Academy in Exile Newsletter 2024
At this time of intense global conflict and environmental perturbation, AiE sends new year’s greetings. We recognize the suffering and personal losses experienced by people around the world including many of those in our fold.
As we work to foster dialogue and understanding and to … more info
IN CONVERSATION Vanessa Agnew at NYU Deutsches Haus
Date: 07.01.2025Time: 12:00-14:00Location: NYU Deutsches Haus 42 Washington Mews, New York, NY 10003
UA Ruhr presents in conversation, with works on display by Gesche Wuerfel (NYU, Tisch School of the Arts) and a discussion with Vanessa Agnew (TU Dortmund University/Academy in Exile) on the fall of the Berlin Wall, migration, memory, and visual … more info
Afghans in Exile: Identities and Solidarity
An interdisciplinary international conference Hosted by Academy in Exile at TU Dortmund University
Date: January 24 – 25, 2025
Location: Internationales Begegnungszentrum (IBZ)TU Dortmund UniversityEmil-Figge-Straße 59 44227 Dortmund
The Afghan diaspora is not a homogenous entity. While the Afghan diaspora has spread globally and enriched societies … more info
What We Brought with Us at the Sustainability Studio at Carnegie Mellon University
Location: Sustainability Initiative at CMU, Hunt Library, 4909 Frew Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Exhibition: November 1st – December 6th 2024
Hosted by CMU’s Sustainability Initiative
About the Exhibition
What We Brought with Us is an exhibition developed by Academy in Exile at TU Dortmund University, one … more info
What We Brought with Us at the Scholars at Risk Congress
Location: Carnegie Mellon University, Jared L. Cohon University Center: 5032 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA
Exhibition: October 16th – 17th, 2024
About the Exhibition
What We Brought with Us, co-curated by Vanessa Agnew and Annika Roux, with photography by Jobst von Kunowski, is an exhibition developed by Academy … more info
Vanessa Agnew (ed.): What We Brought with Us: Things of Exile and Migration, Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 2024
What We Brought with Us: Things of Exile and Migration
In exile and migration, the things that forcibly displaced people take with them become mobile testimonies of defiance, mourning, creativity, and rejuvenation. Through a series of scholarly essays and autobiographical vignettes, this richly illustrated volume … more info
Job Vacancy | Stellenausschreibung | mehrere Hilfskräfte
Bewerbungsfrist: 15.06.2024
Mindestens 3 Stellen als (studentische oder wissenschaftliche) Hilfskräfte in verschiedenen Bereichen sind in der Fakultät Kulturwissenschaften der Technischen Universität Dortmund im Drittmittelprojekt Academy in Exile zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt befristet auf zunächst 12 Monate mit Option auf Verlängerung zu besetzen. Sie werden in einem … more infoSichverbinden (‘Connecting’): Exhibition by the Female Photoclub NRW, with Fatemeh Rezaei.
Location: 34OST, Oststraße 34, 40211 DüsseldorfExhibition: May 16th, 2024 – May 26th, 2024Vernissage: May 18th, 2024, 3 pm and Get-Together with Photographers at 6 pmOrganized by Female Photoclub NRW
About the exhibition
Under the title “Sichverbinden”, 13 female photographers from the Female Photoclub NRW and … more info
What We Brought with Us at Literaturhaus Berlin
Location: Literaturhaus Berlin, Fasanenstraße 23, 10719 BerlinExhibition: May 29th, 2024 – June 15th, 2024Organized by Literaturhaus Berlin at the Festival: »Dengê min tê te? Hörst du mich?« Festival für kurdische Exilliteratur
About the exhibition
What We Brought with Us is an exhibition developed by Academy in … more info