IVAC Festival Programme

Mon, 23.08.2021: 10.00 am – 10.30 am

Prof. Dr. Hiltraud Casper-Hehne & IVAC Team, University of Göttingen

Welcome to the IVAC Festival! This session will help you navigate the programme and offer a glimpse of the two weeks to come. We will also explain how you can earn a digital badge during the IVAC Festival.

This event is open to all IVAC Festival participants

Introduction via Zoom (Webinar)

Registration required

Mon, 23.08.2021: 10.30 am – 11.30 am

Dr. Elisa Bruhn-Zass, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)

It is hard not to begin a talk without the term Covid-19 these days - especially not one on a topic that contains the term “virtual”. This keynote will not be an exception, but still an attempt to broaden the perspective beyond the current pandemic and its affordances.

In her talk, Elisa Bruhn-Zass will present the concept of Virtual Internationalisation. It offers an analytical perspective on the spectrum of ways to utilise information and communication technologies (ICT) in higher education international contexts. Starting from there, she will discuss the relevance of maintaining a comprehensive view on ICT use in international contexts in higher education beyond the pandemic.

This event is open to all IVAC Festival participants

Keynote lecture via Zoom (Webinar)

Registration required

Dr. Elisa Bruhn-Zass is policy advisor for higher education at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), with a professional background in international cooperation in higher education and science. Her main research interest lies in the intersection of internationalisation and digitalisation in higher education.

Mon, 23.08.2021: 12.00 pm – 1.00 pm

Johanna El Ouardy, Sven Ivens, Prof. Matthias Klumpp, Katharina Nambula, Alexandra Schreiber, IVAC project managers (UGOE)

Get to know the four IVAC initiatives of the University of Göttingen in this dynamic session. The project managers of „Fokus Balkan Online”, „Global Shakespeare 2.0“, „Virtual Supply Chain Management Teaching in Germany and Italy“ and „Transatlantic Virtual Academic Collaboration“ will introduce the goals and main activities of their projects in a Pecha Kucha presentation and look ahead to some of their most important learnings from the IVAC project. Join the conversation by posing questions to them in the chat.

This event is open to all IVAC Festival participants

Presentation and discussion via Zoom (Webinar)

Registration required

You can find more information about the initiatives here.

Mon, 23.08.2021: 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Johanna El Ouardy, Intercultural LearningLab, University of Göttingen

In this session, participants from the two TVAC Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) courses “Culture & Health” in October 2020 and “Intercultural Teams & Global Health Sustainable Development Goals ” in March 2021 have the opportunity to meet once more to look back and reflect on the impact of their COIL experience. What changes of perspective did they notice? How did their intercultural skills for working in multicultural teams develop? Finally, we want to examine what makes this learning format a sustainable one.

This session aims mainly at students and lecturers from McMaster University and University of Göttingen who participated in one of the TVAC COIL courses

Part panel discussion, part informal gathering via Zoom

Registration via e-mail (johanna.elouardy@uni-goettingen.de) required, closed session, only for participants of the TVAC COIL courses

You can find more information about the project here.

Tue, 24.08.2021: 9.30 am – 9.55 am

Thu, 26.08.2021: 9.30 am – 9.55 am

Tue, 31.08.2021: 9.30 am – 9.55 am

Thu, 02.09.2021: 9.30 am – 9.55 am

Jan Hartling-Knaak, student assistant, University of Göttingen

Mobilise your body with 3-4 simple guided exercises. Find a focus, get centered, free your mind and increase your physical well-being to start the IVAC Festival day with a fresh spirit.

This event is open to all IVAC Festival participants

Social event via Zoom

No registration required

Jan Hartling-Knaak is an educated stage dancer, professional dance teacher / choreographer and intercultural trainer with focus on movement and mindfulness.

Tue, 24.08.2021: 10.00 am – 12.00 pm

Prof. Matthias Klumpp, Chair of Production and Logistics, University of Göttingen

In the opening plenary session of the science workshop “Vaccination Supply Chains”, two keynote speeches will address current issues and strategies for the global challenge of COVID-19 vaccination: Prof. Francesco Pilati (Engineering Department of Trento University) will discuss “Logistics and digitalisation regarding the COVID-19 vaccination in Italy” and Dr. Ida G. Monfared (University of Göttingen) will present “Fair and useful? Global distribution criteria and perceptions towards COVID-19 vaccination”.

12.00 pm Lunch

This event is open to all IVAC Festival participants, especially to Bachelor, Master and PhD students from all disciplines

Lecture and discussion via Zoom (Webinar) & at Sternwarte (Seminarraum)

Hybrid, registration required

You can find more information about the project here.

Tue, 24.08.2021: 12.00 pm – 1.00 pm

Sven Ivens, M.A., M.Sc., Department of Political Sciences, University of Göttingen

The session introduces the simulation platform Flexsimgame and explains its functions. Participants will see how the platform can be used to create online simulation games in their field and become inspired to implement their own simulation game.

This session is primarily targeted at lecturers and teacher training students

Lunch & Lecture: Short lecture, trial on the platform, discussion and exchange via Zoom

Registration required

You can find more information about the project here.

Please note: Prerequisite for active participation is the use of the Mozilla Firefox or Chrome browser.

Tue, 24.08.2021: 1.00 pm – 3.00 pm

Prof. Matthias Klumpp, Chair of Production and Logistics, University of Göttingen

In a keynote, Prof. Robert de Souza (National University of Singapore) presents „Experiences from an urban vaccination campaign - the example of Singapore“. The keynote will be followed by a presentation by Riccardo Tronconi (University of Trento, discussion „Digital twin concepts to design and digitalize a walk-in mass vaccination clinic“. In the presentation and discussion sessions of the Science Workshop “Vaccination Supply Chains”, participants have the opportunity to explore production schemes, storage and distribution concepts, as well as local administration and information strategies for the global challenge of COVID-19 vaccination in greater depth. Join students from a variety of disciplines, ranging from management science - logistics and supply chain management -, engineering and computer science to social and political sciences as they share their current research into vaccination supply chains.

Bachelor, Master and PhD students seeking to present and discuss their research are invited to submit an abstract until June 30th, 2021 to produktion@wiwi.uni-goettingen.de

Bachelor, Master and PhD students from all disciplines as well as other participants interested in the topic are invited to join the session virtually as auditors

Keynote, Presentation and discussion via Zoom (Webinar) & at Sternwarte (Seminarraum)

Hybrid, registration required

You can find more information about the project here.

Wed, 25.08.2021: 10.00 am – 12.00 pm

Sven Ivens, M.A., M.Sc., Department of Political Sciences, University of Göttingen

This hand-on session provides an overview of previous research and products in the field of digital simulation games for international networking, with a focus on the field of political science. It will share important lessons learned regarding the design and implementation of an international and digital simulation seminar. Participants will have the chance to play a short sample game to get a glimpse of the method and to develop initial ideas for an implementation in their field.

This workshop targets lecturers and teacher training students. Academic support staff in the field of international networking (e.g. International Offices, international programme development) are also invited

Workshop consisting of input lectures, discussion and testing out the method via Zoom

Registration required, limited to 30 participants

You can find more information about the project here.

Wed, 25.08.2021: 10.00 am – 12.00 pm

Prof. Matthias Klumpp, Chair of Production and Logistics, University of Göttingen

Closed session

City Tour Göttingen, Meeting at Sternwarte

Registration via VISTA required, closed session, only for participants from Trento

Wed, 25.08.2021: 1.00 pm – 3.00 pm

Prof. Matthias Klumpp, Chair of Production and Logistics, University of Göttingen

In the discussion and Networking session by Prof. Sebastian Vollmer (University of Göttingen), he will present „Global perspectives and implications regarding COVID-19 vaccination“. In the presentation and discussion sessions of the Science Workshop “Vaccination Supply Chains”, participants have the opportunity to explore production schemes, storage and distribution concepts, as well as local administration and information strategies for the global challenge of COVID-19 vaccination in greater depth. Join students from a variety of disciplines, ranging from management science - logistics and supply chain management -, engineering and computer science to social and political sciences as they share their current research into vaccination supply chains. The Science Workshop “Vaccination Supply Chains” will conclude with a keynote by Patrick Franzoni (South Tyrol Public Healthcare Agency, Bozen - Italy) on the “Political considerations in national and local COVID-19 vaccination campaigns”.

Bachelor, Master and PhD students seeking to present and discuss their research are invited to submit an abstract until June 30th, 2021 to produktion@wiwi.uni-goettingen.de

Bachelor, Master and PhD students from all disciplines as well as other participants interested in the topic are invited to join the session virtually as auditors

Presentation and discussion via Zoom (Webinar) & at Sternwarte (Seminarraum)

Hybrid, registration required

You can find more information about the project here.

Wed, 25.08.2021: 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Prof. Matthias Klumpp, Chair of Production and Logistics, University of Göttingen

The Science Workshop “Vaccination Supply Chains” will conclude with an industry keynote presentation and round table discussion with Luc Burgard (Head of Operations of the pharmaceutical and laboratory supplier SARTORIUS AG Göttingen, Germany) on the topic: “The global challenges of keeping the COVID-19 vaccine supply chains running”. Prof. Ali Asgary (York University, Toronto, Canada) completes the session presenting “Lessons from simulation of mass vaccination sites”. The closing session includes a plenary discussion and workshop wrap up.

This event will be streamed online in a webinar format and is open to all participants (especially Bachelor/Master/PhD students from all disciplines)

Keynote lecture and round table via Zoom (Webinar) & at Sternwarte (Seminarraum)

Hybrid, registration required

You can find more information about the project here.

Wed, 25.08.2021: 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm

Jennifer Sippel and Mareike Röhricht, student assistants, University of Göttingen

Join us for an online quiz night! IVAC student assistants will take you on a virtual tour through Göttingen. No matter if you’re a Göttingen local or visit "the city that creates knowledge" for the first time via your computer, explore some sights and form a team that will come up with answers to our quizmasters' Göttingen trivia questions. All you need is a drink of your choosing, a device that will allow you to join the Zoom session via video and audio, and a cheery mood.

This event is open to all IVAC Festival participants

Social event via Zoom

Registration required

Thu, 26.08.2021: 10.00 am – 12.00 am

Prof. Matthias Klump, Chair of Production and Logistics, University of Göttingen

The science workshop “Digital Food Supply Chains” addresses digital management in growing, harvesting, manufacturing, global employment, work safety and fairness, local distribution, peer-to-peer management and e-commerce in Food Supply Chains. Three academic keynote speeches with Prof. Sebastian Vollmer from the Chair of Development Economics from the University of Göttingen on “Nutrition related diseases in low- and middle-income countries”, Prof. Juliane Reinecke from the Kings College London on „Organizing food: biomateriality and beyond“ and Prof. Francesco Pilati from the Engineering Department of Trento University, Italy on “Transportation and warehousing issues in digital food supply chains” and a follow-up discussion will be featured in this session.

This event is open to all participants (especially Bachelor/Master/PhD students from all disciplines)

Lecture and discussion via Zoom (Webinar) & in Emmy-Noether-Saal (Alte Mensa, Wilhelmsplatz) Göttingen

Hybrid, registration required

You can find more information about the project here.

Thu, 26.08.2021: 1.00 pm – 3.00 pm

Prof. Matthias Klump, Chair of Production and Logistics, University of Göttingen

Join students from across Europe during the presentation and discussion session of the science workshop “Digital Food Supply Chains”, as they delve into questions of digital management in growing, harvesting, manufacturing, global employment, work safety and fairness, local distribution, peer-to-peer management and e-commerce in Food Supply Chains. Presentations from a variety of disciplines, such as management science – logistics and supply chain management - agriscience, engineering, computer science, social science, political science and economics will shed light on this global issue. Jonas Koreis will give a presentation on „Disruptions and exception handling in food supply chains“ as will as Francesca Di Stradis on „CrownFood“.

Bachelor, Master and PhD students seeking to present and discuss their research are invited to submit an abstract until June 30th, 2021 to

Bachelor, Master and PhD students from all disciplines as well as other participants interested in the topic are invited to join the session virtually as auditors

Presentation and discussion via Zoom (Webinar) & in Emmy-Noether-Saal (Alte Mensa, Wilhelmsplatz) Göttingen

Hybrid, registration required

You can find more information about the project here.

Thu, 26.08.2021: 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm

Johanna El Ouardy, Intercultural LearningLab, University of Göttingen

Internationalisation measures such as Virtual Exchange and Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) formats aim to enable different student groups to learn and work together and, in this way, to gain more diverse perspectives on their subject matter. The acquisition of intercultural skills is more than just a welcome side effect. In this interactive workshop, we will look at the prerequisites for intercultural learning and discuss measures how to support it. Participants will leave with a range of pedagogical activities that they can implement to support intercultural learning in their own projects.

This session primarily targets academics/lecturers

Workshop via Zoom

Registration required, limited to 15 participants

You can find more information about the project here.

Thu, 26.08.2021: 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Prof. Matthias Klumpp, Chair of Production and Logistics, University of Göttingen

This is the closing session of the science workshop “Digital Food Supply Chains”. The session includes a keynote presentation on “Digitalisation, human factor and efficiency in food distribution logistics” by Dominic Loske (Transport Logistics Manager of REWE Southwest, Germany) and a presentation on “Sustainability and regional food distribution” by Anika Riedel (BioRegio Göttingen). The session closes with a round table discussion with the speakers and all workshop participants. Bachelor, Master and PhD students seeking to present and discuss their research are invited to submit an abstract until June 30th, 2021 to produktion@wiwi.uni-goettingen.de.

Bachelor, Master and PhD students seeking to present and discuss their research are invited to submit an abstract until June 30th, 2021 to

Bachelor, Master and PhD students from all disciplines as well as other participants interested in the topic are invited to join the session virtually as auditors

Industry keynotes and plenary discussion via Zoom (Webinar) & in Emmy-Noether-Saal (Alte Mensa, Wilhelmsplatz) Göttingen

Hybrid, registration required

You can find more information about the project here.

Fri, 27.08.2021: 10.00 am – 4.00 pm

Prof. Matthias Klumpp, Chair of Production and Logistics, University of Göttingen

Field trip to the REWE National Dristribution Center Frankfurt

Start in Göttingen 10.00 am

Return to Göttingen about 4.00 pm

Closed session

Field trip (start & return: Göttingen)

Registration via VISTA required, closed session, only for participants from Trento

You can find more information about the project here.

Fri, 27.08.2021: 12.00 pm – 1.00 pm

Sven Ivens, M.A., M.Sc., Department of Political Sciences, University of Göttingen

This Lunch & Lecture session presents the results of the accompanying research on the international online simulation game seminar Fokus Balkan Online. For this purpose, students were surveyed with digital questionnaires before and after the simulation, interviews were conducted with selected students and the students’ self-reflections on the simulation were evaluated. In addition, the experiences and impressions of the lecturers will be described and a conclusion drawn about the use of a digital simulation seminar as a networked, international teaching method.

Lecturers, students and academic support staff in the fields of international relations, (digital) teaching and learning, and academic programme development are invited to join this session

Lunch & Lecture: Lecture with discussion via Zoom (Webinar)

Registration required

You can find more information about the project here.

Fri, 27.08.2021: 1.00 pm – 4.00 pm

Johanna El Ouardy, Intercultural LearningLab, University of Göttingen

"We don’t see things as they are. We see them as we are," said the world-famous writer Anaïs Nin once. This plays an important role when interacting, especially in intercultural settings. Therefore, in this interactive workshop, we will foster our cultural self-awareness by examining our ‘cultural glasses’. Exploring the mechanisms of culture and perception, we will then practice a tool to broaden our view and thus, make intercultural encounters more constructive.

Please be aware that active participation and sharing about yourself is required to reach the learning objectives. Please prepare some coloured pencils and paper.

This event is open to all IVAC Festival participants

Workshop via Zoom

Registration required, limited to 15 participants

You can find more information about the project here.

Sat, 28.08.2021: 2.00 pm – 3.30 pm

Victoria Jung, Museum Friedland

The Museum Friedland showcases the diverse migration stories of the people who passed through the border transit camp Friedland since 1945. More than four million people have passed through the camp since then and it has remained an active initial reception facility until today. Join in on a guided online tour through the Museum Friedland that explores the history of the border transit camp, its tasks as well as some exemplary personal fates.

Beginning with the causes of flight, which turned more than 60 million people into refugees in 1945, through the emigrants from the former GDR to the present day, the history of the camp is told in a vivid and multifaceted way. Moreover, the museum will be walked through virtually, allowing participants to fully experience the individual rooms. The tour will last 90 minutes with time for questions and a discursive exchange afterwards.

This virtual museum tour is open to all IVAC Festival participants.

Social event via Zoom

Registration required

You can find more information about the museum here.

Mon, 30.08.2021: 9.00 am – 09.15 am

IVAC Team, University of Göttingen

Welcome to the second week of the IVAC Festival! This session will help you navigate through the programme of the second week and offer a glimpse of what is to come.

This event is open to all IVAC Festival participants

Introduction via Zoom (Webinar)

Registration required

Mon, 30.08.2021: 09.15 am – 10.30 am

Prof. Betty Leask, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Teaching and Learning, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia

The way we think is critical to the way we understand the world. The curriculum in universities today is limited insomuch as it is dominated by ways of thinking rooted in the Western world and the colonial past. Cognitive justice, the idea that knowledges are intimately connected to people’s cultures, practices and beliefs rather than being objective and independent, has important implications for the way that we think about program content, teaching, learning and assessment. This keynote address will discuss curriculum change from the perspective of cognitive justice, decolonisation of the curriculum and the formal, informal and hidden curriculum.

This event is open to all IVAC Festival participants

Keynote lecture via Zoom (Webinar)

Registration required

Betty Leask is Professor Emerita in the Internationalisation of Higher Education at La Trobe University in Australia, a Research Fellow at the Centre for International Higher Education (CIHE) at Boston College US and a Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Higher Education Internationalisation (CHEI) at Universitá Cattolica del Sacro Cuore Italy. Betty is well known internationally as a researcher and thought leader on internationalisation of the curriculum and higher education. Her work bridges theory and practice in unique ways.

Mon, 30.08.2021: 11.00 am – 1.00 pm

Dr. Cornelia Kenneweg, Agentur für Lehrkultur

The workshop aims to take up a conversation started in a workshop at the beginning of the IVAC project that reflected on change of perspective and the management of different expectations in international academic collaboration in teaching and learning. Participants will focus on the change of perspective they have experienced and/or facilitated during their projects. The workshop is designed to be exchange-orientated and to offer an opportunity for retrospective reflection, as we will discuss learning experiences of all those involved in the initiatives.

This event is open for participants involved in the IVAC project of the University of Göttingen and their project partners

Workshop via Zoom

Registration via e-mail (claudia.faust@zvw.uni-goettingen.de) required, closed session, limited to 20 participants

Dr. Cornelia Kenneweg is a freelance trainer and consultant for teaching and learning in higher education. Her work focuses on the foundations of teaching and learning in higher education and research-oriented approaches. She has already dealt with changes of perspective in the context of teaching and learning in higher education in workshops and lectures on "Attitude and Action" and on "Teaching and Learning in Higher Education as a Practice of Translation".

Tue, 31.08.2021: 10.00 am – 12.00 pm

Eva Haug, Educational Advisor for Internationalisation of the Curriculum and Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

In this interactive session we will explore and discuss how we can connect the most impactful modality of Virtual Exchange, Joint Classrooms to our curriculum, professional development and comprehensive internationalisation strategy. This closed session for faculty and academic support staff of the University of Göttingen will focus on key questions like: Why do we implement VE and how can we make it sustainable, scalable and significant?

This workshop is open to faculty members, programme coordinators and colleagues from the offices of the deans of studies as well as academic support staff from the University of Göttingen

Workshop via Zoom

Registration via e-mail (tanja.reiffenrath@zvw.uni-goettingen.de) required, closed session, limited to 20 participants

Eva Haug is the Educational Advisor for Internationalisation of the Curriculum & Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) and senior lecturer of Intercultural Competence at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. She is an elected member of the EAIE Internationalisation at Home Expert Community. Since November 2019, Eva has been a project leader for the iKUDU Erasmus+ capacity building project, collaborating with 5 South African and 5 European partners.

Tue, 31.08.2021: 12.30 pm – 13.30 pm

Jana Weigel and Felix Pfeiffer, liveSciences³ project, University of Göttingen; together with lecturers from the Life Sciences

This Lunch & Lecture session presents concepts and practical examples on the topic of digital or digitally supported field trips, including different formats like audio guided tours, video tutorials, and geodata based apps. Participants can discover useful resources and tools and reflect on how the examples presented in the session may be transferred to other disciplines.

This event is open to all IVAC Festival participants

Lunch & Lecture via Zoom (Webinar)

Registration required

Jana Weigel and Felix Pfeiffer are part of a team of E-Learning experts responsible for developing digital and transnational teaching and learning materials.

You can find more information on the liveSciences³ project here.

Tue, 31.08.2021: 2.00 pm – 4.00 pm

Alexandra Schreiber, Intercultural LearningLab, University of Göttingen and Barbara Diehl, Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen (SPRIND), Beatriz Beyer, University of Göttingen

Do you wonder sometimes, how your research or project work can be further developed by applying a different way of thinking? In all professional contexts, it is crucial to develop new and innovative theories and to make connections, which have not yet been seen by anyone else. We all have an innate ability for independent creative thinking and innovative approaches, but do we know how to uncover and use its potential? This interactive workshop encompasses different areas of development for future skills and learning for academics and non-academics alike.

This workshop is open to all IVAC Festival participants

Workshop via Zoom

Registration required

You can find more information about the projects here: TVAC, VISTA.

Wed, 01.09.2021: 9.00 am – 12.00 pm

Improtheater Improsant

As scientists, we know how to work in a structured and methodological manner, and we are used to being evaluated constantly in revision processes that may at times end with rejections. In this online workshop, we invite you to set that all aside. Instead of rejections, there will be a celebration of errors; instead of a rigid framework, there will be a creative chaos. With basic exercises of improvisational theater, we provide you with an active, playful, and inspiring change to your everyday life as a scientist. And who knows, maybe we will even discover some synergies between improv and science…

This event is open to all IVAC Festival participants

Workshop, social event via Zoom

Registration required, limited to 16 participants

Improsant - Improvisationstheater Göttingen is a group of inspiring actors and actresses of improvisation theater, who are also training others in the art of improv. Some are even scientists themselves. The instructors from Improsant teach improv workshops at the University of Göttingen, the Theater für Niedersachsen (TfN), and for organisations and businesses.

You can find more information about Improsant here.

Wed, 01.09.2021: 9.00 – 10.30

Katharina Nambula, M.A., English Department; University of Göttingen

The Indian director Vishal Bhardwaj is famous for his work in Hindi cinema. His Shakespearean trilogy “Maqbool” (Macbeth), “Omkara” (Othello), and “Haider” (Hamlet) is internationally renowned. Do not miss this chance of watching a selection of film scenes from all adaptations in preparation of a discussion that will follow this screening.

Open to all participants interested in Shakespeare; students and staff from the English Department are especially invited to join

Film screening via Zoom

Registration required

You can find more information about the project here.

Wed, 01.09.2021: 10.30 am – 11.15 am

Katharina Nambula, M.A., English Department; University of Göttingen

Guest lecture by Prof. Jonathan Gil Harris on Shakespeare film adaptations in India. The influence of Shakespeare’s works on the Indian cinema is immense, however, people such as directors, producers and actors do not simply use Shakespeare’s works but modify and shape the screenplays, adapting them to embrace cultural diversity. They do not only reflect on the differences but create new versions of Shakespeare that represent the current diversity in their best forms.

Open to all participants interested in Shakespeare; students and staff from the English Department are especially invited to join this online session

Lecture and discussion via Zoom

Registration required

You can find more information about the project here.

Wed, 01.09.2021: 11.15 am – 12.00 am

Katharina Nambula, M.A., English Department; University of Göttingen

Join the Shakespeare 2.0 project’s round table discussion featuring invited experts from both the academia and the theatre/film production scene to explore the value of staging a canonical author like Shakespeare “glocally” and to understand the difficulties that one may encounter in the adaptation process.

Open to all participants interested in Shakespeare; students and staff from the English Department are especially invited to join this online session

Round table discussion via Zoom

Registration required

You can find more information about the project here.

Wed, 01.09.2021: 10.30 am – 11.15 am

Alexandra Schreiber, Intercultural LearningLab, University of Göttingen

Diversity Space Meeting is an interactive online game for a group of culturally diverse players. In this workshop you will learn how to raise intercultural awareness, improve communication and create connection within an intercultural team.

This event is open to students of all levels and faculty

Workshop via Zoom

Registration required, limited to 30 participants

You can find more information about the project here.

Wed, 01.09.2021: 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm

Student assistants, University of Göttingen

Let us take you on a night out, off-tune performances and air-guitars included. Sing (along to) your favourite songs and cheer for your peers! In order to participate you only need a drink of your choosing as well as good spirits!

This event is open to all IVAC Festival participants

Social event via Zoom

Registration required

Thu, 02.09.2021: 10.00 am – 11.00 am

Katharina Nambula, M.A., English Department, University of Göttingen

Shakespeare productions are greatly informed by the interests of all parties involved in the production such as directors, dramaturgs and actors. In a student project, students of Göttingen University asked questions concerning interests and motivations on why and how directors and actors (decide to) produce Shakespeare in their specific ways. These interviews were conducted by students of Göttingen University.

Open to all participants interested in Shakespeare; students and staff from the English Department are especially invited to join this online session

Presentation and discussion via Zoom

Registration required

You can find more information about the project here.

Thu, 02.09.2021: 11.00 am – 12.15 pm

Katharina Nambula, M.A., English Department, University of Göttingen

This session showcases student projects that were conducted during the summer term 2021 as a part of the IVAC initiative Global Shakespeare 2.0. These projects built on the content of seven e-learning lectures on Global Shakespeare. These lectures all discuss Shakespeare from very different perspectives. There are units on the South African reception of Shakespeare, for example, or on heteronormativity when teaching Shakespeare’s sonnets in school or on casting practices for Shakespeare productions in the UK, and that’s just naming some of the topics. During the project phase students developed content that is informed by their own perspectives and, thus, adds a new dimension to the units.

Open to all participants interested in Shakespeare; students and staff from the English Department are especially invited to join this online session

Presentation via Zoom

Registration required

You can find more information about the project here.

Thu, 02.09.2021: 12.00 pm – 1.00 am

Johanna El Ouardy, Intercultural LearningLab, and Fabian Krengel, English Department, University of Göttingen

We expect virtual exchanges across cultures and time zones to help students develop a range of skills and competences, from intercultural communication skills, language competences, to team work skills and problem-solving skills. A growing body of research on students’ virtual exchange experiences begins to shed light on the impact of collaborative online scenarios on the learning experience. In this Lunch & Lecture session, two young scholars from the University of Göttingen, Fabian Krengel and Johanna El Ouardy, will share findings from their research on the virtual exchanges they have co-facilitated and discuss the particularities of doing research on this learning format.

This event is open to all IVAC Festival participants

Lunch & Lecture via Zoom (Webinar)

Registration required

Thu, 02.09.2021: 12.15 pm – 1.00 pm

Katharina Nambula, M.A., English Department, University of Göttingen

The curtain’s raised for a final discussion amongst faculty members and students on the experiences gained during the project Global Shakespeare 2.0 and the IVAC Festival. During the online conversation, there will also be room for questions, feedback and ideas for future projects and collaborations.

Open to all participants interested in Shakespeare; students and staff from the English Department are especially invited to join this online session

Closing event, Round table discussion via Zoom

Registration required

You can find more information about the project here.

Thu, 02.09.2021: 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm

Dr. Tanja Reiffenrath, Student and Academic Services, University of Göttingen

The past one and a half years have seen a surging interest in virtual exchange (VE) initiatives – maybe not always for the right reasons, as VE has often been communicated as a short-term solution for the lack of mobility. “Building back better” after COVID-19 will undoubtedly entail bringing the best of two worlds together – the physical encounter in the classroom and the flexibility and autonomy of digital teaching and learning, the experience to travel for both short-term and long-term stays abroad and the seamless border-crossing in the virtual realm. What vision do our colleagues have for virtual exchange after the pandemic? Which lessons learnt can help us as we set out to design accessible learning formats for non-mobile students? Join us for a panel discussion, where colleagues from the Change of Perspectives, liveSciences³, Internationalisation of the Curricula, and BESTExchange projects as well as from the ENLIGHT network share their visions and insights.

This panel discussion is open to all IVAC Festival participants. Questions can be posed in the chat

Panel discussion via Zoom (Webinar)

Registration required

Fri, 03.09.2021: 10.00 am – 12.00 pm

IVAC Team, University of Göttingen

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Q&A via Zoom

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