Focus on Ukraine
The “Focus on Ukraine” website offers (academic) background reports and up-to-date messages from TU Dresden on its relief programs in response to the war in Ukraine.
Call for donations for affected researchers and students of TUD
The war in Ukraine has brought unimaginable suffering to the people of the region and has forced many of them to flee. It also causes financial hardship for students, staff and researchers at our university. The Society of Friends and Supporters of TU Dresden (GFF) has set up a relief fund for quickly and easily providing support. To the relief fund
News articles
- Overestimated resources? TU Dresden’s own Professor of Economics Dr. Marcel Thum speaks on gas and oil sanctions
- Political education in the face of the war – audio clip of the online discussion
- Statement regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine – TUD suspends academic relations with Russia
Events
Academics in exile: “Poser pour la liberté / Standing for freedom” photo exhibition in TUD’s Auditorium Center
From April 4 until May 27, 2022, TU Dresden’s Auditorium Center (Bergstraße 64) is hosting an exhibition of photographs by the French artist Pierre-Jérôme Adjedj on academics in exile. The exhibition’s official opening is on April 13, 2022, at 6:00 pm. Over a period of three years, 51 portraits of researchers have been created. Fifteen of these can be seen at the exhibition, which explores the topic of exile from four thematic approaches. For more information, please visit http://www.standingforfreedom.eu/ or the TUD website: https://tud.link/b3mv
- Free legal counsel for refugees from a TUD student initiative
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German courses for refugee students from Ukraine (with and without Ukrainian passport) at TU Dresden / Курси німецької мови в ТУ Дрездена для студентів, які вимушено залишили Україну. Find more information here: https://tu-dresden.de/tu-dresden/internationales/we-care/ukraine/sprachkurse
In addition, the the WE-CARE point of contact website provides extensive information such as first points of contact and assistance for refugees. If you want to help, you will find many links there.
Press inquiries
For a report on the current situation in Ukraine, there are numerous experts at TU Dresden with expertise in political science, but also in cultural studies and, in some cases, many years of experience in research on Eastern Europe who can answer questions and provide their assessments of the situation.
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