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LETTER 02/2021 2 CURRENT TOPICS ................................................... Professor Çiğdem İşsever Appointed Director of the Ox- FUBiS on Demand Moves Online This Year ford | Berlin Research Partnership Freie Universität Berlin International Summer and Winter Professor Çiğdem İşsever has been the Academic Director University (FUBiS) will once again offer its “On Demand” pro- of the Berlin University Alliance (BUA) partnership with the gram in March 2021. This program specifically tailored to the University of Oxford since January 1, 2021. A second academic University of Tokyo will be hosted online this year. director will be appointed at the University of Oxford as her More information counterpart. The position was recently created to strengthen the governance structure of the partnership and to give even Information on the New Erasmus+ Program Generation greater consideration to academic interests. 2021–2027: Blended Intensive Learning Professor İşsever has led the Experimental High Energy Group Digitalization will play a major role in how the next gene- at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin since fall 2019. She is also a ration of participants experiences the Erasmus+ program. senior scientist at the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY) in Blended learning offers an innovative new mobility format in Zeuthen. As Academic Director, she will support scientists in which students who cannot participate in regular exchanges carrying out joint projects, research proposals, and events. She combine shorter stays with a virtual component. The goal is will also coordinate the activities of the Center for Advanced to enable grant holders to engage in flexible and innovative Studies (CAS), which was founded in July 2020, and thus learning and teaching. advance research in the Grand Challenge Initiatives “Social Cohesion” and “Global Health.” Blended intensive programs (BIP) are an innovation planned More information for the next call for applications. The development of short and intensive joint mobility curricula and activities will offer Second Installment of the Una Europa Podcast Now students and university staff the opportunity to participate in Online short in-person exchanges combined with digital options. What experiences and expectations do students associate with Una Europa? And what does the Una Europa Student Board Proposals require collaborative plans between at least three do? In the second episode of the Una Europa Podcast, we universities from three different program countries, who take a look at the European university alliance from a student then work out the finer details together. If you are interes- perspective. Members of the Una Europa Student Board ted in applying for funding for a blended intensive learning Alexander Clark from Leuven and Weronika Łukaszyńska from program, please contact Gesa Heym, Erasmus+ Institutional Krakow talk to host Felix Hoffmann from Berlin about their Coordinator Europe at [email protected] – preferably work, experiences during the pandemic, and what advantages by mid March 2021. the network offers students. The podcast is available here. More information NEWSLETTER INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER EXTERNAL CALLS ...................................................... Research Stays in France (Post)doctoral Stays in Japan Deadline: March 26, 2021 Deadline: April 30, 2021 Research stays in France for PhD students, postdocs, and early Research stays at universities and selected research institu- career researchers, lasting up to three months, between April tions in Japan for 1–12 (PhD students) or 1–6 months (post- and December 2021. docs) during the period October to December 2021. More information More information NEWSLETTER INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER 2 02/2021 INTERNAL CALLS ....................................................... EUROPAEUM SPRING SCHOOL - Europe in the World - Photo Contest for the Best Pictures of the Freie Universi- the World in Europe: April 22-24, 2021 (online) tät Campus Deadline: March 4, 2021 Deadline: March 1, 2021 Master’s students and doctoral candidates of Freie Universi- Up-to-date, good-quality photos of Europaeum partner uni- tät can apply to the “Europaeum” network to participate in a versities are needed for the network website redesign – and spring school on the topic “Europe in the World.” Speakers that includes our campus. The Europaeum network is running will include Lord Chris Patten (Chancellor of the University of a photo contest with cash prizes. If you have taken particularly Oxford), Janez Lenarčič (European Commissioner for Crisis awe-inspiring photos of the Freie Universität campus and Management), Professor Archie Brown (Oxford), Dr. Kevin Ca- would like to have them published, you can participate by sub- sas-Zamora (Secretary General, International IDEA), Professor mitting your entry to [email protected]. Robert Gildea (Oxford), Artur Kluz (Center for Technology and More information Global Affairs, Oxford), and Dr. Marcin Walecki (Oxford). Applications – including for short presentations – can be sub- mitted up until March 4, 2021. More information DATES .................................................................. March 3, 2021, 9:30am – Europa March 24, 2021, 5pm – 5:30pm: Universität Berlin European 10:30am: Professor Eva Wiberg, FUBiS General Informational Studies Program (FU-BEST) Online Discussion „Waters- Vice-Chancellor, University Webinar fall 2021 semester is now open. heds of Internationalization - of Gothenburg, representing Essential information about The European University. One EUTOPIA Freie Universität Berlin Students can choose from a Idea - Different Models“ Moderation: Professor Verena International Summer and variety of interesting subject Panel participants: Blechinger-Talcott, Vice Presi- Winter University (FUBiS) will courses taught in English as Professor Jens Schneider, Vice dent for International Affairs, be presented and questions well as German language cour- President Transfer and Inter- Freie Universität Berlin answered in this webinar. ses. Program dates: August 24 national Affairs, TU Darmstadt, Join via this zoom link – December 10, 2021. representing UNITE! Register More information INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER Professor James Smith, April 1, 2021: Vice-Principal, University of Registration for FU-BEST Fall Edinburgh, representing Una 2021 Semester Registration for the Freie IMPRINT ...................................... Published by Division IV: Internati- at [email protected]. onal Affairs as an internal informa- To subscribe to this newsletter or to tion service for members of Freie manage your subscription, please Universität Berlin. Current updates click here. are available at www.fu-berlin.de/ More information NEWSLETTER INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER en/international. You can reach us .