Calender of events
| Year | Event |
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| 1506 – 1811 | Courses at the former Alma Mater Viadrina. |
| 1990 | |
| 05.10 | Founding of the Association of Friends and Supporters of Frankfurt (Oder) University. |
| 06.12. | The foundation of European University Viadrina is announced in a government statement by he German federal state of Brandenburg. |
| 1991 | |
| 15.07. | Official establishment of European University Viadrina by the federal state of Brandenburg. |
| 06.09. | Inauguration of the new university and constituence of the acting University Senate with its acting rector Professor Knut Ipsen, Ph. d. |
| 1992 | |
| 19. 10. | The first academic year at Viadrina begins. |
| 1993 | |
| 22. 1. | Viadrina is included in the addendum to Germany’s official catalogue of universities. |
| 14. 10. | Election of the University’s first rector, professor Hans N. Weiler, Ph. d. (Stanford/California) by the University Council. |
| 27. 10. | First meeting of the elected University Senate. |
| 1995 | |
| 24. 4. | The president of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr. Roman Herzog, visits the University. |
| 22. 11. | Viadrina and its Collegium Polonicum, a joint project with Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, are awarded the German-Polish Prize for 1995. |
| 1996 | |
| 15. 10. | The president of the Republic of Poland, Aleksander Kwasniewski, visits Viadrina, delivering the keynote address at the opening of the fifth academic year. |
| 1997 | |
| 4. 12. | The chancellor of Germany, Dr. Helmut Kohl, and the prime minister of Poland, Professor Jerzy Buzer, visit the university together. |
| 1998 | |
| 10. 6. | Inauguration of the Collegium Polonicum in Slubice, in the presence of the ministers of education of the two countries. |
| 1999 | |
| 29. 4. | Laying of the cornerstone for a new university complex which include cafeteria and lecture halls. |
| 8. 7. | Awarding of the first Viadrina Prize to Karl Dedecius. |
| 11. 10. | Handing over of the office of rector from Professor Hans N. Weiler, Ph. d, to his successor, Professor Gesine Schwan, Ph. D (Berlin/Germany), now president of Viadrina. |
| 10.12. | Marion Gräfin Dönhoff's 90th birthday celebration |
| 2000 | |
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09.05. |
EU Commissioner Günter Verheugen speaks on the EU Enlargement at the Collegium Polonicum |
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22.06. |
Awarding of the second Viadrina Prize to Adam Michnik, polish political publicist. |
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27.09. |
The Polish Foreign Minister Władysław Bartoszewski speaks at the annual meeting of the German university chancellors |
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24.10. |
German president Johannes Rau takes part in the panel discussion "Education for Europe" held at the Viadrina |
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27.11. |
The German Prime Minister Wolfgang Thierse participates in the Spiegel debate "What are we doing against xenophobia?" held at the Viadrina |
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2001 |
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06.02. |
Grand opening of the last building phase of the Collegium Polonicum combined with an international meeting of the Polish and German Foreign Ministers Bronisław Geremek and Hans-Dietriech Genscher and the French publicist Alfred Grosser |
| 14.06. | Awarding of the German National Prize to Tadeusz Mazowiecki and Joseph Rovan |
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16.06. |
The Collegium Polonicum hosts a conference of the Bundestag's European Committee |
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18.06. |
The German Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and the Polish Prime Minister Jerzy Buzek visit the Viadrina |
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13.07. |
Awarding of the 2001 Viadrina Prize to Günter Grass – 1999 Nobel Prize for Literature winner |
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30.10. |
Former Viadrina president prof. dr. Hans Weiler is awarded the Federal Cross of Merit |
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2002 |
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30.08. |
Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer visits the Viadrina and the Collegium Polonicum |
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04.10. |
President prof. dr. Gesine Schwan is awarded the German Federal Order of Merit |
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14.10. |
Grand opening of the lecture-refectory-building at the Europaplatz 1 |
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17.10. |
The Dedecius archive at the Collegium Polonicum is opened for public use |
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19.11. |
Former ambassador Janusz Reiter is awarded the 2002 Viadrina Prize |
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2003 |
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16.06. |
Opening of the European Science Center at the Collegium Polonicum, Słubice. |
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23.10. |
Inauguration of the Europaplatz (Europe square) in front of the new lecture-refectory-building |
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18.11. |
Markus Meckel is awarded the 2003 Viadrina Prize |
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2004 |
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04.03. |
Viadrina president prof. dr. Gesine Schwan is officially nominated as the SPD/Grüne party coalition candidate for German Federal President |
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19.04. |
Naming of the lecture-refectory-building, Europaplatz 1 – "Gräfin-Dönhoff building" |
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07.07. |
The European University Viadrina becomes a member of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) |
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11.10. |
Ceremonial handover of the reconstructed Auditorium Maximum (formerly known as 'Flachbau') |
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14.12. |
The historian Włodzimierz Borodziej is awarded the 2004 Viadrina Prize |
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2005 |
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25.07. |
The German Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schröder and the Polish President visit the Viadrina. The German and Polish National Education Secretaries (Wolf-Michael Catenhausen and Tadeusz Szulc) sign in their presence a "joint declaration on the strengthening of the cooperation between students, scientists and reasearchers of the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Poland". |
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21.11. |
Prof. dr. Rudolf von Thadden, historian and member of the Viadrina's Funding Senate, is awarded the 2005 Viadrina Prize |
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2006 |
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26.04. |
Celebration of the 500th anniversary of Viadrina's founding |
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26.04. |
Award of the Honorary Doctorate to prof. dr. Bronisław Geremek, former Polish Foreign Minister, and prof. dr. Fritz Stern – American historian. |
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26.10. |
During the opening ceremony of the academic year German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier holds a speech on Europe's Future |
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16.11. |
Ceremonial awarding of the 2006 Viadrina Prize to the publicist Adam Krzemiński |
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30.11. |
Founding of the Polish-German Science Foundation |
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2007 |
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03.07. |
German Minister of Finance, Peer Steinbrück, holds a speech on European Political Policies at the European University Viadrina |
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15.10. |
At the opening of the acadmic year 2007/2008 following persons are honored as honorary members of the University's Support Association (Förderkreis): the former member of the Viadrina's Founding Senate – prof. dr. Hermann G. Grimmeiss (Lund, Sweden); Viadrina's founding rector prof. dr. dr. Knut Ipsen (Bochum, Germany); Viadrina's first rector – prof. dr. Hans N. Weiler (Stanford, California, USA) |
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30.11. |
The Copernicus Group is awarded the 2007 Viadrina Prize |
| 2008 | |
| 01.03. | The European Univiersity Viadrina becomes a foundation university |
| 21.04. | Celebration of the "Foundation European University Viadrina" |
| 01.10. | Dr. Gunter Pleuger becomes Viadrina's president |
| 13.10. | Ceremonial opening of the academic year (video) with speeches of the former Ministers of Justice of Germany and Poland - Brigitte Zypries and prof. dr. Zbigniew Ćwiąkalski. |
| 26.11. | Awarding of the Viadrina Prize 2008 to prof. dr. Rita Süssmuth (video) |
| 2009 | |
| 03.06. | Visit of the German federal chancellor Angela Merkel and the President of the European Parliament Hans-Gert Pöttering |
| 07.09. | Groundbreaking for the new campus (de) |
| 12.10. |
Ceremonial opening of the academic year with a speech of Günter Verheugen, Vice President of the European Commission. Presentation of the book "Viadrina. An university as a bridge between Germany and Poland". |
| 30.11. | Awarding of the Viadrina Prize 2009 to Tadeusz Mazowiecki |
| 07.12. | Awarding of the Prize of the Polish Ambassador in Berlin for outstanding academic research |
| 2010 | |
| 15.02. | Günter Verheugen, former Vice President of the European Commission, bestowed honorary professor at Viadrina |
| 02.11. | Hans-Dietrich Genscher, former German foreign minister, and Władysław Bartoszewski, former Polish foreign minister, visist the Collegium Polonicum in Słubice for a panel discussion |
| 03.11. |
Guido Westerwelle, German foreign minister, an Radosław Sikorski, Polish foreign minister, visit Viadrina during a Polish-German conference: „The Oder-Neisse line" on the occasion of 20th anniversary of signing the German-Polish Border Treaty |
| 01.12. | Awarding of the Viadrina Prize 2010 to film director Volker Schlöndorff |