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Prof Dr Heike Wieters receives the 2023 Award for Excellence in Teaching
On Humboldt Teaching Day on 27 June 2024, Prof. Dr Heike Wieters and Prof. Dr Johannes Grandits received the 2023 Award for Good Teaching. They were honoured for their joint seminar ‘How to do European History? Current approaches and controversies’, which they held together with colleagues from various partner universities in a hybrid format in the summer semester 2023.
‘The theme of the 2023 Award for Good Teaching was ‘International Teaching and Learning’. A total of 100 nominators took part and nominated 42 courses and 38 lecturers. From this ‘long list’, the faculties recommended 19 proposals to the jury for consideration. The 10,000 euro award is one of the highest endowed prizes of its kind in Germany. ‘Heike Wieters and Hannes Grandits have successfully created an innovative, inclusive and interactive learning environment that not only enriches students with knowledge, but also encourages them to think critically, collaborate internationally and actively participate. Their ability to integrate a variety of perspectives and methodologies while providing a coherent and engaging learning experience is exemplary not only in the field of international teaching and learning,’ read Prof Dr Niels Pinkwart, Vice President for Teaching and Learning, in his laudation of the faculty's recommendation to the jury.’
You can read the full report on the award and the Teaching Day 2024 here (ger).
