BIGSSS Graduation Day 2009

On November 27 2009 the Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences BIGSSS celebrated its second Graduation Day in the conference hall of the central Sparkasse Bremen am Brill. Seventeen graduates received their certificate in a solemn but at the same time relaxed and somewhat playful atmosphere as they were introduced by fellow PhD students. The keynote speech was held by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dieter Senghaas on “World-wide cultural conflicts - revisited”.

Rolf Drechsler, Konrektor für Forschung, University of Bremen

Steffen Mau, Vice Dean

Klaus Boehnke Vice Dean

Dieter Senghaas, Keynote speaker

Thomas Richter, PhD Fellow Address

Werner Dressel, Executive Secretary, Steffen Mau, Vice-Dean

from left to right: Rainer Baumann, Field Coordinator, Steffen Mau, Vice Dean, Dawid Friedrich (with daughter), Thomas Richter, Kristina Hahn

PhD Fellows Field Global Integration, from left to right: Thomas Richter, Lars Thomann, Kerstin Blome, Oliver Buntrock, Kristina Hahn, Dawid Friedrich

PhD Fellows Field The Modern Welfare State, from left to right Andreas Obermaier, Daniela Kroos, Jan Mewes, Laryssa Tamilina, Patrick Sachweh, Sebastian Büttner

Introduction of PhD Fellows by Benedikt Rogge, Volha Vysotskaya

PhD Fellows Field The Life Course and Social Change, from left to right: Sabine Henrichsen-Schrembs, Christopher Swader, Aigul Alieva, Sina Farzin, Can Aybek

All graduated PhD Fellows, from left to right, top row: Can Aybek, Thomas Richter, Aigul Alieva, Jan Mewes, Patrick Sachweh, Lars Thomann, Sebastian Büttner, Oliver Buntrock, Sabine Henrichsen-Schrembs, Andreas Obermaier, Kerstin Blome, Dawid Friedrich, front row: Christopher Swader, Sina Farzin, Daniela Kroos, Laryssa Tamilina, Kristina Hahn

Musical Interlude by jazz, girl & company

Pictures by Pia Pollmanns