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Newsletter 35
November
2016
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Dear Alumni, RAMP members and friends of the DAAD,
2016 was for many of us a year of quite some changes and great chances. We are grateful to all colleagues and partners who have been collaborating and supportive of the DAAD, and our work in Australia. It is a pleasure to work with our partners here in Australia, such as the German Embassy and General Consulate, the Goethe-Institut, all DAAD Lecturers and Language Assistants in Melbourne and Adelaide, all colleagues in the German Departments of the Australian Universities, the DAAD Alumni, and the AAvHF(Australian Association of Humboldt Fellows), and last but not least, all partners in the larger academic and German field. We want to thank all of you for your collaboration and professional relationship with the DAAD, and are hoping for a good and productive year 2017.
Although the academic summer break is about to begin, we are looking forward to an upcoming research event at the University of Adelaide on December 8, where you get a chance to learn more about "Germany's Research Landscapes" and DAAD scholarships available for Australian researchers and international students.
Furthermore, we are delighted to congratulate all early-career-researchers and young artists from Australia who were awarded with outstanding awards and grants co-sponsored by the DAAD and now have extraordinary chances to continue their work in Germany and at home in 2017.
We wish everyone a wonderful summer time, joyful holidays with friends and families, and a good start into the new year,
Dr. Ada Bieber & Silke Schoppe
Please accept our apologies for being short-staffed until the end of the year. Please note also that we have a new phone number.
DAAD Information Centre in Sydney
c/o Goethe-Institut Sydney
90 Ocean Street
Woollahra NSW 2025
phone 0413592504
daad.australia@gmail.com
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Research Event DAAD and AAvHF
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We are very pleased to announce a research event on the 8th of December 2016 at the University of Adelaide, organised by Dr. Stefan Hajduk. The DAAD and the AAvFF (Australian Association of von Humboldt Fellows) will host the event, titled “Strengthening the relationship between South Australia and Germany”.
Among other speakers from various faculties at the University of Adelaide, Dr. Ada Bieber (Director of the DAAD Information Centre in Sydney) will give a talk about “Germany’s Research Landscape: Research and Collaboration Opportunities with Australia”. We want to invite everybody to this special event, particularly when you are interested in study and research opportunities in Germany.
We want to thank Dr. Stefan Hajduk, DAAD Lecturer, for organising this important event. Should you have any questions or seek further information please contact: stefan.hajduk@adelaide.edu.au
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
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Meet the
President of the Daad Australia Alumni Association: Claudia Moeller-Nelson
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Claudia is elected President of the DAAD Australia Alumni Association. She has been an active alumni since the opening of the DAAD office in Sydney in 2004. She arrived in Australia in 2002 on a DAAD scholarship to complete her MBA studies as part of a cooperation program between her university in Germany and the Australian university.
'One of the proudest moments in my life was when I was holding the scholarship confirmation letter from the DAAD in my hands. I knew that I could achieve so many things now in my life. It made such a difference to my life.'
Claudia has worked with Senior Executives from diverse corporations at the German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce, as Internal Consultant for the Pacific Brands Group, as Executive for Woolworths Limited, and is now leading business transformation programs at the Commonwealth Bank.
Claudia is proud to do the Alumni work with the support of an executive committee across Australia: 'We have a representative in every state and we cooperate closely. Our aim is to bring alumni and academia, industry, government representatives together and discuss and progress on current vital topics. We have already held a number of events across Australia and many more are planned for next year. I am excited about how pro-active every executive member is and the ideas for events are diverse and very appealing to our audience.' Alumni and scholars receive invitations via email and are encouraged to bring colleagues along to achieve a diverse group of attendees.
Claudia is passionate about bringing DAAD alumni and current scholars together to discuss relevant topics of our time. Her aim is to achieve a closer cooperation between academia and the industry, and give students early responsibility in the corporate sector through projects. Particularly worth highlighting is her strong mentorship and professional support women who aim high during their early career.
On behalf of the DAAD Australia Alumni Committee, we look forward to seeing you soon at one of our events across Australia.
Contact: clamoeller@gmail.com
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Film by DAAD Alumnus now at German Film Fest Australia
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As many of you might know this November is the perfect time to head to the movies to catch some German cinema. 2016 sees the 15th edition of the German Film Fest Australia. This Festival is a major cultural event organised by our partners the Goethe-Institut Australia, and German Films. The Festival takes place from 15-30 November 2016 at Palace Cinemas in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Canberra.
We are very happy that a great documentary by DAAD Alumnus Andreas Hartmann is screened at the German Film Fest this year. Between 2011 and 2013, German filmmaker Andreas Hartmann held various DAAD-scholarships
while traveling Burma and Vietnam, and shot his documentary “
My Budda is Punk”, which premiered at the 2015
Festival dei Popoli in Florence. Hartmann’s film portrays Kyaw Kyaw, a young Burmese punk, who expresses his severe condemnation of ongoing violations of human rights, and insufficient action against one of the world’s longest running civil wars. The documentary follows his travels around Myanmar, raising awareness about these topics. At the same time, we learn about his own philosophy which combines traditional Buddhism with his punk core while rejecting religious and political dogma.
The film demonstrates the immensive impact of diverse cultures and exchange
in today's world. We highly recommend this film as well as the many other beautiful films of the festival.
My “
Buddha is Punk” screenings:
· 16.11.2016 Sydney Chauvel Cinema 6.30pm
· 21.11.2016 Melbourne Kino Cinemas 8.45pm
· 26.11.2016 Sydney Palace Norton 3.30pm
· 26.11.2016 Melbourne Westgarth 8.15pm
Check the Film Festival homepage for a review of this and other film screenings: OZfilmfest
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Berlin New Music Opera Award
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The
Rockend Berlin New Music Opera Award is an annual award, offered by
The Opera Foundation for Young Australians.
This award is unique in enabling young Australian artists to work and
further develop their skills by undertaking studies in Berlin. Different fields of the world of opera are involved, such as a conductor, director, designer or repetiteur, and each year a winner is picked from many candidates of these different professions. The DAAD program
"Künste und Medien" (Art and Media) by the
Berliner Künstlerprogramm des DAAD (DAAD artists program Berlin) is one of the sponsors of the outstanding award, and is happy to welcome
the 2016 winner
Aleisa Jelbart for three month in Berlin. Aleisa works as a set and costume designer, and will broaden her professional career at
Komische Oper Berlin.
Until January 2017, Aleisa will work as a design assistant on
"Petrushka/L’Enfant et les Sortilèges"- a co-production between UK based theatre company "1927" and the Komische Oper Berlin. "1927" ’s approach to theatre making is highly innovative and fast paced: working alongside them will be a priceless experience for Aleisa. She is excited to observe the "1927" collaborative process and the influence of movement and physical theatre in their work. Aleisa will also attend a number of opera productions and performances, and visit museums, art galleries and concerts to embrace the dynamic artistic scene that Berlin offers.
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Each year the
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) hosts the prestigious
“Green Talents—International Forum for High Potentials in Sustainable Development” to promote international exchange of innovative green ideas. The winners from all over the globe are recognised for their outstanding achievements, and come from different scientific disciplines and resech fields. What unites them, is the their impact on making our societies more sustainable. It is a great pleasure that this year three researcher from Australian universities are among the chosen 25 ‘Green Talents’ from 22 different countries.
Selected by a high-ranking jury of German experts, the award-winners are rewarded for their unique and innovative work which makes them part of an international research elite. The award grants all winners the opportunity to participate in a two-week
Science Forum in
Germany, and conduct a following research stay of up to three month at an institution of their choice.
The DAAD wants to express their congratulations to these three winners as well as all other
Green Talents from all over the world. It’s great to see such outstanding young minds developing their career and improving the world we live in. We wish all three of them an inspiring and interesting time in Germany.
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Brett Hallam (31)
a PostDoc in Photovoltaic Engineering from University of New South Wales. His research focuses on advanced hydrogenation of silicon solar cell
s.
The jury accents points out that “Brett Hallam’s objective is to find a green solution for sustainable electricity, especially in developing countries, by using photovoltaic electricity generation. With his innovative approach, he strives to revolutionise the energy sector and provide humankind with green alternatives.”
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Rachel Kelly (25)
, is a PhD Student in Marine Socio-Ecology from Ireland working at University of Tasmania. Her research focuses on the social licence of marine resources.
The Green talents jury emphasises that “By linking social license with citizen science in her research Rachel Kelly aims to increase engagement and sustainable development in the marine sector and in the fishing industry.”
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Elizabeth Law (33), a PhD student from the University of Queensland completing her PhD in Environmental Science and Applied Economics focusing on understanding unavoidable trade-offs between environment, economics and ethics in bio-diverse production landscapes.
The jury underlines that“ Elizabeth Law is developing new methods to evaluate the environmental, economic and social trade-offs evident in existing environmental policies and in alternative future policy avenues.“
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The Opera Foundation for young Australians
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Freie Universität Berlin International Summer and Winter University (FUBiS)
FUBiS is an intensive academic program through which students can earn credits that may be counted toward their degrees at their home institutions. FUBiS sessions run for 3 to 6 weeks and take place both in summer and winter.
The FUBiS program 2017* takes place at the following dates:
- FUBiS Term I: January 3 – January 26, 2017 (3 weeks)
- FUBiS Term II: June 3 – July 15, 2017 (6 weeks)
- FUBiS Term III: July 22 – August 19, 2017 (4 weeks)
Each term may be taken separately. Students can choose between
subject courses (mostly taught in English) and
German language courses.
The
subject courses are offered within the fields of Architecture, Art history, Politics, Law, History, Media Studies, Economics, Literature, Philosophy, Film, and Music. In Term II and III, the subject courses may be combined with each other or with a semi-intensive German language course.
The
German language courses are offered on up to five different levels of proficiency and take place as semi-intensive (3-4 days per week) or intensive (5 days per week) classes. The semi-intensive courses in Term II and III may be combined with a subject course.
Field trips are an integral part of all our courses. In addition, FUBiS offers
excursions to the Berlin Reichstag and a River Boat Tour through Downtown Berlin as well as
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For further information on the FUBiS program, tuition, registration, housing, and scholarships please visit
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fubis@fubis.org.
* The detailed course program for FUBiS Term I 2017 will be published in August 2016 and for FUBiS Term II and III 2017 in November 2016.
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