Christmas greetings from the President

Dear stu­dents,
dear col­leagues in tea­ching and ad­mi­nis­tra­ti­on,

we have been chal­len­ged this year. We feel that the war in Ukrai­ne is also threa­ten­ing our peace, tar­ge­ting our self-image of re­spect and un­der­stan­ding. The con­flict in the Midd­le East is also ha­ving an im­pact on us, ra­di­ca­li­zing the dis­cour­se, dis­credi­t­ing dif­fe­ren­tia­ti­on and ba­lan­ce.

In my opi­ni­on: We should con­fi­dent­ly de­fend our free­dom, plu­ra­lism, di­ver­si­ty and hu­ma­ni­ty!

Our uni­ver­si­ty is a uto­pi­an place whe­re we can de­sign a dif­fe­rent, perhaps bet­ter world. Whe­re the­re is space for art that ever­yo­ne is in­vi­ted to crea­te. Whe­re we va­lue each other, deal open­ly with dif­fe­rent per­spec­tives, wrest­le re­spec­t­ful­ly for com­mon so­lu­ti­ons and re­sol­ve con­flic­ts fair­ly. Be­cau­se the com­bi­na­ti­on of crea­ti­vi­ty and the power of dis­cour­se, the joy of crea­ti­on and hu­ma­ni­ty makes the HfMDK a spe­cial place.

Thank you for your en­thu­si­asm, com­mit­ment and par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on! The HfMDK is the right place for us.

I wish you a re­la­xing and won­der­ful Christ­mas with the peop­le who are im­portant to you, and all the best for the New Year!

Kind re­gards

El­mar Ful­da
Pre­si­dent