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Celebrating 20 Years of Tandem Research Training

On July 19, 2024 we celebrated the 20th anniversary of our Reciprocal Tandem Research Training Program in Freiburg and Yogyakarta – connected via Zoom. About 100 guests from Indonesia and Germany participated in the hybrid meeting which reflected on the initial start and the further development of the cooperation and offered manifold the opportunities to share stories, photos, and project-related as well as personal memories.

The event was jointly organized by the initiator of the tandem teaching model, Prof. em. Judith Schlehe, the current cooperation partners from Universitas Gadjah Mada, Prof. Pujo Semedi and Dr. Sita Hidayah as well as Prof. Michaela Haug who is continuing the program. Speakers included former cooperation partners like  Dr. Pande Made Kutanegara , Dr. Lono Lastoro Simaputang,  Prof. em. Jürgen Rüland and Muhadi Sugiono, as well as Dr. Mirjam Lücking, who moderated a photo session, which comprised pictures from all 20 Tandem cohorts.

After the hybrid event, we continued the festivity in our garden at the Institute of Sociocultural Anthropology, where the Indonesian musicians Mike and Bob (Marjinal, @mikemarjinalofficial) who were staying with us as part of an artistic co-operation, created a wonderful atmosphere with their acustic performance. Colleagues, alumni and current students came together in an informal atmosphere to exchange ideas, make music together and celebrate.

We would like to thank all participants for making this celebration such a joyful and memorable event! We look forward to further tandem research trainings and hope that this will help us to continue to foster experiences of friendship, curiosity and openness across cultures, personalities and generations.