On June 22, 2020, the internationally renowned photographer and author Maria Schiffer was a guest speaker in the lecture "Interculturalism" at the HMKW Berlin, where she visited lecturer Sophie Carls to present her story cookbook "EATING WITH AFRICA", published by DK-Verlag.

Students of B.A. Media and Event Management have launched three more creative online events under the direction of Prof. Dr. Lorenz Pöllmann. Whether it's a wild rave party, a strengthening home workout or an inspiring cooking show - the events will take place this week and are free of charge for all HMKW students.

Media activism has been a burning issue at least since the recent protests of the "Black Lives Matter" movement. This semester, Dr. Philipp Budka is leading the seminar "Media Activism" in the course of studies M.A. Visual and Media Anthropology and he immediately picked up the current developments there. We talked to him about his approach to the topic, the emergence of media activism and upcoming student projects.

On June 4, Michel Achenbach, Head of Business Development at Bitkom Akademie, gave an exciting lecture in the online lecture "Digital Economy" with lecturer Sophie Carls at HMKW Berlin. Achenbach gave insights into the work of Bitkom e.V. and presented relevant job profiles of tomorrow in the digital economy to the students.

Digital workshop talks: On Monday, 8 June, a design conference was held for the first time at the HMKW via Zoom. Four exceptional international designers from Paris, Barcelona and San Francisco talked about their work, presented current projects and gave the students helpful advice on how to enter the design industry.