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| Aktuelles, Veranstaltungen

Spiritual Days in Beuron 2025 – Reflection and Trust

Fundamental questions dominated the KAAD Spiritual Days, which took place in July at the Benedictine monastery in Beuron: Who can I trust? What sustains me when certainties disappear? Where is my place in a world that seems to be falling apart at the seams?

Group photo of the participants of the KASWA Seminar 2025 at the KNUST in Kumasi, taken in front of the conference banner.
| Afrika, Alumni, Aktuelles, Seminare, Veranstaltungen, Reisen

Science, Responsibility, Partnership: KASWA Seminar 2025 and Partnership Visits to Ghana

From July 17 to 20, 2025, the seminar of the Ghanaian KAAD network KASWA took place at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) under the title "Recycling – Circular Economy for a Sustainable Future in Ghana". It was part of a multi-day networking trip by Dr Marko Kuhn, which also included talks…

A black and white photograph by Prof. em. Dr. Klaus Fleischer, only upper body visible, background blurred
| Aktuelles, Nachruf

KAAD mourns the loss of Professor Klaus Fleischer

In July 2025, Professor Klaus Fleischer, a long-standing member of the KAAD Academic Council, passed away at the age of 86.

| Newsletter, Aktuelles

Newsletter No. 32

News from the KAAD community can be found in our current newsletter!

Five people are working outside at a table with a large sheet of paper full of notes. They are discussing and writing. There are coffee cups on the table. A modern conference center can be seen in the background.
| Osteuropa, Aktuelles, Seminare, Veranstaltungen

Thinking Peace in Times of War

Wars shape our present – not only through military violence, but also through their far-reaching political, social and moral consequences. Against this background, the KAAD seminar "Current challenges in peace ethics" was dedicated to the question of how peace ethics can be thought of and lived responsibly today in the…

Selfie of the group on the meadow in front of the monastery
| Aktuelles, Veranstaltungen

Daring to Change Perspectives, Understanding Culture: Intercultural Workshop 2025 in Angermund

What do we mean when we talk about "culture"? How do origins, values and experiences shape our perceptions? And what misunderstandings can arise when we make hasty attributions?

Group photo: Dr Nora Kalbarczyk with the new members of the University Council behind three large white letters U N I
| Aktuelles

KAAD Secretary General Dr Nora Kalbarczyk appointed to the University Council of the University of Bonn

With this appointment, the long-standing commitment of our Secretary General to international education and science cooperation will become effective in one of the central strategic bodies of the German higher education landscape.

Group photo of the entire education commission, taken in front of a tree on the grounds of Haus Venusberg
| Aktuelles, Veranstaltungen

Topics and Perspectives Defined for the 2026 Education Year

At the beginning of July, the KAAD Education Commission met at Haus Venusberg in Bonn to discuss and define the content of the 2026 education programme.

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| Aktuelles, Seminare, Veranstaltungen

Protection for Children and Women in Armed Conflicts – International Perspectives and Concrete Approaches

How can children and women be better protected from violence in war and crisis zones? This question was the focus of our seminar "Fragile Human Rights, Threatened Human Dignity: Violence against Children and Women in Armed Conflicts", which took place digitally from 23 to 25 June 2025.

| Aktuelles, Seminare, Veranstaltungen

"Complexity" – KAAD scholars actively shape the Cusanuswerk's annual conference

For three days, the Cusanuswerk's annual conference in Baarlo, the Netherlands, was dedicated to the topic of "complexity" – with contributions from academia, the church and society as well as a diverse supporting programme. Twenty of our scholars actively contributed their perspectives from the Global South to the…

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