The educational science and social-pedagogy scholar was awarded by ASH Berlin for her involvement against right-wing extremism, antisemitism and antifeminism on January 11, 2020.

Heike Radvan is awarded for her work against right-wing extremism, antisemitism and antifeminism.

The regional newspaper "Lausitzer Rundschau" interviewed Heike Radvan about the threat of right-wing extremism at BTU, her research on civil dialogues in Cottbus, and this year's lecture series about the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall, titled "30 Jahre friedliche Revolution- ein kritischer Rückblick".

This year's "Body of Knowledge" class, taught by Miriam friz Trzeciak and Manuel Peters for first semesters of M.A. World Heritage Studies, visited the castle Sanssouci in Potsdam on Saturday, 16 November. Sanssouci is one of 43 World Heritage sites in Germany.

At the European Geographies of Sexualities Conference (26-28 September in Prague), Miriam friz Trzeciak and Jana Schäfer will hold a presentation on "Contested Migrant Belonging – The (Re)negotiation of ethnosexual frontiers in the German Media".

The event was concerned with the themes of neutrality and freedom of expression. How do right-wing populist (institutional) players try to exploit these for their purposes? This and many other issues were discussed with actors from civil society, politics, academia, and administration. (The event was held in German).

Presenation about textiles as cultural heritage given by Estibaliz Sienra, PhD Candidate in Heritage Studies, organized by SIMAT Syrians for Heritage Association. The presentation took place on Friday, 9 August in Nachbarschaftsheim Schöneberg e.V. in Berlin

On occasion of the upcoming state parliament elections, the state conference of equal opportunities officers at Brandenburg’s universities (LaKoG) asked all parties represented in Brandenburg's state parliament to take a stand on the issue of equal opportunities.

The Frauenzentrum (women's center) in Cottbus is starting a choir named „Haneen in Cottbus – wir haben eine Stimme“ (EN: Haneen in Cottbus - we have a voice). The project starts on July 1st, 2019. Women and girls of all national backgrounds are cordially invited to join.

On March 28th, Anna Amelina was interviewed about the research plattform MIKOWA. Being one of MIKOWA's initiators, she explained that the conflicts around migration and belonging in the region since 2015 were what sparked the idea of the research platform.