Redefining ‘refugee’
Interview with Jane O. Newman, professor in the Department of Comparative Literature at UCI, about the impetus for the book Refugee Routes: Telling, Looking, Protesting, Redressing
Please find the interview here. … more infoAuSI Director joins international advisory board of the ‘Academy in Exile’
ANU Director of the Research School of Humanities and the Arts and Director of the Australian Studies Institute at the Australian National University, Professor Paul Pickering, has joined the international advisory board of the Academy in Exile.
Professor Pickering said that he is honored to accept … more info»Man kann nicht jeden Tag aus der Haut fahren«
Interview with sociologist Judit Takács on the situation of the queer community and movement in Hungary by Bilke Schnibbe (ak – analyse und Kritik)
Please find the interview here (in German only). … more infoOnline-Pressegespräch: Türkische Migration nach Deutschland: Zwischen Flucht und Braindrain, Mittwoch, 29. April 2020
Rund 30.000 Menschen aus der Türkei haben in den vergangenen drei Jahren Asyl in Deutschland beantragt. Hinzu kommen tausende Fachkräfte, Studierende, junge Selbstständige. Welche Gründe haben sie, die Türkei zu verlassen? Was ändert sich durch die Corona-Krise? Und wie verändern die neu Zugezogenen das Bild von türkischer … more info
Interview with Kader Konuk, the director of the Academy in Exile, by the Volkswagen Foundation
The interview can be accessed here. … more info
Freudenberg Foundation’s report on AiE’s conference, “Dire Times: Critical Thinking Then and Now”
https://www.freudenbergstiftung.de/de/news/journal/?id=2510 … more info
Interview with Achim Rohde about the work of the Academy in Exile, by Deutschlandfunk
The interview can be accessed here. (German audio only) … more info
NDR: Herrenhäuser Gespräch: Exil im 21. Jahrhundert Sonntag, 29.12.2019
NDR Kultur released the sound recording of the 59th Herrenhäuser Gespräch, “Exil im 21. Jahrhundert”. Please click the link below to access the page.
AiE Director Prof. Dr. Kader Konuk shared her views regarding AiE’s role in supporting intellectuals and knowledge-production in exile at the … more info
Fakir Baykurt Commemoration Event in the media
Fakir Baykurt 90. doğum gününde anıldı
https://www.hurriyet.com.tr/avrupa/fakir-baykurt-olumunun-20nci-yilinda-essende-anildi-41360384
https://www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/forum/2019/10/29/fakir-baykurt-90-yasinda-projektor-kirdaki-sinif-catismasina-tutuldugunda/ … more info