South-South-North Programme
The HGGS has been hosting outstanding doctoral scholars from South America, the Caribbean and other world regions since 2018. They have been funded through scholarships granted by the DAAD and the Baden-Württemberg Foundation, with the kind support of the International Office at Heidelberg University.
International applicants can be awarded the status of visiting scholar at the HGGS for a period of two to twelve months to participate in the academic programme at Heidelberg University and to carry out their research. Doctoral candidates, postdocs and university lecturers who are interested in applying as visiting scholars are encouraged to contact the HGGS at any time of the academic year.
South-South-North COLLOQUIUM
With the scholars from the Universidad de La Habana, Cuba, and from universities in Venezuela and Bolivia, the HGGS has also started to host a colloquium and workshop series in Spanish, which allows participating doctoral candidates to present their research in their main working language. HGGS members from other universities in Latin America and Europe have also participated in these academic encounters; other interested members of Heidelberg University are always welcome to join.
Books
The results of the South-South-North exchange have been first published by the HGGS in collaboration with Prof. Cástor David Mora of the Universidad Nacional “Siglo XX”, Bolivia, in a collection of essays in 2020, where scholars present an important aspect of their doctoral projects. Further collections of essays with Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Corona Health Crisis and Critical Studies of Digitalization have been published in 2021-23; two new volumes on Transformation as well as Comparative Studies were published in 2024.
