What do a football shirt, a silk bow tie and a coat hanger have in common? Students at Paderborn University asked themselves this question in the seminar "Small textile things - a walk through the city" and are presenting their answers to the public in an exhibition with the same title.

Under the motto "KW writes (better) together", the Graduate Centre of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (GKW) is organising an interdisciplinary writing group in cooperation with the Competence Centre for Writing.

In the summer semester 2025, the new research colloquium of the Centre for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (HWPS) will take place in cooperation with the EcoTechGender research unit. On Thursday, 15 May, Dr Gabriele Schimmenti from the University of Rome III will give the lecture "(History of) Philosophy, Politics, and Art in Louise Dittmar (1807-1884): A Feminist Perspective".

As part of the sustainability lecture series "UPB for Future", a lecture by Dr Larissa Eikermann, Dr Annika Hegemann and Dr Susanne Richter will take place on Thursday, 15 May at 4.15 pm in lecture hall L1. The lecture will shed light on how sustainability encompasses social as well as ecological and economic aspects.

Poetic-musical performance by Nora Gomringer, Philipp Scholz, Philip Frischkorn and Andris Meinig at Deelenhaus Paderborn

The new research colloquium of the Centre for the History of Women Philosophers and Scientists (HWPS) in cooperation with the EcoTechGender research unit will take place in the summer semester 2025. On Monday, 19 May, Dr Andrea Reichenberger from the University of Siegen will give the lecture "Grete Hermann - From Quantum Physics to Politics and Ethics".

On Monday, 19 May, the graduate get-together will take place from 6 pm at the "Indian Palace" restaurant in Paderborn.

As part of the digital lecture series "Wege zu einer Didaktik der Sozialpädagogik", Prof. Dr. Sandra Landhäußer from Paderborn University will give a lecture on Tuesday, 20 May on the topic of "Differenz in der beruflichen Bildung - Perspektiven sozialpädagogischer Lehrkräfte". The event will take place from 4 to 6 pm.

The artist Estefanía de Paz Asín from Pamplona brings the tightrope walker Remigia Echarren to life with the play "La Reina del Arga". There will be two performances in Spanish: at 4pm and 7pm. Admission is free.

As part of the lecture series "Judaism on Tuesday" at Paderborn University, Shila Erlbaum from the Central Council of Jews in Germany will give an online lecture on Tuesday, 20 May, from 4.15 to 5.45 pm on the topic "Fiction of Jewishness. How Judaism is portrayed in school textbooks".

On Wednesday, 21 May, Prof. Dr. Merle Tönnies from the Institute of English and American Studies will speak on the topic ‘Power in/of the “Imagined Community”: The Instrumentalisation of National Identity in Current British Political Rhetoric’

As part of the event series "Paderborn Talks on the Culture of Remembrance", Prof. Dr. Frederek Musall will give a lecture in the AStA Gewölbekeller and shed light on the tension between divergent narratives in Jewish tradition and their influence on the culture of remembrance.

The speakers are dedicated to the soundscapes of "evil" figures, such as tyrants, villains and demons

Lecture by Prof Dr Karin Hoff from the Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel

As part of the sustainability lecture series "UPB for Future", a lecture by Prof. Dr. Christian Fuchs will take place on Thursday, 22 May at 4.15 pm in lecture hall L1. The lecture will present theoretical models of society, the (non-)sustainable society and the (non-)sustainable information society.