| Genre | student festival |
|---|---|
| Dates | summer |
| Locations | Greifswald, |
| Years active | 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Organized by | GrIStuF e.V. |
| Website | www.gristuf.org |
TheGreifswald International Students' Festival is an event organised by the non-profit organisationGrIStuF e.V. and it takes place in the town ofGreifswald, which is situated about 200 km to the north of Germany's capitalBerlin at the Baltic shore.
The festivals include different activities such as: thematic workshops, lectures, cultural events, exhibitions, parties and concerts. The theme range over political, artistic, social and cultural topics.
GrIStuF e.V. is a non-profit organisation founded by volunteers to run theGreifswald International Students Festival. It organises other events as well such as the local "running dinner" twice a year, and the local chapter of "Fête de la Musique" once a year since 2007.
Inspired by theInternational Student Week inIlmenau[1], a group of enthusiastic students organised the firstGreifswald International Students Festival in 2002.
The following festivals took place so far:
In 2005, the team formed itself and began planning thesecond festival. The topics of the festival 2005 included:Green Globalization,Conflicts, Migration,Development Cooperation,Intercultural learning andBioethics. 271 students from all over the world followed this invitation, which is a bit lower than expected, because some of the participants from non-EU countries hadvisa problems.
The 2006 festival ran under the mottoProject U-rope: Utopia or Reality, and only students from Europe were invited this time.Gesine Schwan was the patroness and sent a video message to the participants. More than 400 participants took part in the festival 2006. The cultural activities included:
The next festival was then held in 2008, in order to avoid competition with the 2007Ilmenau Festival.
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