Meeting point interculturality - with Ambassador of Mongolia
Open discussion on the opportunities and challenges of intercultural openness in the auditorium in Görlitz
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The Faculty of Managerial and Cultural Studies at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences was successful in the Saxony Visiting Scholars Program. On November 10, our visiting professor, Zsuzsa Koltai, a cultural policy scholar at the University of Pécs, was introduced to the university community. She is conducting research in Görlitz on the topic of resilience-building, using the Upper Lusatian museum landscape as a case study, and will co-supervise the largest group of doctoral candidates at Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences (WKp—doctoral program in cultural policy).
Professor Koltai and her host, Prof. Matthias Theodor Vogt, can invite additional female researchers from around the world to participate in the program—from Germany, Poland, Austria, Georgia, Mongolia, Japan, Cameroon, and Uganda.
Students and members of the public are cordially invited to the “Treffpunkt Interkulturalität, ” from 2:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 8, in the Görlitz Auditorium at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, to discuss the opportunities and challenges of intercultural openness with them. Together with our partners—the City of Görlitz, Kulturraum, G.HH. Theater, the Senckenberg Museum, and the EuropaChorAkademie—we cordially invite you to join us for this exchange!
A special honor: The Ambassador of Mongolia to the Federal Republic of Germany, H.E. Dr. Birvaa Mandakhbileg, will be our guest and will open the conference during this university evening.
Here youwill find the invitation letter, including a welcome message from the district administrator.
In his foreword, District Administrator Dr. Stephan Meyer emphasized: "The necessity of cross-border exchange for peaceful coexistence, especially in the field of art and culture, is beyond question, and the proof is provided every day by a glance at the newspaper. Here in the European City of Görlitz/Zgorzelec, you can experience at first hand how living together across borders can work, what obstacles there are, what challenges we face and what contribution art and culture can make. By meeting to develop strategies together, you will be making a valuable contribution to the further development of our society, which could not be more aptly described in the announcement of this event: 'The seminar is aimed at all those who care about the future of our human coexistence in peace and mutual understanding'. Because it is about nothing less than that: How do we want to live together peacefully in the future?"
A seminar organized by Studium Fundamentale and the Visiting Professorship in Cultural Policy of the “Culture and Management” degree programme at Zittau University of Applied Sciences/Görlitz, in cooperation with the City of Görlitz’s Equal Opportunities Officer, the Upper Lusatia-Lower Silesia Cultural Region, the Gerhart Hauptmann Theater Görlitz-Zittau, the Senckenberg Museum of Natural History in Görlitz, the Europa Chor Akademie Görlitz, and the Institute for Cultural Infrastructure in Saxony.
Studying in Görlitz means crossing boundaries. The seminar is aimed at anyone who cares deeply about the future of our human coexistence in peace and mutual understanding. In two half-day, open sessions, faculty and students will discuss exciting contemporary topics in the context of interculturality with their international guests.
This event, organized by Studium fundamentale, is part of the Saxon Visiting Scholars Program, which was successfully secured by Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences (HSZG). As part of this program, Professor ZSUZSA KOLTAI, a cultural policy scholar at the University of Pécs, will be a guest of Professor MATTHIAS THEODOR VOGT at the Faculty of Managerial and Cultural Studies (F-MK) during the 2022–23 winter semester. In Görlitz, she is conducting research on the topic “Strengthening Resilience from a Female Perspective: Transformative Research on Trends, Cultural Policy Measures, and Professional Initiatives Related to Learning Processes in Museums in Peripheral Regions.” Through this program, Professor
Koltai can invite female researchers from numerous countries to engage in dialogue with students and citizens.
The event is open to students from all faculties and (also free of charge) to residents of the region. The event is also aimed at students who are taking the “Interculturality” and “World Religions” courses as part of the “Values and Culture” module in the Studium Fundamentale program, or who are participating in the “International Study Buddy Program” (in collaboration with the International Office).
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