Events

Numerous events will accompany "30 years of Viadrina" between July 2021 and October 2022. The European University Viadrina will kick off the celebrations with a panel discussion and the opening of a photo exhibition on 15 July 2021.

The following overview shows all upcoming events.

15 July 2021	"30 Years European University – On the Role of the Viadrina in Science and Society” – Panel Discussion at the Viadrina
15 July 2021 to 31 October 2022	Photo exhibition - A photographic journey through 30 years of Viadrina history
From 15 July 2021	Online exhibition to discover and remember
October 2021	Guided tours in several languages and exhibition at the University Library
21 October 2021	Opening of the Main Auditorium and the Academic Year 2021/2022 at the Collegium Polonicum
21 October 2021	Vernissage "Portraits of the Collegium Polonicum"
Winter Semester 2021/22 and Summer Semester 2022:	Seminar on the History of the Viadrina Buildings
June 2022	Viadrina Day
October 2022	Alumni Event

On the occasion of the founding anniversary, representatives of the Brandenburg state government and science policy, the higher education and science system of the Berlin-Brandenburg region, the German-Polish science landscape, the city of Frankfurt (Oder) and Viadrina students will discuss the university’s role in science and society with Viadrina President Prof. Julia von Blumenthal.

Panel guests:

• Małgorzata Kopka-Piątek, Head of the European Programme, Institute of Public Affairs, Warsaw.
• Svea Kühl, Head of the General Student Committee of Viadrina
• Tobias Dünow, State Secretary for Science, Research and Culture of the State of Brandenburg
• Prof. Christoph Markschies, President of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
• Claus Junghanns, Mayor of the City of Frankfurt (Oder)
• Prof. Julia von Blumenthal, Viadrina President

Presenter:

• Julia Vismann, rbb

When: Thursday, 15 July 2021, 3.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.
Where: Audimax of the Viadrina and online as livestream. A simultaneous translation into Polish will be available.

Please note: The event is fully booked!
> Registration for online participation

The photo banner exhibition in front of the library in the university’s main building offers an entertaining journey through time. Around 560 pictures printed on 14 fabric banners of more than two metres height show highlights from 30 years of Viadrina history.

The exhibition will be opened with a vernissage on 15 July 2021 at 5 p.m.

When: 15 July 2021 to 31 October 2022, opening hours of the main building.
Where: Gallery in front of the library, main building, Große Scharrnstraße 59, Frankfurt (Oder)

Showing historical images accompanied by German and Polish texts, the online exhibition invites visitors to discover and remember. In the course of the year, image galleries, videos and further stories will complement the digital offer and allow visitors to experience the Viadrina’s history and the many players who have built up and shaped the university since its founding.

When: from 15. July 2021
Where: online

The University Library is planning to offer guided tours through the reading room in the following languages: German, English, Russian, Polish, Spanish, French and Upper-Rhine Alemannic. In addition, photos of the building history of the university library will be presented in display cases and on roll-ups in the library's entrance area.

When: October 2021
Where: University Library, Große Scharrnstraße 59, Frankfurt (Oder)

As part of the celebrations for the opening of the academic year 2021/2022, the Main Auditorium of the Collegium Polonicum will be reopened. A fire had broken out there the night of 31 July 2018, burning parts of the roof as well as the interior design and furniture of the CP's largest hall.

When: Thursday, 21 October 2021, 12.00 p.m.
Where: Collegium Polonicum, Ul. Kościuszki 1, Słubice

The exhibition shows 30 portraits of people closely linked to the Collegium Polonicum. They were painted by Kama Kuik, an artist from Poznań. The portraits will be permanently shown in the lobby in front of the Main Auditorium.

When: Thursday, 21 October 2021
Where: Collegium Polonicum, Ul. Kościuszki 1, Słubice

Under the direction of Viadrina historian Prof. Werner Benecke, students will research the history of the Viadrina buildings in the winter semester 2021/22 and summer semester 2022. The results will be presented in an exhibition in July 2022.

The Viadrina Day in June 2022 will be dedicated to "30 years of the European University".

To conclude the celebrations, the European University Viadrina invites its alumni to return to Frankfurt (Oder) - 30 years after the first students enrolled.