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Research in Germany Webinar Series

Interested in a research career in Germany? Join the "Research in Germany" webinar series for first-hand information on research and funding possibilities for PhD candidates and postdocs, from June 24th to June 27th at 2pm (CEST) each day.

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DAAD Young Ambassador Nam Nguyen

Nam Nguyen is currently a senior at Washington State University (Pullman, WA) pursuing degrees in International Business and Marketing. Nam stands out as the first and only student in WSU’s 129-year history to study abroad on all seven continents. He is also a McNair Scholar, Carson Fellow, Frank Fellow, as well as a NUFP Fellow with NASPA, the national professional association for student affairs professionals, and a DAAD Young Ambassador. Nam was recently awarded the Region V Undergraduate Rising Star Award from NASPA and the Global Student Leadership Award from Diversity Abroad.

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IT Internship Opportunity

Network Administration at DAAD New York

Our DAAD regional office in New York is offering an internship in network administration. We are seeking Information Technology majors who are nearing the end of their studies or IT-graduate students.

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Research Ambassadors

Call for 2019-20 DAAD Research Ambassadors

DAAD New York is pleased to announce the call for applications for the next round of Research Ambassadors, a group of informed and enthusiastic experts and advisers on research opportunities in Germany.

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DAAD Visiting Professor Svea Braeunert

Svea Braeunert is a DAAD Visiting Associate Professor in German Studies and Film and Media Studies at the University of Cincinnati. Her research interests include twentieth- and twenty-first-century art, literature, and film, media theory and visual culture, concepts of memory, trauma, and deferred action, and gender studies. She is the author of Gespenstergeschichten: Der linke Terrorismus der RAF und die Künste (2015), and co-author and co-curator of To See Without Being Seen: Contemporary Art and Drone Warfare (2016).

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DAAD Visiting Professor Christian Martin

Christian Martin is the Chair of Comparative Politics at the University of Kiel, Germany. He currently holds the Max Weber Chair in German and European Studies at New York University. He has studied political science at the University of Konstanz and holds a doctorate from there (2002). Christian has published on the effects of globalization for electoral participation, on the incentive to adopt more proportional voting systems in a highly globalized environment, and, most recently, on the substitution of policy instruments in processes of international policy diffusion. Most recently, Christian has published a paper on "Electoral Participation and Right Wing Authoritarian Success – Evidence from the 2017 Federal Elections in Germany" (forthcoming in Politische Vierteljahresschrift).

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Meet DAAD Alumna Susanne Thelen

Susanne Thelen is a doctoral candidate at the Institute of Political Science at the University of Technology Chemnitz and a member of the State Executive Board of the CDU in Rhineland-Palatinate. She worked as a Retail Business Management Assistant, studied Business Administration and Marketing (BA), and holds a Master’s in Politics and Communications from the University of Trier. In winter 2018, Ms. Thelen participated in the DAAD-AICGS Research Fellowship Program and was based at AICGS in Washington, DC.

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Job Announcement

Campus OWL: Director of Liaison Office New York City

Campus OWL is going to open a Liaison Office in New York – closely linked to the German Center for Research and Innovation/DWIH and the German Academic Exchange Service/DAAD – to promote German-North American higher education cooperation. The position for the Director of the Liaison Office is open.

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DAAD and German Studies Association Awards

DAAD/GSA Best Book and Article

DAAD is proud to announce the winners of the 2018 DAAD/GSA Best Book and Article Prizes, awarded on September 28, 2018, at the 42nd Annual Conference of the German Studies Association in Pittsburgh, PA: Jesse Spohnholz for the best book in History, B. Venkat Mani for the best book in Germanistik, and Kerstin Steitz for the best article in German Studies.

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DAAD North America Photo Contest Winner Brooklyn Hortenstine

Brooklyn currently studies German at Austin Peay State University (Clarksville, TN) in hopes of becoming a teacher. From her very first trip abroad, her life has been transformed. Especially after her experience in Germany, she now serves both as an advocate for international friendships and for disabled people who may want to go abroad, as a wheelchair user herself. Her biggest hope for the future is that she can continue to spread her appreciation for the culture and inspire others while doing so.

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