„Standing for Freedom / Poser pour la liberté“ – Portraits of Scientists in Exile

Using large-format portrait photographs and text contributions in English and French (German by scanning a QR code), the traveling exhibition "Standing for Freedom / Poser pour la liberté" traces the lives of researchers and scientists who were persecuted in their home countries and forced into exile. The photo composition, consisting of a portrait, the country of origin, the host country and personal objects, depict the history of the portrayed persons. It offers a foray into four themes: History of Scientific Asylum; Researchers in Danger of Their Lives; Science in Exile, Reporting, Observing, Witnessing.

Designed for the general public, universities, high schools and sponsors, this exhibition is a call to public and private actors, but also a contribution to raise awareness on the subject. The exhibition is the result of a collaboration between curator Pascale Laborier, professor of political science in Paris, and Berlin-based photographer Pierre-Jérôme Adjedj.

For six weeks, the exhibition is now coming to RPTU in Kaiserslautern .
The exhibition is spread over two locations on campus, I. University Library - UB (Building 32) and II. Laboratory for Advanced Spin Engineering - LASE (Building 76). Access to the LASE building is by appointment.  The entrance is free.

The exhibition has been brought to the Kaiserslautern campus by Laurence Gendron-Ulber (double degree coordinator at RPTU).
The exhibition in Kaiserslautern takes place in cooperation with CampusKultur and is supported by the Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau, the Deutsch-Französische Hochschule  - DFH and the Deutsch-Französische Bürgerfonds.

The exhibition will be opened on May 5 at 2:30 p.m. with a guided tour led by photographer Pierre-Jérôme Adjedj and curator Pascale Laborier. Meeting point is in front of building 42 (Audimax).

Further insights into the cooperation and the development of the project and the exhibition will be given by the two initiators starting at 4 p.m. in the Audimax at the Kaiserslautern campus during the ceremony for the partnership of the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering of the RPTU with the French engineering universities ENIM-UL in Metz and INSA Rouen.

No registration is necessary for the events. All interested parties are welcome!

The anniversary event is sponsored by the Deutsch-Französische Hochschule and the Deutsch-Französische Bürgerfonds.