Diversity: Information on Black Lives Matter

23 June, 2020

Diversity: Information on Black Lives Matter
In view of the protests against violence against black people and police brutality, the
Humboldt Universität is once again addressing the issues of black lives, discriminati-
on and racism. The Department of Communication, Marketing and Event Manage-
ment would like to create space for discussion to address discrimination and racism
and provide information on Black Lives Matter, diversity and anti-racism. Translated
with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Read more about Black Lives Matter

Science & Education

Video: Science in times of Corona

Research operations on the North Campus are slowly starting up again. "We are cur-
rently back to 50 percent," says Benedikt Beckmann, group leader Molecular Infec-
tion Biology at IRI Life Sciences. What he did not expect during the Corona period:
how surprisingly close the cooperation has become. More in the video interview.

Watch Video

Outlook: Teaching and learning in times of Corona

The "digital summer semester 2020" is drawing to a close, the planning for the win-
ter semester 2020 is in full swing - not only in the institutes, but also with strong me-
dia support. Learn more about the digital event "Humboldt Discusses: Teaching and
Learning in Times of Corona", which took place last Friday.

Read post-event report

Video: With mask obligation and barrier tape - presence tests despite corona

Learn more about privacy-compliant voting in Zoom

Learn more about consulting services of the Task Force

Corona: Germany-wide compilation of projects

The Bundesverband Hochschulkommunikation e.V.'s unique overview of projects
and contact persons for projects on corona at colleges, universities and university
hospitals has grown to over 520 entries. It shows the variety of activities of German
higher education in research and science communication.

Learn more about Corona projects

Call for proposals: Proposals for the Humboldt Preis 2020 may be sub-
mitted until 1 July

The Humboldt Preis honours outstanding academic work by students and junior re-
searchers. Deans can still submit proposals until 1 July. Please note that only deans
are entitled to submit proposals and that only one proposal per category (Bachelor's
thesis, Master's thesis, doctoral thesis) per institute or monofaculty will be accepted.

Fintd out more about Humboldt Preis

Student survey: Studying in Corona times

All students are invited via their HU e-mail address to participate in the study "Stu-
dying in Germany during the Corona Pandemic" of the German Centre for Research
on Higher Education and Science. The Humboldt-Universität receives summary eva-
luations of its students.

Learn more about the study

Administration & Service

Excellent: HU again receives certificate for the "audit family-friendly
university"

On 15 June, Humboldt-Universität was awarded the certificate for the "audit family-
friendly university" for the fourth time. Due to the corona pandemic, the award cere-
mony was not held as a normal face-to-face event, but on the Internet.

Learn more about the "audit family-friendly university"

Reminder: "Administration and science" survey

In order to learn more about the interaction between administration and science, the
university management asks employees to participate in a survey conducted by the
research project "Administration and Science" of Leibniz Universität Hannover and
the University of Bergen. The results of the project are also of great interest to the
Humboldt-Universität. Answering the questions of the survey takes between 10 and
15 minutes and is completely anonymous. Your personal data cannot be inferred
from your answers.

Link to the survey

Further information on the project

Help design the intranet: Card-Sorting for user-friendly navigation

Recently Humboldt Intern was introduced with initially limited functionality. In the
coming months, additional functions and especially content will be added. The next

step will be the introduction of another important core function, the creation of clas-
sic content pages. An open card-sorting system will ensure that the navigation of our
intranet is user-friendly and contains only terms that are understood by everyone.
Over 2000 employees are now registered on the intranet.

Take part now

Humboldt Forum

Countdown: Opening planned for December 2020

As announced, the Humboldt Forum is scheduled to open in December of this year.
This was decided by the Board of Trustees of the Humboldt Forum Foundation in
the Berlin Palace. The fact that this is being made possible despite the obstructions
on the construction site caused by the restrictions imposed by the Corona pandemic
represents a considerable success for all planners, engineers and construction
workers involved in the building work.

Learn more about the Humboldt Forum

People

New task: Claudia Stockinger is chairwoman of the KWF

In its constituent meeting on 9th June, the Commission for the Investigation of Alle-
gations of Scientific Misconduct (KWF) elected Claudia Stockinger from the Institu-
te for German Literature as its new chairwoman. She replaces Michael Seadle, who
has been chairperson of the KWF for many years. The chairmanship of the commis-
sion is to change annually on a rotating basis.

Learn mroe about the KWF

Self-governing university: Mrs Stockinger explains how the KWF works

New Official Gazettes
Fachspezifische Studien- und Prüfungsordnung für den weiterbildenden Masterstudi-

engang Beratung und Beratungswissenschaft - Coaching | Training | Consulting and
Human-Centred Design (Nr. 12/2020, 15 June 2020)

Gebührensatzung für den weiterbildenden Masterstudiengang Beratung und Bera-
tungswissenschaft - Coaching | Training | Consulting and Human-Centred Design
(M.Sc.) (Nr. 13/2020, 15 June 2020)

You can find all Official Gazettes here.

Events

25 years: Online exhibition on the anniversary of theGroßbritannien-
Zentrum

The UK Centre celebrates its 25th anniversary. Just in time for the anniversary, on 3
July, the exhibition "100 Years of Britons in Berlin: From the Golden Twenties to the
2020s" goes online. The exhibition, curated by students, shows how the British expe-
rienced Berlin in the last century - and how they in turn influenced Berlin society.

On the exhibition of the GBZ from 3 July

Press release hu-berlin.de

Concert: "Sound magic - soloist concerts in the Reutersaal"

The summer semester 2020 will take place digitally, and choir and orchestra rehear-
sals as well as concerts by the ensembles of "Music at the Humboldt University" are
not yet possible. But musical life at the university continues nevertheless: with the
first ghost concert in the series "Klangzauber - Solistenkonzerte im Reutersaal".

Listen to the concert at youtube.com

Find out more abpout music at HU

In the media

Deutschland.de: Hybrid solutions

Study after Corona: The President of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin is convinced
that there will always be exchange - whether digital or not.

To the Interview with Sabine Kunst

Deutschlandfunk Kultur: "Racism has a double face"

Racism is a power system of inequality and stands as a system of thought for an in-
tensified form of xenophobia, says the cultural scientist Wolfgang Kaschuba on
Deutschlandfunk Kultur.

To the interview with Wolfgang Kaschuba

Deutschlandfunk Kultur: "Where are you from?"

Many people with a so-called migrant background perceive this question as exclu-
sionary, as it marks a lack of belonging. The migration researcher Naika Foroutan
deals with such experiences.

On the contribution about the postmigrant society

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