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itvertragsgesetz (WissZVG - German Act on Temporary Scientific Contracts) has a major impact on working conditions in German academia: it contains special regulations on fixed-term contracts that allow [...] extreme pressure in research and teaching, and often the end of a career after years of academic work and qualification. This year, the WissZVG is to be reformed and discussions are in full swing. A planned [...] post-doc phase is now off the table for the time being after protest from the academic community, and work on reforming the law continues. Other important points, however, such as a definition of the concept

Germany. After studying literary translation in Düsseldorf, she worked as an editor for Rowohlt for ten years. Since 2006, she has worked in Berlin as a freelance translator (target language German, with

Germany. After studying literary translation in Düsseldorf, she worked as an editor for Rowohlt for ten years. Since 2006, she has worked in Berlin as a freelance translator (target language German, with

Steinbach heads the MENA Study Centre at the Maecenata Foundation. Since 1971, Dr. Udo Steinbach has worked scientifically with the contemporary Middle East, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. He has also advised [...] current political, economic, cultural, and religious issues in these regions. In the years of his work as Director of the German Orient Institute in Hamburg (1976-2007) he was actively involved in political

recent work focused on memory and religion. She is one of the editors of "Memory and Religion from a Postsecular Perspective" (Routledge, 2022, co-edited with Zuzanna Bogumil). Currently she is working on

examples of transboundary disaster hazards, and how some of the UN programmes she has experience working in, have helped build country resilience in the telecommunications sector. The session will include [...] reference to the technology sector (emergency communications specifically). Prior to WFP, Ria has worked on innovation, technology, and DRR portfolios with the United Nations Development Programme, UN Office

three female literary scholars Solomija Pavlyčko, Vira Ahejeva and Tamara Hundorova in particular working out new feminist and queer points of view - a tradition that is different in Ukraine than in Russia [...] Western Ukraine with its German-Ukrainian-Polish-Yiddish language mixture is omnipresent in her entire work - analogous to Kobyljans'ka - where different cultures and ideologies overlap, are connected and also

create together or generally exchange ideas with other interested people from different fields of work - depending on their needs - regardless of 'qualification level' or research area.

music department of the EUF cordially invites everyone to listen to Christmas contributions every working day in December at 12 o'clock sharp in the entrance area of the Oslo Building. The contributions