We kindly invite you to take part in a cycle of meetings with a publicist and journalist dr Peter Frey. The event is realized by Institute of International Relations UMCS in cooperation with Foundation for German-Polish Cooperation, within the scope of the project (no 00245/2023/MP) entitled „Turning point – a difficult task of reorientation of Germany”, coordinated by dr hab. prof. UMCS Katarzyna Stachurska-Szczesiak. The meetings will be moderated by acting director of the Institute of International Relations UMCS prof. dr hab. Marek Pietraś.
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| 9th October 2023 | 11:20-13:20 | room A.1.09 - Faculty of Political Science and Journalism (Głęboka 45 Str.)
Lecture by dr Peter Frey entitled „Zeitenwende – Deutschlands Rolle in einer neuen Weltordnung“ Lecture will be conducted in German (the organizers provide simultaneous translation from German into Polish). |
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10th October 2023 | 11:20-13:20 | room A.1.09 - Faculty of Political Science and Journalism (Głęboka 45 Str.) Lecture by dr Peter Frey entitled „How stable is Germany?" Lecture will be conducted in English. |
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11th October 2023 | 11:20-13:20 | room A.4.35 - Faculty of Political Science and Journalism (Głęboka 45 Str.) Student seminar with the participation of dr Peter Frey entitled „From Cold War till today – Polish German relations as a personal experience”. Lecture will be conducted in English. |
A COUPLE OF WORDS ABOUT OUR GUEST: Dr Peter Frey, is a german journalist and publicist. From 2010 to 2022 he served as editor-in-chief of Germanys most successful TV station ZDF (Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen). Before being elected as editior-in-chief in 2010 he presented foreign news programs and travelled to areas like the Middle East, Russia and the USA (1998 to 2001). From 2001 to 2010 he headed ZDF’s capital office in Berlin, interviewed german chancellors, ministers and federal prime ministers for “Berlin direct”, a weekly TV-magazine format. As editor in chief he was responsible for five editorial divisions: ‘News’, ’Politics and Current Affairs’, ‘Business, Law, Service, Social Affairs and Environment‘, ‘Sports’, and ‘New Media‘. Frey is a well know face on german television. During his career he interviewed chancellors Schröder, Merkel and Scholz and commented on domestic and foreign politics in Germanys most successful news format “heute journal”. He anchored programs like “Morgenmagazin”, “auslandsjournal”, “berlin direct”, the interview-format “Was Nun?” and presented dozens of TV specials such as burials of popes and kings. Retiring in September 2022 he was the longest serving editor-in-chief in ZDF’s history. Frey participated in a long series of panel discussions about issues of professional ethics, social development and german history. Frey is a roman catholic and a member of the “Zentralkomitee der deutschen Katholiken”. He serves on the supervisory board of Körber foundation in Hamburg.  |
