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On 23 May, biology didactics apl. Uwe Hoßfeld and Dr Karl Porges from the Friedrich Schiller University Jena were awarded the 10 Thuringian Democracy Prize in the category Recognition Prize in Erfurt. The prize was presented by the Minister for Education, Youth and Sports, Helmut Holter. Both academics have been researching and teaching for many years on issues such as xenophobia, racism and anti-Semitism. Hoßfeld is one of the co-initiators of the Jena Declaration against Racism and both have shown extraordinary commitment to publicising this declaration, which recognises that the concept of race is the result of racism and not its requirement. ...