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January 2018 Newsletter Best Practice to support Junior Fellows during their Defence One day – if all goes well – everyone of us will have to face this crucial two hours of his JF-career where you will have to defend your thesis. Beside the effort we have spent in writing our work this event will have major influence on the overall grading of our work. One way of establishing the best conditions to perform in an excellent way is a supportive environment. This includes for many of us the presence of colleagues and friends who are giving us moral support during the defence. It is a wonderful sign of support and companionship that often so many of the fellow JF and friends join in. Nevertheless lately - though with best intention we assume – it occurs more often that the willingness to participate in the defence is rather a challenge then a benefit for the candidate defending. In the best interest of the candidates we would kindly give out the following information on BEST PRACTICE on how to support our fellow JF, colleagues and friends during THEIR defence. Once the defence has started you MUST NOT enter the room It can so easily happen as part of your stressful days, a sometimes awkward bus-schedule or for whatever reasons that you will not be able to make it in time. If you are late, the best way to support the candidate defending is actually to stay outside, and not to bring in any disturbance. Rather consider to join in later again when the defence is over. Once the defense started you MUST NOT LEAVE before it is over. A defence takes two hours. If you already know that you have another appointment though the defence will still be ongoing, better decide in favor of not attending the defence at all. Rather write a supportive message beforehand or meet with the candidate before the defence to show your support personally and explain your reasons why not to join. For sure this will be a more supportive way then disturbing the setting when you have to leave early and while making your way out of the room. We hope the advices of best practice will be of help and in best interest for all of us. Your JF-Reps Dear Junior Fellows, the year 2018 is nearly a month old already. We hope New Year took of well for you. Though not much has happened yet we are able to inform you about, we still hope the following info will add to a successful progress in your Ph.D. in 2018 Yours Hanna Lena and Sebastian Source: http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1403:_Thesis_Defense
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January 2018 Newsletter
Best Practice to support Junior Fellows during their Defence
One day – if all goes well – everyone of us will have to face this crucial two hours of his JF-career where
you will have to defend your thesis. Beside the effort we have spent in writing our work this event will
have major influence on the overall grading of our work. One way of establishing the best conditions
to perform in an excellent way is a supportive environment. This includes for many of us the presence
of colleagues and friends who are giving us moral support during the defence. It is a wonderful sign
of support and companionship that often
so many of the fellow JF and friends join in.
Nevertheless lately - though with best
intention we assume – it occurs more often
that the willingness to participate in the
defence is rather a challenge then a benefit for
the candidate defending. In the best interest of
the candidates we would kindly give out the
following information on BEST PRACTICE on
how to support our fellow JF, colleagues and
friends during THEIR defence.
Once the defence has started you MUST NOT enter the room
It can so easily happen as part of your stressful days, a sometimes awkward bus-schedule or for
whatever reasons that you will not be able to make it in time. If you are late, the best way to support
the candidate defending is actually to stay outside, and not to bring in any disturbance. Rather consider
to join in later again when the defence is over.
Once the defense started you MUST NOT LEAVE before it is over.
A defence takes two hours. If you already know that you have another appointment though the
defence will still be ongoing, better decide in favor of not attending the defence at all. Rather write a
supportive message beforehand or meet with the candidate before the defence to show your support
personally and explain your reasons why not to join. For sure this will be a more supportive way then
disturbing the setting when you have to leave early and while making your way out of the room.
We hope the advices of best practice will be of help and in best interest for all of us.
Your JF-Reps
Dear Junior Fellows, the year 2018 is nearly a month old already. We hope New Year took of well for you. Though not much has happened yet we are able to inform you about, we still hope the following info will add to a successful progress in your Ph.D. in 2018
Yours Hanna Lena and Sebastian
Source: http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1403:_Thesis_Defense
January 2018 Newsletter
PASSED EVENTS AND SAVE THE DATES!
08.01.2018. Defence Emmanuel Sackey. Campus GWII, S8
11.01.2018 Defence Fulera Isaaka-Toure, S17, GSP, 1:30pm
16.01.2018 BIGSAS Admin-Workshop Glass room, GSP, 9:00am sharp
21.01.2018 Application-Deadline Summer School of the Africa-Europe Group for
Interdisciplinary Studies (AEGIS) Topic “Africa: Connections and Disruptions”, Cagliari,
Sardinia, Italy, 03.07. – 05.07.2018
22.01.2018 Talk African Collection at Bayreuth University Library Circulation desk/foyer of
the Main Library, 5.45pm
23.01.2018. Research Colloquium Chijioke Uwah- Exploring the Prophetic Discourses on the
Realities of Post-Apartheid South Africa in the Plays of Zakes Mda, GWI/S125, 14 c.t
25.01.2018. Defence Rose Nyakio Kimani, Campus GW I, K5, 02:00pm
02.02.2018. Defence Blaise Muhire, Campus GWI, S120, 09:00am
20-21.02.2018 BIGSAS Workshop Keeping Your Motivation Up Throughout the PhD-Project
27.02.2018 BIGSAS@school Africa Day, Markgräfin-Wilhelmine-Gymnasium, 7:50am-
12:00pm
28.02.2018 Deadline for abstracts: IUAES 18th World Congress, Florianopolis, Brazil,
www.iuaes2018.org
01.03.2018 Deadline Call for Panels International Conference: Vienna Anthropology Days,
http://vanda.univie.ac.at/home/, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
08.03.2018 Deadline for Applications Exploratory Workshops “Mobility –Knowledge –
Society”, Forum Transregionale Studien e.V., Berlin, www.forum-transregionale-studien.de
12.03.2018 Workshop of Work group African Union - Conference and public Events chairing
19.03-20.03.2018 Workshop of the working group African Union: How to manage a Project
from the proposal to the evaluation
26.03.2018 Deadline – Titelsubmission - BIGSAS colloquium
02.-03.05.2018 International Conference: Didactics of Languages: Challenges of Innovation,
Morocco, Marrakech
26.-27.04.2018 Conference of the Developmental Sociology/ Social Anthropology Section
(ESSA) of the German Sociological Association (DGS) „ Resistance and Utopia – alternative
visions of development and the future “ University of Bayreuth
January 2018 Newsletter
BIGSAS - Beginning of the Year Party
Even though some weeks have passed in 2018 already, we
wanted to celebrate the beginning of the New Year
together. So we took the chance and met on Saturday 27
January at Iwalewa-Haus from 7pm till late night. We were
pleased that many of you showed up for a nice get
together with food (lots of Pizza, Salad and Snacks), drinks
(from Juicy to Soft drinks to assorted wine and beer from
our own cellars) and interesting conversations. We all
work hard, but sometimes it is actually nice to be with
colleagues and friends and not sit behind your laptop or
books. 😊
January 2018 Newsletter
Be an LEADER, be an INSPIRATION:
Two more leaders of workshop-sessions needed for BIGSAS@school
What is BIGSAS@school? BIGSAS members visit schools to talk about JFs home as well as research
countries and to discuss with pupils and their teachers to convey a more diverse and realistic
impression on Africa. You can play the key role in this effort by heading one of the workshop-sessions.
The JFs will be leading a session on an Topic related to their choice.
BIGASAS@school is urgently looking for two more JFs who join in on a Project Day “Africa”. Come an
join in:
Picture source: http://www.bigsas.uni-bayreuth.de/en/members_of_BIGSAS/bigsas_at_school/index.html
Project Day Africa
Prep-Meeting: Project Day
Where: GSP, Glasraum Markgräfin-Wilhelmine-Gymnasium (MWG),
When: Tuesday 6.02.2018, 2pm-4-pm
27 February 2018, 7:50am-12:00pm
January 2018 Newsletter
Since more and more BIGSAS-JF are entering the next stage of their academic career lest us explore:
HOW TO contact the JF reps? Email: [email protected] Phone: Hanna Lena : 0157-75811107 Sebastian: 0175 763 81 17
If you have suggestions or information to add or if you would like to report about a
certain activity, feel free to email us at [email protected]
Yours Hanna Lena & Sebastian
