Organised by the Seminar for Jewish Studies, the Paderborn Institute for Islamic Theology (PIIT) and the Centre for Comparative Theology and Cultural Studies (ZEKK) at Paderborn University in cooperation with the Society for Jewish-Christian Cooperation Paderborn e.V. (GCJZ)

Lecture by Dr Anna Corsten from Friedrich Schiller University Jena

Marc Föcking (Romance Studies, University of Hamburg): ‘Is this literature or can it go away? Literary studies and entertainment literature’

On Wednesday, 11 December, Prof. Dr Christine Freitag from the Institute of Educational Science will speak on the topic of ‘Culture as an Argument in Educational Debates’

Old border crossings and new boundaries. Incitement to pop-cultural (further) discussions

Dr. Anda-Lisa Harmening will present networking opportunities with other international and external doctoral candidates as well as funding opportunities for research trips.

Psychology of the climate crisis: fear, excuses, commitment

Lecture by Laura Eigenmann from the Free University of Berlin

Organised by the Seminar for Jewish Studies, the Paderborn Institute for Islamic Theology (PIIT) and the Centre for Comparative Theology and Cultural Studies (ZEKK) at Paderborn University in cooperation with the Society for Jewish-Christian Cooperation Paderborn e.V. (GCJZ)

Eckart Goebel (Comparative Literature, University of Tübingen): ‘Acheronta movebo - canonisation from the depths. Oscar Wilde's ‘De Profundis’ and Sigmund Freud's ‘Interpretation of Dreams’’

Lecture by Prof. Dr Stefan Jungblut and Julia Winkelmann from the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics

What do pop cultures have to do with the US election, democracies and the climate crisis? What do we learn about pop and media cultures by engaging with fakes, click populism or AI? How should popular cultures be categorised if they are particularly considerate and mindful or if they are hurtful in doses - is there a moral or ethic of pop?

Lecture by Dr Maren Fünderich from the Dortmund City Archive

Bernhard Huß (Romance Studies, Freie Universität Berlin): ‘Canonisation through exclusion. Petrarch's letters as an instrument of exclusion’

On Wednesday, 8 January, Prof. Rebekka Sandmeier from the University of Cape Town will give a lecture on ‘Music as a Political Tool: Handel's Messiah in South Africa Before and After the Dawn of Democracy’