Literature
Yohachi Nakajima
Me and The Tale of the Heike
A Japanese war orphan in China tells the trajectory of a wavering life between Japan and China along with the classic Japanese literature "The Tale of the Heike".
Korean
Mandelin
Right: Japanese Left: English
Criminology
Wang Nan
If Evil Gives Birth to Good, Is Evil Good?
The second generation of Japanese war orphans in China talks about the formation of a street gang group "Dragon" and the knowledge of life after spending more than 20 years in prison.
Korean
Right: Japanese Left: English
Activism
Napuli Paul Langa
Conquering Public Space
An activist from Sudan talks about appropriation and visualization methods in public space and traces the links between activist tactics and military strategies.
Korean
English
Media Studies
Hala
Radio as a Freedom Medium
Based on the activities of the poet Tin Moe and the radio pioneer Eugene McDonald, an expert from Aleppo discusses future possibilities of the radio medium.
Korean
Right: German Left: English
Journalism
Aboud
Nizar Nayouf and the Search for Truth
A Syrian expert talks about journalist and historian Nizar Nayouf, the situation in the Syrian media and the role of journalism.
Korean
Right: German Left: English
Architecture
Haya
The Future of Ruins
An architect from Aleppo deals with the term “ruin” and imagines Aleppo's future urban planning based on visionary suggestions.
Right: German Left: English
Risk Management
Saeed
What's the biggest risk in life?
An industrial diver from Iran translates his professional experience into general risk avoidance strategies and explains what is the greatest risk in life.
Right: German Left: English
Chemistry
Kinda Almaaz
Chemistry as a matter of choice
A young pharmacist shares her passion for chemistry and how she used it as a weapon during the Syrian Revolution to support displaced populations and their children.
English
Swimming
Hussein Alqawas
The river as a teacher
A young para swimmer from Iraq remembers how the Tigris river served as his teacher, letting him experience his disability as a strength and opening a path towards competition swimming and coaching for children with and without a handicap.
English
Pedagogy
Maxamuud
Founding a School in a Stateless Country
A Somalian teacher tells the story of founding a local, free school from scratch at wartime and the challenges he encountered teaching liberal arts at a conflicted land.
English
Urban Research
Awal
Survival Strategies in Urban Space
A professional strategist from Burkina Faso describes alternative survival strategies in the city and shares his special experiences and knowledge.
English
Sports Science
Fusein
Running to Survive
A former professional runner from Ghana recounts how he started running and speaks about the secrets and phenomenology of running.
English
Business
Mylène
From Zero to Ten!
Against the background of her own experiences, a hairdresser from Cameroon reports about strategies of business development and forms of emancipation.
English
Biology
Okbai
Biology and People's Perspective
An Eritrean scholar and former teacher explains the relationship between science, religion and life taking the example of Evolution Theory and Biotechnology.
English
Philosophy
Nasir
Building Dwelling Thinking
A business scholar from Afghanistan reads Martin Heidegger's lecture and expands on it with new possibilities of "building-dwelling-thinking" and of the assembly.
English
Hygienics
Alina
The Use of Hygiene in Political Speech
An artist of Syrian and Ukrainian origin explores religious and social purification rituals and their influence on the political use of language.
English
Gender Studies
Keith
Symphony of Dissonance: African Transfeminist Perspectives
The lecture introduces the concept of transfeminism and explores its relation to postcolonial developments. Personal experiences, as well as diverse theoretical references are included by the Ugandan lecturer.
English
