From guest students for guest students
From guest students for guest students
The activities listed here are organised and designed independently by our guest students. You can find the relevant information and contact details for all activities here.
Take the opportunity to make new contacts within the guest student body, exchange ideas with other participants and get active together. Whether at regular meetings, thematic discussions, joint excursions or other initiatives - this is where encounters, commonalities and activities are created that go beyond just attending lectures or seminars.
Border contacts on site - a German-Dutch lecture series
This series of events has been running for more than 20 years and features lectures on a wide range of topics: literary, economic, historical, environmental and natural science, cultural studies, theology and philosophy. For many years, the "Grenzkontakte" were organised in co-operation between the University of Oldenburg and the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, and are now being continued on the initiative of guest students.
The aim was and still is to bring guest students from the Oldenburg and Groningen regions together and encourage cross-border exchange. Based on the changing lecture topics, they enable direct dialogue between the participants and an exchange on current political issues in this north-western part of Europe. Cultural similarities and differences in the Dutch provinces and the north-west region of Lower Saxony are reflected upon. The aim here is also to utilise valuable opportunities for mutual understanding in direct encounters in a culture of open discussion.
The lectures will be held in German, this time in Oldenburg, Groningen and Leer. Participants will organise their own travel to the venues. A detailed programme with exact location details will be sent with the confirmation of participation.
The programme organised by guest students is open to all guest students interested in German-Dutch contacts. It complements the C3L courses and is not subject to the general tuition fee.
Registration is only possible directly to the contact below until 29 September 2026:
To register, please contact
P. de Jong (Leeuwarden)
Email:
For further information, please contact
E. Mellert-Hartling (Oldenburg)
Email: eva.mellert-hartling@uol.de
Current schedule
| 06 October 2026 Location: University of Oldenburg From 09:45 Arrival with coffee and tea 10:30 - 12:00 The sea as a source of energy Dr Jaroslaw Puczylowski (Oldenburg) 14:00 - 15:30 Oldenburg as the "capital of occupational bans"? On the history of occupational bans in Lower Saxony Wilfried Knauer (Hanover) | |
| 20 October 2026 Location: Groningen 10:30 - 12:00 a.m. Light in the environment. Out also goes Dr Theo Jurriens (Groningen) 14:00 - 15:30 Disappeared villages in the Dollard Dr Otto S. Knottnerus (Groningen) | |
| 03 November 2026 Location: Leer Youth Hostel 10:30 - 12:00 hrs Silence in our families. We searched for the story. Zwijgen in onze families. Wij zochten naar het verhaal. About victimhood and reconciliation. Over slachtofferschap en verzoening. Dr Truus de Witte (Niekerk, Groningen) 14:00 - 15:30 Silence in our families. We searched for the story. Zwijgen in onze families. Wij zochten naar het verhaal. About perpetration and reconciliation. Over daderschap en verzoening. Anne Mechels (Bremen) | |
| 17 November 2026 Location: Leer Youth Hostel 10:30 - 12:00 hrs Introduction to hospice work in the district of Leer Jutta Röttgers (Leer) 14:00 - 15:30 Aby Warburg and the history of his library Dr Karel Hupperetz (Haren, Groningen) | |
| 08 December 2026 Location: Leer Youth Hostel 10:30 - 12:00 hrs Monastery in the border region Martin Hellinga (Groningen) requested |
Representation of the interests of guest students - IVG
The aim of the IVG is to promote guest students at our university. We represent and advise all guest students in all university-related matters and support new students in particular. We also maintain an exchange with interest groups from other universities and organise semesterly kick-off and graduation breakfasts to strengthen the exchange of guest students.
IVG contact persons:
Friedheim Keszöcze,
Michael Neuhof
Guest student semester breakfasts
An informal opportunity to talk to other guest students and exchange ideas over a hearty breakfast.
Dates:
Semester kick-off breakfast on Saturday, 11 April 2026 at 09:30
End-of-semester breakfast on Saturday, 11 July 2026 at 09:30
Location: Restaurant "MA", Markt 6 in Oldenburg city centre
Please register with Michael Neuhof two days in advance. The breakfast is only organised by the interest group. However, the costs for food and drinks are borne by the participants themselves and are paid individually on site.
Exchange meeting for guest students
Dear guest students,
Some of us guest students have set up a WhatsApp group and a Signal group so that we can get to know each other, network and exchange ideas outside of lectures and seminars. These groups make it easy to organise meetings and joint activities such as visits to the cinema, museum or theatre, hikes, bike tours and much more. Participation is of course voluntary and non-binding - there is no group pressure. If you are interested in joining one of the groups, please contact:
Uta Wacker
0175-153 96 34
Exchange meetings
We would also like to draw your attention to our regular exchange meetings. We meet every 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month from 18.00 in the Mephisto (Artillerieweg 56). The same applies here: anything goes and no obligation! Just come along!
We look forward to meeting new faces!