Punjab University Institute of Social and Cultural Studies, Professor Dr Muhammad Zakria Zakar has been appointed as DAAD-guest-professor in the Department of Public Health Medicine, University of Bielefeld, Germany for two semesters from April next. During his stay in the Bielefeld University, Dr Zakar will teach courses on the impact of violence in global and cross cultural perspectives, besides completing his book on 'Violence as a Freedom-Deficit in Developing Countries.