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Christmas lecture 2020 via live stream: The pandemic and its social consequences for Germany and the world

On Tuesday, December 15, 2020, 7 p.m., the traditional Christmas lecture of the University of Bayreuth will take place digitally for the first time, due to coronavirus. Hubertus Heil, Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, will be the speaker this year. He will address the subject of "The pandemic and its social consequences for Germany and the world". The lecture, to which you are invited by the University of Bayreuth and the Universitätsverein Bayreuth e.V., is organized and designed by the Institute for Medical Management and Health Sciences. It is open to all students, lecturers, friends of the University, and interested parties; digital access is free. The past year has shown us the central importance of health not only for individual but also for social life. The disruption to everyday private and professional life is so dramatic that, in addition to uncertainty and concern, there has also been a variety of resistance. This has been partly due to fears that arise, among other things, from the perception of the social consequences of a serious economic collapse.

In his Christmas lecture, Hubertus Heil will present the findings on the social consequences of the pandemic and shed light on the complex events surrounding health, the economy, and services of general interest. Learning together means seeking a constant balance between tradition and innovation. This can only be emphasized as the message of 2020. 

Live stream: https://www.img.uni-bayreuth.de  

This will be followed by a digital discussion round. The speaker Hubertus Heil has been Federal Minister for Labour and Social Affairs since March 2018. He has been a member of the German Bundestag since 1998 and a longstanding member of the SPD. From 2005 to 2009 and in 2017 he was general secretary of the SPD and from 2009 to 2018 deputy chairman of the SPD parliamentary group. Heil is also the publisher of the “Berliner Republik” magazine and a member of the executive committee of the New Responsibility Foundation and the executive committee of the German Evangelical Church Congress.

In previous years, the following personalities gave lectures at the Bayreuth Christmas Lecture:

Martin Schulz (2019), Katrin Göring-Eckardt (2018), Sigmar Gabriel (2017), Christian Wulff (2016), Bert Rürup (2015), Wolfgang Thierse (2014), Christine Bergmann (2013), Norbert Lammert (2012), Jean Asselborn (2011), Joachim Gauck (2010), Gerhard Schröder (2009), Wolfgang Huber (2008), Thomas de Maiziére (2007), Stefan Krieger (2006), Jürgen Fliege (2005), Brigitte Zypries (2004), Wolfgang Schäuble (2003), Lothar Späth (2002) and Joachim Gauck (2001).

Contact and organization: Antonia Kellner / Susanne Knörer (secretary’s office)
Institute for Medical Management and Health Sciences University of Bayreuth
Prieserstraße 2
95444 Bayreuth
Telephone: 0921 / 55-4801, -4806
E-mail: img@uni-bayreuth.de
www.img.uni-bayreuth.de