Diversity at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Photo: Matthias Heyde, Artwork: “Vielfalt ist unser Reichtum” by Colectivo Licuado (Camilo Nunez and Florencia Durán Itzaina) in Schöneberg, Berlin
Event-Tipp: "Breaking the Silence: Antiracist Student Conference 2022", 23-25 June 2022
Event-Tipp: Workshop „Rassismus – a historical Introduction“ @ Open Humboldt Festivals on 1 July 2022, 5 p.m. at the main building of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (in German)
Event-Tipp: „Dekoloniales Flanieren. Auf den Spuren der vergessenen Schwarzen Geschichte deutscher Wissenschaft.“ 1 July 2022, 5 p.m. (in German)
Event-Tipp: W.E.B. Du Bois-Lecture – Celebration of the the W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial @ HU, 1 July 2022, 7 p.m. at senate hall in the main building of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin sees itself as a place of plurality of opinion, mutual appreciation and respect. But the Humboldt-Universität is not free of discrimination and racism either. Every university is a nucleus of society, even in a city as diverse and colourful as Berlin. Structural discrimination and structural racism are unfortunately still far too much a reality in Berlin and Germany. It also does not stop at the academic community.
We would like to create space for discussion, deal with discrimination and racism and offer information about Black Lives Matter, diversity and anti-racism. Comments and recommendations can be sent to hu-online@hu-berlin.de
Articles and interviews
"No Room for Discrimination and Racism" - Statement of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin on Black Lives Matter and diversity
"Diversity and anti-discrimination as a matter of course in university life." Interview with Ursula Fuhrich-Grubert (Central Women's Representative of the HU Berlin)
"Research on racism should be a cross-cutting issue like gender equality." Interview with Prof. Dr. Naika Foroutan (BIM)
Humboldtianer*innen about Black Lives Matter, diversity and racism
Archiv: W. E. B. Du Bois Lecture with Dr. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor „From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation“ in conversation with Loren Balhorn and Katharina Pühl vom 5. Juni 2019 (Englisch)
„Racism: What did we do in the university?“ by Prof. Dr. Gökce Yurdakul, Department of Diversity and Social Conflict
"Racism is two faced." Interview with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kaschuba, Institute for European Ethnology (in German)
Events
"Breaking the Silence: Antiracist Student Conference 2022", 23-25 June 2022
Workshop „Rassismus – a historical Introduction“ @ Open Humboldt Festivals on 1 July 2022, 5 p.m. at the main building of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (in German)
W.E.B. Du Bois-Lecture – Celebration of the the W.E.B. Du Bois Memorial @ HU, 1 July 2022, 7 p.m. at senate hall in the main building of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Research and teaching about diversity, colonialism and racism
Cooperation project: "Social cohesion in times of crisis. The Corona Pandemic and Anti-Asian Racism in Germany" (Lead researcher: Prof. Dr. Naika Foroutan | BIM)
Research project: "Inclusive transformation processes: Prejudiced education and education from theory to practice" by Seyran Bostancı
Research about colonialism (in German)
Teaching about colonialism (in German)
Further information on diversity at HU Berlin
Dienstvereinbarung für ein respektvolles Miteinander an der HU (PDF) (in German)
Gleichstellungsbeauftragte der HU
Referat für Anti-Rassismus des Referent_innenRat
Reading and listening recommendations
"Multiculturalism is deeply rooted in the German national identity." Migration researcher Prof. Dr. Naika Foroutan in episode 3 of the HU science podcast (in German)
"Exit Racism" by Tupoka Ogette (als Hörbuch auf Spotify)
Podcast von Amnesty International HU Berlin & Charité on racism in Germany, Episode 2 with Prof. Dr. Gökce Yurdakul (HU Berlin)