In the Hessenschau, Professor Dr Beate Flath talks about festivals and their current challenges. The online article and the corresponding auditor report can be read/listened to here.
From 27 to 30 April 2026, the "Ab ins Ausland" information week will provide information on a wide range of opportunities for international experience in studies, doctoral studies, teaching and research.
On Wednesday, 25 March, the Open Access Talk will take place for the sixth time at Paderborn University. From 12.30 to 13.30, Timo Neuhausen from the Institute for Talent Research in Music and Laura Kupke from the Department of Education Studies, Art, Music, Philosophy, Psychology, Textiles at the University Library will report online via Zoom on the publication of an Open Access journal in the Diamond OA model (without APCs).
On 5 March 2026, the second network meeting as part of the NachhaltigkeitsKulturOWL research project took place in the former Marstallcafé at the Schlosspark und Lippesee-Gesellschaft. After a presentation of current developments in the research project, a joint workshop was held to discuss what is needed for more sustainability in the cultural sector.
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.
With the performance of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy's Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, the university orchestra is bidding farewell to the two soloists as they retire: Marianne and Eckhard Wiemann have helped to shape and characterise the subject area of music at the university for many years and have also played numerous concerts with the university orchestra. It is a special pleasure for us to be able to perform with them once again!
At the end of the winter semester, students studying to become teachers in the subject area of music will present the results of their work in the Neuhaus Castle Audience Hall. The concert is on Tuesday, 27 January 2026 at 8 pm. Admission is free, the conductor is Eckhard Wiemann. A warm welcome!
"Teaching music under the conditions of post-digitality and AI" - this is the title of the Spring School Music Education NRW 2026 taking place at the Detmold University of Music from 23-27 February 2026.
Registration possible until 31 January.
Im Seminar „Post Punk, New Wave und Synthie Pop: Subkulturen, Mainstreams, Gender und Zeitgeister“ von Prof. Dr. Jacke geht es im Wintersemester 2025/26 immer wieder um die 1980er Jahre: Die Mode, die Kunst, die Medien, die Kultur und selbstverständlich die Musik. Dieses Jahrzehnt heute zu untersuchen, ist besonders spannend, da die Menschen und Gesellschaften vor ähnliche Probleme gestellt werden, wie Markus Kavka (Journalist, Moderator und…
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.
Prof. Dr. Christoph Jacke, stellvertretender geschäftsführender Direktor von C:POP, Transdisciplinary Research Center for Popular Music Cultures and Creative Economies, hat im Rahmen der öffentlichen Ringvorlesung für Nachhaltigkeit „UPB vor Future“ am 30.10.2025 einen Einblick in die Popular Music Studies gegeben.
Die Vorlesung, die zum fünften Mal an der Universität Paderborn in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Arbeitsbereich von Prof. Dr. René Fahr,…
