On 2 July, the 21st edition of Popkritik took place in the Paderborn pub "Sputnik" - this time under the tongue-in-cheek motto "Stupid Hits", based on a record of the same name from the 1970s. Around 30 music-loving guests came together to discuss songs that fall somewhere between silliness, nonsense and (supposed) genius.

In the summer semester, the well-known contemporary and pop historian Dr Bodo Mrozek was a guest at the UPB. The C:POP advisory board was invited as part of a cooperation between the centre and the Department of Contemporary History at the Institute of History. In front of an interested audience, Mrozek presented his own research on the topic "Between popular education and nationalist formation: transnational nationalism in the youth music…

The renowned journalist and presenter Vivian Perkovic (3Sat, WDR, Deutschlandfunk, RBB) was a guest in the seminar "Between amateurs and professionals: pop music journalism in society" on 3 July 2025 at the invitation of Prof. Dr. Christoph Jacke. Perkovic discussed current developments and challenges in the dynamic field of (pop) music journalism with the seminar's Master's students via video link.

The Collegium Musicum Populare (CMP) is a regular workshop organised by the German-speaking branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM D-A-CH), which promotes professional and personal exchange between students, graduates, doctoral candidates, post-docs and professors in the broad field of Popular Music Studies.

On Friday, students of the BA/MA programme "Popular Music and Media" at Paderborn University presented the results of their seminar "Artivism. Creativity and Activism", which was organised as part of the 6th Popdozentur by the renowned music journalist, author and musician Vivien Goldman.