Activities in 2021

City Tour Frankfurt, 13.11.2021

In the middle of November a group of international scholars joined GWC's City Tour through Frankfurt to learn more about the city and its history. The scholars visited famous places as the Römer or the Paulskirche and learnt more about its exciting history.













Piano Concert at Alte Oper, 04.11.2021

On Thursday, 04 November 2021 the GWC had the pleasure to take 19 international GU researches to a piano concert at the Alte Oper. The GWC had been offered a 20 free tickets for a  piano concert by Vesselin Stanev, who played music by Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms. 

Vesselin Stanev was born in Varna (Bulgaria) and studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris. He has performed in major concert halls in Europe, such as Wigmore Hall in London and Salle Gaveau in Paris and did CD recordings for RCA, Sony Classical.


Guided Historical Tour across Campus Westend, 29.10.2021





During the first event that took place on campus after a long time, the participants did not only enjoy the presence on Campus Westend but also learnt a lot about its long history.


Guided Virtual Tour through the New Jewish Museum, 29.06.2021

In cooperation with the New Jewish Museum, the GWC organized a virtual guided tour throuh the newly re-opened museum. The participants learned about the history of Jewish life in Frankfurt and we are looking forward to visiting the exhibitions in person!







Online City Tour, 26.05.2021

In 2021,The traditional City Tour took place online as well. Despite that, the participants learned background intormation about Frankfurts landmarks like the Römer, the Paulskirche or the Skyline and gained inspiration for their upcoming walks through the city.







GWC's Welcome and Orientation Meeting, 29.04.2021

GWC's Welcome and Orientation Meeting for the summer term 2021 had to take place online as well. Nonetheless, the event offered a first offer to get to know the different offers of Goethe University for international scholars and each other as well.







Bach's Mass in B Minor, 08.04.2021 

Sadly, we had to waive concerts as we know them in 2021, but the digital concert of Bach's Mass in B Minor offered a nice variety in everyday work life. It was streamed in collaboration with the International Bach Academy Stuttgart and the Bach Archive Leipzig.







Online Games Evening, 30.03.2021

In Collaboration wth the Zentrum für Hochschulsport (ZfH) we organized our first digital Online Games Evening in 2021. The event combined classic board games, quizzes and puzzles, and was therefore a nice combination of fun, thrill and exchange among the international scholars.







Online Awarding Ceremony of GWC's Annual Photo Competition, 28.01.2021

In January, we celebrated the best photos of last year's photo competition. This year's winners are Dushyant Kumat (3rd place), Florencia Sanchez (2nd place) and Andreea Mihalcea (1st place, see above). We congratulate and look forward to presenting the next edition!


Beer Tasting, 26.01. 2021 

In the beginning of 2021, we organized a digal Beer Tasting in collaboration with Fermentos Beertasting. We tasted multiple German beers and gained a lot of knowledge about the history of the German beer culture.