“Weary Worlding: Anthropology, Performance and the Spectre of Radical Alterity” (Laboratory Workshop)

Date: Monday, 29 September, 9 am – 7 pm

Venue: Owen Walker Room, Oriel College, Oxford OX1 4EW

Organisers/Convenors: Dr. Lindsey Drury (FU Berlin), Dr. Jonas Tinius (HU Berlin)

Format: On-site only

 

This workshop explores the concept of radical alterity at the intersection of anthropology and performance, examining how archives, case studies, and artistic practices shape our understanding of sameness, difference, and incommensurable worlds. The workshop is not open to the public, but if you are interested in participating, please get in touch with the organisers via oxber@berlin-university-alliance.com (your email will be forwarded).

 

“Indebtedness and Reparations in a (post)colonial world”     

Date: 29th September 2025

Venue: University of Oxford, UK (workshop by invitation)

Organisers: Laura Kotzur (FU Berlin), Mariam Salehi (FU Berlin), Sabrina Keller (Humboldt University), Meera Sabaratnam (University of Oxford)

Format: On-site only

                            

Struggles for justice in our (post)colonial world are fundamentally shaped by contestations over who owes what to whom. In this one-day workshop, participants are invited to discuss the intersections of order and justice in a (post)colonial world through the lenses of indebtedness and reparations. By linking multiple examples and case studies globally, the aim is to foster interdisciplinary debates on how debt and repair are interlinked in specific sites of struggle and on a global scale.

Participation by invitation

 

“Folk Dance and AI: Rethinking Traditions” (Performative encounter)

Date: Tuesday, 30 September 2025, 7.30pm

Venue: The Pavilion, St Hilda's College, Oxford OX4 1DY

Organisers: Office for Public Engagement and Knowledge Exchange with Society at the Centre for Cultural Techniques (ZfK), HU Berlin. Collaboration with TORCH, University of Oxford and DANSOX.

Format: On-site only

 

By reactivating traditional forms such as folk dances and placing them in dialogue with artificial intelligence, Berlin-based Choreographer Irina Demina invites the audience to witness and explore how heritage can be rethought through contemporary technologies as a way to reinvent modes of collectivity.

Open to the public. Booking required: Click here to book your free ticket.

 

"Energy Workshop"

Date: 1 October, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Venue: Jack Paton Room in the Physics Department.

Format: On-site only

Energies and battery technologies were highlighted as key topics in the 2024 UK-Germany Science & Innovation Bilateral Dialogue, of strategic importance to both the BUA and the University of Oxford. Building on this priority, scientists from Technical, Humboldt and Oxford universities will attend a joint workshop in on 01.10 to exchange knowledge, showcase advances in solar energy, batteries, and inorganic chemistry, and explore joint projects. Activities include discussions on sustainability solutions, infrastructure sharing, and emerging scientific trends. The event is open to external scientists from 1:00-3:00 pm. For further organisation contact fatemeh.nejati@tu-berlin.de

“AI Workshop”

Date: 1 October, 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

Venue: St John’s College.

Format: On-site only

A full-day workshop will bring together researchers in AI, automated labs, and modelling from TU Berlin (Prof. Reiner Stark’s group and Kiwi Biolab), and Oxford (Prof. Mark Cannon group as well as researchers from the Control Group and Machine Learning, and Siemens Digital Industries). The workshop will explore AI and machine learning for optimising industrial testing scenarios, with a focus on enhancing simulation accuracy in digital twin and hardware-in-the-loop environments under extreme or uncertain conditions. The discussions will consider related topics such as systematic design optimisation and AI-assisted code generation. The meeting will feature additional Oxford AI and control experts, broadening the collaborative network. Aligned with the UK-German Joint Declaration of Intent on AI and Horizon Europe priorities, the project lays the groundwork for joint publications, third-party funding applications, and enhanced student supervision opportunities.

The event will strengthen collaboration and shape future joint projects. The event welcomes external scientists from 2:00-4:00 pm. For further organisation contact fatemeh.nejati@tu-berlin.de

"Evaluating the UK New Medicine Service and Its Potential Transferability to Germany"

Date: Thursday, 2nd October 2025, 11:00 am – approx. 3:00 pm (BST)

Venue: Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford

Organisers: Susanne Felgner (Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin), Dr. Rebecca Brown (Uehiro Oxford Institute/University of Oxford)

Hosted by: Institute for Gender in Medicine, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Germany), led by Prof. Dr. Gertraud Stadler.

Format: Hybrid (on-site and online via MS Teams)

The workshop will bring together patient representatives, physicians, pharmacists, and public health experts to evaluate the UK New Medicine Service (NMS) in its current context and assess its potential transferability to the German healthcare system. A key focus will be the development of a digital intervention, considering ethical and practical aspects, to systematically identify side effects and enable personalised, gender-sensitive medication management for hypertension.

If you are interested in registering to participate online or in person, please write an email to oxber@berlin-university-alliance.de.