Internships, major workshops and seminars outside of university in which I participated
Internships
25.04. – 27.05.2005
State Center for Political Education of the State of Saarland 1
24.07. – 10.08.2007
Internship in the German parliament (Office of the representative Ms. Hildegard Müller).
16.08. – 12.09.2007
Internship at the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation in Jerusalem. 2
Workshops
05.08. – 21.08.2005
“International Summer Program on the Holocaust“ 3
16.03. – 28.03.2007
“Capacity Building Training Course” 4
01.04. – 05.04.2007
“Muenster University International Model United Nations“ 5
Nov. 2007 – March 2008
“Links in the Chain” 6
Seminars
29.11. – 03.12.2010
“Wissenschafts- und Kulturwoche Aserbaidschans in Deutschland”. Inaugural one-week-long lecture series with international speakers on the occasion of the establishment of a chair on the history of Azerbaijan within the department of history of the Humboldt University in Berlin. 7
06.10. – 09.10.2013
“Computer Technologies for the Historical Research of Intellectual Networks”. A workshop on Digital Humanities organized by the Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem (in cooperation with the National Library of Israel).
Footnotes
[1] “Landeszentrale für politische Bildung” Saarland: Governmental agency informing people about civics, democracy etc.
[2] German political foundation dealing mostly with German-Israeli relations, reconciliation and the broad field of the Middle East peace process. (www.kas.de/israel/en/)
[3] Trinational English-speaking program (USA, Germany and Poland). Took place in Berlin, Krakau and Auschwitz. Mainly conducted by Prof. Björn Krondorfer. Under the auspices of the St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
[4] Five-national program (Denmark, Germany, Israel, Jordan (cancelled), Palestinian Territories). Conducted in English. Took place in Denmark. Information over the program can be found on the website of the Danish organization “Crossing Borders“. (www.crossingborders.dk)
[5] English-speaking United Nations-Simulations. Conducted by the University of Münster. My task was to represent Burundi on refugee issues. (www.muimun.org)
[6] An English speaking program on Holocaust (Memory) Studies intended for Jewish education facilitators in the widest sense. Lead by Dr. Elana Yael Heideman and supported by the Jewish Agency. Topics included the history of Anti-Semitism, Nazi politics, Ghetto life, Jewish Identity after the Holocaust, the Holocaust in the movies, legal persecution in Israel (e.g. of Jewish collaborators) … and many more. Trips were made to sites of Holocaust research or commemoration. Testifying survivors were met up with. The program consisted of eight three-day workshops in Israel. More information on: http://israelforever.org/linksinthechain/ [March 12th 2014]
[7] Program: http://www.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/bereiche-und-lehrstuehle/aserbaidschan/gaeste-und-veranstaltungen/wkw-2010-programm [8. December 2013]