Chair
    • Prof. Dr Wladimir Tischkow, Ambassador of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Russia

      Public Zoom link Simultaneous interpretation
      https://uni-wuerzburg.zoom.us/j/97173915007?pwd=bjFBTmhCNEUyNVIzZ1hBblloSnZ5QT09
      Meeting ID: 971 7391 5007, Password: 549334
  • 12:00 – 12:45 Lunch break
  • 12:45 – 13:30 Tandem session:
    • ‘Identity and waves of migration in the 20th and 21st centuries. Past, present and future. Practical example: ‘The identity of Russian-Germans in Russia and Germany. Stereotypes and challenges.’ Prof. Dr Andrej Linschenko, Lipetsk State Technical University, The culture of remembrance among Russian-Germans in Germany.
    • Cultural Transfer and Hybrid Identity (working title), Dr Artem Lysenko – Identity and waves of migration in the 20th and 21st centuries. Past, present and future.

      Public Zoom link for simultaneous interpretation
      https://uni-wuerzburg.zoom.us/j/97173915007?pwd=bjFBTmhCNEUyNVIzZ1hBblloSnZ5QT09
      Meeting ID: 971 7391 5007, Password: 549334
  • 1.30 pm – 2.00 pm Panel discussion
    ‘Identity management in the context of German-Russian economic cooperation: the Globus company’ – Julia Held, Globus in Russia
    Public Zoom link for simultaneous interpretation
    https://uni-wuerzburg.zoom.us/j/97173915007?pwd=bjFBTmhCNEUyNVIzZ1hBblloSnZ5QT09
    Meeting ID: 971 7391 5007, Password: 549334
  • 14:00 – 15:00 Introductions, presentations by participants – Part III
    Zoom link for participants: https://uni-wuerzburg.zoom.us/j/94328087145?pwd=TnhZb2NKRE5PeTgzbVAwL09TL3NaUT09
    Meeting ID: 943 2808 7145, Password: 411046
  • 3.00 pm The Identity of the University of Würzburg – From Tradition to Modernity, Gerald Reusch, President’s Office, JMU Würzburg
    Public Zoom link
    https://uni-wuerzburg.zoom.us/j/97173915007?pwd=bjFBTmhCNEUyNVIzZ1hBblloSnZ5QT09
    Meeting ID: 971 7391 5007, Password: 549334


Saturday, 25 September 2021

  • 9.00–10.00 am Identity and contemporary migration processes. Ljubow Rakowitza, Institute for Information, Donetsk, Kyiv, Ukraine
    Public Zoom link Public Zoom link Simultaneous interpretation
    https://uni-wuerzburg.zoom.us/j/97173915007?pwd=bjFBTmhCNEUyNVIzZ1hBblloSnZ5QT09
    Meeting ID: 971 7391 5007, Password: 549334
  • 10:00 – 10:45 Tandem lecture ‘Identity and a globalised world: historical retrospectives and visions of the future’:
    • Prof. Dr Anuschka Tischer, JMU Würzburg, Chair of Early Modern History, Würzburg: ‘German Identity from a Historical Perspective’
    • Prof. Dr Tatjana Yudina, Lomonosov Moscow State University ‘Personal identity and group identity: cultural and linguistic challenges in a globalised world’ Public Zoom link Public Zoom link, simultaneous interpretation
      https://uni-wuerzburg.zoom.us/j/97173915007?pwd=bjFBTmhCNEUyNVIzZ1hBblloSnZ5QT09
      Meeting ID: 971 7391 5007, Password: 549334
  • 1 0:45 – 11:00 Break
  • 11:00 – 11:45 International Educational Exchange:‘Identity and the Internationalisation of the Global Education System’, Best Practice

11.45 am – 12.45 pm

 

Webinars following the discussion forum

  • November 2021: As a follow-up to the conference, the following questions, amongst others, will be discussed: ‘Has anything changed in the way intercultural understanding is perceived?’, ‘Has the perception of identity changed?’, ‘Did I have conscious contact with colleagues in Germany?’
  • December 2021: ‘Applying for a research post’, in collaboration with the Research Academy at JMU Würzburg

A look back

Last year, a knowledge forum was held from 5 to 7 October 2020 under the motto ‘Gaining knowledge through exchange and cooperation’. You can find further information in the project review .