The transdisciplinary project "Data Ecosystems and Services to Strengthen Loyalty and Cultural Participation (Cultural Wallet)" was launched in January 2026 and will run until December 2028.

The 44th Paderborn Writers' Guest Lectureship, this time held by the writer, musician and academic Prof. Dr. Michael Lentz, was concluded on 27 January 2026 with an interdisciplinary academic symposium for the Poetry Lecturer. Prof Dr Christoph Jacke (Deputy Managing Director of C:POP - Transdisciplinary Research Center for Popular Music Cultures and Creative Economies) and Joshua Wick (board member of C:POP) contributed a lecture entitled:…

On Tuesday, 27 January 2026, the academic symposium for the 44th Paderborn University Guest Lectureship for Writers will take place in the Studiobühne at Paderborn University. One item on the programme of the symposium is the lecture by Prof. Dr. Christoph Jacke and Joshua Wick, which will take place from 16:15 to 17:00.

Prof Dr Jacke's seminar "Post Punk, New Wave and Synthie Pop: Subcultures, Mainstreams, Gender and Zeitgeister" in the winter semester 2025/26 is all about the 1980s: fashion, art, media, culture and, of course, music. Examining this decade today is particularly exciting, as people and societies are faced with similar problems, as Markus Kavka (journalist, presenter and author) noted during his visit to the seminar in November. For this reason,…

On 11 December at 6 pm, the 22nd edition of Popkritik took place at Paderborn University under the title "All I Want for Christmas is Popkritik". The venue was the Grill/Café on campus, where the students gathered.