Central questions will be which criteria are considered in the permanent position concept, which status groups are allowed to (co-)develop the concept and whether or which basic position structures are to be expected within the university.

Under the title "Empiricism from social pedagogical practice and its contribution to the didactics of social pedagogy in social pedagogical qualifications", two courses are taking place this winter semester

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 Daphne Papadaki from Kapodistrias University Athens

Ruth Florack (German Studies, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen): ‘Adaptations of classics for the stage’

On Wednesday, 22 January, Prof. Dr Ruth Hagengruber from the Institute of Human Sciences will give a lecture on ‘Women Philosophers and the Invention of Democracy’

Lecture by church music director Peter Ammer from the Evangelical Church in Nagold

Doughnut Economics – GDP and economic growth were yesterday – how prosperity for all is possible within planetary boundaries

Lecture by Prof. Dr Andreas Münzmay from the Musicology Seminar Detmold/Paderborn

The workshop is aimed at student teachers, trainee teachers and teachers and addresses key issues relating to child protection, child endangerment and child welfare. The event will take place on 20 and 24 January in the afternoon and has a limited number of participants.

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 Prof. Dr Werner Plumpe from Goethe University Frankfurt a. M.

Kai Sina (German Studies, University of Münster): ‘Canon and canon criticism in Goethe's late works’

Sustainability in practice: The Studierendenwerk PB in transition

Lecture by Prof. Dr Stefan Schreckenberg from the Institute of Romance Studies at Paderborn University