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| Aktuelles, Seminare

KAAD-Seminar “The Own and the Other – Cultural Expressions of Collective Identities“

Identity and the question of the cultural manifestations of collective identities were the topics of the seminar which was attended by 19 of our scholarship holders from 27 to 30 June 2023 in Augsburg.


| Lateinamerika, Aktuelles, Seminare

KAAD-Seminar "The Synodal Path in Latin America"

Pope Francis attaches great importance to the Church listening to "the people of God" all over the world and gaining strength for renewal from this practice. It was also against this background that 23 scholarship holders (two of them representatives of the Albertus Magnus scholarship programme) reflected on and…


| Aktuelles

Statement

Statement of Katholischer Akademischer Ausländer-Dienst on the case of Dr Claus (Klaus) Weber, Diocese of Trier / Bolivia

As part of the process of reappraising cases of sexual violence the Diocese of Trier has informed on a case that also involves KAAD. From 1996 to 2003, Dr Claus Weber was the spiritual advisor of…


| Osteuropa, Aktuelles, Veranstaltungen

"Understanding the pain, enduring the tensions - Eastern Europe today" - International Academy 2023 in Poland

The KAAD International Academy of 2023, which took place in Lublin, Poland, in early June (June 1-4), focused on the history of the region, starting from the present, under the title "Understanding the pain, enduring the tensions - Eastern Europe today".


| Aktuelles, Veranstaltungen

KAAD at the Cusanuswerk Annual Conference 2023

With around 750 scholars, alumni and guests, the Cusanuswerk held its annual conference in Baarlo near Venlo (Netherlands) from June 2nd to 4th. The theme of the gathering was: "The Power of Helping - the Importance of Voluntary Commitment" and took place in cooperation with KAAD.


| Asien, Aktuelles, Reisen

Networking in Asia – Bangladesh and Thailand

At the end of May, the head of KAAD's Asia Department, Dr Anselm Feldmann, travelled to Bangladesh and Thailand.


| Aktuelles, Veranstaltungen

Intercultural Workshop 2023

At the beginning of June, the annual Intercultural Workshop took place at the Kreuzberg Language Institute for the new KAAD scholarship holders who are attending the language course in Bonn.


| Aktuelles, Seminare

KAAD-seminar "Dealing with a Violent Past, Guilt and Collective Trauma – an Approach"

In order to approach this topic and reflect on experiences of violence in their home countries, 25 KAAD scholars and alumni from 15 countries traveled to Oświęcim (Auschwitz) in Poland from May 17th to 21st.


| Aktuelles

Expert Group Language(s)

The linguistic diversity of the worldwide KAAD community is a specific feature that we would like to offer a scientific forum in this group.


| Aktuelles

In memory of Walter Kiefer

We mourn the death of the founding director of KAAD, Walter Kiefer, who passed away on 27 April 2023 at the age of 94.