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Ausgabe 14 | MÄRZ 2025

Editorial

What are the noticeable changes at the Wissenschaftskolleg?, I asked myself when I last came to Grunewald in late January of this year to attend the customary Berliner Abend.

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My Favourite

© Natalia Romik

Architecture of Survival: An Interview with Natalia Romik (Elkana Fellow 2024/2025)

The section “My Favourite” is dedicated to presenting a Fellow of the current year through an object or place of their choice. This time we take off from an enigmatic sculpture. It was shown on several occasions, but lately in the exhibition “Hideouts. Architecture of Survival” at the Jewish Museum in Frankfurt.

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Moments

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“Definitions Are Not Ultimate Truths”

Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger in the Süddeutsche Zeitung’s podcast “In aller Ruhe” (“Let’s take a moment”) in discussion with Carolin Emcke.

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The School of Human Rights Association: Building an Egalitarian and Democratic Academia in Turkey

In January 2016, over 2,000 scholars signed a peace petition opposing the Turkish government’s military operations in the Kurdish region. This collective act of conscience calling for an end to civilian casualties was met with severe repression.

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Academic Freedom on a Small Scale

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"As Far As No Eye Can See”, Berlinische Galerie // Arwed Messmer 2008 / Fritz Tiedemann 1951 // Exhibition view: © Michael Schäfer

Save the Date: Annual Meeting of the Fellows’ Club

“Photographic Research: Explorations between Documentation and Art” – Annual Meeting of the Fellows‘ Club on June 19 and 20, 2025.

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