in den Kulturwissenschaften

Fictional Historical Narratives during the Spanish Civil War

The dissertation project deals with fictional historical narratives from the Spanish Civil War. In this conflict, which is also referred to as the first media war in history, spanish and international intellectuals of all political hues took part in different manners. A considerable part of these actors published narrations during or immediately ...

Duration: 09/2022 - 09/2025

SAIL: SustAInable Life-cycle of Intelligent Socio-Technical Systems

Current systems that incorporate AI technology mainly target the introduction phase, where a core component is training and adaptation of AI models based on given example data. SAIL’s focus on the full life-cycle moves the current emphasis towards sustainable long-term development in real life. The joint project SAIL addresses both basic research ...

Duration: 08/2022 - 07/2026

Funded by: MKW NRW

diMaG

The magazine “diMaG”, which is managed by five editors from international locations (Paderborn, Istanbul, Athens, Tunis, Kara), is particularly a forum for promoting young talent. Master-Students and doctoral candidates from all partner universities are explicitly encouraged to participate. diMaG appears once a year only digitally on the INDIGO ...

Duration: 08/2022 - 12/2024

Datenraum Kultur

For those interested in culture who are looking for interesting events, the networking of cultural platforms provides easy access to comprehensive information in the context of the event including further offers (e.g., booking system, gastronomy, hotel industry, mobility) as well as data-based recommendations through data aggregation, ...

Duration: 07/2022 - 02/2025

Funded by: BKM

Contact: Dr. Simon Oberthür, Prof. Dr. Dennis Kundisch, Prof. Dr. Daniel Beverungen, Dr. Philipp zur Heiden, Prof. Dr. Oliver Müller

Knowledge transfer to and from quality management of teaching & learning at universities (WiaQM)

Knowledge production is considered a complex process that takes place under uncertainty and requires a high tolerance for ambiguity. This is especially true for quality management (QM) at universities, where research, teaching and administration, i.e. organizational areas with diverging functional logics, have to work closely together. The ...

Duration: 07/2022 - 06/2025

Funded by: BMBF

British Forces in Germany. The occupation and the stationing of troops in a transnational perspective

The research project examines the social and cultural impact of the stationing of British troops in north-western Germany over the period of three generations on both the approximately two million members of the Armed Forces and the local population. Whereas historical research has mostly concentrated on American impacts on social and cultural ...

Duration: 03/2020 - 01/2025

Funded by: DFG

The right to conquer - Legitimising Conquests in the early and high Middle Ages

Conquests required legitimation. This project aims to show that this is also true for the earlier Middle Ages (c. 500 - c. 1150), thus refuting the prevailing scholarly views on this issue. By demonstrating that the military expansion of rule required justification this work is poised to make significant contributions to the study of the concept of ...

Duration: 01/2019 - 12/2025

Funded by: DFG

International Cultural History of Tax Morale

The project investigates discourses about (honest) tax payment behaviour in different societies (West Germany, Spain, and the USA) between the 1940s and the 1980s. The aim is to analyse the change of norms of tax payment behaviour.

Duration: 03/2018 - 12/2025

Funded by: DFG

Contact: Annette Zaloudek, Prof. Dr. Korinna Schönhärl

Resistance against foreign rulers in the high and late Middle Ages. On ethnic and nationall identity formation in medieval conflicts

The primary aim of the project is to systematically analyse resistance to foreign rulers and thus the effects of foreign rule in the high and late Middle Ages by means of a comprehensive comparison of individual conflicts and to identify the conditions under which foreign rule productively promoted the formation of new identities. On this basis, it ...

Duration: 08/2011 - 12/2026

Funded by: DFG

Papstherrschaft im Raumentwurf: Die Architekturbücher Domenico Fontanas (1543–1607) und das Rom Sixtus’ V.

Wer zur allgemeinen Geschichte des europäischen Städtebaus bzw. zur römischen Stadtgeschichte am Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts im Speziellen forscht, kommt sowohl an Domenico Fontana (1543–1607) als auch an dessen Architekturbüchern (1590, 1604) nicht vorbei.Bereits in ihrer Konzeption und Ausführung stellen die zwei Bände der Trasportatione ...

Duration: 01/2021 - 12/2025

Funded by: BMBF

Musical Communities in the (Post-)Digital Age - Teilprojekt Paderborn (MusCoDA-TPP)

MusCoDA untersucht Songwriting-Prozesse als Beispiel kollektiver Kreativität in (post-)digitalen Gemeinschaften. Im Fokus des Teilprojekts an der Universität Paderborn stehen informelle Bands und Solomusiker:innen, während das Erfurter Teilprojekt Songwriting an Schulen in den Blick nimmt. Dabei werden kollaboratives und kooperatives Lernen in ...

Duration: 12/2020 - 11/2024

Funded by: BMBF

Contact: Timo Neuhausen, M.Ed.

SANDD Sub-Saharan Africa DaF digital network

With partners in Augsburg, Kara, Windhoek and Namibia, the project team in the field of German as a Second and Foreign Language at Paderborn University tackles various topics in research and teacher education relating to German as a Foreign Language and the professionalization of German teachers in sub-Saharan Africa.

Duration: 05/2024 - 12/2026

Funded by: DAAD

German Studies Partnership Pader-Akdeniz-Marmara

The partnership between Paderborn University, Akdeniz University Antalya and Marmara University Istanbul in the field of German studies focuses on joint research in the areas of education for sustainable development, global citizen education and tourism from the perspectives of literary studies, linguistics, cultural studies and didactics, with ...

Duration: 01/2024 - 12/2026

Funded by: DAAD

Vielfalt und kulturelles Erbe der Peripherie: Regionale u. orale Kulturen Tunesiens, Marokkos u. Deutschlands – Aufbau eines Netzwerks zwischen universitären u. zivilgesellschaftlichen Akteuren der betreffenden Regionen zur Etablierung eines Forschungsprojekts

Vielfalt und kulturelles Erbe der Peripherie: Regionale und orale Kulturen Tunesiens, Marokkos und Deutschlands – Aufbau eines Netzwerks zwischen universitären und zivilgesellschaftlichen Akteuren der betreffenden Regionen zur Etablierung eines gemeinsamen ForschungsprojektsDas Projekt Vielfalt und kulturelles Erbe der Peripherie: Regionale und ...

Duration: 04/2023 - 12/2025

Funded by: DAAD

INDIGO

The project “ Indigo – interkulturelle digitale Germanistik ohne Grenzen ” was initiated with a focus on research-based learning and the promotion of young talent at the interface between graduation and doctorate in 2021. An essential part of the project is the Indigo homepage. A platform is being created here that links all projects in ...

Duration: 09/2020 - 12/2024

Funded by: DAAD

Paderpedia.de: Online-Enzyklopädie der Pader und Citizen-Science-Projekt

Das Online-Portal Paderpedia setzt sich zum Ziel, alles Wissenswerte über den kürzesten Fluss Deutschlands in einer Datenbank zusammenzuführen. Es soll als digitaler Ausgangspunkt für eine intensivere Beschäftigung mit der Geschichte und Ökologie der urbanen Flusslandschaft Pader dienen, wobei Sie selbst aktiv werden können. So präsentieren wir ...

Duration: 01/2021 - 12/2027

Funded by: Freunde der Pader e. V.

INDIGO

The project “ Indigo – interkulturelle digitale Germanistik ohne Grenzen ” was initiated with a focus on research-based learning and the promotion of young talent at the interface between graduation and doctorate in 2021. An essential part of the project is the Indigo homepage. A platform is being created here that links all projects in ...

Duration: 09/2020 - 12/2024

Funded by: DAAD

Schreibcoaches (Kooperationsprojekt mit der Friedrich-Spee-Gesamtschule Paderborn)

Bei dem im Jahr 2020 initiierten Projekt „Schreibcoaches: Studierende in Spee“ handelt es sich um eine Kooperation zwischen der Germanistischen Sprachdidaktik der Universität Paderborn (AG Prof. Dr. Sara Rezat) und der Paderborner Friedrich-Spee-Gesamtschule. Mit dem Projekt ist die Idee verbunden, Schülerinnen und Schüler individuell beim Erwerb ...

Duration: 01/2020 - 12/2030

Federal State Office for Intangible Cultural Heritage, North Rhine-Westphalia

Intangible cultural heritage includes customs, rituals, festivities, performing arts, oral expressions, knowledge and skills that are passed down from generation to generation and evoke feelings of identity, continuity and community. In 2013, the Federal Republic of Germany ratified the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible ...

Duration: 12/2015 - 12/2024

Funded by: MKW NRW

Contact: Jonas Leineweber