From left to right: Eva Martha Eckkrammer, Prsident of the DFH, Emilia Terodde, EMK alumna, and Claude-Anne Savin, ARTE (Jacek Ruta/DFH-UFA)
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The award winners, their sponsors, and the Ambassador of the French Republic to Germany, François Delattre, President of the DFH, Eva-Martha Eckkrammer, and Vice President of the DFH, Philippe Gréciano. (Jacek Ruta/DFH-UFA)
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Published: 03 February 2025

Consecutive Successes: Europäischen Medienkultur Graduate Receives German-Franco University Award of Excellence

For the third time in a row, an alumna of the binational Europäische Medienkultur (EMK) degree programme at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar has received the Franco-German University (DFH) Excellence Award: Emilia Terodde was recognised this year for her Bachelor's thesis, »Hörbare Abwesenheit. Der Sound als Träger der Erinnerung in ›The Zone of Interest‹«. The award ceremony was held on 30 January 2025 at the French Embassy in Berlin.

Emilia Terodde has now claimed a position in an impressive series: Katharina Thiele (Excellence Award 2023) and Alice Paul (Excellence Award 2024) were honoured in the past for their final theses. The recurring recognition of the remarkable achievements of female graduates highlights the academic quality of the education in the Franco-German EMK degree programme. The programme is jointly offered by the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and the Université Lumière Lyon 2.

In her film and cultural studies research, Emilia Terodde analysed how the Holocaust is depicted in the film The Zone of Interest (USA 2023, Jonathan Glazer). Terodde, who studied at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and Université Lumière Lyon 2 from 2020 to 2024, emphasises film’s unique potential as a form of memory. Her thesis succeeded in combining theoretical and historical perspectives while reflecting on current challenges in European media and the culture of memory.

14 Excellence Award recipients were honoured at a festive ceremony held at the French Embassy in Berlin in front of representatives from politics, business, the public, and academia. The awards are presented by German and French businesses and institutions representing various industries. Emilia Terodde's award, endowed with 1,500 euros, is funded by the Franco-German cultural channel Arte G.E.I.E.

About the DFH:

The DFH presents awards each year to graduates of bi- and tri-national degree programmes, recognising outstanding achievements and promoting intercultural exchange between French and German academia. Founded in 1997 by the governments of Germany and France, the binational institution organises, assesses, and financially supports German-French degree programmes with double degrees, binational doctoral degree programmes, and the mobility of young academics between Germany and France.

Further information on the German-Franco University can be found at: www.dfh-ufa.org

About the Europäische Medienkultur (EMK) Degree Programme:

The Faculty of Media at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and the Université Lumière Lyon 2 have been offering the binational European Media Culture degree programme since the winter semester of 1998/99. Students spend three semesters in both Germany and France. Once students have successfully completed the programme, they graduate with a German Bachelor of Arts and a French Licence Information-Communication. The programme aims to generate awareness of a media-specific issues that have a European significance.

EMK Degree Programme website: https://www.uni-weimar.de/de/medien/studium/europaeische-medienkultur-balic/

If you have any questions, please contact Marie Kohlschreiber, Science Communication and Public Relations Officer at the Faculty of Media, by telephone at +49 / 36 43 / 58 37 06 or by e-mail at marie.kohlschreiber[at]uni-weimar.de.