Intercultural honor
The Ambassador of Mongolia visits the HSZG for the opening of the "Meeting Point Interculturality" conference.
The Ambassador of Mongolia visited the Federal Republic of Germany: H.E. Dr. Birvaa Mandakhbileg was a guest at the University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz to open the conference “Treffpunkt Interkulturalität” on December 8, 2022.
Dr. Mandakhbileg delivered his lecture in excellent German, as he had studied law in Leipzig and has been commuting between Germany and Mongolia for many years. His country is a democracy in the heart of Central Asia, bordering Russian Siberia to the north and the People’s Republic of China to the south. On the one hand, Mongolia’s mineral resources are becoming increasingly important to Germany; on the other hand, the ecological system of the vast steppe—spanning 1.5 million square kilometers—holds global significance. In this context, the ambassador reported on his conversation with Minister President Michael Kretschmer regarding the “Steppe Guardians” exhibition planned in collaboration with the Senckenberg Museum in Görlitz, on which Professor Vogt from the Faculty of Managerial and Cultural Studies is currently working.
For its part, the university surprised the ambassador with a presentation in Mongolian on "Interculturality in the Mongolian Cultural Scene" by doctoral candidateKhaliunaa Bayarsaikhan (Ulaanbaatar, currently in Görlitz), with a German translation provided by Görlitz student Namuundari Mandakh (Master’s in culture and management).
Earlier, at the invitation of Mayor Octavian Ursi, the ambassador had signed the Golden Book of the City of Görlitz in the historic Renaissance Council Chamber and had exchanged views at the SenckenbergMuseum in Görlitz with directors Willi Xylander and Karsten Wesche—both of whom are well-versed in Mongolian culture—as well as three naturalists from Mongolia.
A particular focus was the meeting with the doctoral candidates in cultural policy studies at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences and the intensification of the exchange. The university’s students are cordially invited to get to know Mongolia firsthand.
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