On 2 June 2026, the Contemporary History Research Unit and the C:POP Research Centre hosted a lecture by Dr Martin Göllnitz entitled ‘(I can’t get no) securization’. Security dynamics of pop in the 1950s and 1960s. The focus was on the question of how pop music in the former Federal Republic of Germany was perceived not only as entertainment, pleasure or youth culture, but also as a potential threat to notions of social order.
First results and next steps: Last Friday, the various stakeholders in the research project "Cultural Wallet. Data ecosystems and services to strengthen loyalty and cultural participation" met for a milestone meeting at Osnabrück Theatre last Friday.
Ab dem Wintersemester 2026/27 entfällt die Eignungsprüfung als Zugangsvoraussetzung für das Fach Musik in den Lehramtsstudiengängen Grundschule, Haupt-, Real-, Sekundar- und Gesamtschule sowie Sonderpädagogische Förderung.
Das Lehramt Musik ist damit zulassungsfrei. Die Bewerbung erfolgt innerhalb der regulären Bewerbungsfristen direkt über das PAUL-Bewerbungsportal der Universität Paderborn.
The Department of Contemporary History and the C:POP Research Centre invite you to a lecture by Dr. Martin Göllnitz on 2 June 2026 at 4.15 pm:
"(I can't get no) securisation". Security dynamics of pop in the 1950s and 1960s.
Am 9. April 2026 fand, im Rahmen der Orientierungstage der Universität Paderborn, der Willkommenstag für die neuen Erstsemester*innen im Fach Musik Lehramt statt. Die neuen Studierenden konnten an diesem Tag nicht nur die Musikoase der UPB – Ebene H8 – sondern vor allem schon viele Mitstudierende, die Fachschaft Musik Lehramt und Gesichter aus dem Fach kennenlernen.
Small festivals are struggling to survive: rising costs, few staff, insecure funding. Susanne Schnabel explains why they are so important for culture, young talent and the community and what their future could look like. Professor Dr Beate Flath was a guest in the interview.
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!
