In this episode Ian and Ibrar speak with Judith Beyer and Leila Dedial about The Hilde Domin Training Programme at University of Konstanz, Germany. Judith is a Professor of Social and Political Anthropology and Leila is the project coordinator of the training programme. The Hilde Domin Programme provides scholarships for at-risk students and doctoral candidates worldwide, enabling them to study or conduct research in a safe environment in Germany. The training programme is a series of workshops and seminars for those who have received the scholarship, and it’s this training programme that is the focus of the discussion.
This is an episode of Displacing Universities. The theme music is World Histrionic Forum by Dhow Jones and the Mariana Trenchcoat. If you want to get in touch about anything, please drop a line to ian.cook@dcu.ie This podcast is part of a wider project ‘Displacing Universities – Refugee Voices for Higher Education in Europe’ funded as part of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action. Grant Agreement number 101154597. Hosted at Dublin City University. Image by Ibrar Mirzai
Abstract: The Displacing University podcast series is a series of long form interviews with people who have set up, run or research education programmes at European universities for people who have experienced displacement, including refugees and asylum seekers. In this episode Ian and Ibrar speak with Judith Beyer and Leila Dedial about The Hilde Domin Training Programme at University of Konstanz, Germany. Judith is a Professor of Social and Political Anthropology and Leila is the project coordinator of the training programme. The Hilde Domin Programme provides scholarships for at-risk students and doctoral candidates worldwide, enabling them to study or conduct research in a safe environment in Germany. The training programme is a series of workshops and seminars for those who have received the scholarship, and it’s this training programme that is the focus of the discussion.
A powerful episode on displacing universities and the importance of open access in higher education. Is there any mention of how the University of Konstanz plans to scale this ‘safe environment’ model to other European institutions in the future? This project sets a high standard for radical optimism in anthropology.